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I have never in my life gone on a vacation and lost weight.  I am lucky if I maintain on vacation but I usually gain.  Sweet hubby will gain 3 pounds and I will gain 7....that is just the way it goes but not this time.  My wonderful band and the fill I got on the 14th did what I have been waiting all this time for the band to do.  I am so proud of the pounds that I have lost prior to this fill but wow, I finally know what good restriction feels like and I am loving it to pieces.  We had a wonderful time on the Oregon coast ... love those quads just a little more now...great seeing Craig and Leslie and where they live and another fun time with Sean, Tam, and the kids.  The weather was Oregon Coast perfect....it couldn't have been any better.  I tried eating corn on the cob and found out that it won't be on my menu anymore....a little sad over that one but I have had lots of corn on the cob in the past and I don't imagine my life is going to be impacted much by not eating corn anymore.  We stopped at Moe's in Cannon Beach on our way home so Ron could get his clam chowder (YUCK) fix and I had my first experience of ordering guiltoff the childrens menu.  I am not much fun to take out anymore as I hate ordering and spending money on something that I am going to eat a few bites of and then not be able to finish.  I had fish and chips and paid them 2 bucks more for halibut (cuz Ron was going to eat what I couldnt) ate one piece and gave the rest to him so it wasn't too bad.  Better that then the meal which was 6 bucks more and came with a bunch of stuff that neither of us could finish.  It doesn't bother me to leave french fries but it seems like such a waste of money to order a big meal that is going to go in the garbage.  There are too many other things that I would rather spend money on.  We went out to breakfast twice on our trip and ordered on meal and split it.  That went really well so we decided it is time for us to try that most of the time (excepte at Moe's cuz I cant stand clam chowder) .  I am 2 poumds away from loosing 70 pounds....WOW...life is soooooo good.

WE are leaving in an hour for our quad riding trip to Sand Lake Oregon and I am so excited to be going down there.  I got a fill on Monday and boy is it working good.  I think I am finally at my sweet spot.  I have to sip my liquids and even though I think I have been being pretty good with my portions, I can't eat as much as I was eating and I am really liking it.  I am at a point in this journey when I have been testing the waters a little to much and I think that is another reason that I only lost 4 pounds last month.  I got on the scale this morning and I am finally in the 240's.  How fantastic is that.  I feel like I was in the 250's forever and I am hoping that I won't camp out in the 240's as long. 

We went to Ron's nephews wedding yesterday.  This is the first time he has seen his sister in years and I have been wanting him to try to mend the fence with her so it was wonderful to see them hugging each other.  I know how hard it is to love someone who has a drinking problem because I certainly have been there but I also knows how much he loves his sister and she needs to know that too. 

He is up now so I guess I better go finish getting ready.  Life is so good!

Wow!!! I can't believe it has been over a month since I have posted an update to my blog.  I have been so busy and gone a great deal just living life.  I had to spend a few days in Oregon after school was out going through things at my dad's. It had a fill on the 16th and then took off the next day.  It wasn't easy trying to get things done and manage my new way of eating because I was staying in a motel but I managed.  I got to go to two baseball games while I was down there and watch both Austin and Garret play.  It is so much fun to see those boys play.  The umpire at Austins game was a guy I used to work with and I havent seen him since I left SBS which was 12 years ago.  It was fun catching up with him inbetween innings and visiting with my ex daughter -in-law and watching Alyce and Corrine play while their brothers were playing.  Robyn came to help each day and brought the kids which was wonderful for me because I haven't seen them for a long time so I got to see 7 of my grand babies on that trip which was wonderful.  I brought back a bunch of stuff....the most important being all the family history stuff (4 briefcases full plus a bag whew).  I got had home and then had to get ready for our fishing trip which was the following week.  We left for Lake Curlew early Sunday morning on our anniversary.  It was so nice to get on the other side of the mountains and we had a lot of fun on our long drive.  The first big test of my weightloss was quickly approaching and I was secretly fretting over it.  We got to Black Beach and got stuff put away in our Cabin and got the boat launched and now it was time to see if I could manage getting into the boat.  It was easy.  I was overwelmed with joy yet one more time.  I have been worrying about this since Ron first asked me if I would like to go but I didn't have a problem at all.  Fishing was a blast even though ron caught the first fish.  That doesn't happen very often and when he had 3 on the boat and I didn't have any I was beginning to wonder what the heck was going on.  We laughed about the fact that Craig would never believe it since he always tells people that if they want to catch anything they need to make sure I stay on shore with no pole but then I got a hit.  Ron's fish were nice 12 inch pan fish but I got a beautiful fat 18 inch which was bigger then his 3 fish put together .... and then I got another one.  We decided that we had enough for one night and headed in.  I cooked one of my big ones for dinner and got a reality check.  Before my surgery I would have eaten the whole thing with out a problem.  In my haste to eat that beautiful fish I took too big of a bite and had to go to the bathroom as it came back up.  I waited for a few minutes and took a tiny bite...it went down fine but when I was full, I still had a lot of fish left...I don't think I even ate a quarter of it.  Sheesh.  I don't know why I thought I would be able to eat the whole thing silly silly me.  I also discovered that I can only eat 2 or 3 cherries.  Thank goodness Sean, Tam, and kids finally got there so someone could finish my fish.  The next day I cooked one of the pan sized fish for breakfast and managed to eat half of it before I was full.  We had so much fun and were able to really relax.  It was so nice and it was hard to come home.  We didn't get to have any vacations last summer because I was busy going to the dr to have my hysterectomy so it was especially nice to have a real vacation.  We came home and I spent the week dyeing fabric and getting it ready to put up on Ebay.  We spent the 4th at the lake with Craig and it was wonderful to watch the fire works and watch the kids doing their fireworks.  The following week I had to go to Oregon again and then work on Ebay and get ready to go camping for our long weekend.  Again we had a great time but I was disappointed in myself because I still can't manage to ride my bike.  I took a spill which is depressing but I must concentrate on my victories instead of crying over what I still can't do.  We got home from our camping trip with just enough time for me to hop in the shower and  get to the Dr for a fill.  I knew the scale was not going to show much loss as I haven't been as "good" with my food choices this last month as I have been in previous months.  I only lost 4 pounds and the Dr was concerned.  I told him that I have been on vacation and away from home so while I would have liked to loose more, how many people can be gone on vacation and still loose weight....I know this is a first for me so I am ok with it.  We leave on Sunday for a week on the Oregon Coast.  This time we are taking our quads.  We will be camping just 10 minutes from Craigs house so I am excited to spend some more time with m son and grand kids.  We will go to Garrets baseball games on Sunday....county tournament (his team is seated 1st)  I don't know what I enjoy more, watching him play or watching my son coach... both of those things just make my heart sing.  So that catches me up .  I am loving liveing life in my smaller body and can't begin to imagine what it will be like next summer.  I am so happy that I had my surgery :-)