1. What types of food did you eat this week? Same stuff...salads, chicken, eggs, burritos, nuts, cheese 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Walking mostly...still need a regular routine though 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? Total...146, I've slowed way down 4. What was your biggest challenge? Exercise and ice cream...ugh! Dibbs are of the devil! 5. Are there any relationships in your life that have suffered/or gotten better because of your surgery? How are you dealing with them? Well, I'm not entirely convinced it's due to WLS, but my marriage is suffering big time. Other than that, most have remained the same. How am I dealing? Well....mostly in healthy ways, except with the devil puts Dibbs in my shopping cart!! *Fun bonus question: It's football time, whose your team? If you don'****ch football, what is your favorite sports team or who do you root for? I'm a Washington Redskins fan!! HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!! Christina S

Amber - Thanks so much, I'm pretty proud of me too! Now fill out the Friday Five! Jan

1. What types of food did you eat this week? cheese, chicken, beans, ham and other stuff i can't remember lol 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? body pump and hiking 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? 4 pounds! total 128 whoo! 4. What was your biggest challenge? snacking and i'm worried about stretching out my pouch. 5. Are there any relationships in your life that have suffered/or gotten better because of your surgery? How are you dealing with them? Most of my relationships have stayed the same. *Fun bonus question: It's football time, whose your team? If you don'****ch football, what is your favorite sports team or who do you root for? Well since i'm a Coloradoian has to be the Broncos!

1. What types of food did you eat this week? pluots, bananas, steak, chicken, wor wonton soup, yogurt, fontina and gouda cheese, chicken tostada salad, Japanese food at my niece's B-day minus the rice, and besides all the other normal stuff I tried a few new recipes like a great green chili egg puff (and I don't like eggs). Oh also got my order of Savory Crunchies from www.smartforme.com YUMMY and 15 gram of protein in each little bag. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? walking 3. How much weight did you lose? zero Total loss? the scale hasn't moved other than to go up and down and back to the very same 186 - so I'm still at 188 pounds gone forever (no complaints or grumbles though). 4. What was your biggest challenge? Not snacking! I try so very hard to keep a bottle of water in my hand at night while watching TV, but I find myself wanting to snack then. 5. Are there any relationships in your life that have suffered/or gotten better because of your surgery? How are you dealing with them? Worse - Yes, I have a childhood friend that is very heavy and we don't speak that much anymore. When I finally told her I'd had the surgery ( a month or so afterward) she didn't have nice things to say, just told me all the bad things that could happen. I love her dearly, but have choosen to make my life much more positive - so we rarely speak. Our mothers are best friends and I'm always asking my Mom not to talk to hers about my weight loss, I don't want them to try to pressure her. I know what worked for me might not for her. Better - Everyone that cares about me, I can now move and be much more active than ever before! Life is so much more fun. *Fun bonus question: It's football time, whose your team? If you don'****ch football, what is your favorite sports team or who do you root for? Not a huge football fans, but since I have a friend who's brother is VP of the Washington Redskins I'll pick them. I was born a Dodger fan (even worked there for 11 seasons), and I love NASCAR. Have a great weekend all! Jan PS - New updated picture posted on profile.

Hey Deanna, I went through this as well but what really changed things for me was exercise. I thought doing my 30 minutes a day counted, but I really needed to do at least an hour every other day or so. The pounds started flying off again and it didn't really matter what I ate. I tend to eat about 6 times a day. I do graze sometimes, I try not to though. Getting fluids in is very important as well, its made the difference. My normal schedule is: breakfast at 7:00am. Snack at 9am. Lunch at 12:30. Snack around 2-3. Dinner around 5 or 6. Late night snack/dessert around 9sh, depending on the day of the week (bed times change) I try not to eat within 3 hours of going to sleep. make sure you get your protein!!! Hope that helps. You can change it.