Week 5 Weigh In

Well, I missed posting about week 4's weigh in. I couldn't bring myself to do it. I gained back the 0.6 lbs I lost the week before. I know what the cause was: water retention due to hormones. My hubby was trying to hide under a rock during that time...lol Good thing he loves me, I probably would have bailed if I had to put up with hormonal me :) I knew when I started retaining water, Thursday. I dreaded having to do my weigh in because I knew it was not going to be good. But I survived!

I had a realization this week. I'm being hard on myself because I'm losing weight super slowly. I'm 5 weeks post-op today, which means I get to exercise and pick my kids up and clean again! I'm sure my weight loss will pick up now that I can actually be active. My realization: if I had not started Weight Watchers when I did, being as sedentary as I have been the past 5 weeks, the scale would have been going up, not down. I know I would have gained because I was gaining weight before the surgery. So losing weight post-op is a great accomplishment in and of itself. Most people gain weight post-op, and I lost.

Now, here it is, week 5. I changed my weigh in day from Sunday to Friday because it works better for me. So I got up this morning and weighed myself. So excited, I lost the 0.6 lbs gain plus an additional 0.8 lbs! Woohoo! I also took my measurements today. I've lost 6 inches! 2 inches is from my waist. I thought my tummy was starting to resemble a deflating balloon...lol I also lost 1 daily PointsPlus point. It feels so good :)

I'm all sorts of excited today! I've lost more weight, I got to pick up my daughter and comfort her, then rock her to sleep, and I get to have my life back :)

Beginning weight: 314.6 lbs
Week 5 weight: 307 lbs
Total weight lost: 7.6 lbs!