#shrinkingbeast

current weight 181.

11 lbs to go

The countdown is on. 90 days til the final round of reconstructive skin surgeries for all the excess skin from losing 140 lbs. 

Cannot wait. 

Back training in the pool 4 days a week, playing volleyball the other 3 days. 

It has now been 10 months since I had my 4 excess skin removal surgeries and breast reduction. I am maintaining the weight loss I had achieved, but have stagnated. I still have about 30 lbs to lose til ultimate goal weight of 170, and my final round of skin surgeries in spring 2017.

Part of the reason for the slump is that my pool has been closed for months and months for renos, so volleyball has become my primary workout. Getting back in the pool next month to train should help a lot with my weight and general fitness. Will have to ease into it since it has been so long. start with 1km twice a week maybe.

I am still playing volleyball 4 times a week. Both my coed and womens intermediate league teams are undefeated thusfar! Improving my skill level, finally getting some stuff blocks.

Personal life wise- same old same old. Still single, but been doing a fair amount of dating.  Things are going well at work.

Measurement and size changes after 150 lbs lost and excess skin removal surgeries.

Area                                          Start (340)             (190)           Change  

hips                                                     65                    44                 -21

bum                                                    59                    46                  -13

upper thigh                                         33                     25                  -8

Torso(above breasts/under arms)      52                     39                  -13

breasts in bra                                      57                     41                 -16

waist                                                   47                     35                  -12

upper arm                                           20                     13                  -7

shirt size                                             4X                      Large                  

pants size                                           26                     14                  

Sorry followers, haven’t been very active on here. I find my dash is filled with photos that may be inspirational or motivating to others, but to me are a real turn off.  Very very slim women arent “thinspo” or body goals for me, I will never look like that, even after my skin removal surgery. It doesnt make me want to work harder, it makes me sad that I missed my chance by getting so overweight in the first place.

And a strange number of fitblrs have regular photos of desserts, and as someone on a pre-surgery diet, this is just way too much temptation and tease.

Anyway, surgery is in 5 days.  BMI is currently 29, and I am about 16 lbs over my goal weight (which is still “overweight”), but the survery will take off 6-10 lbs of skin, so that will bring me pretty close.

I am officially overweight now, not obese anymore!

Starting weight was 340.

After only losing a few pounds last month, this month the weight is flying off me.  On the first two days of the month I totally binged- several slices of cake and 2 huge chinese food meals. I wonder if that like kick started things, got my body thinking it had to get to work using calories again.

HW 340

CW 221