I'm so excited!  I jumped through all the hoops and have a date to see the surgeon on April 11th.  I couldn't be happier.  I've been progressing nicely.  I'm one of those people of the cusp of the magic "40 BMI" so I'm not able to go crazy losing more weight yet, but I'm happy to report that I've been maintaining for a month, so I'm quite satisfied.

I ordered the "Emotional First Aid Kit" book and have found it very interesting.  It's really small for the $25 price tag, but so far, I've found the material more useful than the $150 Lifestyle Changes class.  I really feel that a good instructor makes all the difference.  (I wasn't too impressed with the one I had.)

Hope everyone is doing well and staying fit and healthy.  I will report more after seeing Dr. Campbell.  Woo HOO!!!! 

 Just relax..think about all you will have to look forward to like... shopping for smaller cloths.. and able to move more freely...good luck with your jurney

That's great news Martha!  Congratulations!

OK so yesterday went very well for me.

the fish i was planning on was actually for chowda ( OK bamma ?) so i was kinda bummed cause how can you eat chowda with out 3-4 handfulls of oyster crackers?? so went home put the chowda in a bowl and counted out 22 crackers.... not 23 .... 22 that is the serving and it is 60 cal and that's what i told my self i could have! and it was good ... so it was a big victory!

and today..

gym this morning ( 5 min late) with big red 27min cardio and 15 strength

breakfast - 2 egg whites on wheat toast ( only one sandwich round left so i saved it for lunch)
snack- 3 hard boiled egg whites
lunch-tuna on a sandwich round
snack - Greek yogurt
dinner-thinking i might stop for Wendy's chili on the way to my second job..

hope every one has a great day!

pokes the warm will be here soon enough



 

OK so yesterdays plan went fairly well.  I did  eat a chicken nugget (stopped and bought them for the boys and thought 1 no problem what was I thinking DUHHHHHH <---------)

anyways today is another day

Breakfast - egg cheese & bacon wrap
snack - Greek yogurt w/ blueberries & Splenda
lunch - More chili lol
dinner I have fresh haddock that I am going to bake with some lemon and garlic.
1/4 sweet potato and steamed veggies

FYI I tried to make spinach artichoke dip with Light Miracle Whip DO NOT TRY THIS 
ewwwwwwww I was trying to make this rich dip WLS friendly not going to happen, mayo is the only way this will work the Miracle whip is way too sweet and tastes sour after baking.  
OK so on to my next t revision of an old favorite lol

Hope you have a better day Pokes   and if they really get to you, picture them as the little moles in whack a mole game and you have the hammer.  Hope that helps lift your mood.

TTFN