Finally!!

Woke up this morning hopped on scale and was surprised at what i saw...not only have i reached my goal but i lost 1 extra pound...1 yr and 4 weeks I reached my goal and passed it!  Down 166 pounds and i weigh 169 now!...feeling awesome!!! Thanks for all of your support thru this past yr. Your words encouraged me to keep it up!!

It's Been a whole year!!!

I can't believe it's been a year...I am down a 163 pounds...just 2 pounds shy of my personal goal!  I will be weighing 170 before you know it!!

I went from a size 28/30 pants down to a size 14...
shirts a 3/4 extra large to a med/large!

I feel great!  doing great!

I been riding my bicycle alot...been able to do up to 5 miles on a good day!!  Love it!! I even do it when i don't feel like doing anything...lol

Hope all is well with everyone else!!

working on some crochet projects

I can't post these to facebook yet because they are intended gifts to the moms to be...

 This one is intended to a woman i work with...she is suppose to have a boy...This has to be my most favorite blanket that i have made...I ruffled the edging...and put a pastel blue with mixed silver thread on the ends i think it makes the blanket!!  if you enlarge it you should be able to see the silver thread in it.

                                                          the edging with the silver!





This blanket is intended for my cousin...yes it's big!!! I'm calling it a play blanket for the baby...lol  she is also expecting a boy...

 the edging on this i did a little different and never had done this before but it turned out great..it's called a picot stitch...

I hope they both like their blankets!!!  What you think?

10 months

10 months post op and down 156 pounds!!!  Just 9 more pounds and i hit MY personal goal of 170!  Then its learning how to maintain after that!

8 months in January

It was 8 month in January. As of today I am down 152 pounds...cant wait to see the 10 month photo!  or even the year...I am only 13 pounds from my personal goal!!  It wasnt easy but easier with the surgery.  Could never had done it by myself!!!  It's definately saved my life.  I am no longer a diabetic, no longer on blood pressure meds.  I went from taking 12 pills and 2 shots a day to only taking 1 pill for my thyroid and the rest is all vitamins!  So proud of myself!  And the best thing I could do for myself!!

I went from wearing a size 28/30 in pants to a size 14 right now and from a 3/4 xlarge shirt to wearing a large!  The clothes show me how far i came but I still see myself as fat.  I think that will pass in time...

Well march is around the corner and it will be 10 months, I will update as soon as i can.

Six Months post op

Down 124 pounds
Really starting to see the difference!

Before and After shots

Well here's a shot of before and after 2 months and after 4 months :)  very noticeable.  I couldn't tell a difference until i did this...

It's been a journey, one that i don't regret for a minute.  You can see the girl on the header of my blog just running across the page!! Down 98 pounds in 18 weeks :)

I feel great, the only down fall is the hair thinning.  That's because of the dramatic weight loss so fast but i have been told that it will stop and come back in the next couple months..(i hope).   I'm going to go and buy some biotin which should help some. 

Anyways i thought i would share in case anyone still stops by and reads my posts! 

Take care! 

Just a little catch up

Amber got really sick July 10th, she was puking everything up like a volcano.  Took her to emergency and they admitted her because she was not able to hold down anything.  The next day they did an ultrasound to check on the baby and found that there was a sac but the baby was not living inside.  On July 12th we had to go in for a DNC and terminate the pregnancy.  It was sad for all of us.  But this is Amber's second chance to be a teenager!  I hope she doesn't do anything stupid this time.

On another note, I am down 72 pounds 11 weeks out of surgery!  Been feeling real good, except the emotional roller coaster!  

Did i mention that as of July 2nd it had been a year since my mother passed away.  That day hit me like a ton of bricks....Because of my work schedule i was not able to go to her grave till 4th of July.  All the flowers i had put out there were doing great.  There is a gentleman that is at his wife's grave everyday no matter what and he waters everyone in his wife's area.  Super nice guy...I thank him every time i see him.  His wife has been gone 8 years and still is visiting everyday!  I wish i could see mom everyday, but i do try and get out there at least once a month! 

