Get healthy again through weightloss.

Feeling great.  Slow losing this month, but stall broke last week.  Visited doctor, and they adjusted my goal weight up a few pounds for my frame.  I'm wearing size 8 pants and even some small tops.  I'm only 10 pounds from their goal, although I'll still try to go for a few more.  

Non-Surgical Victories this month...
- Ran in to store and bought cute bathing suit in less than 20 minutes.
- Started yoga and pilates and more regular exercise routine
- At doctor visit, they measured that I have lost over 18 inches around my waist since the beginning.
- Everyone tells me I look younger.  So, looking younger at 47 than I did at 37.

Had 2 incidents of foamies this month.  First time that happened.  Need to continue to be careful about eating fast.

9 months out and feeling great!  Size 10 skirt is so loose, and I just bought it!  I've crossed the 100 lbs lost mark just this week.  It's hard to believe I actually got there.  I'm still motivated to keep going all the way to by skinny goal.  It's going to take more exercise and keeping vigilant about what I eat. 

Feel like I'm 10 years younger in just 9 months.  Praise the Lord for helping me to find this surgery and for all the support I've had to regain my health.  The VSG got me over the hump.  This board gave me confidence and encouragement.  Fitday taught me to manage the details.  My family loved me through this and helped me tremendously.  I feel like a little miracle has been worked in my life.  I've been positive and committed through the process, but it's been SO EASY in comparison to my other struggles in the past with losing even 5 pounds.  I can't take credit for having will power or strength or wisdom over this challenge.  It has been simply an answered prayer, and again I say "Praise the Lord".  Let me use my renewed health for His Glory.

8 months since my surgery day,  Feel great.  No regrets at all.  No problems that I'd really consider to be problems.  I take 2 viactiv chewable vitamins, 2 citrical calicum chews, 1 Vitamin D, and an occasionnal sublingual B12.  Starting Vitamin A this week after low test results, and will get back on Zocor for cholesterol (which has been high since I was thin).  Some weeks I'm better about exercise than others.  Know that I need to follow the rules about water, exercise, and protein to make the final finish on my WL an overwhelming success.  Herbal teas during the day help me while I'm working at computer or driving in the car.

Still don't feel hunger like pre-surgery!!  Only a few times in the last several months where I felt the munchies, and it was usually because I stayed up too late or ate too small of meals and mixed fluids too soon throughout the day.  Getting back on track is much easier than every before.  Using fitday and this board is my support group.  I can't underemphasize what an important role those 2 tools have played in my success.  

It's been slow, but discovered 3 more pounds gone  over the weekend!  I could tell my clothes were feeling more loose.  Imagine how it would be if I had been exercising these last 2 weeks.  I'm charging ahead!  Been lax on some of the rules like drinking enough and a few too many snacky carbs.  But, my journey is not complete.  This is just the home stretch and I need to keep focused.  

Girl Scouts cookies have invaded the house since I'm the leader and cookie mom.  I've been SO GOOD so far.  Not even 1 cookie.  Next year this time, I'll try them again.  But, I'm adding no GS cookies to my Lenten promises.  No GS cookies.  No GS cookies.  Gotta sell them fast so I don't have 100+ boxes staring me in the face.  

I'm still on track and feeling good.  Been in a slow WL mode for the last several weeks, but my clothes are fitting more loosely, so I feel good about that.  Not being quite as vigilant about keeping track on my water intake and occassionally taking snacky bites in between meals which is not a good habit to fall back in to.  Exercising a few times a week, but should bump that up at notch if I want to make my Feb 29th goal.  I'd be content if I never lose these last 20+ pounds, but wouldn't it be great if I did.  Might need a personal trainer or something to help me get to that milestone.  I need some muscle to help burn those last pounds.  I'm thinner, but pretty soft and squishy.  With clothes on, noone call tell, but bathing suit weather is coming.  I need some muscle tone.

People who haven't seen me in a several months, go into shock and say I look SO different and younger.  Sometimes I have to explain about my surgery when I'd prefer not to, but I'm pretty much over the embaressment of discussing it.  I tend to talk more about how I eat protein first and manage my intake closely using fitday.