New pictures

New pictues of me, taken today (4/16), 7 weeks out from surgery.

40 lbs!

As of today, I have lost 40 lbs.  I can’t believe it.  I’ve never lost that much EVER.  And it is gone forever. 

I am trying hard to keep my calories over 1000 a day.  It is harder than it seems when you can’t eat much.  I seem to lose better when I’m over 1000 than when I’m under.  I really want to lose 50 lbs, which will put me under 300, by May 7th when I see Dr. M again.

Before and after?

I was playing with the virtual model at Prevention and this is my virtual model, before and after (goal weight of 160).

   

   

New car!

I got a new car this week!  It is a 2008 Hyundai Elantra.  I named her Ellie.  Here she is:

My average intake

First, I’m down 35 lbs as of today.    I’m also down about 2 pants sizes.  I say almost because the bigger size is big but the smaller size is just a tiny bit tight.  Everything that I was wearing before surgery is practically falling off of me.  I almost bought a shirt tonight but I wasn’t sure what size I needed and didn’t feel like trying them on.  I haven’t lost much in the boob area so I don’t think I’ve gone down much on top, maybe one size.  My shirts from this past winter are all baggy.

I track my food intake on an online calorie counter website (http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/).  This is my average intake since I started tracking:

Calories	733
Total Fat	21
Cholesterol	126
Sodium	1976
Total Carbs	71
Dietary Fiber	7
Sugar	26
Protein	65

I think I need to work on less sodium and a little more fiber.  Otherwise, I think it looks okay.  Any thoughts or suggestions?  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.