A new low! :)
I'm eating right, moving my butt and it's paying off. Thank goodness.
I'm sort of bordering on bad (irratated) moodwise b/c of money/bills/prices/gas stuff. I am good at ignoring a lot and since DJ make more money combined than most people we know (including both sets of parents, and all of our siblings), I haven't really worried a lot about finances. Things can be tight from time to time, but we have both been blessed w/ high paying jobs, low living expenses, and make it by quite well.
My biggest headache though is a $450 car payment, and $3.79 per gallon gas prices... I drive an Expedition that gets 15 mpg, that I do not have the option of getting rid of. I drive probably 30 miles to work.
BLAH.
Our utilities are climbing, food prices are rediculous and gas... ugh. It is overwhelming at times. We work so hard to get things and I'm honestly afraid of where all of this is heading.
So anyway, that is where my head is today. I'm not sure why it is hitting me this week. Maybe it's all the talk about the rice and flour shortage, and how bread and meat prices are going up now. Who knows. I am seriously considering planting a small garden.
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Quick Stats
- Start Weight: 277 lbs.
- Lowest Weight Post Op:132 lbs.
- Today's Weight: 150 lbs.
- Goal Weight: 140-145 lbs.
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- Amber
- New Haven, Ohio, United States
- I am a 31 yr old mom of 3...full time student and part time working mom! I am on the journey of a lifetime as I lose 140+ lbs. after having gastric bypass surgery on 04/16/07!
- 3 YEARS POST OP: total loss - lbs. (weight: lbs.)
- Month 35: -6 lbs. (154 lbs.)
- Month 33: +12 (160 lbs.)
- Month 28: -/+ 0 (148 lbs.)
- Month 27: -/+ 0 (148 lbs.)
- Month 26: +1 lb. (148 lbs.)
- Month 25: +3 lbs. (147 lbs.)
- 2 YEARS POST OP: total loss -133 lbs. (weight: 144 lbs.)
- Month 23: -/+ 0 lbs. (145 lbs.)
- Month 22: +2 lbs. (145 lbs.)
- Month 21: -4 lbs. (143 lbs.)
- Month 20: -/+ 0 lbs. (147 lbs.)
- Month 19: +5 lbs. (147 lbs.)
- Month 18: +4 lbs. (142 lbs.)
- Month 17: +6 lbs. (138 lbs.)
- Month 16: -12 lbs. for the month (132 lbs.)
- Month 15: +6 for the month (144 lbs.)
- Month 14: -9 lbs. for the month (138 lbs)
- Week 61: 138
- Week 60: 143
- Week 59: 144
- Week 58: 142
- Week 57: 144
- Month 13: +5 for the month (147 lbs.)
- Week 56: 142
- Week 55: 144
- Week 54: 144
- Week 53: 144
- 1 YEAR POST OP: total loss -135 lbs. ( weight: 142 lbs)
- Month 12: -7 lbs. for the month
- Week 52:142 yay!
- Week 51: 146 STILL!!!
- Week 50: 146
- Week 49: 146
- Month 11: -2 lbs for the month
- Week 48: 149
- Week 47: 153
- Week 46: 150
- Week 45: 152
- Month 10: -4 lbs. for the month
- Week 44: 151
- Week 43: 152
- Week 42: 148
- Week 41: 154
- Week 40: 151
- Month 9: -11 lbs. for the month
- Week 39: 155
- Week 38: 157
- Week 37: 160
- Week 36: 162
- Week 35: 165
- Month 8: -10 lbs. for the month
- Week 34: 166
- Week 33: 166
- Week 32: 167
- Week 31: 171
- Month 7: -10 lbs. for the month
- Week 30: 176
- Week 29: 175
- Week 28: 176
- Week 27: 181
- Month 6: -8 lbs. for the month
- Week 26: 186
- Week 25: 189
- Week 24: 188
- Week 23: 193
- Month 5: -17 lbs. for the month
- Week 22: 192
- Week 21: 197
- Week 20: 199
- Week 19: 204
- Week 18: 208
- Month 4: -10 lbs. for the month
- Week 17: 209
- Week 16: 210
- Week 15: 214
- Week 14: 218
- Month 3: -17 lbs. for the month
- Week 13: 219
- Week 12: 223
- Week 11: 226
- Week 10: 229
- Week 9: 233
- Month 2: -14 lbs. for the month
- Week 8: 236
- Week 7: 239
- Week 6: 244
- Week 5: 247
- Month 1: -28 lbs. for the month
- Week 4: 251
- Week 3: 254
- Week 2: 256
- Week 1: 260
- Surgery:274
- PreSurgery Weight: 277
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5 comments:
you should plant a garden! It helps with global warming you could help offset the carbon impact of your SUV :)
Congrats on the new low!!! I can only imagine 141! That's awesome.
I know what you mean about prices. I drive about 40 miles one way to work and gas is killing me! It costs about $70 a week in gas alone. Gas is now $3.76 a gallon here, too. Groceries are also soaring! Our grocery bill was $30 more last week and we didn't buy anything extra. The prices are ridiculous. If I didn't have such good benefits at my job I would quit and moving closer isn't an option. I can't wait to get that rebate check soon to pay some bills!!!
Congrats on 141! That's gotta feel great!
$3.79 for gas? Cheap! We've been well over $4 here for a few weeks now.
Ouchie on that car payment though!
Are there any co-workers you could carpool with, even if it was to meet them 1/2 way or something? I know carpooling doesn't work for everyone. My husband can't really carpool because a) we live a different direction than everyone in his office, b) he never knows when he'll get off work. Thankfully he drives a hybrid, and our budget really hasn't been impacted by the gas prices, so it's not that big of a deal.
We haven't been seeing/feeling a big impact from rising gas prices or food costs, but what's killing us out here is housing. We'd love to buy something, but even at our salaries (which are very good), purchasing a home in California right now is out of the question. Just to buy the home we're currently renting would be more than $1000 more a month than rent. No thank you. And while home prices are dropping like rocks throughout Southern California, prices in our small town have only dropped a tiny amount. It's looking more and more like we'll keep renting until my daughter goes to college (to stay in the school district) and then will move out of state afterwards. It's pretty demoralizing when two college-educated professionals who make a 6-figure income can't afford to buy a 2 bedroom townhome.
Bah humbug.
Congrats on the new low. I just read all your archives. Yes I have no life lol. But really so interesting!! You have done such a great job. It made me a little more prepared for some of the things I may go through after my surgery. Thanks for being so honest.
Keep up the good work Amber. It's all about FREEDOM - right!!! and it just doen't come through weight loss.
I believe in you!
:)
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