Well, I continue to hit the gym 5 times per week with cardio and strength training, but now I am looking for ways to make my lifestyle more active in general and a way olf being a person who enjoys physical activity. Yesterday I took my first ever tennis lesson and I love LOVE LOVED IT!!!!! Hopefully I can find the money and time to continue!!! We practiced for about 2  1/2 hours and I had soooo much fun. I have NEVER been a sports person. This may be the thing for me!!! Plus they have cute outfits!!! lol

I am grateful for my RNY B/C

no more meds
down 8 clothing sizes
shrinking feet
can sleep in my bed comforably at night( I had to sleep propped up in a recliner at the end of my SMO days)..and I dont snore any more, and if I do, it sounds like a kitten instead of a grizzly bear
I eat better....produce is tasty! Who knew?
I can hit 2.7 miles in 30 min on the eliptical(At first I could only last 3 minutes..no lie!)
I can get up my 3 flights of stairs wayy easier
I look for excuses to BE active....rather than excuses NOT to be active
The fat over my eyelids is shrinking
I am starting to wear heels again
I feel proud to live a healthy lifestyle

I was in the gym this morning and caught an unexpected  glimpse of my booty in the mirror with my skin tight leggings on. Wow, these workouts are totally re-shaping my booty. I was like wow look at that cute " little" tooty booty! yay!!

Ephiphany....wow...I ate something else today because I'd only had a salad (all veg and zero cal dressing) and 2 protien shakes...I was like "Im not hungry at all"...but I thought "I need to have something b/c I did not have enough protien today. Especially when I'd been to the gym earlier today." So I thought, "either drink a shake or eat some protien," so thats what I did.......this feels strangely like EATING to LIVE. Weird concept, but I liked it!  NEVER has happened to me before!

Last nightI went to the store and stocked up on good foods, and am happy that I have gotten avck on the track as of last Tuesday with the help of my friends here on OH. This site has been such a blessing.The workout schedule is back on again and Im just focusing on one day at a time. I will be looking into OA meetins online this week.  I have found that for me trying to exsist on protien shakes and very little food leads me to binge eating. I have to accept that #1 I love to eat and #2 my pouch which I affectionately call "Steel Magnolia" can tolerate anything and larger amounts than the avereage rny paitent at this stage. Therefore I need to plan foods that I can eat and have them on hand and eat dammmit!! Soo I stocked up on lots of veggies, frozen and fresh, salad ingredients, salsa, zero cal salad dressings and dips, sug free jello, 50 cal fiber yogurt, no sugar added fruit cups ( only 35 cals a cup!!), turkey, chix breast, lean pork and beef. I plan to make lots of veggie stir fries and salads to fill the hunger hole, and for special /snacks treats I will have sug free posicles, puddings, mooses, ff sug free whiped topping with fruits, 100 cal popcorn, chocolate cherios ( 100 cal a serving and I usually only est 1/2 a serving), 1/2 servings of pretzels, sugar free gum and 2 or 3 sugar free hard candies.
My eating priorty will be protien shakes and water, I will then veggie load, protien next, some carbs and then treats/ snacks if I want them So far so good!