One month and one Thanksgiving over. . .

I survived Turkey Day! I enjoyed a great Thanksgiving with my family. The In-Laws were in Florida. . .grrr. . .I'd have liked to been there. . .but then again I guess the weather down there wasn't as pleasant as they had hoped it would be. Our weather was outstanding. As was the day.

My hub had the day off! That alone made it an excellent holiday. :-) We had to make a stop at the store for olives. . .they were sold out of the pimento stuffed green ones, well except sliced ones that you would use on pizza. . . I bought those. lol. . . along with other things to make up for me not having whole olives for mom's dinner. Then I picked up 4 lbs of cheese. Yes - FOUR pounds! (4 different flavors)

Got to mom's and there were 3 wild turkeys in my dad's garden. Go figure and of course hubby tried to get dad to let him shoot them, but dad said no, but hub didn't try to hard either. LOL - - Two male turkeys and a female. Very cool, they were back on Saturday, the dog and cat tried to catch them. LOL .

I ate small portions at dinner, but I was so happy that I ate slow before hand. I enjoyed cubes of cheese and olives most of the day. It was a blast to just sit and snack with folks just like they were doing, but I had to do it with one cheese cube or olive every 15 min. or so. I wasn't watching the clock, but I figure that was the average that I snacked. Very unlike how I would have been last year, just mindlessly eating.

I got home that night and felt really good about the day and how it went. Then of course I worried and worried the rest of the time, just knowing I had gained over the holiday. I weighed in today, one month and 3 days after surgery and had lost another 5 lbs! I'm now down 42 lbs.

Topping the pouch and suffering. . .

I'm learning. . .

What you ask? Well, I'm learning how much is too much. I was eating out the other day, well Friday night and had too much, an hour later I was home and meeting the porcelian thrown for a quick revisit of supper. . . NOT good!

I got sick again this morning. Not from over-eating, but from drinking too much protein shake. *sigh* I'll learn. . . a lot of trial and error here. *sigh*

Though I don't like getting sick, I do feel better now, but now I'm scared to drink anymore of my shake, but I have to get this protein down. This is the hardest part of the surgery so far, just getting the protein down.

Whisper to me and I'll whisper to you. . .well someone will. ;)

wOOt!! A friend of mine often writes that when they are excited. I know I am. Whispers, just opened its virtual doors to you and me. This is the site I’ve like been talking about forever with my friends at Lit as well as my family here in the real world. I am thrilled to be one of the folks that get to promote this special place. Links are in my “Places to go” list over there on the right. ;) and heck here is one too. . . whispersmedia.com . . .:D

The site is classy and well maintain. Not cluttered and full of harsh lines that will distract your eyes. I love it. Go! Go! Go! Whisper when you get there though. . .or moan. I’m sure they won’t mind.

Ohhh and btw. . .I’m down another 6 lbs. w00t!!

26 lbs. . .

Gone and still going! I bought a new pair of slacks. Down from 26/28 to size 24. :-D I am so excited and I bought smaller panties too. ;-)

Have a beautiful day!!!!

A week and a half later. . .

The title says it all doesn't it? It has been 10 days since the surgery. What things have I noticed that are different? For one thing my sweet taste bud is back to normal. No longer do my natural sugars taste sour. I don't know about added sugar, because I do my best to stay away from those and I'm not on pain killers any more either, though sometimes I am sore.

I am going out for breakfast this morning. . .I'm ordering oatmeal. lol. Hubby will be having the works. ;-)

I have also noticed how much I used to eat and how little I eat now. What a difference! It wasn't like I ate a lot mind you. I am lazy. I admit it. I'm inactive and have been since around my 8th grade year, when my family moved from a place in Tennessee where I was very active. We went from working on a farm as a family with chores and everything to doing nothing. It was too easy to just sit on the couch and watch TV when you were the new kid in the country and you didn't have chores anymore. My parents fault I got fat? NO. . .I have never blamed mom and dad. I know who got me to where I am today. . .I did. That includes the surgery too. I made that decision and in the end. . .honestly, no one pressured me to do it.

Anywho. . . moving on.

Changes. . .I find myself freting over losing weight. I did something so drastic, I worry I'll be the one person it doesn't work for. I worry I'll be the one that gains weight from it, even though I am watching the sizes, 2 ounces of food 3 times a day. . .It isn't a lot, so I know it is just my mentality that makes me fret. I worry I'll weigh in and fail. I haven't weighed in yet. The doctor suggests once a week, but I just haven't had anyone to take me to weigh in at my family doctor's yet. I will be doing it today though.

I'm worried to be doing that. . . the scales aren't the same as what I had at the hospital and I worry that perhaps they'll be way different. lol. . . What a joke huh? I know I can't possibly have done horrible. I have been really good about my meals and what I am allowed to have. I just worry. . . can ya tell. *rollseyes*

I am having trouble getting all my vitamins in. I work on it though. Yesterday I got everything in but one calcium chew. I am also working on water and protein issues, two more things I am working on getting all in. I need 65 grams of protein a day, so I have protein shakes that have 19g. in them, but I usually only get one of those down. . .no they aren't the greatest tasting. My biggest worry is I'm going to smell like a giant vitamin. ;-)

I have so much invested in this. . . I think that is why my mind plays tricks on me and I doubt myself. My life. . .what bigger investment is there? *kiss and hugs and thanks for visiting today...* ~ Red