Sherry and the BAND

2010-11-25T13:18:00.001-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

2010-05-30T14:12:00.001-05:00

Well Happy Memorial Day weekend! I was 225.6 lbs today and quite happy with that. Size 18-20 bottoms (Old Navy) and very happy with the downward trend.

It's Quite alright, Really!

2010-04-16T11:25:00.000-05:00

I did not make my mini goal of being in the 220's by my birthday April 11th. Wouldn't you know, my rag started, there went 5 lbs of bloat and water, thanks!!! I was very close and I am OK with that. My pants are now size 20 and I wear an XL normal shirt (a wee bit tight). I weighed 236 this morning, the exact same as a month ago?? Inches are good especially considering I was in a 26-28 pant this time last year! The secret? I walk 5 miles a day rain or shine unless I am very sick (the workout is 10K, the rest is gravy) and I do not eat meat except for seafood.

My next goal is to be at 200 lbs by the 12K Turkey Trot (lose 36 lbs by 11/25/10) A mini goal would be half that in half the months so 18 lbs gone or weigh 218 lbs by end of July.

I would like to be well into Onderland for Christmas 2010.

So that's it for now, Encouraging everyone to Keep on Keepin' on, and you will eventually get where you are going!

Latest all time low

2010-02-18T15:10:00.000-06:00

236.8 Lbs today, I like It! I was stuck in the 240's since november 30th 2009 and I only this week got into the 230's! I kept doing everything I was suppose to do, walking 6-7 times a week getting well over 10K steps. On the Icy, snowy days I got my steps on the elliptical. I have kept my vegetarian diet and I continued to drink water, but not as much water as I did in the summer. I did not screw up over the holidays, Honest to God. This was a bad plateau and I honestly can not tell you what the hell happened. I can say I continued to lose inches during this plateau and working out on the elliptical did sculpt my lower body a bit.

Oh and by the way, the clothes from old navy I was so excited about in earlier posts, are all bagged up and headed for the women's shelter. They were all WAY TOO BIG! I kept the shirt, but I only wear it around the house to keep warm, its giant. I went online and ordered a pair of Michael Kors Utility pants size 24 with a 47 inch waist and the pants fell off me, I was so disappointed! They are so big, I can't even sort of pass them off. So I ordered a size 22 pair a camo paratrooper pants with a 42 inch waist and I am hoping the pants will fit for crying out loud. This trying to figure out sizes is tough!

Well it off to walk now, 3:00 to 5:00 PM is the warmest time of day here and my favorite time to walk, Ciao!

240'S for Too Long

2010-01-19T13:27:00.000-06:00

Today I was 240.6 lbs and I watched the scale flirt with the upper 230's. Why Have I been in the 240's for so long??? I have been getting my 10k steps in most everyday (www.walkertracker.com SherryLuka) weather permitting or I am on the elliptical. Why??? My clothes are definately smaller, like ridiculously too frumpy and bumpy!!!

Went online to Old Navy and picked up some plus size clearance (LOVE IT!) I bought a pencil skirt in 24 and cargo pants size 24, and a cute longe sleeve tee in 2X. ALL of it HUNG like ugly hung too big, TOO MUCH! Nice problem to have!

The clothes were so cheap I won't bother to send back, but shopping at old navy.com instead of lane bryant will save me a LOT of money until my weight levels out. And some of that stuff is really cute and really cheap!! When it comes time to donate them the only problem I will have is finding really cute replacements.

I bought a gym membership to Zach's Club, Why? Because I thought I could jumpstart the weight loss with Zumba Classes...Doh! I still fell way too fat for that and I dont want to see any other scrubs shaking their fat, gross!

So that's the scoop, I am in flux and between sizes, nothing looks right on me. Thank God for the enell bras or I would look like a floppy, sloppy mess! And the pink one makes me happy!

See ya!

the 240's

2009-12-29T11:08:00.000-06:00

Looks like December will be the month of the 240's. Today I was 243.4 with just my panties on (it makes a difference). I was 242.4 the day I left for Vegas on the 13th, then my rag started and it stormed, it is storming now, and I am only Just getting close to that weight again. My ovo lacto vegetarian diet has remained consistant to my pleasure (occasional seafood usage). I am consistantly walking daily when it is not dangerous out ( I almost suffered from hypothermia december 23rd). I bought a gym memebership at Zach's Club which I haven't used yet...I mean why? I have a $4500 elliptical at home, what the hell was I thinking??

Dashing through the Snow...

2009-12-29T10:55:00.000-06:00

My Beautiful Shelby and good Ole Bernie 12-24-09. That is a WHOLE LOT OF GLOBAL WARMING!

This was out Merry White Christmas!