I miss her everyday!!  

This deserves it's own post

I just posted about my weight loss, but this deserves it's own post....

My daughter decided to tell me on June 13th that she took 4 pregnancy test and they all came back positive!  
I was floored, I mean she really hasn't even been seeing anyone lately, so I never even contemplated getting her on birth control lately.  Well I am not proud of her for it because this is the product of a one time stand.

I begged her to abort it because she is soooo young, only 16, but she wouldn't.  The tears, the yelling, the screaming, been thru all the phases and now it is time for acceptance.  I'm not proud that she is pregnant but i am proud that she stuck to her believes.

I am getting used to the thought of being a grandma.  Been helping her with setting up with wic and medicaid.  Going to make her first appt to see a OB prolly tomorrow.  I wanna go to my work and talk to the nurses and see who is the best OB doctor.

She's already been to a couple of parenting classes.  This place she goes to she learns different things and then at the end of it she gets free baby stuff.  Everyone has been great, people are offering alot of baby things for amber, I almost don't need to throw her a baby shower, but i will throw something.

Oh and this child is going to be bi-racial. black/white..  It's not sitting well with alot of people, but for me, I don't CARE!! I will love this baby like it's mine!!

The due date is February 9th!  We already picked out baby names already, we really love them and stuck on it...Can't wait to find out if we have a Brayden Treyvon Yetnick for a boy or a Brooklyn Mary Yetnick for a girl (the mary is for my mothers memory, it was her middle name)

Well I will keep ya posted and baby bump pics...As of right now she is only 6 weeks along!

my weight loss

Things so far has gone very smoothly!  down 62 pound in 8 weeks...I still can't believe it.  Last week i had a stall, no weight loss what so ever and this morning i woke up to  7 pounds gone in 1 week...It surprised me too...I weighed myself 5 times to get the same weight.

I'm only 103 pounds away to my own personal goal.  I have have broke many goals so far.  Like...I wanted to lose 35 pounds before i went back to work...I had lost 47 pounds before mom past away, it took me 7 months to do that back then, but when she past, i gained every single pound back and that only took a couple months!!  But that's all back off! Also in the past i have lost 60 pounds and now i am at 62 pounds lost..I really feel like I've accomplished something!!  Thanks for all the encouragement!!

One down, one more to go!!! lol

JUNE 3RD, 2012

                                             my sister

                                           party in the backyard

                                          neighbors

                                          cousins

                                          old friends.

                                           old neighbors

                                           greatest group of friends ever!

                                              Darin's friends

                                              old neighbors

                                         alot of wrestling with the buddies happend

                                              watching the action.

                                           The bestest guy friend i cold ever have!!!

                                            Best friends forever!!!!

                                              goofing around!!

Had a super time at Darin's graduation party!!!  The weather cooperated most of the day...had one down pour that lasted 10 minutes but for the most part it was awesome!!  I had alot of people in my house...I had 9 people staying with me..it was hard but we managed.....so glad everything turned out great, everyone had a good time..saw some old friends, old neighbors but everyone that i adore was there!!!  Loved it!!

Hopefully get to do it all over again in another 2 years with Amber!! lol

Darin Prom May 11th, 2012

                                                    My handsome little boy

                                          Me and my boy!

                                                One of his good buddies!!  13 years of friendship

                                            Him slipping his dates corsage on her...Danielle

                                             He gets his flower

                                               cute couple

                     

                                          Danielle, Darin and her mother and father

                                           Danielle and her aunt

                                          Danielle and her friend April

                                             Funny photo

The whole time i was there i was wishing my mother was seeing this...Look at the mist and the white orb above Darin.  I don't think it was the sun...cuz i was just under the chauffeurs armpit!  lol

Anyway, i am going to hope that it was her there with him...He had an amazing time!  They danced the night away!