12 week challenge completed!

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to let you know Bert and I completed the challenge. The

last three weeks were rather lack-luster, not at all what we

envisioned, but it is finished!

I ended up having surgery the week of week 12. Week 10 was messed up

with a fever thing, week 11 with surgery scheduled, then cancelled.

We did stick with the program and continue the work out.

It has all paid off. The day after the TRAM and Hysterctomy the nurse

told me to use my legs to push myself up. Legs? I wondered. Where

the heck were my legs. The morphine was really doing a number. Have

to say though, those squats really paid off as I was able to lift my

body to a " semi " upright position. By Wednesday I was doing laps

around the nurses station. (still on morphine-so it was interesting.

On Thursday Bert and I did 48 laps around the nurses station. On

Friday I was released from the hospital. Saturday we headed home.

My boys (Noah, 10 and Lance 7) both ended up with that fever thing I

had a few weeks back, so my time at home hasn't been as restful as I

had hoped. On the other hand, they only had fevers and so there was

very little I had to do but feed them and administer tylenol and

motrin at the appropriate times.

Dr. has given me permission to get on the treadmill, but I will wait

another week to do that. I realize I still may be coming off a " High "

of being home.

My stomach is healing nicely and hurt like a son of a gun until today.

Hardly think about the fact I have a new breast. Kind of funny-since

that was the intent of the surgery!

I went into surgery at 164 lbs. About 10 lbs shy of what I wanted the

scale to say. The drs. were impressed though! My plastic surgeon

asked what we did to get so healthy so quickly. We enthusiastically

told him about bfl. He said he had to check it out! So I did end up

losing 27 lbs of body fat, gained 17 lbs of muscle. Doc said he could

tell when I was on the table that my muscles were getting tight and

that was good!

I still want to lose another 20 pounds of weight, but all in good

time. Right now I need to heal, heal, heal. I also need to focus on

eating right. It has been somewhat of a feeding frenzy here with

people bringing all kinds of goodies to eat. I think I have had

*gasp* 6 huge rice krispy bars since Tuesday!

Alrightly my friends, look forward to hearing about all you pursuits

and what is happing with you all.

H.

Malta, Il