12K 2009 Turkey Trot - Accomplished

2009-11-26T17:11:00.000-06:00

I am so thrilled, I completed the 12K Turkey Trot 2009. It took me 2 hours and 5 minutes, of course, all the "runners" completed the race in about an hour, but this was important to me. I had to complete the race even though I walked (fast as I could) most of it and I got lots of looks of pity. I don't care, that is why people can never just get on with it and try, because all the smaller people give the "looks", because they could NEVER DO IT, not in a million years! Well I have been fat a long time and you have to start somewhere. It takes a lot of balls to take on a 12K knowing you will be dead last, and I was, I am also proud of it! This was actually my third time in 8 weeks to walk the 12K route, how do you like those apples?

Here is what I know, Turkey Trot 2010 will be a whole different ball game, even if I only lose another 63 lbs like I will have done this year, that means I will be in onederland by then. Today I weighed in at 252.5 lbs so, take another 63 lbs from that and Sherry will be pretty darned close to goal weight in fact I will only be 28 lbs away from normal BMI.

I have come way to far and taken too many drastic steps to get this weight off, people with the weird looks can kiss my ass, really, Kiss it!! This has been the hardest journey of my life and I do not want to ever come down this road again, frankly I can not go through this again. I absolutely have iron clad focus on the weight loss, day in and day out, not a day goes by where I do not weigh and I either praise or criticize myself. Sounds harsh? Well not really considering the way fat people are treated, ever watched the Biggest Loser? I refuse...

New All Time LOW!!

2009-11-19T12:42:00.000-06:00

This Morning I was 249.8 lbs! WOW

Every pound down now will be a NEW ALL TIME LOW! I love it!! And what I love more, I am 50 lbs away from Onderland! Amazing how the half way mark makes the finish line look closer.

63 lbs Down since 11/28/08 - 11/19/09
50 lbs to Onerland
91 lbs to Goal

YES!

I am Only Happy When the Scale Goes Down

2009-11-08T13:19:00.002-06:00

I am happy, and a bit ashamed to say, I have lost 1.6 lbs since yesterday. I am now 251.4 lbs, my new al time low! How do I know to the ounce what the loss is? BECAUSE I WEIGH EVERY DAY AND PROUD OF IT!! That "once a week" nonsense is for people who can't deal with the fact that they are not losing like they want to. And I totally get that the scale should not dictate your mood or how you feel about yourself, BUT IT DOES! To say the scale does not matter is like pretending that we don't still live in a man's world or that skinny is not better in our society, IT IS on BOTH counts! I am just keeping it real and being truthful to myself about how it IS.

Here is are my truths: I only feel like blogging on good scale days. I only like to post Youtube videos when I feel good and think I look good. I am only happy when the scale goes down. I only like to makes A's in my classes. I haven't started yoga because I can't do the poses as I wish to without discomfort. I HATE what Corporate America is doing to the cows and chickens (and everything else!) but going vegetarian was totally to lose weight so I can get to my smoking hot body SOONER! If I can kick the man in the pants along the way, GOOD!

Do you sense venom? You are correct. I live in a society where it is acceptable to use and abuse fat people, it is just GOOD SPORT! I have to lower my standards and put up with "STUFF" becasue I am overweight. Don't worry I have already sent "Katie" a text and told her to Bar the Gates!

MOTIVATION

2009-11-07T10:25:00.001-06:00

MOTIVATION

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SuperSize Me

2009-11-06T15:25:00.003-06:00

This movie helped me start taking first steps on my journey and start looking for a WAY OUT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V168xofxgu0

Almost

2009-11-06T11:31:00.001-06:00

Almost

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I love it!

2009-11-03T09:51:00.001-06:00

I love it!

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New Weight Low on this journey!

2009-11-01T11:32:00.001-06:00

New Weight Low on this journey!

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12K= 7.46 Miles

2009-10-19T11:19:00.001-05:00

Whoo Hoo! Attempted my first walk/some jog of the 12K for the Turkey Trot! Did seven of the 7.46 miles, but the sun was killer and I was soooo thirsty so I stopped. Hey that is close enough for me and I lost 3 lbs!!! I am in the 250's YEAH, I am so happy with these results! Finally some Mickey Fickey Results!!

Gobble, Gobble!

Running?

2009-10-10T14:34:00.003-05:00

Well as I type I am downloading the 9 week Podcasts for C25K. Not sure I am going to start, but the thought of it is making me happy!

I have signed of for the 12K Turkey Trot on Thanks giving hosted by the WTRC, West Texas Running Club, I am not EVEN fit for running any of it now, but of I have six and a half weeks to get ready and I have been walkign about that every day anywho. I will run/walk the entire thing and be damned proud to finish. My sister and I have decided to scope out the site ahead of time and just see how bad we are, this will be excellent training!

Not sure what I am getting into, but I am excited and ready. My one year surgiversary is coming up November 28th 2009, and I do believe I will be at or over 50 lbs lost in a year! Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Here are my new running shoes and I will keep you posted!

Ovo-Lacto

2009-10-04T09:26:00.003-05:00

It is official my new title is Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian and I am loving it. The new found joy of cooking, the control over diet, I like it. The other night I did eat some calamari, but I will allow for seafood on this journey on the very rare occasion I need it. Other than that there is no deprivation for me, just have to watch out for salt content in the items I am cooking. I have a new latitude and surprisingly the high carb diet is not sending in a negative spiral. I credit the 1 to 1.5 hour a day walks (without fail) and the Metamucil, otherwise I know I would be in a HOT mess!

