Wednesday aleady!!!

Hmm didn't think about that.  I started the Zoloft back on Jan 5th....I wonder if it could take this long to affect me??  Thanks for thinking of me!  I will check it out.  Otherwise the only other new thing I am taking is the vitamin D....

The vitamin D won't do it, but I have heard that anti depressants can sometimes cause strange dreams and other slpeed disturbances.

Hello to Illinos,

I got a late start today and walked into school at about 7:15. I was supposed to be here at 7 for a homework assistance program. It was a good thing not too many kids are here.

Traffic was just slow and most roads are pretty good.

I am happy to hear that everyone is hanging in there.  Thoughts and prayers to everyone.

Have a good day.

Aleece

Good morning Dave and the rest of Illinois!

We got a light dusting of glitter at our house.  It was so pretty to see the fresh crystals reflect the light, it looked like a fairy-land.  None of it bothered my commute.

I am working today as usual and looking forward to trying a new recipe tonight for dinner.

Not much else going on at the moment, it has been a quiet few days.  David's girlfriend broke up with him last Thursday, and he has been a bit out of sorts, but he will get over it, I'm sure.  It's too bad, because she and her family are very nice.  I just don't think he has time to devote to a relationship and she got tired of waiting around for him.....can't say that I blame her, really.  I told him that girls take work and he is already stretched pretty thin. 

Olivia is finishing up her Girl Scout cookie sale, so that has had her out knocking on doors after school the last few days.  I hope she sells enough to get some kind of discount on her summer camp.  It is CRAZY though.  The price of a box keeps going up and the amount she needs to sell also keeps going up!  She usually manages to sell the minimum amount to get a $25.00 credit towards her almost $ 200.00 camp bill.  She would have to sell like 400-500 boxes just to get a 50% discount!!!!! 

Oh well, enough of that.

Everyone stay safe and warm and have a lovely day!

Dear friends,

Thanks for your concerns and well wishes. Kay has had no pain from her surgery. She feels great. It will be hard to keep her down to a dull roar today. I should have taken the car keys! No pain meds at all. This is just like our lap band surgeries. That Dr. Garren is a wonder!

Thanks again for your support!

Connie 

Good morning all,

I finally made it in the morning to be able to post.  I am usually on later in the day, and only have enough time to read and run lately.  Brigid is older now, and doesnt like it when I spend too much time with my face in the laptop.  I dont blame her, she is a busy girl!

I have been doing ok.  Weight is slowly coming off, 1/2 pound by 1/2 pound.  I have to get moving more again and get it jump started.  There has been so much going on here, the days fly and I never have time for me.  I know I need to MAKE time, and that is my goal, I hope I can achieve.

I have been making alot of Dawn's recipies and loving cooking again.  I find that when I stop making dinner from scratch, I dont eat as well and I also thing that is part of the problem.  I have even served some of the recipies to everyone and when they say, "That was good", THEN I tell them, yes and it was good for you too!  Brig just finished my ricotta cheese bake that I was eating for breakfast, as she said," Mommy, share, Mommy".  What could I say, no? SHe ate it and liked it.  Hurray.

Noah has tomorrow and Friday off for student/teacher appreciation days, ( more days off....oh my).  But thank goodness this was planned days off and we made reservations months ago to go to the Dells.  We are going on our annual trip to the Wilderness Lodge in the Dells.  The kids love to swim and there is so much to do at the resort, we just park the van and rarely leave the resort unless we decide to go somewhere else to eat.  I am looking forward to it.  I am 80 pounds thinner than I was last yr when we went, so I feel better about it, I just wish my surgery was approved sooner so I could be farther along than I am now.  I remember sitting there last yr saying, by this time next yr I will have had the surgery and be so much thinner and maybe not be so self concious.  I will still be self concious cause I am thinner for me, but not a "normal" size compared to eeveryone else.  But I will go and have a great time and I will never see any of these people again, and I will try to ignore the stares I am sure to get.  It is a self confidence thing Im not sure will ever come back.  Just like Janet said on her surgery post, she still struggles with her head, and it takes years to catch up.

Hopefull with all the extra activity and eating right, I will come home with a reved up metabolism and maybe even a loss.  I made sure to pack healthy snacks for all of us, and to bring WLS friendly foods for me, so I dont try to snack on junk.

I hope everyone has a good weekend, even though I know for the rest of you, it is only Wed, but for us it is like Friday here.

Have a good day!

Must be Christmas because I have reached my Christmas goal weight and first major goal.  Next major goal is 400 before surgery.

I got some sunshine today while sitting on the balcony for an hour and breaking up ice with a broom handle so a pretty good workout too,  I was in short sleeves and stayed worm but my big toes turned purple and scared me.  The color took about an hour to get back to normal.

I am eating a bit too much today but staying in calorie range.  A bit of latent grieving going on for my fritnd of thirty years who died Friday with pancreatic cancer.