Thursday, May 26, 2011

YUKKKK..........We had a retirement luncheon today at work and I overfilled my plate again, and yes I sat there till I had eaten MOST of it! I am not sure at what point I will ever learn to watch what I'm doing when I'm at large functions. I just fill my plate and don't give any thought till I sit down and look at my plate and realize what I have done. The mind portion of this journey continues!

I am pretty much stuck again since my last post, I stay between the same 5 lbs, with no additional loss to report at this time. Someone mentioned to me the other day that I am not keeping my blog as up to date these days, but as I explained to them....these days there just really isn't a whole lot to tell. I am hoping and praying that I will meet my goal by the end of this year.....sooner would be nice, but I'd be happy to be there before Thanksgiving.....WOW!!! I just realized this is almost June....I better hurry!!! Actually I think what I was meaning by "this year", is by next April, which is the 2nd anniversary of my surgery.....WHEW! That sounds better. Hopefully it will help now that the weather is actually starting to warm up and we have few days ahead without rain, maybe I'll be able to get outside and do some yardwork.

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend ahead!

FINALLY!!! THE STALL IS BROKEN!!!

Yeee Haw!!! I finally broke my stall this morning and I have now lost 122 lbs.......YES!!! I am just 3 lbs from hitting the big 200 and 4 lbs from falling into "onederland"! Go me!!! I have not had a loss since mid February and although I wasn't loosing faith....I was beginning to get worried that I had stopped losing. To reach my goal I am now 48 lbs away....and if I reach the goal the doctor's office set for me I am just 33 lbs away......either way I will be happy with where I end up.

It's a big day in our house....we're going tonight with the Tuttle's to celebrate with Michael his move to Connecticut next week, and then tomorrow of course is Mother's Day and we'll be celebrating with the Carroll's. Gonna miss my boy!!!

This is the twentieth year that I have had Mother's Day without my mother, and while it has gotten easier, I still miss her very much on her special day. She was definitely the role model of motherhood and I really wish I had only been half the mother she was.....although I tried, I'm very sure I never quite met the standards she set before me! My boys are awesome and I am very thankful to have them with me on this Mother's Day.

VITAMIN D LOW

I got my labs back last week and my vitamin D is low again. I have to increase it to 50,000 IU's a week. This would explain why I've been so tired lately. I also think I might be getting ready to break through this plateau I've been in. Since the end of last week I have been at the low end of the the 5 lbs. I keep fluctuating in, so hopefully by the end of this week I will break it.

My baby is getting ready to head to CT in a week and a half. I'm excited for him and hope he's happy there. I'm planning to go see him the second week of June, so it won't be so bad at the beginning, but it will be hard to get from June till Christmas without seeing him. At least it's 2011 and we have text, free long distance, Facebook, and Skype......no need to go for weeks at a time without contact like it used to be thirty years ago. Today's technologies sure make it easier for a mom!