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Can't believe that it has been 2 months since I updated my blog.    Let's just say that this year didn't start out well at all and seemed to get worse and worse as the weeks went bye for me.    Thank God that seems to be changing.    The older I get things seem to really be getting to me and getting me down.    My weight is up just a bit but that is normal for me.    SO glad that things are looking up somewhat now for my family.    Life sometimes throws us curve balls and we just have to do the best that we can to hit them and knock them out of the park.   LOL   If your new on this Weight Loss Surgery Journey.....I have a few words of wisdom for you.    Do NOT stray from your eating program and try "forbidden" things.    You will be setting yourself up for a weight gain if you do that.   Also...when you get stressed out...don't give into stress eating....get out of your environment and do a power walk or go work out your frustrations on exercise.    Also If you have just began your journey....You HAVE TO EXERCISE or walk to keep the weight off.    I PROMISE YOU this IS TRUE !!!!   Now....go out and have a amazing day.    

Good Morning Everyone,

 I know that this time of the year can be a challenge for us all and trust me it is a BIG CHALLENGE  for me as well.   I have not even began to do my Christmas baking and I think I may put it off as long as I can.    I really dread doing it this year.   Since I've had my WLS ( over 7 yrs. ago ) I have never dreaded this time of year.....but this year I am working very hard on getting off a re-gain and I know what a HUGE challenge it is having sweets around my house.   I am a homemaker and those sweets ( trust me ) know me by my first name and they call me every few seconds......No not minutes BUT seconds.   LOL   I know....I'm pretty funny but I am truly serious about this.    Anyway if you are pretty far out with your WLS and have had a small re-gain ( as I have )....don't think of yourself as a failure because of weight re-gain.   Life sometimes gets in your way and trust me....stress WILL and CAN put weight on you and make you retain it.    That was what my problem is.   I won't go into what all my stresses have been but trust me....they are BIG stresses and they just kept coming at me at a huge speed.    Thank God the stresses have gone down over the last couple of weeks and I did have to get some "help" from my bariatric surgeon's office.     I am 59 yrs. old and a OH Support Group Leader....but I could NOT get the re-gain off even though I was exercising and doing all the right things and eating all the right foods.    Seems that my metabolism had "flatlined" so to speak.   In other words it had slowed down so much that it wasn't affected at all by all my hard work.     So when I went for my 7 yr. checkup and blood work....I asked them for help.    They put me on a low dose diet pill.   I know....DIET PILL ???   When they told me that they were putting me on a diet pill....I was shocked.   I NEVER get hungry since my WLS.....but they said that the pill would boost my metabolism and make me loose.    Well....last month I lost 11 lbs. on their scale ( 14 on mine but I weight in my birthday suit and can't do that there or I would scare them to death ).   LOL  So IF you are in the same boat as I am....you might mention that to your doctor.    I still have some re-gain to go  before I will be where I want to be and I'm praying my body will cooperate with me and the pills.    Hope everyone is having a great holiday season.      Please don't get discouraged with your WLS journey.    It is like life....there are ups and there are downs in this journey....but you have to remember how much better you are than before your surgery and think about where you WOULD BE WITHOUT IT !!!   Have a amazing holiday season and Merry Christmas.   If you are reading this and would like to message me feel  free to do so.   I am on OH off and on all day long.   Have a blessed day !!!

Happy Thanksgiving Week,

For you newbies out there......PLEASE do NOT stress over the holiday's.   Remember your portion control......remember protein first...then veggies then desserts if you have room.    Thanksgiving day is ONE DAY and you don't have to get all stressed out over it.   Let me make some suggestions to you.....if leftovers are a challenge.......Have your guests take some of your leftovers home with them and only keep enough for maybe one meal for your family who lives in your home.    If you don't do that freeze them and eat them at a later date.   Make this holiday season one of the best of your lives.    After all....you are beginning your life again as a healthier...smaller person.   DO NOT let anyone jepordize your successful weight loss this season.   Have a Happy Thanksgiving !!!