Update

On March 31st I completed my first 5K.  I jogged the whole thing!!  It is simply amazing. Just a few short months ago I could barely walk a mile and now, I jogged 3.1 miles without walking!  My time was 40:39.  I have another 5K scheduled for the 28th of this month.  I hope to improve on my time.

I spend a minimum of 5 days a week in the gym.  I love every minute of it.  I never would have thought I'd be someone that loves running and loves exercising.
Now, some of you may be wondering how I got to this point.  It wasn't easy.  HELLO - I went through SURGERY to get to this point.  LOL.  I just kept telling myself after surgery that I didn't go through surgery to sit on my rear doing nothing.  I went through this process to become healthier.  My goal has not been a size/weight goal. My goal is a healthy habits goal.  My first goal was to complete a 5K and I did it!  My next short term goal is to improve my time.  I have a goal for this summer, to be able to take my girls on rides at the county fair and not be afraid I'm too big to fit!  I think that's a super special goal.  I have a longer term goal too.  By next February I want to be able to run my first half marathon.  I think that is totally doable.  I have a couple more 5Ks scheduled and after that I'll schedule some 10K runs to start working up to a half marathon.
That was pretty long winded.  Let me simplify:
my goals are health/fitness related
I keep reminding myself WHY I had surgery
I'm completely open with everyone about my surgery
I give in to cravings (GASP!  What?!  -Yes, I have cake or candy when I want it but I only have a small amount and that's it!)
I let people support me (I talk, sometimes way too much!)
I started slow, really slow.  Even now, I increase slowly.

There are probably more things that I do but those are the things that I found to be most helpful in really changing my life around.

I lost count of the number of fills I've had, I'm guessing 4 since it's April.  I feel like I'm at a good place.  I can eat, but not much.  I sometimes get sick and it sucks.  BUT, it's always because I didn't chew well enough or ate too fast.  I have to work on always chewing super well and eating super slow.  I still eat with baby forks and spoons whenever I am able.

As of now, I've lost 50lbs. Crazy.  Absolutely insane to think....I've lost more weight than my 3 year old and nearly equal to my two kids combined!

I love life and am so very happy to have had Lap Band surgery.