8-month 10-day Surgiversary

Aug 04, 2010

I am running about 10 days behind this month.  I had a severe ear infection that put me out of commission the last week but I am feeling much better today.I have lost 97 lbs total. 

I am still going on an Alaskan cruise Aug 22 and an Eastern Caribbean cruise Sept 5.  One reward to myself is to go ziplining in Alaska (by myself as the people I am travelling with are all older) just because I can because I am under the 250 lbs weight limit!  The Coach purse (that is sitting on my table tempting me) that I can't have until I lose 100 lbs is getting close enough to imagine now.  My goal is to take the Coach bag on the cruise with me!!  

My swimming pool is finished, and soon my ear should be well enough to start swimming in earnest.  I am looking forward to getting a regular exercise program going in the pool.  I am still going to the 2 support group meetings a month.   I stopped seeing the bariatric therapist once a month for financial reasons, but I am attending an 8 week group session conducted by my bariatric therapist that I believe is helping me in this journey. 

I have seen a slight improvement in my marriage although it is still struggling.  I am still in the process of trying to decide what to do about it.  I have started reading "Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay" and hope that when I finish it I will have an answer.  I know I won't be ready to make any changes before our family cruise Sept 5, but I am trying to get things in order for the future just in case.

I am eating overall much healthier, but there are some days I just want to eat all of the time.  I just try to stick to healthy choices on those days so as not to sabotage myself.  Other than that, I am pretty lenient on myself.  I eat 5-6 meals a day, and mostly eat what I want, just with protein first.  Once I get to 100 lbs lost, I am going to re-evaluate if I want to stay at 219 lbs, or continue to lose.  If you are struggling with the decision of whether to have the sleeve, I say get off the fence and get on the bench!! My only regret is that I didn't do this when I was younger!  I love my sleeve!!!!!!

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