Happy Halloween to all my OH family!  It's been a crazy month at home.  Our kitchen re-model is finally nearing completion and I can't wait to get the house back in order.  One would think it would be nice eating out for a few weeks when you don't have access to a kitchen, but it gets old very quickly.  I'll admit though I've done well making good food choices and taking left overs to work.  Another thing I'm proud of is I'm only 1 pound away from loosing 100 pounds.  YEAH!!  More good news is my hair loss seems to be slowing down and I can see some new hair growth.  Frank, my husband asked me one day when I was complaining about loosing so much hair if the surgery was worth it.  Well, did that stop me in my tracks.  "Of course it was worth it" I said adding, not that I want to loose all of it, but if I did it would still be worth it. 

I see my surgeon's PA November 4th for my 6 month post op, well actually it will be 5 1/2 months, but who's counting.  My blood work was all good at my 3 month post op so I'm looking forward to seeing how it's doing now.  I'm up to 800-1000 calories a day, based on her advise last check up.  Doing well on my protein around 80grams a day and getting my fluids in.  The protein has still been my biggest struggle since I'm still only eating around 1/2 to 2/3 cups of food per meal depending on what I'm eating.  Protein supplements are still a staple in my daily menu (I started to say diet) but menu is a better word.  Can't say I've fallen in love with exercise but I'm working on it. 

I'm going to start with the most important thing first....ME.  That's a accomplishment in it's self, I normally put everyone else first.  Not this time, it's all about me.  I'm so happy to say I'm only 4 pounds away from loosing 100 pounds.  I'm so glad I decided to finally take care of myself and wish I would have took charge of this many years ago.  But that's in the past and I'm working on not beating up on myself for not doing something.  This is now and I feel like I have a second chance on life and to do the things I love.  I'm liking what I see in the mirror, even admitting at times I like my picture.  I'm by no means done on my weight loss journey, but I'm beginning to really love myself.  Some may wonder why I say that, but before surgery I knew my family loved me, but I didn't love myself.  One really does need to love themselves and I'm finding that again.

My husband and daughter are very supportive for which I'm so grateful.  Now speaking of my daughter, she's been in Law School for 2 months now and she's doing great.  If you don't know, her Dad and I split up when she was a baby and it was just the two of us for almost 14 years before I met my current husband.  She's not just my daughter, she's also my  best friend.  I'm so proud of her and the accomplishments she's made.  Also grateful she's adjusted so well to Law School, being able to handle the demanding schedule and finding the time for a active social life and taking some time for herself.

One other update, we had some water damage to the underside of our kitchen floor which was discovered early July.  Well, it took some time fighting with our insurance company to come to a settlement but the work on the kitchen begins today.....YEAH.  The cabinets and counter tops are being torn out today.  Depending on the weather the rest of the week, the entire kitchen floor has to be torn out a new one put in.  Needless to say the rest of the house looks like a disaster area.  We packed up everything in the kitchen and boxes are sitting everywhere.  Hopefully everything will be finished in a couple of weeks and we can get things back to normal..... Just in time for Halloween.