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Today I went shopping.  I love bargain shopping.  I bought the cutest summer shirts and capris (  not brave yet to wear short shorts )  I bought all my clothes at goodwill.   I love deals, it doesn't bother me that someone else owned them before me.  As many sizes you drop from wls it's not worth buying expensive outfits until u reach goal.  I'm so surprised that I wear a size 16- 18 now.  Before surgery I use to wear a 24 (3x)  I still have a ways to go.  Goal is 140 pounds,  75 more pounds to go.  I started out at 274 and now I'm 215.  I still feel and look heavy but I know I'm not as big as I use to be.  It's difficult to feel confident when u go so many years feeling hidden and scared.   Next month I will be celebrating my 28th Birthday on July 27th.  I'm thinking that from today's date till July 27th I could drop the 15 pounds that I have left to get into the wonderful ONEDERLAND. YIPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!  If this happens I will be the happiest I have been in years.   I know I can get this 15 pounds off by my b-day.  This surgery was the best b-day present I could have ever got in my whole entire life.  I hope everyone of you is doing great and enjoying the summer so far.  Everybody take care. -Crystal

Tonight I grilled some boneless skinless chicken breast.  I found a calorie free, carb free, and sugar free bbq sauce for flavor.  It's made by Walden farms.  I bought it in the diabetic food section at the grocery store.  I checked out the website and the company has numerous other products that I will have to try.  The website is www.waldenfarms.com  there is other sauces, salad dressings, dips, and other stuff that I will have to try out. I will not have to go without the stuff I love ,  since all the products are sugar free, carb free, and calorie free.  Interesting huh ?  I love alfredo sauce and they have an alfredo sauce on their product list.  The BBQ sauce I put on the chicken tonight was good.  It's not like the real stuff but it's better than nothing.  It still had a sweet tangy flavor.    I know for sure I will have to stick to sugar free products for a very long time.   The last couple days when I was sick with swine flu I didn't eat anything at all.  Last night I thought a little icecream wouldn't hurt me.  I even got the blue bunny kind that has low calories, only 5 grams of sugar, and made with fat free milk.  I ate about 1/2 cup and tolerated that at lunch( yes i made the icecream my lunch,  what can I say I was sick)  Later that night for dinner I had another 1/2 cup.  So all day I just lived off ice cream.  My throat was so sore from my cough will this nasty flu.  Well,  I learned what dumping syndrome was like last night for the first time.  Oh, it lasted into the daytime TODAY AS WELL!!!  Lesson so learned.  I will not touch ice cream again for a long time.  I will not chance going over in carbs and sugars either.   Tonight for a sweet treat I had some seedless watermelon with my chicken.  This is the first time I tried any fruit since my surgery.  It tasted so good and hit the spot for a sweet craving.   I will now turn to watermelon instead of icecream.  WOW  it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what is the heathier choice.  It finally took me 27 years to turn down icecream for a slice of watermelon.  It's amazing,  seven weeks ago I would have gobbled down icecream and wouldn't take the watermelon.  After enjoying the watermelon so much and it didn't send me to the bathroom all night a day.  I would have to say I'm no longer going to buy icecream but make sure my fridge always will have watermelon in it.    Take care everybody. -Crystal   

Hello, it's been awhile since I blogged.  I hope everybody is doing great.  Well, so far I have lost  51 pounds so far.  On Friday night was my first shift back to work at the hospital.  I was put on light duty, no lifting for another week.   I was sooo excited to finally get to go back.  I worked friday, and saturday night.  I called in on sunday because I was aching everywhere with a high fever.  Today, I tested positive for influenza A+ which the doc told me I can bet that it's swine flu.  I was exposed by my 5 year old little girl.  She tested positive last wednesday.  We were all very carful  around the house, washing our hands extra and I cleaned the house really good.  A few days before her symtoms she was drinking off of me, so I learned my lesson.    I'm in horrible pain on my left side under my ribcage, it flarred  up so bad from the hard coughing I've had for 2 days from this flu.  I'm getting it checked out tomorrow from my surgeon.  It has always hurt there since one week post op but now it's horrible.  I don't know how to explain it, it's like a burning pulling twisting feeling that's is constant now.  Before it came and went.  I have done horrible today with protein.  I haven't eaten anything all day, and only drank half of a bottle water.  I have no appetite and I have been sleeping all day, and can barely stay awake now.    I know this isn't good.  When u have no energy it's very hard to eat or drink.  This pain in the side is even worse than the flu symptoms.  I now I'll get over it soon.  I'm just being a baby I guess.  Well enough about my sickness.  Take care everybody. -Crystal