Mary B.

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I had my Two Year Surgiversary (!!!! go me) and check-up with blood works done on Halloween.  A little low on vitamin D so I'm boosting that but Iron is doing better and everything else is normal.  I usually know if something is off these days anyhow.  Maybe it's because after the fat is gone I've become more in-touch with my body or perhaps it's a side benefit of the surgery itself but these days if the B12 is low I know it almost immediately.  Of course, I don't dare skip vitamins because I can feel so wiped out without them.  So, all is good there. 

I made goal at 10 months and I've stayed with it having very little fluctuation if any.  The scale has said the same thing everytime I've weighed in for the last 12 months, and yes I checked to see if it was broken.  =)

However, I was told before surgery when I set my goal I could probably go lower.  My goal was 185 and I now weight in at 183.4.  I've been debating another 20 pounds.  I don't think it'd be difficult to do.  I've reinstituted protein shakes once a day as a meal replacement.  One because it's lower calorie count but mostly because I think more protein would seriously do my body good.  I do have days when I haven't been faithful to getting the protein in and I get soooooo tired.  The main problem is all my protein powder is chocolate and in a bizarre twist, as sometimes happens, my body has decided it no longer likes chocolate..  It amazes me at 2 years out that this still happens.  Something is great one day but the next you never want to taste it again.  And it's chocolate!  I used to be a chocoholic.  Maybe I just finally found my lifetime limit on the stuff.

I had an excellent Thanksgiving.  I cooked for the family and everything came out great.  I had no trouble with temptation or over eating.  I did nibble but I don't begrudge myself a teaspoon full of anything once the protein is in and I still have room.  Looking forward to playing with some recipes for Christmas.  I've realized I can make healthier versions of foods and people rarely notice.

Encouraging my nephew to go to one of Dr. Anderson's seminars.  He doesn't have insurance but he does want surgery.  I don't think he has a good grasp on how life threatening his situation is.  Frankly, it scares the shit out of me.  He's a good kid, ok man now, but I still see him as the little boy he was and more like a brother than a nephew and I hate to think of where he's headed.  I know he must be in a lot of discomfort and depressed.  his BMI as I calculate for the height and weight he gave me is 93.  Yeah.  Just takes the breathe right out of me. 

I haven't been to any of the Group meetings in a good while.  I think I'm going to try to get him to go with me.  It wouldn't hurt me to go back to them again now that my work schedule will allow it. 

Going to try to blog more often.  More later.  :)