Bad Blogger!
Just a few weeks away from thanksgiving and im excited to have hit my 6 month surgiversary last Friday and officially diwn 75 pounds from highest weight of 247!
It still feels surreal - that I am almost a universal size 12! im lower than my high school prom weight! stoked!
unfortunately not as enthusiastic about the worsening state of my RA - so much for losing a "few" pounds and feeling better :/ its annoying but for the most part its becoming a lifestyle change - living with change.
Scheduled follow up this Monday was hopkng to be out of thd 170s but I havent exactly been following the program as recommended - not enough protein, not taking my vitamins and definitely not enough water - despitemy hundreds of gadgets :) this is me we are talking about so no great surprise there.
highlights:
Madly in love with belts now - all shapes sizes and colors
experimental with hair styles and fashion
comfortable making eye contact
love getting dressed, goingshopping and glamming up for EVERYTHING
most comfortable sitting position is with my legs crossed NOW
being able to shop at Victoria's Secret for all of my intimate apparell
people's sudden interest in my weight loss and making a fuss over how great i look
taking a daily pic to track my progress
looking and feeling good in my clothes
being clalled "tiny" and "skinny"
wow! in all fairness didnt know the highlights list was so long - im full of shit! Sure I did
low lights:
awful bouts of morning stiffness and frequent flareups
running out of clothes faster than I can keep up with - kind of a highlight too hahahh
being treated differently by people - better than before, but thats what makes it awful
some of the backhanded compliments
seeing others struggle with their weight and not able to suggest they look into WLS
not sleeping well - RA
not being able to be more physically active
some of these points - both high and low light deserve their own blog entry and hopefully i will and can address them sooner rather than late - while thr emotions are still relevant.
For now will close out with some progress pics 
sadly i havent kept up with my blog, there have been sooo many amazing milestones - but they werent lost - celebrated them with the May Sleevers secret group on FB and of course with mom! I wanted this to be another forum for expression, therapy, and whatever else.
Anyway thats all for now.
