Update. It's been a little while.

I had my 1 month post op appointment this morning. I am now officially OFF puree foods and on to the mashed foods. I am down to 336! I have officially lost 52 lbs from my starting weight of 388 and 30 lbs since surgery date weight of 366. I haven't been updating a lot because there isn't much to update. I've been trying to walk at least 4 days a week. I am working on increasing the length of the walks first and then I will work on increasing the days.

Jayda is done with her every week allergy shots. She finally built to the highest dosage so now she goes every other week. Jayda is staying with our cousin Magon and her two daughters, Savanna and Kayla, for a week. I know she is going to have a BLAST, but I KNOW I am going to missing the hell out of her! I am not exactly sure what to do with her gone for 8 nights. It's so quiet right now, it's almost eerie. The entire drive home I didn't here "Mama" every 10 seconds, which means I could actually HEAR the music for a change.

Happy dance!

Today I decided to pull out some of my old clothes that I had packed away in hopes of fitting into them again one day. I pulled out some shirts, capris, jeans, and shorts. I started trying on clothes and most of it was still a little too small. Most of the clothes were pre-pregnancy clothes because the clothes I have wore since having Jayda have been worn until they are worn out. I found a pair of shorts that are size 26W, which I haven't fit into since the summer BEFORE I got pregnant with Jayda and THEY FIT!!!!!!!!!!! I have been in a 30W-32W for a few years now. I was SO HAPPY to see that I had went down 2-3 sizes with this 25 lb weight loss.

I am also super sore today from walking so much at the zoo yesterday. I got out of bed this morning and almost fell flat on my face because my legs and feet hurt so much. Walking became easier as the day went on, but I can really feel the burn in my calves. I remember when I was younger and played soccer and my coach would tell us that we weren't playing hard enough if we couldn't feel the burn in our muscles the day after. I am also very proud of myself right now. Matt is such a huge supporter too. He knows how much losing this weight means to me and he's been here with me every step of the way and tells me that he loves me no matter what weight I am. I have a Dr's appointment tomorrow, so I am going to do a "mid week" weigh in just to see if it shows any loss. I will be able to weigh myself again next Wednesday as well.

Weekly weigh in and the zoo!!

Well, I did my weekly weigh in on Tuesday this week. I was down another 6 lbs in 6 days. That brings my total weigh loss to 25 lbs in 25 days! I am still losing about a lb a day, but this week I've had a chance to get out walk. The weight will come off even better being able to get out and exercise. I just wish this dang rain would stay away, so I could walk every day. I want to try and walk 4 days a week at least and then work my way up to 7 days as weather permits.

Yesterday we went to the Minnesota Zoo. We had a blast other than Jayda being a bit bummed because they don't have elephants or giraffes. What kind of zoo doesn't have elephants, giraffes, penguins, lions, rhinos, or hippos? It blew my mind and Jayda was definitely upset because elephants and giraffes are her favorite animals. She has a stuffed elephant that goes every where with her and of course she sleeps with it as well. We walked no less than 4-5 miles yesterday. My calves are sore as heck. My feet felt like they were on fire yesterday, but just ache today. I was surprised that my back didn't hurt at all yesterday. Although, my hip was doing this funny clicking thing, so I am wondering if it is a little out of place again.

That's about all for this update. Thanks again for all the support and encouraging words!