101 pounds lost

Aug 15, 2010

Well, I finally hit my first milestone that I had for myself and it feels wonderful. I'm still struggling to find things that I like to eat at the moment - the heat has been zapping me and eating protein is hard right now because of the heat. I can't wait until fall. I did make some meatballs in a sauce of chilli sauce, grape jelly, and dijon mustard in the crockpot today so I'm looking forward to those for lunch and dinner. Then I'm going to freeze them in individual portions for lunches and times when dinner doesn't turn out so good. I also made a meditteranean chicken salad today to have in a low carb pita later on - we'll see how it turns out. I'm also checking out whether I want to buy a fitbit - looks like a really neat gadget that tracks your steps per day and your sleep patterns and all kinds of other stuff.

I still can't believe how much weight I've lost and in such a short amount of time. It amazes me. I never thought when I started this journey that it would work and I had complications and then my appendix out in June - it's been an interesting four months to say the least. It doesn't help that my surgeons office is aweful and I've basically decided to let my PCP follow my care and labs - he is wiling to research and learn how to take care of me. It's nice that I used to work for him in high school and I've known him for over 20 years. I knew that the surgeon I selected would not be truly supportive of the real DS guidelines prior to surgery and I almost backed out because of it -but I'm smart enough to find my own answers and get support when I need it where I know I will always find the support. I'm just sick of the surgeon's office BS and their crazy NUT.

Anyway - I'll stop ranting - I'm just really glad today to finally reach this milestone. I hope one day I can pay it forward.

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