i'm 199.5 today.
Tom too. I have found that when its TOM i swell up and cant do food very well at all for a day or two. Its okay, because two days before i was eating everything in the house. I shop well so its not a huge problem.

Whew...what ive found..i can eat BREAD sometimes without much problem, even a quarter to a half of a sandwich sometimes. it comes and goes and i can tell when its going to be okay. Best advice my surgeon gave me was that if i had a pb or threw up, liquids...

lizrbit

Yesterday morning: 228
im so broke. im feeling thin and pretty. got my hair done, eyebrows and something else waxed, last night was the artwalk and my opening reception for the show here, and im exhausted.
Ive been out there schmoozing and socializing and im ready to go back into seclusion now before i get into any more trouble. You know, no one ever really talks about, or maybe they just feel like they cant because there is always someone to chastize, but the way things in life change...

lizrbit

Yesterday morning: 235
and im in my TOM too! woo!
my clothes are dropping off me. I was a size 24 in the stretchy jeans and now, i can wear a 18 or 20.
I need new clothes and a haircut, badly.

Im a little concerned though, and i hate to admit this having been smoke free for three years (after 23 years of smoking) but ive picked it back up again. I KNOW its not good. I dont know how it complicates the band, but im sure it does somehow.
Also drinking a good...

lizrbit

Stepped on yesterday morning and bam! 254.5
today it was 255 but ill take that!
woo!
im finding excuses to hop on the bike and get out there. the weather is FANTASTIC and gorgeous. As i type this i have on a BATHING SUIT TOP, some peddle pushers and sandles and ive got the window open. its beautiful. i woke to it raining and just let today be sunday all day.
Im excited about this. I am hesitant to feel too excited about it though because my tom is approaching and i will...

lizrbit

it has varied greatly every day.
one day it will be 258.5 (the lowest yet) all the way up to 261.
seriously big variations each day, but in that ball park.
for xmas, id like to be at least 248.
thats ten lbs in thirty days. i bet money it doesnt happen, unless ive been on pure straight liquids i cant lose ten lbs in a month.

lizrbit