104 LBS!!!

Well, I am now down 104 lbs! Woo Hoo! I am very happy. Weight loss has slowed down quite a bit, but that's okay, it's still coming off. I've done pretty well through the Halloween season, not eating candy. This week Keith brought in some candy corn and I have munched on a few each night, but nothing like I used to. A year ago I would have eaten an entire bag in two days! I ate rice tonight and I don't think it's going to sit too well, my stomach has been churning. Rice along with pasta and bread are among the hardest things for WLS patients. The holidays are quickly approaching and it's exciting in a way because every year for about the last twenty years at Christmas I always think to myself "maybe next year I won't be fat"; and of course every year I was STILL fat at Christmas. This year will be awesome and next year......well.....let's just say hopefully by then I will be at my goal and it will be TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

100 POUNDS GONE!!!!!!!!!

100 POUNDS GONE PICTURES

6 Month Post-Op

I had my six month post-op visit today and she said I was doing great. I did admit to her that I had had Cheetos this week when I came home from work before dinner......she thought it was a bad idea. In fact her exact words were "that's a slippery slope, especially as well as you've done so far". It's true, my head is still very much playing games with me. You know......once an alcoholic stops drinking they can NEVER have alcohol again or they fall off the wagon, it's very much the same with food, however the only problem is.....I still have to eat to live! This is a life long battle! One I'm sure I can win, but I will have to continue to work hard to keep my head in the game.

After my appointment today I also went to The Dress Barn and tried on a pair of size 18 pants.....and they fit! YES!!!!! I honestly can't remember the last time I put on a pair of size 18 pants. I didn't buy them, but they will definitely be coming soon! This weekend is the hay ride at Lynn and Larry's and I'm looking forward to possibly getting on the wagon and actually taking the hay ride this time. For several years I have stayed back because I was so fat and it was too difficult to get up on the wagon!

100 POUNDS GONE!!!!!!!!!

What a day, I reached 100 lbs. lost!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! GO ME!!!! I could not believe my eyes when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw the numbers....225, PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!! I have between 55 and 70 pounds to go to reach my goal, somewhere between 170 and 155. Wouldn't Mama be proud? I know she is smiling down from Heaven today! I love her and miss her so much!

Cold Weather Jitters!

Well, it's getting colder, I am now almost six months out, and my appetite is returning! I am doing great, however I am at two weeks without a loss now. I am doing okay with it, I know there are going to be stalls....guess this is one of them. I haven't been doing very well with my walking or with going to the gym. Dianne has been here and I have been busy helping her out, but that is really not a great excuse for not going to the gym. She's doing better now and I could easily go to the gym either in the mornings or in the evenings. Although I have more energy now that I've lost weight, there is still that constant battle with regard to exercising. I can always find something else to do or to prevent me from doing it.......it really does have to take priority and that is still up to me. Last night I was wanting a hamburger so bad and I fixed them for supper and was determined to get it down.......and I did get most of it, but I was so sick for a while after eating it. I tried to eat my fries and my salad, and got a little bit down, but just couldn't get it all down......OH YEA, isn't that why I had this surgery?????? So I would know when enough was enough!!!