265 lbs on the nose today same as yesterday my new low so far, at least there is no gain. This puts me at 48 lbs down since Nov 28 2008 and 70 lbs down since Feb 1 2008. My immediate goal is to be in the 250's by surgiversary Nov 28 2009 and I believe it can be done.

Till the next update....

Reality Check

2009-09-28T15:23:00.002-05:00

STATS:

Starting Weight 11-28-08: 313 lbs

Current Weight 9-28-09: 266 lbs

Week# 43 Since Surgery

Goal: 155 lbs

Total Loss
47.00 lbs

Loss per week Average:
1.09 lbs

% of Original loss
15.02

% of Goal
29.75

So basically I am taking stock and looking at what's happened in the last nine months and this is very telling. Wondering if you want a band or not? Can you deal with 1 pound per week? This is why it takes band patients 24-36 months to reach goal! Jesus, at 50 lbs a year I am looking at 3.16 years to get to 155 lbs!! That really Kind of pisses me off and this is the whole heart of the matter. Can you deal with the snail's pace?

It's all working pretty well

2009-09-27T23:31:00.007-05:00

Made Bean Salsa

Black Eyed Peas

And Bean and Kale Ragu

Walked about 12, 800 miles today

Life is Good!

Secret Weapon

2009-09-20T12:45:00.006-05:00

Can you Believe it! I found my new secret weapon: METAMUCIL

The Fiber is actually counter acting the carbs and fat in my diet, I take it in the morning, but if I a going to eat potato salad for dinner I will take another dose. I must say it is working like gangbusters, along with juicing and a mostly vegitarian diet. This morning I was 268.6 lbs, exciting! I had been stuck in the 270's for two months, this was a good day, LOVE IT!

I also bought a pressure cooker and a Power Juicer, I am going to make some changes! I am finding that the nutients from juicing organic vegtables hold me over like a meal, I actually feel a bit stuck when I drink the juice and it sits in my pouch for some reason. LOVE THAT TOO!

Last week I maded lentil soup, split pea soup, cabbage and a Vegetarian potato salad. Combine that with walking 10,000 steps a day and 60-90 oz of H20 and I am impressed with my results!

I am a little nervous about using the pressure cooker, but I will read the book first just to be sure I dont blow a hole in my kitchen ceiling!

Well I am hosting a potluck tonight so I better start picking up the house, when company comes over it is NEVER clean enough! Have a great week all!

My New Reality

2009-09-05T22:24:00.002-05:00

269.2 lbs today, VERY NICE and Yeah For Me!

My New Daily Reality?

Walking a minimum of 10,000 steps a day! I have been consistently walking over 10K steps for almost a month and I really feel a major sense of accomplishment. I am seeing some major changes in my body, mostly inches of course, but the scale is starting to creep in the right direction. And just to keep myself honest, I even post my steps to Facebook, daily whether I want to or not.

I am even going out on my bike for a short spin later this evening. I love night riding! All my answers lie in physical exercise period, end of discussion.

Third Fill Kicking In?

2009-08-20T13:48:00.002-05:00

Wow 270 this morning, way to go Third Fill! BOO Granny is here!
Hopefully I can continue getting my steps!

WE HAVE RESTRICTION!

2009-08-04T19:32:00.001-05:00

OK Ladies and gentleman! WE HAVE RESTRICTION! Yeah!

Just tried to eat two chicken wings from Wing Stop, there was 4 on the plate, started to slime and any more would have come back up. FINALLY!! Hopefully it will last!

Headed off to walk, which I have to double up on now as my body has adjusted to the original 2 miles, so Now I guess it is four.

Sucks not being able to eat, but I think this will get me over the hump!

278.4 lbs today!

Summer Update

2009-07-26T16:13:00.002-05:00

Hello Blog, Its been a while.... I am 279.2 this morning and starting my period...The PMS today is out of control! And I am craving more On The Border Ultimate Loaded Queso and Chips and I believe I will have some more- WTF???? 900 calories per serving, plus the chips!

On The Border Ultimate Loaded Queso

Nutrition Facts
Calories 900	(3762 kJ)
		% DV 1
Total Fat	59g	91%
Sat. Fat	31g	155%
Sodium	2980mg	124%
Total Carbs.	46g	15%
Dietary Fiber	16g	64%
Protein	49g

This is what I want....GOD HELP ME

This is how it has been the last couple days. But more on that later.

I just had my third fill this past Friday, 7/24/09, waited 24 hours to eat solids, but I had dark liquids not clear??? Maybe that's why my esophagus was enlarged??? When will I get it?? I am still eating too fast, too large a bite, etc, etc... I do not understand my gig, lets just sabotage some more, shall we?

I am a food addict, PMS and feeling totally obese. Bad day!