Is it Friday Yet?

Yeah, this is how I am feeling.  I hope I don't look as terrible when people come into my office!  I am ready to kill someone, really it's crazy here...

I seriously can't wait until Friday!  I am going to the Poconos with my friends - just the girls!  The only thing that sucks is that I have to leave VERY early Friday morning.  I really hope I am not in the office too late Thursday!

I did not post last Monday and this one is going to be very short and defiantly not informative!  On top of working crazy hours, I am trying to keep up with all of you fabulous people, but it's difficult.  When I glanced at my reader count it said I have over 400 unread - it's only been a week I think!  I can't keep up!

So, last week and this week's weight is the same - holding steady at 196, boo!  I will weigh myself on Wednesday morning again since that is officially a year for me.  Any chance of me losing 6 lbs by then?!

I hope you are doing great!

Shoe Question...

As I am losing weight I am finding that I like shoes!  I want to buy them all!  I saw these and just had to have them.  They were pumps, how bad could they be?  I have a few pairs of pumps that I can wear all day to work or events and not die, but they are super boring.

I ordered them from DSW and they came yesterday...

These are not pumps, no way!  These are way higher than any pump I have worn, I don't think I can wear these!  How do I know when a high heeled shoe fits?  They are a 7W which should be good, the back feels good, doesn't slip, but my toes feel squished.  I imagine that is just gravity - no matter what size they are my feet are going to push forward, right?

HELP!!  I want to be a real lady and wear big girl shoes but I don't know how!  Is this something I can learn?

Progress Collage Time...

The camera is finally up and running again, so I had Dan take my progress shots.  I have also posted these on my Progress Pictures page.  You can click on each one to see it larger.

Here we go...

Here is the comparison from 10.25.09 to today...

I can see a difference!

New Milestone...

I have kept a chart of my progress since the week of my surgery.  I update it every Monday with my weight loss and it automatically calculates my new BMI number.  You can look at the chart in the "Progress Information" tab on my blog.  Lately I haven't been paying much attention to the BMI data, but today when I looked at the number I got really excited - I am in a new category!  I have gone from "Morbidly Obese" (hate that term, brings tears to my eyes) to "Obese"! Obese isn't much prettier than Morbidly Obese; however it's one step closer to "Overweight".  One day I hope to hit the ultimate "Normal" category!


I will admit, reaching just plain old obese seemed pretty far out of reach for me considering how slow that decrease can be.  I have to stop doubting myself, I can do these things, I really can!  I went from a starting BMI of 47.55 (260 lbs) to a 36.12 (197.5 lbs) as of today's weigh in!  That amazes me, total amazes me.  This is by far the most suspenseful weight loss attempt ever for me, I am so grateful!  


I am down 1.5 lbs this week, which is good, but I really need to punch it up this month!  October 20th will be one year since my surgery.  I would like to be down 70, that's 7.5 lbs in two weeks, that seems a little much, but we shall see...


I wanted to update my progress pictures when I reached 199, but my camera has been having some issues.  I should be getting my new battery today, so hopefully Dan can take my pics tonight.  I will post them as soon as I have 'em.


Have a good Monday all!