Hope everyone had a great Christmas and looking forward to a new year! The Carroll's had a great Christmas, and believe me I am looking forward to a new year......I won't say it can't get worse, but after many years of awful years, I am thinking/praying I am due a good one for a change!
Boy did I enduldge in food over the holiday....I've had cookies, pie, cake and candy! NEVER GOT SICK!!! I hoped I would, however I will say that even though I didn't "dump" on them, I don't feel really good when I eat a lot of sugar. You would think that would be enough, but obviously not, which I'm sure most of you understand. The good news is I did not gain any weight over the holiday, but I'm sure that's because I'm only eight months out from surgery; I'm thinking I better not count on that by the time next Christmas rolls around. My taste buds are returning to normal and I am loving sweets again.....if you remember early on in my blog I couldn't stand the taste of anything sweet, unfortunately that didn't last. Now I guess it will be up to me to be strong!
Since October 10th I've only lost 11 pounds, and while it's good that I'm losing slower, I hope I will pick up just a little more....I would like to fall below 200 lbs by my birthday, which is coming up in February. Guess I better start moving more! I have sort of fallen off the exercise wagon. I could give all kinds of excuses, but that's really all they would be is excuses. I don't have young children anymore, so it's not like I'm sooooo.....busy like I used to be!
Hope everyone has a great New Year!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Holiday Realization
Well, we had our family Christmas Party this past weekend and I learned soooo........much about myself! Eight months out and I'm still learning things. First I realized last week that my tastebuds are showing back up in full force.....in other words, sweets are becoming more appealing, early on the thought of sweets made me ill....not anymore! Anyway, I did fairly decent about eating primarily protein at the party, but I still "wanted" the sweets for desert. I made peppermint cake balls myself and nibbled on those the entire time I was making them....I had to make sure they were decent! That being said I did notice that my new stomach still did not allow me to eat all I wanted to, which is a good thing. I love, love, love Norma's Italian Creme Cake and of course she had made it.....so I took a piece home to eat later, and I actually ate half of it and gave the other half to Dianne, which is pretty good compared to the past I suppose.
I'm also noticing that my head is still telling me that old usual line, "I'll start my diet after the holidays". In comparison I still have done very well this holiday season, simply because my stomach won't let me do anymore damage than what I've managed, however I have become vastly aware that if I choose to eat sweets, I can eat a bite or two now, wait an hour and eat a couple more bites, wait another hour, eat a bite, and.....well.....you get the picture, I do see how people can gain their weight back after surgery. This surgery is still very much a "tool", not a fix all to my problems!
Have a Very Merry Christmas!!!
I'm also noticing that my head is still telling me that old usual line, "I'll start my diet after the holidays". In comparison I still have done very well this holiday season, simply because my stomach won't let me do anymore damage than what I've managed, however I have become vastly aware that if I choose to eat sweets, I can eat a bite or two now, wait an hour and eat a couple more bites, wait another hour, eat a bite, and.....well.....you get the picture, I do see how people can gain their weight back after surgery. This surgery is still very much a "tool", not a fix all to my problems!
Have a Very Merry Christmas!!!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday, December 12th
Well, it's been a while I know, but we have been sooooo......busy with so much going on. As of today I am now down 111 lbs. Just a mere 15 lbs till I fall below 200, woo hoo!!!! Watch for that post!
Since I posted last my brother-in-law passed away the Monday before Thanksgiving, I was on vacation and got a lot done while I was off, and this past week was Keith's 50th birthday. Last night we went to Regatta's to celebrate and had an awesome time.
Last night I was so looking forward to having a piece of Keith's birthday cake, and normally cake doesn't bother me at all, but when I took after just two bites of his cake last night my stomach started cramping and it took it about a half hour to calm down. Not exactly sure why that happened, except I had had two of the rolls before my chicken came, and bread is not exactly the easiest thing to eat, but when I'm out somewhere like that I do eat it......had I known I would miss the cake because of it, I would have forgone the rolls to have the cake....I LOVE cake!
Since I posted last my brother-in-law passed away the Monday before Thanksgiving, I was on vacation and got a lot done while I was off, and this past week was Keith's 50th birthday. Last night we went to Regatta's to celebrate and had an awesome time.
Last night I was so looking forward to having a piece of Keith's birthday cake, and normally cake doesn't bother me at all, but when I took after just two bites of his cake last night my stomach started cramping and it took it about a half hour to calm down. Not exactly sure why that happened, except I had had two of the rolls before my chicken came, and bread is not exactly the easiest thing to eat, but when I'm out somewhere like that I do eat it......had I known I would miss the cake because of it, I would have forgone the rolls to have the cake....I LOVE cake!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
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