Hello there. My name is Jenn (you may know me from my personal blog, 
Since mid-November I have bounced between 163 and 167. Up until the week before Christmas I was hovering between 163 and 165. I finally bought a scale last night (thanks to a sale at Target, it was just $15!), and the results both last night and this morning were the same: 165.5. While I haven’t really gained, I haven’t really lost, either. Argh. Who would have thought that these last five pounds would be the hardest to get off?
I started off this morning with some minor abdominal pain that is slowly but surely getting worse, despite using the bathroom twice (TMI, I know, but it’s worth mentioning because this pain is not related to my bathroom habits, mainly because the pain is coming from the upper portion of my small intestines, and not from my large intestines). I haven’t yet taken one of my prescribed painkillers (my bariatric surgeon gave me a prescription for 30 of them to hold me over until the end of this month, when I will most likely be scheduling surgery), because I’m hoping that for once the pain will just fade away, on its own, without the aid of nerve-blocking medicine.
But that aside, I’m having a good day. I’m currently wearing a new bra from Smart & Sexy (it’s a product review, which means it’s free, yay!), and it fits beautifully. Plus, my newly-colored purple hair contrasts nicely with my eyes, my black sweater, and my new lime-green scarf (a Christmas gift), if I do say so myself. 
Did I ever tell you that for my wedding, I was not only fat, but pregnant? And not just a little pregnant, either – but a lot pregnant! I was nine months pregnant, actually – just 1y days shy of my due date (and 26 days shy of when I would actually give birth). My husband and I were engaged at the time, we had been for three years actually, and we were already living together, so we decided to go with a quick justice of peace wedding in order to tie the knot. And you know what? I have no regrets about that. What counts is who I’m marrying and why I’m marrying, not how I go about doing it. And as beautiful and whimsical as wedding shower invitations are, I am seriously okay with never having to worry about picking out the perfect design of them. Really.
Happy New Year! I seriously meant to post here on January 1st, but I’ve been busy this week, and it just kept slipping my mind. Sorry! In terms of the new year, I have one gastric bypass related resolution, and it’s an important one:
Drink two protein shakes per day.
By drinking two shakes a day, I will be taking in 60g of protein just from them (or 50 if I use water instead of milk). For the last year I have been very good at drinking at least one shake per day, but that’s only 30g – half of my minimum daily requirement. My thinking was I’d take in half from a protein shake, then make up the other half from regular, high-protein food. But it doesn’t hasn’t always worked out, especially on days where I didn’t have anything high-protein, was busy running errands, or simply forgot to eat (yes, it happens). By doing two shakes per day, I’ll have all of my protein bases covered – anything after that is just gravy.
So far I’m doing good, though obviously we’re only four days into 2012, so there’s plenty of opportunity for me to screw up. Ha.
Weight-wise, I have no clue where I’m at – my scale broke on December 23rd, and I haven’t yet replaced it. :/ I don’t think I hit my goal, if I had to guess I’m probably still in the 163-166 lb range. But I’m close, oh so close. I know I’ll get there!
Full-length pics of me (and my husband ♥) from Christmas Day:
I still can’t believe another Christmas has come and gone that quickly. It seems like all of those weeks of preparation and decorating and shopping and waiting flew by in the blink of an eye. What’s kind of funny is that it wasn’t until Friday the 23rd that I remembered the lingerie I had ordered from EdenFantasys:
That lovely little dress (which has an amazing and quite flattering fit, and does an excellent job at hiding the one area of my body I hate the most – my midsection!) paired with a set of knee-high red-and-white striped candy cane stockings (topped with a ring of white fluffy fur, no less) made for an amazing night with my love.
As always, I can count on EdenFantasys to carry an amazing stock of lingerie (and other goodies, too – sex toys, candles, massage kits, lotions, perfumes, and even makeup!), to have detailed size charts so I know exactly what to order with no guessing/finger-crossing, and to ship quickly and discreetly. They are my preferred online retailer for adult products, and they should be yours, too! Try them out yourself – use coupon code ES2 to save an instant 15% on your order!
Every Christmas Dan and I manage to get a shot of either the two of us together, or us and the kids. Yesterday I finished processing photos from this year, and I decided to go back and check out our “us” shots from the last few years. While my weight has gone down every year, Dan’s has stayed pretty steady – maybe a 15 lb fluctuation at the most.
2008: 330 lbs.
2009: 260 lbs.
2010: 190 lbs.
And now this year. 
2011: 163 lbs.
I chose to use photos of Dan and I, rather than just me, because Dan is a “steady constant”, so my differences in weight are just THAT much more apparent!
Thanks to EdenFantasys (yes, the same adult retailer that sells sex toys), I’ll be doing a little pampering this holiday/winter season. Winter is notoriously bad for skin – the dry, cold air combined with thick, chafing materials from coats, scarves and sweaters can wreak havoc on even the softest skin out there. Not to mention what it can do to your hair and lips… ergh. Anyway, thanks to EdenFantasys, I will be generously pampering my 27-year-old skin with the following kick-ass products:
Lip Lovely Set: featuring a lip scrub and a moisturizing lip balm, I’ve been using the scrub every few days and the balm morning and night. It’s available in both peppermint and strawberry.
Walnut Sugar Scrub: perfectly scented for the holiday season, the Walnut Sugar Scrub is great for use on rough elbows, knees, heels and other areas of the body while you’re in the shower. Not too sickeningly sweet smelling, either.
Flirty Little Favorites: an awesome scrub, perfume and lotion trio that I can’t wait to order and try!
I love EdenFantasys. I really do. They ship fast, they ship discreetly. They always have promotions and sales, which often are compatible with this never-expiring, no-specific-conditions-required coupon code which knocks an instant 15 percent off my order: ES2.
Are you looking for some sexy or downright naughty gifts this holiday season? I highly recommend you check out everything that EdenFantasys has to offer!
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