Doctor says....go for it!

Yeah!! I just got back from the doctors. He said it was okay for me to start seeing "George" again. I have missed George over the last 6 weeks. He is sitting in the corner all alone. I hear him calling me but I couldn't answer him.

Wow it has been awhile, almost a month since I posted here. I need to get back on track again. So here it goes...

Over the last 6 weeks of my recovery from surgery I was being very careful of what I ate and the potential to gain back the 12 lbs that I had spent painfully losing over the previous 2 months. I am glad to report that I only gained 0.6 lbs. I am proud of this and hopefully it will be a wee bit of motivation to get back with "George". 

Off to say hi to everyone missed you
hugs
Kimber

Back down again. Not sure why but I like it

It has been two weeks and a wee bit since my surgery. It has been soooo boring. It is driving me mad at times. I hate not being active and having to just lie there and hug the sofa. I want things to get back to normal. I know....I need this time to recovery. The doctor said everything is on track but will need at least another 3 weeks before I can start back on the treadmill and do anything crazy like get off the sofa grrrr. So here I am being a "forced" couch potoato.

I have been closly watching what I eat. It is hard because when you are bored you tend to go looking for food. It is a good thing I am locked down to the sofa and the kitchen is on the first level of our home while the living area is upstairs. It just hurts to go up and down stairs. So I have been good with the boredom eating.  I am back down to the weight I was when I went into the hospital.  I was right about the 1.4 that I gained as being water weight and bloating.  I am happy that I  am sticking to my goal of maintaining while I am glued to the sofa. The good thing about it was I did get to see most of the Olympics. That was interesting and looking forward to seeing the closing ceremony tomorrow.

I will check back with you all later. Need to rest. Hopefully in a couple days I will get to all you wonderful friends and read what you have all been up to.

hugs

K

Home from the hospital - up 1.4 ugh

I am home from the hospital and the surgery went well. Bloody sore though which is to be expected.  I was scared to death to get on the scale today but I did. I am up 1.4 pounds. Oh well, nothing I can do about it. It is probably water weight. I feel bloated. I was afraid I might gained back those wonderful 12 pounds I just spend the last 2 months working my hindy off for but it is important that I get well. It will take about 5 weeks before I am fully recovered and before I am back to my normal self...not sure if I was ever normal but hey.

They only thing I can do for the next while is to seriously watch what I am eating as I am not allowed to do any exercise. I am not even allowed to lift my son. That is a tough one. I love his snuggles. I missed him so much when I was in the hospital. The doctors kept be there longer than they first told me so that made it worse. I was bugging them to let me out, I needed my snuggles.

It is good to be home. I am off now to take my nap. There are some benefits to it I guess

hugs

Kimber

Down a pound

Well I wasn't going to weigh in until tomorrow morning. I leave tomorrow at noon to head to the hospital. I just have way too much to do tomorrow morning to weigh in and blog so I thought it best to just do it today. I will be home from the hospital on Thursday or Friday so I will post to let you know how things are.

I am excited that I lost another pound this week. I am still a wee bit nervous about going into the hospital but not as stressed as I was a couple weeks ago. That may change tomorrow night as I lay there, wishing I was home, getting snuggles from my son, reading him stories and putting him to bed.

Tonight will be the last night I do that for at least 3 weeks. I am not suppose to lift anything over 5 kg. My son is 15 kg he is a big lad. I am also not suppose to do much moving around or walking in the next 3 weeks. So over the next couple weeks I will probably be bored out of my head but at the same time I can't go "boredom" eating as I would have to get out of bed and walk downstairs to the kitchen. Plus I have no junk food around so that will help.

I plan over the next several weeks to eat lots of fruits and veggies. Stay away from the carbs unless they are the healthy ones. This should help me maintain my weight once I get up and moving again I can go have a date with "George"

Have a great week everyone, see you Friday

hugs

Kimber

Photos added.

I have added my "fat" photos. I figured it would be good for several reasons.  A reminder of how I don't want to look anymore, to see the progress when I do get to my goal weight. and last but not least so that you can see who I am. It is always nice to put a face to the name. I plan on blogging here for some time and this is my new home.

I am a photographer and I am normally behind the lens and not in front of it, and looking at these photos there is good reason to be behind the lens. I am currently updating my photography website but once it is up and running I will share it with you. I will have lots of down time in the nex t few weeks to work on it and get things running.

hugs, have a great week

Kimber

Stats - Month 2

Start Weight            234.0

Current Weight       223.3

Goal Weight            224.00                 

Goal achieved         Yes  down 10.7 pounds in total

Avg Steps Start        4,650 steps/day

Avg Steps June       6,008 steps/day

Avg Steps July         7,131 steps/day

Completed a challenge to walk around the "Tour de France" the details are in one of my previous posts. I was required to walk a total of 246,875 steps in the month of July. I am pleased to say that I actually completed the challenge one day ahead of schedule..haha with a total of 258,123 steps for the month. Last month my total was 146,614 steps. That is up a big whooping 111,509 steps!!

