Can you believe Christmas is just six weeks away??? I can't, and more than that I can't believe we are just over a week from Thanksgiving and from pulling out the Christmas decorations. I have now lost a grand total of 137 lbs....and 33 more to go till I reach my goal! YESS!!!!!! I am starting to think I might actually reach my goal. For a while there it still seemed so far out that I couldn't even imagine that I might really reach the end goal...but now I am starting to feel like it may really happen some day. I told Keith yesterday that I think it might be time to do some more updated photos soon....maybe this week. I am at that place now where when I lose five pounds I feel like I can really see it. If you've ever really been overweight you know there comes a place where you can lose 5 lbs, and nobody but you know you've done it....it will sometime take 40 lbs or more before others really begin to see it, but I feel I'm finally in that place were even just a few pounds at a time are starting to make a difference.
My plan for this next week is to stay positive in every aspect of my life....we're still waiting for Keith to get back to work, and after about 5 months, that seems like a dream....Brock starts his job this week finally, and Dianne is hoping to get to go home soon. So....my part in all of this is to remain positive, keep praying that things will start to roll here and we can start moving on with our lives. I feel like we've been spinning our wheels for so long without any progress, and I'm ready to get things going! So...I pray for Brock to be successful this week and enjoy his job, and for Keith to get the call from Toyota that they have found a place for him! If all of these things get going, I think it will really help me to stay focused on my weight loss. Just because I had weight loss surgery doesn't mean that I never get discouraged and want to eat out of discouragement and frustration....so I WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT THIS WEEK!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
CAUTION: HOLIDAY'S AHEAD
Can you believe we are just three weeks from Thanksgiving and about 6 1/2 weeks from Christmas??? This year has gone by so fast! I must confess....I ate Halloween candy....there, I said it! I can tell the holidays are going to be a huge challenge for me this year. It doesn't help that for the past four weeks I haven't been able to walk because I have a stress fracture in my foot....not good!!! I am going to attempt to get at least a short walk in starting next week, it is better, so maybe I'll be able to do a short one.
Last night I went to the weight loss seminar with Keith, and had the opportunity to get up and share my story of my weight loss. Keith is considering having surgery, and the good thing for him is that he can get the Sleeve procedure, which is better than my roux-en-y bypass. It was kind of good for me to sit in on the seminar again, it helped remind me of the committment I have made to obey the rules of the bypass, and reminded me of the respect I should have for my new stomach. A good reminder to have with the holidays coming up! I can't believe I actually admitted in front of Dr. Weiss that I had been eating Halloween candy, but I did. Then I had the chance to share that although I had eaten candy, I still wasn't able to eat the amount of candy I could have (and did) two years ago. I think it's important for those who are thinking about having surgery that they WILL still be tempted and it won't be easy every day to make the right choices....however, the good thing about my bypass is that, I still have this tool to help me jump back on the wagon when I fall off.
Last night I went to the weight loss seminar with Keith, and had the opportunity to get up and share my story of my weight loss. Keith is considering having surgery, and the good thing for him is that he can get the Sleeve procedure, which is better than my roux-en-y bypass. It was kind of good for me to sit in on the seminar again, it helped remind me of the committment I have made to obey the rules of the bypass, and reminded me of the respect I should have for my new stomach. A good reminder to have with the holidays coming up! I can't believe I actually admitted in front of Dr. Weiss that I had been eating Halloween candy, but I did. Then I had the chance to share that although I had eaten candy, I still wasn't able to eat the amount of candy I could have (and did) two years ago. I think it's important for those who are thinking about having surgery that they WILL still be tempted and it won't be easy every day to make the right choices....however, the good thing about my bypass is that, I still have this tool to help me jump back on the wagon when I fall off.
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