My weight this morning was 140.2.  I'm continuously bouncing between 138.2 and 141.  It's weird.  On days I force myself to eat, the scale is naughty the next morning.  If I eat like a pig (or I think I'm overeating), the scale goes down the next morning.

I have to get back to being faithful to my vitamins.  I won't get into it here but I've found myself "rationing" my pills because "someone" (won't mention his name), has it in his head I was only supposed to be faithful to them until I hit goal.  Soooooooooooo I find myself rationing.  I honestly feel like crap.  I'm so tired and just feel icky all the time.  I see my surgeon tomorrow.  I know he'll flip out on me but what am I supposed to do.  Ya know?

I'd like to hit 135 as my bottom number.  But, I don't want to get much smaller.  At 5'8" I don't think 3-6 pounds off will really make a difference visually.  It's just the number *I* want to see.  If I get there, terrific.  If not, I've still lost almost 130 pounds!  Anyway I look at it I've still been successful.

Here's to a terrific October!

We're all different and our NUTs give us different guidelines.  My surgeon wants me to stick around 60 grams of protein each day.  I do get close most days.  Are you drinking enough fluids?  I understand the lack of exercise.  I had my right knee done in 1987 and my left knee in 1989.  That's when I really started the weight gain.  Adding the rotator cuff tear really will do a number on you.  I'd say walking but with the knee I don't blame you for staying away from that.  I'll have to think about exercises.  Is your orthopedic surgeon giving you anything for pain?  I find that when I feel crappy or depressed I want the carbs.  When I feel good I have an easy time staying away from them.  The best thing I can think of is don't buy those pesky carbs.  When I get my cravings I still head for my SF pudding or a SF/FF fudgesicle.  I never got tired of them.

I would ask the orthopedic surgeon what exercises you can do.  Keep both surgeons informed of what's going on.  All I can do is wish you the best on your knee surgery.  I had reconstructions.  Now I wish I'd had knee replacement.  My grandmother had knee replacement at age 80.  Man, she did GREAT!  I have a feeling once you get that new knee you'll want to walk and the pounds will fly off.

Good luck!

Woohoo Donna!!!  Enjoy that ac! lol  I'm glad you're all well.  I can't imagine no power for 8 days.  Britt would have heart failure if she couldn't be on her laptop for 8 days. LOL

Have a great time cleaning!  (That sounded kinda sick, didn't it. LOL)

sounds great to me!!!!!  I will put it on my Outlook calendar on my phone so I do not forget!!  Oh and by the way, I got power back last night after 8 days!!!   Whooo Hooo!  Busy cleaning now but happily with ac  LOL!

Donna

"Well, I was thinking that perhaps we should just have our weigh ins at the first of the month and only do one per month. My thought is that everyone should set a goal that they want to stay at and then if they go over that, they need to get back on track. High or low, type that number and be accountable. That way we can still check in every month and keep in contact. What do you think? If I don't get many replies, I may throw this part of the post into a separate one (which I'm doing now). Be ready with that first one on October 1st...that falls on a Wednesday."

The above paragraph was pulled out of a post below that Esther started...so you prompted a good idea Esther. It would be more fun if we had a rotating host each month. The only requirement of the host would be to reply back to everyone who checks in and give some form of encouragement (even if we don't deserve it..just kidding). Unless someone objects, I'll take the month of January. I have off from school and I think I would make a great butt kicker for anyone who let the holidays get the best of them. I'm just kidding...I'll be gentle...I promise. Also, the host has the job of sending a PM to at least 10 people encouraging them to submit...those whom we've not heard from for a time. We can even make this requirement optional...yep...I'm pretty easy going these days. I know one of my goals is to get T.Rob to cast a post upon us.

Also, I think that anyone who would like to join in the fun could stop on in for a quick chat on a monthly basis (we will go quarterly if interest dwindles or lacks). We seemed to do pretty well when we did the Sunday schedule back in 2007. So, I'm proposing that we give it a try to see if anyone wants to join in. The most logical would be to set it up as the Sunday following (or including) the first of the month. We will plan to chat at the following times: 6 pm (Pacific) 7 pm (Mountain) 8 pm (Central) 9 pm (Eastern) (these are all simultanious times - so join for 10 minutes or whatever. I'm guessing how busy everyone is, probably about 45 minutes would be the maximum, but we can play it by ear for now.

Let's march on this new journey together...keeping off what we've worked so hard for thus far.

John

P.S. Now taking nominations for hosts (facilitators - fancy name so you can put it on a resume..lol) in October, November, December, February, March (6 months at a time I guess). Just call out your preference...