What can we say about a holiday that celebrates food and family together?????  And food, and more food....Thanksgiving, as much as a historical celebration as pig-out is always a struggle for me.  How do you sit at a table with 20 people (who you have not and will not tell that you had WLS) and spoon out 4 ozs of "soft" food?????  "I ate before I came here"????  Yeah, that goes over real well with family and friends.  Anyhoo...I am going to my family's house with the right frame of mind and I will volunteer to do "kid duty" and hope no one notices I am not eating . 

The 4 oz thing is somewhat of a struggle on a day like today because my doc told me at my checkup I have NO restriction (due for fill in 2 weeks) and I wish he never would have said that.  HEAD GAMES!

Wow, two weeks out already, hard to believe.  I had a great surgeon and a great group of friends (some of them on here) that helped me prepare and I honestly have to say...this ain't so hard.  Throws me back to my body-building days of 6 meals and protein protein protein.  Two weeks and weight this morning was 210-down 18.  I'll take that. 

My surgeon told me yesterday not to expect any more significant weight loss until after a fill (since I have not had one yet)...but I am of the mind frame "I'll show you"I know, I know...I am only 2 weeks out but I am NOT a patient person. I got the okay to go back to exercising and I had always told myself if I could get SOME (ANY) weight off I would go embarass myself and work out...so today I did
I'll let you know when I actually catch my breath...
I know it will get hard, and I know food and emotions and boredom to me is like trying to tell a kid not to step in a puddle...but I also know I am on track and I have to forgive myself; now and probably many times in the future...hang tite