Just TWO More Pounds!!!

Just two more pounds till "Wonderful Onderland"!!! That's right....as of yesterday I am sitting on 201!!! Keith asked me the other day if I had gotten below 200 yet, and I said "have you heard me yell yet?", I assured him that if I had hit it, EVERYBODY would know!

I went to the Central Baptist Weight Loss Seminar Saturday and shared my story with prospective bariatric patients. It helps to get me motivated when I go and share, it reminds me of "why" I did this in the first place. Dr. Weiss asked me how much food I could eat now, and I told him I could actually eat quite a bit, then he asked me what I meant by that. So I said I could eat a McDonald's kids meal with a cheeseburger, without half of the bun, and most of the fries, but maybe not all of them. He then explained to the group that while I feel like I can eat a lot, he pointed out to them that if they went to McDonald's now they would not be satisfied with a kid's meal, and to me it sounds like a lot compared to what I could have eaten just a few months ago, which I wouldn't have probably been able to eat the entire burger, much less any of the fries. That actually helped me put it in perspective too. He's right, before my surgery I definitely could have eaten a Quarter Pounder with a large fry, and drank a coke. No way could I do that now! I also shared with them that I had been stuck for 5 months and had to go see the nutritionist at Dr. Weiss' office to help me get going again. I think it's important that they realize this could happen to them....I didn't realize that I would reach a place where I would "have to struggle" to get the rest of my weight off after surgery. I thought after surgery it would just fall off. While it is much easier to lose weight, there does reach a place where it doesn't just "fall off" anymore. I do have to be extremely careful what I put into my body now.

Also, I did check with Meijer on Reynolds Road and they did not have any of the Walden Farm items. I plan to check with Good Foods this week and see if they have any, will keep you posted.