I also challenged myself to the million step milestone. Other than August being a bummer because of my surgery and not being able to walk most of the month I should be able to complete my millionth step by the end of November.  Now that is motivation.

I feel good about this months progress meeting my goal for weight loss and my challenge goal. As I mentioned, my August month will be cazy. I am hoping to maintain my weight that is my goal so that I can get back on track with by the end of the month or September. I am not going to push myself, it is important that I recover from my surgery.

hugs all see you on Tuesday for the weigh in and then again probably Friday after I get home from the hospital

Kimber

I should have...but...

I didn't so here are the results...

Yesterday I resisted the temptation to weigh myself. Perhaps I should have but I didn't. This morning my monthly showed up and I was scared to get on that scale. But I shut my eyes jumped on and well...peeked. 

drum roll....

Down  1.7 pounds. I actually got off and step on again. I am very happy!  I thought I was up because of my wee visit. Whew what a relief.  The good news is, a good thought I guess is, that I am up and I actually lost more, so nex t week will be a nice surprise too....or am I just dreaming? One can only hope.

Next Wednesday I will be under the knife so I will do my weigh in on Tuesday morning before I head to the hospital. I will do another one the first morning when I get out. Curious to see if a gain or lose in the 4 days that I will be in the hospital. My goal for the week that I am in the hospital and the 3 weeks that I am recovering is to maintain my weight. I will be happy with that. I don't want to gain back what I just spent 2 months losing.

See you all next Tuesday and have fun

Kimber

Hospital Food/Photos

Well next week I am off to the hopital to have some surgery done. I was stressed about it but I have since calmed down and with the encouragement of some of my friends here have put my mind at ease. I am sure next Monday will be crazy as I go in on Tuesday afternoon, go under the knife Wednesday morning and hopefully out by Friday or Saturday.

Hospital food is usually not the best but I found out from when I was in the hospital when my son was born ( 9 days ). They actually have great food. Here in Switzerland, at least the hosptial that I was in, the kitchen has a wonderful chef. You are given menus with choices. You are also given different menus depending on your situation.

Yesterday, I contacted the hospital and asked if they had a diabetic menu. I told them that I wasn't diabetic but the menu has better and healther choices. They said it wasn't a problem for them to give me this menu. At least I won't be tempted with any of the other fun stuff they serve as I am not restricted with my diet while I am there.

I took some really fun photos of my son last week and I have them send away to get printed. They should be here tomorrow and then I will go get a nice frame to take it with me.  I hate to have to be away from him (20 mths) for so long. I think we have only been apart from each other at the most 3 hrs since he was born. I know he will be fine without me. it is me I am worried about, I am not sure I will be fine without him....yeah I know...first time mum thing and I am crazy about him.

Well tomorrow is weigh in day and I should be down. I don't dare get on the scale until tomorrow morning. Plus the scale is pushed way under the bed and it really is a PITA to crawl under there to pull it out...so we wait.

I had a great day yesterday. I was on the Treadmill for 90 minutes. Walked around Basel, Switerland for a couple hours until the heat was just way to much to bear anymore. It was 32 C. (90F for those of you who are celsius challenged) and the humity was unreal... bloody hell my teeth were sweating it was that hot. I walked over 17,000 steps and I slept really well last night.

Until tomorrow...hugs all

Kimber

Some photos of my critter...

Whew thought I gained again...

Although I have been sticking to my goals and having lots of dates with George (treadmill) I have been stressed over the upcoming surgery so I thought I had gained. I was scared to get on the scales this morning. When I got on I was pleasantly surprised that I was down a pound. Now if I can just stop worrying about the surgery, I have another 2 weeks before I go into the hospital, then I think I will be okay.

hugs all have a great week

Kimber

Surgery...yikes

I have to have surgery next month. So on the 4 August I head off to the hospital. Nothing serious, just getting something fixed from when I was preggers. But still, I hate that I have to go in the hospital and I hate the fact that it is going to take me between 4-6 weeks to recover. I have such a love affair with my pedometre and my threadmill now that it is going to be hard not to be able to exercise.  I think it will be difficult for me to lose weight during the month of August but I am not giving up.

That is not the worse part. I have a 20 month old that I have not been away from since he was born for more than 3 hours. I know I know...get a life but hey I am a mum and he is my baby.  I know he will be okay with his dad and we hired a Nanny to help me take care of him while I am recovering but I will be in the hospital for 3 days. I am going to go bonkers being away from him that long.  I know I should look at this like a wee break from him, lord knows I need one at times. Although I don't consider hospital surgery much of a break. I think I will be calling home every hour to talk to him. I think I might be a wee bit crazy here.

Any suggestions on how to handle the month of August and weight loss I would love to here them.

hugs

Kimber