1 Yr Post Op on Thursday

I will be 1 yr post op on the 23rd. My appt with Dr Tom is on the 24th.  Lab work will be interesting. I hope things look better than the 6 month mark but they weren't bad then. I started at 370 and weighed in this morning at 198. Still stressing over the stalls and ups/downs of 4-6 lbs but my weight can change 5+ lbs in a day. scary! I have noticed that I am starting to pick at things again (grazing?)  I am trying to cook more which I find allows more opportunities to pick at things while they are cooking. Family may have to go back to nuked food or make your own dinners again if I start putting it back on. The two youngest caled their sister and told her I was punishing them because I wouldn't go to McD's or BK after my surgery! They were in withdrawls from fast food.. Now I can go about anywhere and eat anything. Sometimes more than I feel I should, but not as a rule. I do notice that I eat more than Kat and my mom, but not as much as others around the same post op time. Strange how those comfort carbs go down so smoothly and a steak will choke ya! By way Ryan, that pie was soooooooooooo gooooooooddd!  Thanks!

172 pounds!!  How cool is that?!!           Did you ever imagine you could lose that much in one year?   I certainly understand about the grazing.  I have always been an emotional eater and that's something I still battle.   I'm so bored at work that I find it very easy to start picking at food when I don't need it.....just for something to do.  It's so hard to change habits and to change how we view food......this is such a mental process that many around us just don't understand.  That's why I get so mad at people that say we took the 'easy' way out.  Ummm....no...trust me, I did not!  

And what is this pie you speak of?   Hey Ryan....come one....make some for all of us!!!! 

Hi Chris!! My baby made us a sugar free chocolate cream pie! He's so talented. Even the kids were eating it! Maybe that's what we can bring to the next get together. Hope you're doing well. ~Kat

I'll get my mom to reteach the meringue making part and maybe I will. Or for those that like it the SF pumpkin pie as it is getting to be that time of year. I like pie.

Mmmmmmm......pumpkin pie!!    

Okay....I'm drooling over here!   We're gonna have to plan that get together soon!!  Really....even without the pie (though I'm going to tease the living daylights out of him if he shows up without it!), we've all got to get together soon!

Mom, Has it been a year already?? I'm so proud of you. Even though I started investigating Dr Tom first and got through the classes before you, you were able to get it approved through the insurance. Sooooo I got to watch you deal with the issues first, like the guinea pig! Ha ha! Seriously, I can't believe how far you've come in just a year. Our whole family has changed as a result of our surgeries, especially yours, since you're Mom!  As far as cooking at home, you do what you have to do. The rest can fend for themselves, especially that oldest girl of yours! Though the delicious (sugar free) pie that her darling fiance brought over will have to be few and far between. I hope the labs come back okay. We're pulling for ya.

Love you!!

Trina

that is really good............i wish no ,we wish wecould  loose  178 in a year....congrats  keep up the  good work   hey  chris   how  r u...

Hey Robyn!   I'm doing great!   How are you doing? 

Congrats to my future MIL Sherryl! You have made a big change. As for the pie you can thank me for wanting the pie. Isn't that just like a guy to want Pie. Okay guttermind moment over... I didn't make the pie,I had asked my mom to make it. After the girls failed dessert at our dinner at Lone Star ( on Mall Rd. lol) and after I dropped Kat off that night I couldn't sleep, so I went to the store to buy my groceries. I know how strange a guy that shops, ladies get your heart a twitter doesn't it.. I was upset with my self for the way I had been eating that past week or so. At the store I got the things I like that fit my needs. But had a craving for something good. So I got the pie shells and the other ingredients for SF cream pies. Then I asked my mom if she would make them. She said yes and we made them monday while I was supposed to be sleeping. I thought of it but mom made them. Please thank her not me. Oh yeah we have banana cream pie coming up soon,,,, tomorrow probably. are you ready?