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A Blessing and a Curse! - Been away for a few days.  Went to my college homecoming.  It was a blessing and a curse.  One of the most obvious love hate experiences to date.  The women pretending to be so hap...

Good kick in the Pants! - While talking to my baby sister yesterday, she asked, "How is the weight loss coming?" I said, "Its coming along OK."  She jumped on the word OK like a bird on a June bug.  "What t...

Food - My drug of Choice! - I am six pounds from 100 lost  Six. 6.  So why have I been doing things that slowed that accomplishment?  I could not fully understand where my head was.  Something was not right. ...

The Scales will Humble You. - The scales are playing with my emotions. Up and down 2-3 pounds.  I'd like to think I am not worried, not concerned.  But, it sure makes me stop and take an assessment of what I am...

You're so Vain! - When I first joined OH, I asked a lot of questions about when I would see changes to go along with the weight loss.  Thankfully, you all assured me that it would happen, that there...

Color me happy! - I feel pretty happy as I write this.  I am going to a friend's retirement dinner. Mind you I have clothes in several sizes in my closets - but, I wanted something new. I went barga...

Big Cry Baby! -  I cried when I first tipped the scales at 189 - I was 26..  I hit Weight Watchers and the track - jogging.  I cried in rage at 30 when I read a medical chart that the doctor left ...

The Sacred Belt. - I bought a belt yesterday.  A woman's belt.  You see the other belt I have been wearing to hold up my increasingly baggie jeans belonged to someone I used to date who was a nicely ...

Just an illusion? - I have said this before, but it bears repeating.  One of my greatest challenges is how I see myself.   So I take lots of pictures.  Besides sharing photos and having others encoura...

Holier than Thou Attitudes! - Unlike Thanksgiving and my feelings of guilt and remorse, I took a completely different approach.  Don't make food the enemy or treat my WLS as a "curse".  I took a tablespoon or t...

Confessions - I went to my weight loss group's Holiday party.  The group host mainly those who have had the Band or RNY.  We are at different stages - months vs years.  Confession: My mouth was ...

Deja Vu - Again! - I am trying to wrap my mind around change.  Over the past 14 months, I bought new jeans in three different sizes.  None of them fit when I bought them and over a period of time I w...

Gotta luv yo' Momma! - So many write about keeping WLS a secret to friends, co-workers and family.  WHAT ABOUT TELLIN' MOM!  My Mom was one of the last people I told.  No one, and I mean no one can bring...