Been a while since I've posted anything...been kinda crazy lately.  I was getting too tired to actually drag myself out of bed.  Actually the last morning I did, I got up and drove to the gym and just couldn't get out of the car.  So I started to go at night after the kids went to bed, and that just didn't work.  Two days of that and my knee started to swell up and I've been having trouble bending it.  I now have sharp constant shooting pains down my shin from the pain I'm having in my knee.  The worst time is when I get up..I can barely walk.  This week I've gotten back to the gym..despite the pain in my knee I go cause I know that once I get it stretched out and try to strengthen it, the pain won't be as bad. 

So yesterday I broke down and called the Orthopedic surgeon's office for a consult and x-ray and possible MRI of my left knee.  I had Arthroscopic surgey on it back in 2003 cause I had a torn Meniscus.  Since being pregnant and putting back on weight, it hasn't been the same.  It grinds (like a bone-on-bone grind) all the time.  We shall see what can be done.  I know I have arthritis in my knee...I'm just glad that I have lost a significant amount of weight cause that should make the healing process quicker after surgery.

So that has slowed me down a bit...I have to actually put my leg up and ice it during the day which isn't easy with the little ones.  Biking is one of the things that seems to not add any extra pain so I've been doing that at the gym.  However....now that aggravates another problem I've had since high school.  I have a Pilonidal cyst on my tailbone.  Had it drained back in my junior year I think....and now it's gotten bigger and hurts so bad.  So when I go to get off the bike, I slide off ever so slowly and hold back the tears.  So TODAY..I called a surgeons office in Traverse City for a consult on having the cyst removed.  Shall we add anything else to this?? :P 

Oh yeah....I have a consult with a plastic surgeon in August for a tummy tuck.  Never thought I would make that move.  But insurance covers a HUGE chunk of it for people who have lost over 100 lbs and...well..I fall in that category!  I'm actually excited..nervous but excited.  It's just going to make this new chapter in my life even more exciting.  And no..it's not just my way out of working for it.  I have been heavy my whole life and then the past 10 years has been a cycle of gaining and losing and gaining and losing some more and gaining again.  My body doesn't have that elasticity anymore.  I'm really looking forward to that consult.

Needless to say..it's going to be a busy summer.  But I need to get all of this stuff out of the way now while I can. 

Hoping to post new pictures this weekend. :)  And I'll have an updated weight loss at that point too. :)  Weight-loss may slow due to limitations right now but I'm trying!!.