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Just keep swimming...just keep swimming

blogs/blog-0688642001367428729.jpgI'm channeling my inner Dori and singing to myself...Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...in more ways than one. Today is 8 weeks and I lost a whole pound this week. So my 9# loss in Month 2 is a lot less than my 19# loss in my first month. BUT things are definitely changing...so I've just gotta keep going!

 

I joined a gym last week. After a little fiasco with the first gym I tried (a very uncomfortable experience) I ended up joining a gym that the whole family can go to. They have 3 pools and a great kids program and I think it's going to be a great place for my whole family. I have gone everyday since I joined and am doing a lot of swimming. I'm not a very fast swimming but I can definitely tell I'm working parts of my body that haven't been worked in awhile. My step daughter is a water polo player and she has taken it upon herself to be my personal trainer and is having me do her water workouts....well my version of them anyway :wacko: She is either going to whip me into shape or kill me...LOL

 

My kids are swimming with me, and it's been interesting to hear their comments about Mom getting in and swimming and not just sitting on the side soaking my feet. Apparently, I have been missing out on a lot since I got heavier :( .

 

So I am walking, and biking, and swimming...trying to get in 5-6 days a week of some sort of activity. So even if the scale isn't moving very much, I KNOW I am in a very different place than I was last year at this time. I'm not the heaviest person at the pool, and I'm not the skinniest...but I am starting to feel comfortable in my own skin!!!

 

Heaviest Weight: 281

3/6/13 Surgery: 257 (-24)

3/13/13: 251 (-6)

3/20/13: 245 (-6)

3/28/13: 238 (-7)

4/3/13: 238 (-0)

FIRST MONTH -19#

4/10/13: 237 (-1)

4/17/13: 235 (-2)

4/24/13: 233 (-2)

5/2/13: 229 (-4)

SECOND MONTH -9#

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angela3472

Gastric Sleeve Patients

Just keep going, just keep going......Dory will find you!! She at least can remember the address! :-) my dr told me Monday at my 6 wk ck up that I'm going to have roller coaster moments. You're moving and your body is trying to figure out what you're doing to it! It's confused and it will catch up trust me. Plus remember muscle weighs more than fat, so you're building muscle burning fat and the scale WILL go down. When it does you'll do your happy dance! Patience grasshoppa!

Vicki0618

LAP-BAND Patients

Roller Coaster is a good analogy!! I totally forgot to blog about my wild emotions. I am up and down and extremely happy and upbeat followed by a day of tears. My poor husband doesn't know how to react!!

mysleevemylife

Gastric Sleeve Patients

Awesome post!! I love your humor & positivity. Your determination will take you to the finish line, definately. I wish you the best, & I'm so glad you shared this story. It's encouraging. :-)

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