Back Safe and Sound =)

Back from getting surgery! It went well and I'm just in recovery mode. Here's a pic of me and my sweetiepie from the trip (before surgery of course!)

Another Before and After - 35 lb gain

Click on it if it's cut off.

My Arm Gained

My arm went from 11.0" to 13.0" since August 1st measuring at the thickest part near my armpit. That's a 23% gain which is tied with the highest percentage gain with my neck.

Here's a before/after pic for ya =)



I really LOVE my arms so much better since I gained.

I feel like pics don't even do them justice honestly. I can tell so much on a daily basis how much softer and different my arms are.

My Growth by Percent

I like this graph. This is how much each part of me has grown by percent. I redid these measurements this morning so this is as of today. It really does go all over me doesn't it?

Gain #3: Katie's Gain

9 days till surgery!

I know I haven't been updating at all. Just been busy. The consult went great. I'm not sure how comfortable I feel talking about this, but my surgeon recommended 400 cc's. I'm really excited and ready. My mom is cute and bought me a bunch of comfy clothes and heavy protein but vegetarian snacks and soups to help with my recovery. I'll only be out of it for like a week though.

My weight dropped to 168 the other day which shocked me. I've been eating well I thought. And still drinking oil and rubbing it on my skin after every shower (it is sooo awesome by the way.. like lotion but no sticky feeling!!) So anyway, I really pigged out on indian food again and I was 172 again this morning. Well, that was easy..lol

I feel good about maintaining my weight. Stretch marks aren't really appealing to me even though I might like them on other people sometimes. Chrissie did notice I have some light stretch marks on my booty too. Soooo I don't think my body could more clearly be telling me WHOA SLOW IT DOWN STACE. So I'm doing that.

Off topic.. I got the new Say Anything album. I forgot how much I love them. =) And whoa.. 27 new songs? Holy crap.. who does that? It's nice though!

I'm hoping to do some more before/after pics, more updates on measurements and other weight gains in here soon. I guess that's all for now.

Week 24, Day 6: Hello Stretch Marks

I don't know that I'm excited about this but Chrissie saw my first stretch marks the other day and pointed them out. I didn't believe they were stretch marks at first, but they are symmetrical soooo... yah, stretch marks.

You would think they would be on my belly or booty or something, but they are on my legs just on the insides of my legs next to my knees, but up an inch. I've definitely gained there. My legs are thick there. Probably why I can feel it so much when I bend my knees and sit on my feet. Strange. It's ugly though so I moisturized my entire body with olive oil this morning..lol Feels so good! Don't know why more people don't do it honestly.

I'll put a pic up here in this entry eventually.

Stairs

So yah, I've totally noticed that I get tired taking the stairs at work now. Out of breath.. haha Never ever had that problem before. Kinda neat I guess. I guess lugging an extra 35 lbs up the stairs could do that.

Also, 170 this morning. Kinda surprised. I've been eating well. That's fine though, holding steady for awhile like I mentioned.

Consultation for my breat augmentation surgery tomorrow! w00t! I'm happy. =)

More Pics

Another pair of old jeans, really tight.. my belly sticks way out..ha!@


Feeling pretty chubby


Sexy girl, really tight jeans


Squeeze that belly!

Week 24, Day 1: My Butt Got Too Big..lol

I totally can't even get close to wearing these jeans anymore. These are Chrissie's fav pair. They are really nice.




My butt totally won't even let me get close to getting in those anymore.. ahh well

Also, yesterday I ordered a pizza. I planned on eating 3 pieces (like I used to) and then ya know, guzzling some olive oil but um... I seriously could not stop eating it. I ate 5 pieces and realized there were only 3 left for Chrissie, so I stopped. I swear I could ate that whole thing. Dang. Maybe my appetite really has grown. This might be harder to stop than I thought.

And I was 172 this morning. I'm going to keep at 40% monounsaturated fat as much as I can and then redo measurements every week or two or when I feel like it to see if my fat distribution changes. That's still fun right? =) It is for me anyways.

Gain #2: Jessie's Gain

Myspace Weight Gains

Obviously, I really like weight gain and my personal gaining is going to be on hold for a few weeks sooo something I thought I could do once awhile in the meantime is post other weight gains. All of the ones I post will be ones I found myself unless stated otherwise. I'm basically just finding them on myspace. I really love these..hee It's really incredible to see how people change as they put on weight. =)

So here's the first one. =)

Gain #1: Brynn's Gain








I'll post another one later today and an update on me too. =)

Shift of Pace

Okay, so I've decided what I'm going to do. I'm basically going to hang at this weight for a bit. I've been gaining fast. It could be neat to see if the weight shifts over the next few weeks.

