Well, today was a good day, and a bad day... I feel like I was much better carb-wise, but can you believe I ate 2000 calories today? Holy crap! I can't believe it! I did get some exercise in, though, for the second day in a row, I went walking, good 45 minute brisk, not quite a jog, walk... So, there's that... B - protein bar L - Kashi Pumpkin Spice Flax granola bar (these things are the bomb!) and vanilla low-carb yogurt AS - munched on some veggies - baby carrots, green peppers, cukes, a little sour cream dip, and a few sun chips throughout the afternoon (we had a cookout today at our house, had friends over) D - cheeseburger (Ok, Fitday says this alone was worth over 500 calories, but I didn't break it down, so maybe it wasn't that bad - consisted of 1/4 lb extra lean beef, pickle, bunk, slice of cheese - and yes, somehow, I managed to eat the whole thing), some more cukes and carrots, a tablespoon of pasta salad NS - Slice of watermelon NS - kiddie size nsa vanilla cone from Ritter's Okay, so, it's a lot of food... I know...But to be honest, I feel a whole lot better about my choices today. I felt a lot more in control. Water - doing okay, mostly sf iced tea, but still working on it Vits - all caught up Exercise - 45 minutes of walking

Oh yes, this really sucks!! I too have started walking/jogging again. Today I did 1.5 miles. I'm working my way back up, I was up to 4 or 5 miles a day. Water weight - oh Im really sick of hearing that one. I can't blame it on that time of the month either. I really don't know what it is!! Maybe it is my body's way of saying.... give me the darn cheeseburger and apple dippers!!! I'm not giving in yet though. I am resisiting the pull to those golden arches!!!!! Laurie

Laurie, You may have seen me coment lately on "the right formula for weight loss". Just when you think youve done great and you think the scale will reward you for your hard work, BAM! its the opposite. Im having a rough week this week, Terry is on vacation and since we arent going anywhere or doing anything its been eat city around here! I weighed this morning and I was 149.8(with 150.0 being my weight ceiling). I know if I dont do something about it today then Im in trouble. Well guess what Ive already screwed up! Maybe its water weight, dont you get tired of hearing that? Maybe you need a cheeseburger and some apple dippers, LOL. I started walking again last week, 3 miles a day and each day gained a half a pound. I dont get it either! Hang in there, things will get better, at least thats what I keep telling myself? Candy

Hey all, what's on tap for today? Any big plans? Get togethers? Nothing much here. I slept until 8am - can you believe it? That's a good 3.5 - 4 hours later than I get to sleep during the week and a couple hours later than I usually get to sleep on the weekends... Liv didn't get to bed until late last night so she slept in some. Nothing big going on here - did a little bit of picking up around the house and made some pasta salad and hamburger patties. We have some friends coming over for a cookout this afternoon - I hope! Sometimes they bail on us and I've got tons of food! - other than that, nada...

Aliya, I constantly think about this. I know my body is easily reverting back to its old habits, unless I really fight. I've been on a plateau for 3 months. I joined Weigh****chers last week to see if it could help. After 1 week of really watching every bite of food I eat and exercising 90 minutes a day, I'm down 1.5 lbs. I was hoping this surgery would make me want small amounts of food for the rest of my life. And it does, but, obviously I can still eat enough to not lose. Counting points (and man do they rack up fast!) seems to be helping me. I know we are going to have to be diligent for our lifetimes if we are to keep this weight off. I continually have people share stories of WLS patients that gained most of their weight back...so scary! Lori 384/235/199