KateWeight: Slow and Steady Wins the Race! : August 2006

Weigh-in 8/29

Weight: 150 (+-0) Yes, I actually forgot to weigh Monday morning because I was rushing to get ready for school, so I did it yesterday instead. I was up a couple of pounds over the weekend, with the party and all, but I have been VERY good for the Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:27 PM 2 Comments

Weigh-in 8/21

Weight: 150.0 (+1) I know, I know, late again! Last week's post was a self-fulfilling prophecy. I had a couple of bad days (Friday and Saturday) and look what happened; my weight was up a pound by Monday. I did fine for three days and then fell off the Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:03 PM 2 Comments

Weigh-in 8/14

Weight: 149 (-0.5) I know, I'm just a few days late posting it. I actually started back to work this week, not officially, but going in to check out how my classroom fared during summer cleaning, and starting to do some planning for the beginning of Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:07 AM 2 Comments

OK, here's an "after" picture

Yesterday was a big day for me - I hit the Macy's sale and got a ton of new clothes, and then my husband and I went to the gym. All I did was walk on the treadmill for half an hour at a moderate pace, but it felt really good! (Probably because I wasn't Read More

posted by: Kate, Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:02 PM 8 Comments

Third post-op

Saw the doctor yesterday and he is very pleased with how healing is progressing (as am I). A friend of mine who had surgery years ago told me that her doctor had advised her to get fresh aloe and rub it on her stitch lines to prevent scarring, and she Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:12 PM 2 Comments

Weigh-in 8/7

Weight: 149.5 (-2) I'm not surprised, but naturally I'm thrilled; I've been trying to get back under 150 since about May. I've set a mini-goal for myself to be 145 by the time school starts at the end of the month, and with this lovely "diet aid," I Read More

posted by: Kate, Monday, August 07, 2006 7:57 PM 2 Comments

I feel great today

(Tired, but great.) I got to take off all of the bandages and SHOWER! I think I was in there for an hour. But it was the first time I got to take a really good look in the mirror - I've only seen little portions here and there when the doctor replaced Read More

posted by: Kate, Friday, August 04, 2006 12:14 PM 2 Comments

Second post-op

YES, he took the drains out! Boy, I'm so glad to have those things gone. They weren't really uncomfortable or anything, just a nuisance. But he dealt me a crushing blow when he said I still can't shower until Friday, because he re-did the gauze and bandaging Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:15 PM 1 Comments