Tomorrow~ 3 month Bandiversary

"There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps."
~Peter A. Cohen

Although I feel like I took a big giant step to be banded what I have learned is..... its all the little baby steps that have really made the difference. Ask me 3 months ago if I thought I would be able to lose 50 pounds, I would have replied heck no! Ask me if I would be exercising on a regular basis...HELL to the NO! Or any of the life changing things I have experienced in the last 3 months? Truth is I didn't have one ounce of confidence in my self to make these changes on my own. I had failed so many times before with  just dieting, I thought it was a lost cause. Being Banded is not an easy thing, you have to make choices everyday on how you want to live with your band. Some days are easier than others. One thing I can say is I do not regret my choice to have the surgery. Sure I am excited about how my physical appearance is changing but more than that I feel like I am getting "THE REAL KELLI" back. The one with personality, humor and a caring attitude. I guess I didn't realize how much my weight was weighing me down so to speak.  I am glad I found this blogging community and all the love and support that is given here. I still have a long way to go but if I just keep taking little steps I know I will get there!

I got all my Christmas shopping done on Saturday, Yea! That is such a good feeling. I also bought an early Christmas present for myself...a new skirt, sweater and BOOTS! I haven't worn boots in years, I am uber excited. We took our family picture today for our Christmas cards and I wore my outfit. Here is a picture of us......is it terrible to admit I feel like I may be getting my sexy back???

Weekly Weigh In

Today's weight 194.7
down 1.8 pounds this week
Total weight loss 48.3

My party went fabulous last night. I am happy all went well. Truth is I was so busy running around I was able to stay focused on my eating and not over-indulge. I did have one homemade cannoli that was heavenly but at least I didn't eat the whole plate! Hope everyone is doing well, Happy Friday!

Just checking in...

Life is really busy now with holiday preparations and work. I am in charge of a Progressive Dinner for 85 women tomorrow night, Yikes. I feel like I have had little time to read and respond to blogs this week. Hopefully next week I can get caught up. In the meantime I hope all of you are doing well and I look forward to catching up on some blog readings soon. I will leave you with this pretty winter scene that makes me think happy, calm thoughts in an otherwise chaotic week...enjoy

Holiday Party Pic.

My Hubby and I!

Weekly Weigh In

Today's weight 196.5
down 2.4 pounds this week
total weight loss 46.5 pounds!

I went shopping last night to buy an outfit for my husbands Christmas party tonight. The sweater is an XL and the jeans size 16.  It was so strange to head to the misses section and not the plus size racks. I kept looking around to see if people would stare at me and  think "What is she doing over here?" It then dawned on me that this is what fits me now. I have never enjoyed shopping before but last night was pretty cool! It was actually fun shopping! Did I just say that???

Super NSV!!!

Today, I went back into the recesses of my closet and dug out my size 16 pants from long ago....I looked at them and said "those look too small still". I said what the heck and decided to try them on and guess what THEY ALL FIT!!! not even tight. I can't freakin believe it, I am so excited!! I really thought these pants would never fit me again.