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Yup, I did it! I RAN my SECOND continuous 5K ever this morning! There is an option to do a 10K Sunday morning and I'm going to give it a try. It's basically the 5K twice. Even though this is a girls' trip, I kinda wish Mr. was here so he could witness my awesomeness.

@FluffyChix, no it wasn't on the beach nor was I wearing a bikini, but I think I should get bonus points anyway, just for doing it a second time 😎

Worst. Dumping. Ever. Last. Night.

So I thought I would throw caution to the wind and sample some of the fruit salad that my mom brought over for the fam. I dutifully portioned out 1/8 cup of the stuff.  I figured the sugar in the fruit may be in issue, but come on, 1/8 cup?  Barely a couple bites, should be fine.

Before I could finish it, my heart started to feel like it was beating out of my chest.

*** TMI Alert: continue reading at your own risk ***

Ended up in the washroom barfing. And while I was barfing, I had to .  I was literally alternating ends to face the toilet until it felt like there was nothing left in my insides.  I swear more came out of me that I even put in it over the last 3 days.

I laid down with my forehead on the cold bathroom floor tile for like 20 minutes afterwards to recuperate.  Then Mr. (my hero ) carried me to the shower and helped me crawl into bed.

So yeah, I'm feeling pretty shitty this AM.

6 months today! 96.9 lbs lost since the 2wk pre-op liquid diet  

I am beyond amazed.  At 2.5 months post-op, I am officially more than halfway to goal this morning.

58.4 lbs down, 56.6 lbs to go.

Yay me ☺️

Ok...so keeping my daily weight updated on here is getting tedious due to the the daily 0-3 lbs fluctuations.  Soooo...I figure I'm just going to update every 1-2 weeks moving forward.

I just read @BoredCW's status post and also want to lament the loss of my butt.  Looking at me the side, my back is basically flat from my neck to my knees.  My jeans have lovely fabric folds draping from my backside from lack of filling.

Two days ago, I was sitting on a worn couch at the gym and I could feel the springs and count how many I was sitting on.  Told the Kid and she said she wants to find her childhood alphabet fridge magnets in the basement to spell out words and have me sit on them and do some "butt-braille-reading" 😂

@DaisyChainOz, @Arabesque ... am totally thinking of both of you this very moment as I watch the final set of the Millman-Federer match at the AO... I am riveted and literally screaming at the TV...

I really thought we had put all the "you are so skinny, are you sick" comments behind us.

Apparently not.

My mom, MY MOM! came over today with the specific intention to tell me that she thinks I am too skinny and to stop losing weight.  I had dropped off some dessert a her place the other day and she said she had to come over to tell me that she is worried because she thinks that I am even skinnier than over the Xmas holidays.

First, I stopped losing weight 6+ months ago.

Second, I am actually 6 lbs heavier than I was over xmas (I had lost some weight after my PS, and have since gained it back), so I don't know what she is talking about.

Third, I look awesome.

🙄

I broke 150 lbs today!!!!

150 lbs has been my wall for the past 15 years.  I've dieted down to the low 150s 3 times only to regain what I lost and more. 

I am now officially 149.7 lbs as of this morning.  Yay me!

RE: the running/training

Honestly it started with me just doing laps around the kitchen that first post-op week.

In a week, I graduated to walking up and down my street, then to walking around the block every day.

The distance increased, then the speed.

Then I started running little spurts during my walks, then to alternating 1km runs with 1km walks.

And now I can do a continuous 10k (which I totally did for the first time this morning...so full of myself about it today, it’s disgusting.)

Just do something everyday and slowly increase speed and duration, next thing you know you’ll be one of those odd “running people” (who I never understood pre-op, but now totally get, lol)

👉🏼 One. Hundred. Pounds. Lost. !!!

I was 235 lbs on Oct 10th, 2018.  Six and a half months later, I have shed the equivalent of my 13 year old daughter. 

That's just CRAZY 😮!!!

I'm not complaining, but I know it is going to sound that I am.  But here goes:

I used to be discouraged going shopping because I knew that more often than not, all the nicer clothes I really wanted to wear would not come in my size.

So now I lost the weight, and wouldn't you effing know it, I'm in the same position as before again, but on the opposite end!

