Kicking Ass and Taking Names

I lost another kilo this week, bringing my total loss to 25kgs. That's a quarter of my starting weight! I have lost 25% of my original body weight! Wow!

In other news, here's a photo I just took on the computer.

And, whaddaya know! I'm still procrastinating about writing my assignment! Only 2 assignments left before prac, one afterwards, then I'm DONE with my postgrad! Yahoo!

YEEEEEEEEEHAH!

I FIT BACK INTO MY SIZE 12 JEANS AND SKIRTS!

They're bloody tight, mind you, but they fit!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

In other news...

I almost forgot, a nice non-scale victory I had a few weeks ago.

I went shopping about a month ago for a wedding that was on saturday, and I was fitting into size 14's off the rack. First time that has happened in a few years!

Anyway, so that was nice. Then, when I was getting dressed for the wedding, the dress and jacket I had bought (size 14) were pretty much loose! I could easily have fit a twelve!

AND, the dress and jacket were both Saba, and I know that their sizes are cut on the small side. Moral of the story? Even though the scale didn't seem to be doing much this last while, obviously something has! Woohoo!

I can't wait to be a twelve again. Hell, I can't wait to be a ten again! Let's aim high!

(For those USA readers, a 10 here is a USA 6, a 12 here is a USA 8, you get the drill).

I've now lost 24 kilos (I had lost 24.5, but my weigh-in at the surgeon today confirms I had put on half a kilo while i've been virtually unrestricted), and I have 14kgs to go before MY goal weight. Only 11 kilos to go before the surgeon's goal, but he knows I'm keen to go lower. Hey, why not?

(Once again, to translate for Americans -- I've lost about 55lbs, with another 32lbs to go).

Not too bad for just after my 6 month Bandiversary! I would like to get to goal by Xmas, but I'm not sure if that is pushing it a bit. My surgeon today told me that any more than 3kgs per month is not very healthy, so that would mean I could lose maybe 10 by Xmas. I'm DEFINITELY going to be at goal by my one year bandiversary. I'm a bridesmaid for my best friend around that time (still not sure of exact dates) so I want to be looking amazing in all those photos!

Another fill.....

I got another fill today, I think it is my 4th? Maybe 5th.

Anyway, I'm up to 3.5cc in a 4cc capacity band. I was pretty much at my sweet spot, but then lost some more weight and so needed re-adjusting.

I've also been fighting the head hunger something chronic -- I think it's because I'm stressed out about uni (only 6 weeks to go!) and have a million assignments to do. Ugh.

Back from the dead.....

Wow, it's been three whole months since I posted.
Just wanted to let you know that I am, in fact, still alive.
University has been kicking my ass. I only have one more week of classes EVER in my post-grad, then one week's holiday, then five weeks of prac, then I'm done! Done like a dinner!

My food and exercise has gone all to buggery the last few weeks. I've been super-stressed and simply exhausted, and I've gotten lazy about it. I've lost my sweet spot because I lost more weight (somehow), and so now I'm back up to bigger portions, and surprise surprise, I'm no longer losing. Fill booked on tuesday.

In other news, THREE major assignments due next friday. Started one. In denial about the other two. Better stop procrastinating! ................................................... Any minute now....................

To Fill or Not To Fill?

I think I need another fill. My quantities are getting bigger, and my weight loss is slowing. This has been going on for some time now, but I've been putting off the fill because of stress. I've got 3 assignments and my interview for uni on wednesday, after which my semester is over. I had been thinking that maybe stress has been affecting my band lately, so I wanted to wait until the stress is over, but I'm impatient.

So anyway, I've booked a fill for tomorrow morning and it's too late to cancel now. Dr Duncombe will assess me before the fill - she doesn't just go sticking people with needles indiscriminately - and at least if I don't end up being filled it won't cost me anything. So I might as well talk to her about it.

I have a niggling concern in the back of my mind about having this fill done the day before my interview... as in, "What if it all goes horribly wrong, I'm overfilled and I get really sick and I have dramas and I'm too sick for my interview?" But then again, I'm a constant worrier, so this is all totally normal for me. Whatever.

In the meantime, between now and then, I have another assignment to write...... GO!

Hmm...

Why do I only ever feel like exercising around midnight?