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One Year Anniversary -   Dear Blog... well it's been a year !! I've lost my job, moved to RI, started law school, oh and just had plastic surgery PHEW ! ... all in all nothing but good things in my life ...

Has it really been that long since I posted ? -   Yes i'm sure it has !  I've been on a roller coaster with my weight-- it's pretty much stalled out.  I am finding that i'm a little hungry and am snacking on crackers which proba...

Living in RI -   Well i've moved to RI.  I found a Trader Joe's so I can get my protein shakes and before I left NC I loaded up on the protein shakes at my Doc's office.   Now i've got a week bef...

Had my 6 month post op visit ! -   Everything went great !  I"m having a little thinning of my hair and started taking Biotin today. Other than that -- the doc said "whatever you are doing, keep it up because you ...

112.6 lbs down ! -   Well lots going on in my life. My house is for sale, i've been accepted to law school and I'm feeling GREAT.  Only "issue" i've had is exceptionally heavy menstrual cycles.  (and...

109.2 lbs down ! -   Don't know where the time has gone since surgery. Heck I dont even know where the time has gone since  I lost my job, but things are moving in the right direction.  I haven't had...

100 lbs today ! -   Well I have to admit, my day started off with a HUGE smile when I weighed myself and had finally hit 100 lbs !  My second goal is just 6 lbs away and that's to be below 200 lbs.....

Plateau -      Well this 98 lb thing has been around for about two weeks.  It's drving me NUTS.  I can't seem to get below it.  I've been to the gym, watched what I ate, and still nada.   I ...

Going to the YMCA -   Well as it turns out, losing my job wasnt' the worst thing in the world.  Although I dont have money coming in yet (good ole GM is fighting my unemployment and also denied me COB...

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Major Life Hurdle -  Well, yesterday I was let go from my job. (incidentally right after it, I had a Doctor's appointment and my 3 month post op was good).  But..... although I wasn't "emotional", I a...

Easter -   Well I made it through Easter !! Got up early and did the "find your basket" thing with the kids. Even let them have a treat before breakfast !!!  For the duration of the day we ...

Sunday Sunday - Well as is the usual thing, we had a rainy sunday today. I managed to get a mountain of laundry done but not the cleaning and things that i'd hoped.  I ended up getting a movie and...

moving slowly -   Well -- I find that the days I work and have a busy routine the better I do. Yesterday I was off, but very busy. I ended up not having my protein shake for dinner and even missed...

Losing weight but still not looking great -   Well i've been at this since Dec (pre-op) and this past weekend took my kids and older sister to the Great wolf Lodge to celebrate me losing weight, my daughters 3rd birthday and...

It's been a while -   Well I haven't tried on my ring yet, but I am feeling pretty good about it ! I think somehow that just putting it on and if it's tight at all will be devastating. soooooo I'm goi...

The scale is calling me ! -   Ok well I finally decided i'd weigh in on Sundays' only.  I was starting to get a bit nuts because of the plateaus that i'd hit during the week and not lose anything and then i'd...

6 weeks out -   Well as of today i'm 53.5 pounds lighter !  I feel good.  At one point today I thought to msyelf.. "I could just keep walking" ... (which used to be something I hated to do cuz m...

Things are looking up ! -   had my appointment with the liver specialist today and things are looking up.  My pre-op bloodwork showed elevated liver enzymes, my liver biopsy during surgery showed "scarring"...

Breaking the barrier -   Well after my "stalled period" I got up yesterday and had dropped 3 lbs and another one today ! (yyiipppee).. It certainly does help to keep you motivated !      SUGAR........ w...

thursday... -   Well for good or bad, I haven't lost much this last week.  I went to the Dr's and he said i've got a lot of soft tissue swelling. , but to keep my chin up because in another week...