Winners is one of my fave stores, because every once in a while you'll score.  I went to one across the street from the office at lunchtime today.  And every single item I tried on was too big.  We are talking Smalls and Extra-Smalls.  I had to buy a child size hoodie at Roots the other day and I thought it was pretty funny.  Not so funny anymore.

So it's someone's last day in the office today, and there is (lots of) cake.  Despite me politely declining 3 or 4 times, someone still plopped a giant-sized slice on my desk.  Every time this person walks by - who happens to be my client, btw - she comments (loudly) how I have not taken a bite of said cake.

So I have resorted to wrapping up bits of the cake in tissue and discretely throwing it out every once in a while.  I tell myself I'm only doing this because I'm at a client site, but I tell ya, this is not a proud moment for me.

Honestly, why do people care so much what I eat.

I think i just spent the entire morning plus a couple more hours on here.

My name is ms.sss and I am a BP forums-aholic.

Um...so all this time I thought I had a lumpy lower abdomen due to stubborn fat deposits or uneven fat loss.  Turns out two of those lumps are my hip bones.

Looks like I need people around to complete a 10K.  I tried to do one by myself this afternoon and I gave up at around the 7km mark.  Gonna try again on Friday, but I may have to look into joining a running club...

Went shopping today to buy new work out clothes because my current compression pants are more like jogging pants these days.  Soooo satisfying to reach for size smalls and have so much variety to choose from.  I love shopping again!

TMI Alert.  So I looooove poop days.  I only have them every 4-5 days now, but when they come around I just feel so much better afterwards 😁

Plus the 1+ lbs weight drop is always a nice bonus...

So my surgery anniversary date is on the 24th of this month, but I had my 1-year follow up early with my surgeon this morning (I have another 1-year followup at the hospital on Monday to get my bloodwork and labs done).

Anyhoo...my surgeon was very pleased with my results (and so where the office staff apparently, because 3 of the front desk ladies came by my exam room to give me props/high fives/generally gawk at me).

But get this: he asked if I would be willing to come in for a future photoshoot so that I could be on a poster! And I was all, ummmm....no thanks, LOL.

A prime example of why the number on the scale is not the only measure of weight loss success/failure:

For the past week I have been basically at the same weight, give or take 1/2 a pound.

However: my body fat percentage went from 29.4% to 27.7%, and I lost 1/2 inch off my waist (and other places) in the same period.

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

I officially have no butt. Other than a crease where the bottom of my butt should be, there is no difference between the back of my thighs and my derriere.  Need up my squat game...

Yay me!  Today, I am officially no longer overweight (at least according to BMI scales).  I'm "normal" again! 😎

So I went to a wedding last night and definitely consumed more calories than I ever had since before my 2-week pre-op diet.  I didn't have a scale nor labels to scan, so I estimated everything in MFP, and logged in about 2000 calories.  I didn't really eat much, so most of this was comprised of booze (red wines and gin & sodas) and 3 spoonfuls of creme brûlée.

Well, either I over-exerted myself with all the dancing, or I was drunker than I planned, or I possibly experienced my second-ever dumping episode (I say possibly because I'm still not sure the first one I had was really dumping nor am I positive that last night was one either...).  I was sweating at the level of my pre-op days, and barfed for like 15 minutes.  Luckily, I felt sooo much better after the barfing that I got to enjoy the rest of the night, so all was not completely lost.

I have another wedding to go to this month, and will do better.  Pinky swear. 

Well WTF.

It looks like for the past I don't know how long I've been reporting myself taller than I really am.  Apparently I am only 5'1", and NOT 5'2" as I've always thought.  My driver's licence says 5'1", but that was back when I was 16, and for some reason, I have been thinking I grew a bit after that and was 5'2".

So that screws up with all my BMI goal weights.  Great.  Now I've got to re-calculate.  Boo.

So just came back from my first mini-vacay since getting into maintenance.  I didn't have a food nor body scale, so I was winging it.  I estimated to have taken in well over 2000 calories for each of the 4 days we were road trippin'.  I was fully prepared to see a noticeable weight increase upon our return due to the higher volume and calorie rich foods I was eating.  Plus I didn't poop the entire time, so all the food is technically still in me, lol.

Imagine my surprise when I got on the scale this morning and it read 116.2 😲

The exact same weight I was the morning I left.  WTF?