It has been a while.   I  need to  exercise  more this summer.  I eat  what i consider  normal.   amounts close to what i ate in high school.   I dont  miss the huge amounts of food.     Took grandson and dil to  Florida for a wedding and then we did the  amusement parks.  I did not   gain any weight and we  ate out almost  3 times a day for   10 days.     Waiting for    strawberries to be ready this week.  I want to go get a few.   I  do love  to walk   so need to get  that in at least  4 times a week.  I will get some swimming in when i go get my  pool.   Hope summer gets here soon.  I still have  10 pounds to lose  before i see surgeon in November  so i need to get off my butt and do it.

Wow it has been  13  and  a  half months since my surgery.

I am doing  great.  Still losing  weight but it has slowed way down.   I am lucky if I lose a half a pound a week.
some weeks I lose nothing.  But I did not gain  over  the holiday so that is a  good  thing.

I  need to bump up the exercise  a little as  it is winter and cold out and i  dont get out.  I do carry wood  now and shovel  so that counts for something.    i  will do my wii  in a bit for at least  another  30 minutes

I find that  now i am thru the honeymoon period that  i can eat mostly  everything  but  i eat now in moderation  as  my stomach does not accomedate large amounts of food.  I  can go out to eat and order things that either i can bring home  or  can eat more of like salads and shrimp.  good standbys.  Trying to be compliant   it is not hard  but got to learn to sit and eat and not graze.   Being alone  during the day  makes it easy to graze.  

Most people think  that  after rny you  cant eat anymore or socialize or  have fun.   but  some of that is just at the beginning when we are learning   all the good habits that we have forgotten  along the way  thru our life.  

My gram always said to slow down  and chew.   No drinking with meal.   Eat the  meat  first.   and  lay off breads.  Dessert  was an occasional thing and never rewarded supper with dessert.


Wow  how right she was.  I  do  not crave  carbs like i use to.  I was such a  bread person.  Maybe not eating them  has made me  not want them.   A  loaf of bread goes bad in our house now  but  now we  drink  two gallons of milk a week instead of one.  

Staying  compliant is  one thing  that i want  to  do  for  2009!!!!

I have met some  wonderful people here  and  hope and continue to meet more.

Thanks all for   listening to me when i need help  and i hope i can help  someone too.

I  didnt believe   the difference.  Woo hoo i getting skinny lol

I had my  six month  appointment and I weight  211 at his office.
My   labs were great  so he said  keep doing what i was doing.   Only thing different  i am doing tho is taking   an extra  b  12.   My mom  when she was alive  took b 12 shots every winter  after she turned  55  so just in case i might be  on the lower end i  took an extra b  12 on days that i was real tired.

that  is  79 pounds  since surgery  woo hoo.

I had a three week stall  but  i need to exercise more too.
I keep my   calories  between  800  to 1000.   Some where in there.
Summer is better for me as i usually lose a little weight and get more exercise.

Had a great   meeting with  the  dietician  

Have a great   week all!!!!

As of yesterday  i am  down   to to 213 woo hoo 13 more pounds to onederland..  This morning i was down to 212.  
I got some  fage yogurt yesterday at the   natural living center in  Bangor.  It is a little pricy but  i didnt let that stop me.   I like plain yogurt so the plain fage is fine.   but i did add a splenda and  rasberries to it and it was wonderul.   I love the ceamy texture.   could almost be like ice cream.  Bet it would be good frozen too sweetened.

I have had my  blood tests before i went to  Mexico so that my vitamin d level will be a true level.  I have my  six month in a couple of weeks.   I cant wait.

I have met some wonderful people on this site.  Maine board you rock.

Have a great day all and a better month of May