Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is having a great Victoria Day Weekend. Today is going to be glorious so get out there and soak it in.

I thought I would check in with a little update.

TBH nothing much is going on these days. I made my goal weight in Dec/Jan. I can't remember exactly when. I was discharged from the Bariatric Program on January 16th, 2019 which was exactly 1 year to the day that I had surgery. Unfortunately I was in the 1 year program so now I'm on my own.

Things are good. I am wading my way through maintenance and holding my own. I gained about 3 lbs back which I am fine with. I'm up and down approx 3 lbs here and there but I'm maintaining.

I've had some odd blood work - high iron and high liver enzymes. They go hand in hand with each other so we are working on getting the iron down and then hopefully the liver enzymes will come down as well. I had an ultrasound so we know everything is actually OK. It's all a balancing act. We're changing up my supplements and figuring it out.

My family Doctor has been awesome. She's picked up the reins and is taking care of everything. She sent me to her Dietician who is "all over it". Love her.

I continue to go to Support Group Meetings at the hospital. I think it's incredibly important to take advantage of support. It's helped me get to where I am now and it also keeps me on the straight and narrow.

I have been extremely blessed on this journey. My team at Wharton was terrific, the team at St. Joe's has been terrific. My family and friends have been incredibly supportive. Then there is a group of ladies, who I am privileged to call my friends, that met here on OH that have been integral in my success.

There have been ups and downs. Emotional eating, head hunger etc., have all come calling. I've dealt with it and carry on.

Best decision of my life. :)

Good morning and welcome to the long weekend! I'm hoping to get out of here early today but that depends on whether or not my trucker gets done early. We are going camping stateside so it would be nice to get an early start. I'm going for a pedicure at lunch so I have pretty toes for the weekend!

3 yrs 1 mos

B - chili

S - chicken breast

L - turkey kielbasa sandwich

S - pineapple,

D - TBD on the road likely - maybe just a protein bar or shake

Have an awesome weekend everyone!!

Good morning :)

Still sticking to the plan... I don't know if I will hit my goal for this month but I sure do feel better than I have in a while.

Today I'm going to drag DH around shopping. Somebody stole our bin for yard waste (why??) so I want to replace that, and there's a couple other house-y things we need.

Accountability: really good. The only thing was that I ended up having a second serving of salad for lunch yesterday. I guess I was having a hungry day. Salad doesn't usually fill me up but this one had lots of meat and cheese.

Post-op four years and two months.

Breakfast - protein shake

Snack - carrots and PB

Lunch - bunless burgers

Snack - Greek yogurt

Dinner - sausages

Snack - SF pudding

All water and vits.

I can honestly say that the only thing I truly mourn is the ability to guzzle water!!!! The aversions to food, I don't really care about.

Hello!! Better late than never!! I had blood work this morning then had to see the surgeon about my knee. Good news is that it's early onset arthritis and there is nothing for him to do right now. Good because I don't need surgery now. It seems to be behind my knee cap which is good (again ???) because it's not in the weight bearing part of my knee. Good news because I'm over 100 lbs lighter and that is a plus!! Even better news.....the sun is shining

I played my ball game last night and just couldn't bring myself to get up early and go to the gym. I was so tired and my body just felt heavy. Once I'm up and at 'em now though I'm good. No doubt a winter spent in the gym made my first game so much easier.

B - bacon/egg on a bun (bad choice but I was on the run)

S - skyr, blueberries

L - chicken caesar salad

S - meat stick/cheese

D - tbd (I didn't take anything out because my Trucker won't be home - yes I still need to eat but it's easier to please just me)

Have a great day everyone!!