MsBlues is back!

Hi all,

I know it's been a million years since I checked in, but here I am. I am a bit embarrassed to have been gone so long. When my mom started her decline from cancer and passed away and I was still working, I just simply became overwhelmed with life. I feel I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with all the estate stuff I was dealing with and I hope all of you will welcome be back despite my absence for many months.

I lost a total of 82 pounds with gastric bypass. I was hoping to lose more, but I literally came to a dead stop. I gained around 10 pounds a month or so after my mom passed away, so I am still down 72 pounds. I haven't gained weight for 6 months and despite increasing my exercise in a huge way in the past 3 months, I have not lost a pound! I was in the process of hiring a personal trainer to step things up, but I fell on a slick sidewalk in San Francisco almost 2 weeks ago and gave myself a nice knee injury. SIGH!

I am glad to be back here. I am haviing a hard time with my body image and with food. I want to eat all the time, but I don't. I hate how I look even though it's a lot better than it was. Hopefully checking in here will help all these things.

Take Care!

MsBlues

Hey girlie!!!  We've sure missed you and have been wondering how you've been.  So glad to see you're back and hope things are better.  We've missed you at our luncheons and just being on the board in general.  So happy you're back.

You know you'll get lots of support here and we're with you all the way.  I am working on losing 14 lbs that I've gained, and it's tough for sure.  But I'm sticking with it and determined.

SOOOOO glad to see you back and to hear you're doing well.  You've been on my mind and in my thoughts too after your Mom passed.  Us only kids have to stick together!  Did you go back to school?  I know you had mentioned possibly doing that.

Hope your hubby is doing well too.

Big hugs and a HUGE welcome home.

Barb

Hi MsBlues,
we have been wondering how you have been and missed you at the Nor Cal lunches.  Hopefully you can get back on track with your life.  I know things can happen believe me I have had a few in the last 4 months, but we need to take car of ourselves.  You should try the 5 day pouch test and see if that gets you going in the right direction.  it will help with your self esteem and body image I am sure. 

Hope to see you soon, maybe at the next Nor Cal get together (in Fremont).  Good luck!!

Welcome back Rochell! We sure have missed you and we are happy you are back! I know losing your mother was very hard! You hang in there with your weight. You know you just may be at the weight your body is supposed to be so don't be so hard on yourself. We all love you and that is good reason to love yourself. I know that is so much easier said than done. I hope your knee heals up really fast!

Hi all,

Thanks for the welcome back and encouraging and kind words. I need them these days. I've been hating myself a lot lately. I've been especially hating my stomach!! It's just so huge compared to the rest of me. Grrr........

I have a 3 hour meeting today for one of the community boards I serve on. I am going to check in again later today.

Thanks again!!

MsBlues