Hey girlfriends!!! I've missed you!!!
It was a great week with my family all here.. and the baby!! He's 4 months old. Geesh.. time flies! Do you remember this time last year I was telling you all about my great-neice who got pregnant? She was just 16, well it ended up she married the guy (don't get me started) but she's very happy and has this beautiful little boy. I was very proud of her and what a good mama she is. As for the rest of the family, my mom will be 80 next month and she looks wonderful, gets around great and will probably live to be 100. My neice who is 35 has gained weight and wants the Lap Band so bad but she's no where near qualifying. Its so flipping weird that her and I are the same bmi - but she is in that age where everytime she loses 10 lbs she gains 15 back, I really feel for her - been there!
As for my weight loss - they were all going on everyday how good I look. We'd be in a store and my sis would say, omgoodness I didn't even know that was you, I can't get used to you looking so thin! I came out one morning in my pj's and my neices said you look so small! It was so nice having them here for my ego's sake. Everyone around here is used to my weight loss so it was a week of encouragement for me. They think if I get a tummy tuck I shouldn't need to lose anymore weight.
I go next monday for my 2nd ps visit - unfortunately I've only lost one pound this month - yet that might be a good thing bc he said they want to see that my weight is stable. So I guess I'll just go in and tell him I'm at the point where I'm only losing a pound a month. And truth is I'm ok with that, if I lose a pound a month for the next 2 years thats another 24 lbs and I really don't want to get any smaller then that.
So where has everyone been? I thought I'd have 2 pages of posts to read and there were about 5.
Bman - girl you are back on the right track - sounds like you got a good job and maybe there'll be more room for advancement with them. You also are getting a new start with new people who never knew you before wls. Thats got to be cool. I'm just so happy you are back and posting, you are one of our pillars and we really miss you when you are gone.
Nat - you too! We miss ya when you are gone. I'm glad you got the p'rot -
- how's the little man? Its snowing today, I have to go into work but when I get home I might pull out the skis.
Nikki - sounds like your little man is growing good. Its getting close now, are you ready? The nursery is painted? How was the time with sister, did dh survive without you for a week?
Jill - I was always so tired the first few months too. Take a nap whenever you can. And take those pg vitamins!
do they make them any smaller now? Yuk I remember these big old horse pills they gave me. But its important. How did things work out with the sitter situation?
Boo - I'm glad things are good on the homefront. Make up sex is always good.
I can't wait to hear about your ps appointment - fill us in!
Sweet - how's the knee? One of the members at the club is a big runner and he told me that good shoes are a MUST! He gets new ones every 3 months, he jogs everyday.
Va - whats up girl? How's the job hunt, love life, family life? I haven't seen any posts from you for a long time.
Claud - when do you leave for Chicago? You have your apartment already, what about a job? Did you get that one you interviewed for?
All you missing in action steadies - post and let us know how you are doing. We've been here over a year, lets keep it going another year or 5.
My dd had a Fine Arts competition over the weekend, so we were looking at past performances and I came across one when she went to the national convention in Fla, Aug. 2006. On the tape we were at a picnic and I was HUGE - I had the shelf butt and everything! My sister and well everyone watching said NO WAY!!! I can't believe thats you! I don't remember you looking that big. My sister said Steph you really look fat, I don't remember you looking like that, it must just be the video. I said you guys were here for the wedding, which was the month before, I was fat. I was fat. Its so funny how we forget and the people who see us everyday forget just how fat we really were. 65 pounds is alot of weight, if we had to carry 2 - 25 lb bags of dog food around all day we'd be exhausted, but we were doing it. I think anytime we get discouraged we should go back and pull out an old video, pics - whatever and remember how far we've come.
Ok - long post and now I have to get to work. I love ya girls!
an unfill is crazy... i cant believe the things I can eat... ha
mostly. But it is nice to be able to eat meat again. I think I need to exercise discipline and stay looser... eating hard meat PROTEIN again. I tend to eat less healthy things when I was tighter... because they went down easier.
I should be getting good at it by now.
