Counting down to the wedding

Hi everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update. This morning when I weighed I hit the loss of 160 lbs. since last October and 122 lbs since the surgery. Woo Hoo!
Last weekend I got to fly up to Chicago to surprise Jen at her bridal shower. Boy was she surprised. I had a great time while I was there. I stayed at my brother's house and got to see his kids and his grandkids, Jen and Dan and Dan's family and other friends that I hadn't seen in a while.

This pic is of course from the shower. The cake was a lemon fluff. I had a little tiny taste of it, boy was it delicious. I must say that I was able to stay on "diet" while I was there. I took my protein shakes with me and had them every day. I only had a couple of things that I shouldn't have, but it didn't make me sick so I was thankful for that. When I got home and got on the scale, I had lost 5 lbs I was surprised.
I even when shopping and found my outfit for the wedding. I left it at my brother's house and when I go back in a month if it is too big I will take it back, I left all the tags on it just in case. Its a pretty teal blue chiffon over blouse with a print shell under it and a long black skirt, I might try to find black pants instead, but if I don't it will be okay.

Well that is about all for now. I am still going to Curves. I even went while visiting up north. I have been there three times this week. Would go four but have a Fall Gathering tomorrow in McAllen for church, it should be a lot of fun.

I went and did it

Hi everyone,
Well Thursday I went and checked out the Curves Fitness Center. Its not far from Judi's house. I went in an talked to them about their program and was upfront that I had had gastric bypass surgery. That made no difference to them. I signed up on a month to month basis in case I don't like it after a while. I went on Friday to exercise for the first time. Janie is the trainer I believe and she went and showed me what to do on each machine. There were only about 5 other women there. They all seemed nice. There is one lady named Dee that before she left just had to give me a hug and tell me how proud that I came and she wished her friend would come, she is about as heavy as I am but won't come with her. I told Dee I wouldn't have been able to come last Oct. when I was at my heaviest. It was a good workout, only lasts 30 minutes and I was wiped out by then. But I went back this morning and whoever was to open up today never showed, so I will go on Monday morning.
I came back and decided to try riding my bike. I was able to tilt the seat up some so I didn't feel like I was falling forward and raised the seat a little and BOOM I took off. I rode just around the one block, but it measures 1/2 mile. I thought that was good for the first time. It is really hot and muggy out this morning. Didn't get any weather from IKE, that's good. Have a birthday party to go to this afternoon for my niece and nephew (Amber and Hunter) it's at a bowling alley so maybe I will bowl a game.
Only about a month and a half till the wedding. Hope this exercising helps firm me up just a little before then.
Went to the Heart doctor last week, all is well and I don't have to go back to him for 6 months. Next month I'm gonna call the pulmonologist and see if I can pick up the oxygen sensor machine and sleep with it and see if my oxygen level stays up. With exercising and sleeping with the machine, I would think that these should all help my oxygen levels. Keep you posted.