http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/louisamay's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2013/02/07/putting-this-here-until-i-can-figure-out-why-it-s-not-on-forum-/Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:30:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2013/02/07/putting-this-here-until-i-can-figure-out-why-it-s-not-on-forum-/ This is almost where I started.  I have worse pics than this. But this is the night before I had my surgery.<br/> http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/10/11/one-month/Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:16:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/10/11/one-month/I can't call it a stall.  It was really me not staying on plan.  My weight fluctuated up two or three pounds, then back down, then back up.  I wasn't bingeing or anything, but I definitely wasn't sticking to my calorie goals.<br/><br/>Finally, back on track.  I lost 1/2 pound this ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/09/08/fitbit-healed/Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:26:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/09/08/fitbit-healed/I stopped using my Fitbit because it wasn't synching.  First it wasn't synching via wifi (which it's supposed to do) and I was having to hook it up every time to find out how I was doing.  Then it wouldn't even sync then.<br/><br/>Bah.  Humbug.  I decided to return it and ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/06/29/two-months-out--or-nine-weeks--depends-on-how-you-count-it-/Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:30:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/06/29/two-months-out--or-nine-weeks--depends-on-how-you-count-it-/My surgery was 4/27 and today is 4/29.  That's two months, two days.<br/><br/>Or, calendar-wise, nine weeks ago today.<br/><br/>I was in Hawaii last week, and when I got home Monday afternoon (the 25th) I weighed the same as I weighed when I left.  Can't argue with that, considering I was only ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/22/however---/Tue, 22 May 2012 16:01:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/22/however---/I am still fat.<br/><br/>I have lost 30 pounds, put on a dress that I might wear to a luau in Hawaii and felt really great.  But I took  a pic of myself to send a friend and you know how seeing a picture is always a rude awakening?<br/><br/>Well, this camera ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/17/day-twenty-one/Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/17/day-twenty-one/I've lost 5 1/2 pounds since my last post two weeks ago.  I think I expected to have lost more by now, but that's okay. Really, it is.  Either these 5 1/2 pounds made a huge difference, or my body has somehow caught up with the scale, because my body ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/03/day-six/Thu, 03 May 2012 11:21:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/louisamay/blog/2012/05/03/day-six/My first NSGs!  (Is that the right acronym? I forget.)<br/><br/>Anyway.<br/><br/>This morning, six days after surgery, I put on a pair of shorts that I could not snap comfortably before surgery.  They are very light weight hiking shorts, microfiber, and I haven't had them on in years.  Even though they might ...