It has been a little over...

It has been a little over a month since I last updated my profile. I have been really busy...and not wanting to face that I have not been taking very good care of myself. I know I should be doing everything in my power to make sure that everything is taken care of. I get really busy with my son being a senior this year and my daughter being a junior. Couple that with the fact that my husband is a firefighter and work a 40 hour week and we are trying to start a catering business. I don't have a lot of time on my hands anymore. I am not complaining this is what I wanted from the begining. It seems as though now that I have the energy to keep up with everyone it never stops. I have not been eating the right foods (bread is evil) and I forget to take my vitamins on some days. I need to get better at getting my protein in. An even though I do alot of stuff everyday I need to exercise on a regular basis. I had even stopped coming by here as much because everyone is doing so great that I didn't want to face how terrible I was doing. I have been restored though. I read Ann's profile, I know what I need to do and now I have the support from her profile to do it. You would think that with all of the fighting with the insurance company and going through this surgery I would not let anything get in my way. Well for me that was easier said than done. I am on the right track now though. I will update more often and I will be in prayer for the Lord to show me when I am not in his Will for my life. I will ask as I always do to keep me in your prayers becuase I always need prayer. Thxs. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. Deuteromony 5:33 Shannon The Irish Lassie 266/still holding at 196/140

Shannon, Glad you are back with us again and sharing with us your struggles. Remember that this is a day to day battle and even when people post doing great things one day, tomorrow may be different. We all have days we soar or stumble and days we fall down right flat on our faces. I praise God we have Him and each other to rely on and go to when we are in pain, celebration, or just strolling along at an even keel. No one can understand our struggles like a fellow WLS person. I am glad you were able to read Anns profile to give you some incentive and goal. I too have had days that by reading someone elses profiles have given me the strength to make it one more day and to change what I need to. For me I need to get back exercising daily, we were on vacation the last week and I let things slide, and I was thankful when we came home and I had not lost anything, made me realize I need to keep faithful to the program and do my part.

Shannon, I am right there with you! Try and not get down. Nobody is perfect and like the last post said everyone has their bad days. I am going through a very similar sit. as you, I have not made the greatest food choice for the last week and it sickens me, but I am gonna beat this. Like you I went through to much to give up. Keep up the good work and keep posting, It helps to here from people that are going through the same struggles you are. Rhen

Hi Shannon, Glad to see you back Oh we all struggle!!! I am just stuck stuck stuck right now on a nasty plateau! I have been exercising but nothing seems to be helping. We all eat the wrong foods sometimes, the difference is now we cant eat quite as much as we did before and we know how important it is to eat the right foods...hence the drop in vitamins and healthy foods for our bodies to hang on to. You are doing good as long as you know that you are off schedule and are going to correct it then thats wonderful and you will be just fine! Family life sure does get hectic, I understand how easy it is to become too distracted to prepare things and remember to eat right etc. You keep stopping in here when you get a chance though because IMHO I think support is the biggest aspect of success! And we are definitely here to support you (((big hugs)))) and Chin up you will be fine You hang in there! Elizabeth M