5th and 6th Weeks!

Ok guys, it has been a busy, but fun!, two weeks.  During my 5th week post-op I spent time with my sister and her family in Virginia and then went down to Wilmington, my hometown, to celebrate my nephew's third birthday.  It was lots of fun!  I will be honest, I did not post last Saturday 1) because we traveled back to Greensboro that day and I was exhausted, but mostly 2) because I had actually gained weight and was a little disappointed in that.  However, I know that transitioning to eating solid food can cause that as well as retaining some water.  Even though it wasn't rational, I didn't want to talk about it just yet last week.  By Monday I had every intention of writing my blog, but teacher workdays started then and life got pretty darn crazy! This is my picture from last week.

So I kept at it this week, didn't change anything.  I still had my 4-5 meals a day and drank my needed water.  I went from having a bare classroom to a classroom ready to go for my new second grade kiddos on Monday.  I have planned, worked, had lots of meetings, cleaned, etc.  Each night I had no problem falling asleep.  I will say though, I have more energy than I used to have.  I am tired when I get home, but I can still do things.  Before, I would come home each day so exhausted I was virtually worthless.  Non-scale victory! WooHoo!!

On to the scale victory though! Are you ready?? I lost TEN AND A HALF POUNDS this week!! :-) That is the most I have lost in one week!  That totally made up for the 2.9 pounds I had gained the week before.  So my new total is 46.6 pounds lost total, 31.6 post surgery (July 12th).  I am feeling great and not looking back!  The teachers at work have been very supportive and encouraging as well.  People have commented on how they can tell a difference and how proud they are of me.  I can't tell you all again how much that means to me.  There are so many people out there who do not get the kind of support and encouragement as I have been receiving, so I just wanted to say again Thank you and I love you all. This week's picture: