Good Morning Calif......TGIF

Good Morning Calif........

TGIF! TGIF!....Yappers Dappers, I am off this weekend, so its going to be a great great weekend. Just 12 more hours of work and all is good for 3 wonderful days.  and tomorrow is the COFFEE!  so life is good. Hey speaking of the coffee in Redlands, who all is going to join us there? I know Steph and I are there. Who is join us? I think my friend Cyndi will be spending the night, so she might be with me, but all depends when she needs to get home to her husband. She is coming over to go and sit with me when I get my next Tattoo done. Its going to be very BIG, so you should really come to coffee so you can see it.

So my throat is much better, still a bit sore, but tons better, and I am so very happy about that, but now I am on a soft food for a week. I guess that is not all that bad, and its better then having to have liquids. lol

OK so what do you have planned for the weekend? Other then coffee, nothing for me. I am thinking about going onto work on Suday, to get some stuff done and out of the way. News flash: I have learn, I do take on way to much for my self. I am trying hard to trust that others will do the job as good or better then me. NOW if I could only get my boss to understand, I NEED HELP!!!! Trust me, this is a big step for me. Right Steph? Lynn?,  Liz? Steve?


OK time to jump in the shower, take my vitumins and drink my COFFEE.

Have a wonderful Day. Smile and share your LOVE

Lusty Lu

Hi Lu! Good to hear from you. Today I am going to watch my grandkids so my son and DIL can take in a movie. Today is my son's 30th birthday. We are going to take them out to dinner tomorrow night. On Sunday I am going to lunch with my Red Hat Ladies group and then we are going to see Bye, Bye Birdie. The Merced playhouse is putting it on. It always amazes me how many talented people we have in our town.

I hope you continue to feel better. Enjoy your day off and don't go in on Sunday, rest!

Lu, admitting she might need help.  Holy Crap Chicken Little, the sky is falling.  LOL  You know I love you girlie, but you DO take on way too much.  So if you are finally asking for help, it's about damn time.

So YEAH, coffee tomorrow.  Can't wait to see my Lu La Belle and everyone else who is going to join us.  I'll repost the details in a minute.  If you are on the fence about joining us, just take the leap of faith and do it.  We don't bite and I need fellow OHer's to keep me motivated to take off all the weight I've put on.  I'm down 18 pounds in 3 weeks, so it's a start, but I have a looonnng way to go.  So, come to coffee and cheer me on.

Speaking of weight, I will reiterate to you new folks AGAIN, that WLS is not a cure.  As they say over and over, they operate on our stomachs, not our minds.  Well the last couple of years I let my "evil" mind take over and put back almost 1/2 of my total of 250 pounds originally lost.  It's very scary and very sad.  I've been ashamed to admit it, but finally decided about 20 seconds ago that I needed to "come clean".  I was hating myself so much for my failure.  I was seriously thinking of seeking a revision.  But then I realized, it's not surgery that will fix this.  It's ME that needs to fix this.  My surgery didn't fail.  I failed. I let the old demons control every aspect of my life and turned to the one thing that comforted me.  Food.  And not just good healthy food.  No, massive amounts of bad foods.  Sugary, starchy, fatty concoctions.

Now I finally seem to be taking control of this and getting myself back on track. And let me tell you, it is not like it was right after surgery.  I am fighting for every pound I lose now. 6 years after surgery, I'm just like I was before surgery.  Dieting sucks.  I'm not going to kid you.  I'm dealing with all the same issues of dieting that I had before surgery.  So to you folks who are just embarking on this journey or those in the 1 - 2 year stage, if you don't deal with your food addictions now, you will not keep the weight off.  I am 6 years out from surgery and have seem most of the people who I've met along this road, put some or all of their weight back on.  Don't let this happen to you.  And don't for a moment, let your guard down.  Don't sit back and say, you've lost your weight forever.  You will only have lost your weight forever, if you work hard to keep your weight off.

OK, so I'm done with my tirade.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and I hope we see a bunch of you at coffee tomorrow.  By the way, a Starbucks Grande Coffee Light Frappacino has only 150 calories.  Not great, but not bad.  That will be my treat tomorrow.

Stephanie

Thank you for your "tirade". We all need to be reminded that is a tool! I appreciate that you are sharing this with us. I will really help me and many others. You have a great weekend too.

Thank's Stephanie
I haven't had surgery yet but i will keep everything you have said in my mind. I don't want to regain after i lose weight. i wish i could meet you and talk to you. But i would like to keep in touch on the boards. i live in long beach and go to the lb coffee. The people i have met there are a great bunch of people.

Thanks Patsy