Congrats!!!  I remember being so excited by this milestone!

 

Awesome!!!  Congrats!

Good Morning!  Good to see you again Beth!  Don't be so hard on yourself -- it's so easy to get off track & so hard to get back on. 

Today's Eats:

B - power crunch

L - lean cuisine (not my normal but I'm feeling lazy)

D - ??? have a 6:30pm meeting, so something quick

Movement - off day given my evening meeting.  BUT -- I registered for the Disney Princess 1/2 marathon in February.  I'll be training hard for the next 100 days.  Must cross the finish line!

Have a good day,

Laura

I'm at work -- making up for a Friday afternoon off.  Not that I have to, except our audit starts on Monday.  Friday was spent house hunting, we're looking to switch school districts.  I have a lot of anxiety about this -- I can't afford a private school and the other town doesn't have a school system so they give school choice vouchers.  However, the homes are a lot more money -- and that's not for "more house".  We could be looking at a downgrade.  Sigh. 

My eating this week has been about the same -- except that I gave up pretzels.  As of this am, I am down 6lbs.  My weight is back to my comfort range... 126 this am.

Food today:

B - 1/2 breakfast burrito

The rest of the day is pretty unplanned.  Need to get to work & work on my anxiety.  Maybe look into on-line mortgage pre-approval this weekend.  Yuck.

 

 

Note to self:  Refined Carbohydrates are not your friend.

I've been hitting the pretzels & candy too much lately.... so I'm going cold turkey.  So far today:

B:  Power crunch bar

L:  tuna casserole (dreamfield's pasta w/ extra tuna)

More coffee than usual as I'm trying to control the carb cravings.....

 

I definitely worry about regain.  I lost from 278 to 132 with diet / exercise / prescription medications.... but over the next 5+ years regained to 234 when I went to my intro session.  I could make excuses, and I did have a couple babies & a major depression due to a child's illness, but in the end, I failed myself.  I don't trust me.  

 Absolutely true.  I easily got insurance when I was obese.  DH missed a payment on my life insurance (don't go there) and they refused to renew.  I had to do a lot of searching to find new coverage, at about 40% more cost than the previous.  

Good Morning!  I could have lounged around my house today.... but I'm up and at work.  I've been more dis-interested in morning food than usual lately but eating more at night.  I definitely need to work on getting this under control.

B - power crunch bar
L - clam chowder
**no snacks packed for today**
D - sigh.  really can't think about food this early. 
S - try to not have anything heavier than SF popsicles or an apple. 

Workout for the day -- 4 miles on the treadmill.  Goal for the week:  4 miles, 4 miles, 9.5 miles! 

Have a great day!
Laura

I'm 5'5".... my consult weight was 234 (bmi 38.9)... day of surgery 219 (bmi 36.4).... currently about 125 depending on the day (bmi 20.8).  My surgeon's goal weight for me was 150.... so, I had the surgery to "only" lose 69lbs. 

I have lost and regained huge amounts of weight in the past.  My highest ever was 278 and lowest adult pre-op was 132.  I had the surgery to give myself the best chance to maintain.  And, so far, so good.  My surgery was in March of 2010.

I would do this again in a heartbeat! 

Laura

Thank you! I'm hoping I can relax with time.

All summer long I looked at last year's winter pants.... thinking "damn those are small"  and wondering what I was going to do for clothing.... well, THEY FIT, maybe even a bit better than before.   Yes -- I'm wearing the same pants two years in a row!

I know many of you can relate!  Have a great day!
Laura

Oh, I've had my tummy done.... unfortunately I also need buttocks, thighs, arms.....

Just before my surgery, I could have written most of you post.   I didn't lose any weight until I was approved for surgery & the anxiety hit.  

I didn't really mourn food though -- I accepted that if I had a craving, that I could have a taste.  I didn't do a "last supper".  I remember my last meal before my liquid diet, it wasn't anything I wouldn't order for dinner now (salmon & steamed veggies).

Just keep busy -- use the nervous energy to do heavy cleaning and things you can't do in the days immediately following surgery.  

Good luck!!  See you on the bench....

Laura