Happy New Year!

Jan 06, 2014

Haven't had a chance to get on here since the New Year, but wanted to update everyone.

Today I am 1 year and 4 months post-op. I weigh 141 pounds. That seems fabulous and believe me, it has been, but I actually have gained 7 pounds in the past 2 months. My mother, who had the same surgery 6 or so years ago has always told me, "You won't stay at your lowest weight. Your body will readjust itself where it is healthiest." Now, that's a good thing for me to remember, but that is not what my body is doing. The reason why I've gained 7 pounds is my exercise has been non-existent since this freezing weather has kicked in. I am a 65*- 95* kind of girl. Also, I've been consuming too many carbs and too much sugar and not enough protein. So, I have started my 21 day journey to set up better eating habits and break the bad old ones...

So from January 6th through the 26th, I will not consume anything white! Including: sugar and anything bleached or fried ie: white corn and flour tortillas, bleached breads, white rice, potatoes, chips, sweets, etc.

I'm also going to have a hard time with this, but I am going to strive for the proper amount of water every day. For me, it's at least 4, 1 litre bottles of water. The proper measuring for this is your weight divided by two equals number of ounces of water you should consume. If you weigh 200 pounds, that would be 100 ounces of water a day, or 6, 1 litre bottles of water.

Week 2 I will make more major cutbacks and again in week 3.

These things happen and it's just about catching the error and taking a proactive approach to fix the problem...especially before it becomes bigger!

Hugs, Love and Skinny Thoughts,

Beth

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