Truckin' Along!

Well, again, it's been a busy couple of weeks and I didn't get to post last weekend.  So here I am updating for two weeks.  I'm still on a bit of a high from hitting the 100lbs loss mark.  When I sit and think about it and realize that I've lost 100lbs in 5 months, it just blows my mind away.  I think about all the stuff I'm able to do now and how healthy I feel compared to then and I'm so thankful for this journey.  It has been a hard road and I really wish I didn't have to go through all the physical struggles that I did, but it's been worth it!

It's funny though, because I have been getting some aches and pains the past few weeks that I really didn't expect with a huge weightloss.  I have bursitis in my hip.  Many days I feel like a 90 year old woman!  But the doctor said this is to be expected - it's just my body adjusting to the sudden weight change.

On the hair front, I decided I couldn't do the wig.  It was giving me a headache, I guess from the weight of it.  So I've done some investigating and found some products to help me hide the baldness until my hair grows back, IF it grows back.  I also found out that the reason the Biotin Vitamins weren't working is because I wasn't taking enough of it.  The ones I was taking were 250mg each and we are supposed to be taking up to 3000mg each day.  So I upped my Biotin this week and I have already noticed a difference in the amount of hair falling out.  Hopefully I'll start to get some regrowth.

The gym is going well. For a few weeks I had to cut back on the amount of weightlifting I did because of my tendinitis, but it seems to be okay now as long as I'm wearing my brace.  I also noticed that when I started back to doing my own weightlifting routine, I was able to lift more weight by up to 20lbs on some machines!  It's so good to see results in that area too!

This past week I had the privilege of going out to dinner with my "Phat Sistas".  We went to Smoke and Spice again and again shared a meal for 2 between the 5 of us and had leftovers.  Here's a picture of us from two months ago with a picture from this week.

I realized this week that eating out is SO MUCH cheaper now for me.  The meal with my sistas cost me $8. I took Michael out for breakfast yesterday and because I've had surgery, they let me order from the kids' menu.  Our breakfasts cost $7.49 altogether!  Not bad!

Here is my monthly picture.

So for the week of November 26th to December 2nd, I lost 2 lbs and this past week I lost another 2lbs for a total of 105 lost.  The weightloss is going to slow down, I'm sure, but I'm so pleased with the progress so far.  I've gone down 4 (almost) 5 pant sizes! Whoot!

And again, all glory to God!

Total Loss: 105lbs