I am doing well, I guess.  I am being more active - I shovelled for the first time in 25 years, I can now run up a flight of stairs.  Two days ago I went ICE SKATING with my class.  

I am a tad upset that I can not eat normally and lose weight so I am back "on a diet" to get to my goal weight.  This means lots more protein shakes and less real food until I am at goal.   Oh, well.  I wouldn't give up that drop of 75 lbs in 8 months for anything!  It enabled me to get ACTIVE again so I can be healthier and live life a whole new way.

I have 26 lbs to goal.   SOmetimes it seems like a lot and other times it seems so little that I get impatient!    

 Ok stall ended.. I finally dropped 5 lbs. About darn time.....   I increased my proteins last week so i guess i was likely behind on them..  Its amazing how when we don't eat we don't lose. Kind of our issue before wls... We think if we don't eat we'd lose....   I still havent had the chance to work out much to hectic schedule but I have found ways to integrate it here and there... is I wore heels to work during mock taks testing and spent the whole time walking around the room while kiddos were testing.. Boy did my thighs and calves get a work out.  Hopefully I will be back on track now that i am remonitoring protein intake. I would really like to have the 100 gone by may!! I need to put the focus back on me for while so I can reach that goal.. Running out of time. A friend who had wls said lose in 1st year as much as possible because losing after the first year is hard cause your body normalizes!!! I don't want to normalize to soon!!!

 OK, I am on day two of the 5 day pouch test. I made it all day yesterday on nothing but liquids and protein shakes. I am looking forward to tomorrow when I can add scrambled egg back into my diet. I am already psyching myself up for tomorrow! lol  

So yesterday being on all liquids I lost 3 lbs. So I am happy about that! I wasn't really hungry all day. When I felt hungry I drank a protein shake. I finally found one that I like, here is the link: http://www.bariatricchoice.com/wonderslim-bariatric-weight-loss-diet-pudding-shakes.html
It's not the cheapest protein but at least I can tolerate the taste of it! 

I worked out on Tuesday night and put in 4 miles. I am headed back to the gym tonight. and hope to put in just as much. I am excited about getting back on track. I hope that the pouch test works and that my pouch  tightens back up after doing this. Because I want that full feeling again. I am worried I stretched that opening out and now am a bottomless pit. 

I'll check back in and let you all know how it is going! 

I agree w/Pooh - you handled it very well.

I have the same issue if I'm setting at our local bar, drinking water (hahaha) and a gal from across the bar who I only know in passing, not buddy buddy with her, she asked me how I had lost all of my weight so far and I said, just cutting back and exercising.  She was fine w/that.  Now had she been setting right next to me, I probably would have told her the truth, but I didn't feel it was appropriate to yell it out across the bar......

Like anything else, there is a time and a place for everything.  We can pick and choose what works best for us.

2 oz???? No wonder you are hungry!  I eat 1/2 to 1 cup regularly.  I think it is too much sometimes, but other times I eat straight protein (meatballs) and I eat so much less so I am pretty sure my stomach is still that little bitty thing it should be. 

I struggle daily with the carbs and feel so proud of myself when I avoid them.  I'm not always successful, but I keep trying to make good choices every day.

I think I am eating too many calories a day and I have a little snacking habit at night.  I'll keep trying to improve!

I find myself being more open to physical activity and I'm starting to look forward to my daily exercise.  Today I went ice skating!   I haven't been on ice skates for over 30 years!