Sooo what I'm going to do is try to stick around 1,500 to 2,000 calories a day but have 35% of that be olive oil. So if I eat 1,500 I'll down 500 calories of olive oil. If I screw up and eat 2,000, well, I'll drink 625 calories of olive oil. You get the point. After a couple months of that I'll decide if I want to keep gaining or not.

Also, I haven't mentioned this but I'm scheduled for breast augmentation on January 28th. It's something I've wanted to do for forever and didn't for a lot of reasons, but none of them were for me. Soo I'm doing it for me. Actually, I'm really excited about it! And that's part of the reason I want to stabilize my weight.

I'll post more on my latest measurements soon. =)

Week 23, Day 5: 35 lb gain measurements

Well, here's my gain in my measurements from 167 to 172. I really think the olive oil IS doing something here. Even though I still got an inch on my belly I think it's more on the sides this time (which is kinda hottt) and maybe my back. I got a lot on my booty like I thought and then the weird parts are that my wrists and ankles went up for the first time and I LOST 1/2 an inch on my waist for the first time which I like! I also gained on my chest and lost a little just under it which I also like. =)

I'm stunned I didn't get anything on my hips but honestly, my measurements aren't perfect I'm sure and I gained 1.25" on my hips last time, so that was probably off a little I bet and I probably did get like half an inch or something. And I'm definately noticing more fat around where my arms bend and knees bend and in my fingers a lot too, but I don't measure those things. Sooo basically, olive oil rocks. I'm going to continue with this whole monounsaturated fat thing. Actually, I'm stunned it had an effect so fast ya know??

Oh, and also.. no gain on my neck??? That is rare for me! and awesome =)


Gains from my last 5 lbs
Bellybutton 1.00" gain
Booty 0.75" gain
Bust 0.75" gain
Ankle 0.50" gain
Thigh 0.50" gain
Wrist 0.25" gain

Neck no gain
Hips no gain
Arms no gain

Just Under Bust -0.25" loss
Waist (relaxed) -0.50" loss

I might add a chart shortly. I bought a mac! But I'm getting used to Neoffice. It's a little different than excel.

Okay, figured it out! This graph is probably the coolest graph I've ever made...ha




Let me know if there is something specific you want to see with measurements.

Christmas Pics =)

My sweetie and I



My Best Friend and I.. I think I look chubby here



My favoritist bear.. baby bear! I love her soo much <3<3<3

Week 23, Day 3: Busy but Gaining

Well my friend left for Cali yesterday. I've been trying to gain lately and just when it seemed like it just wasn't happening I hit 173 this morning.

My Weight Gain
Day 1: 137 lbs *start*
Day 2: 138 lbs
Day 6: 139 lbs (1 week)
Day 9: 140 lbs
Day 10: 142 lbs

Day 15: 144 lbs (2 weeks)
Day 22: 145 lbs (3 weeks)
Day 29: 148 lbs (4 weeks)
Day 36: 151 lbs (5 weeks)
Day 45: 152 lbs (6 weeks)

Day 48: 155 lbs
Day 63: 156 lbs (9 weeks)
Day 68: 157 lbs *1st goal reached!
Day 69: 158 lbs (10 weeks)
Day 77: 159 lbs (11 weeks)

Day 87: 160 lbs (12 weeks)
Day 90: 161 lbs
Day 91: 163 lbs (13 weeks)
Day 101: 164 lbs (14 weeks)
Day 107: 166 lbs (15 weeks)

Day 125: 167 lbs (17 weeks)
Day 129: 168 lbs (18 weeks)
Day 136: 169 lbs (19 weeks)
Day 139: 170 lbs
Day 149: 171 lbs (21 weeks)

Day 151: 172 lbs
Day 157: 173 lbs (22 weeks)

I'm starting to think about what to do from here too. My girlfriend expressed that if it were up to her she wouldn't really want me to gain anymore and maybe even lose 10 lbs. Of course, she supports me no matter what, but I'd be silly to say that her opinion doesn't matter to me. So I don't know. I might stop and stay at this weight for a little, or gain just 10 more, but not go for 200 like I was considering, or I might even try losing it pretty soon. I'm just not sure. It makes me sad to think about stopping already, but we also can barely fit on the couch to snuggle now. Actually, last night was the first time that we couldn't really comfortably lay next to each other and watch House. Sooo that does kinda suck. I don't know.

On the other hand I really like some aspects of my gain... not my belly so much, but everything else practically. I dunno, I'm just going to think on it for a bit. I really didn't even intend to go over 155 when I first started this and I'm 173. That's a 36 lb gain. I mean, wow, I'm almost 180! That's pretty crazy. So stay tuned. I'm bound to decide sometime in the next few days, and I'll post measurements as long as I stick at 172 or higher.