Wishing you good luck with your move!

Good Morning Everyone!

Accountability: As I posted yesterday, I had gone off the rails with my carb eating....back on track today.

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Hope my Menu shows alright.

qotd: I had weight loss surgery (WLS) because I hated the way I felt physically. My whole body hurt especially my knees and feet. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea. I have been able to get off all the medications I was on except for my restless leg meds and my vitamins. Remarkable!!!

I feel so much better after dropping the excess weight. I can climb stairs with ease now and can physically do anything I want without being in constant pain. Of course, I really like the way I look now compared to before but that I consider just an extra. I just feel so much better!

Way to get back on trac****ep it up!

Good Morning Daisy and Menu Family!

QOTD: I had weight loss surgery (WLS) because ... my liver doctor told me that if I didn't lose weight I would be in total liver failure within 5 to 10 years, which is what my dad died of. Also my mom had just died and I didn't want to leave Saralisa any sooner than I have to. Besides my liver problems, I also had high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis, all of which are much better today, thanks to losing weight.

Accountability: Yesterday was better than the previous day, at least. Protein - 83, Calories - 1,315, Carbs - 124.

B: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks, light & fit Greek yogurt

L: pork chops

D: beef & broccoli

S: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks, light & fit Greek yogurt, broccoli tots, 2 Atkin's peanut butter cups

E: Walking Blossom around the subdivision if weather permits

Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!

~ Karen

Good Morning!! Have my "before" and "so-far" pictures ready.

QOTD: Simply put, because I was NOT ready to die!!!

Time out 1 year 4 months+

Menu Still reeling in the BLT's but much easier every day!

B: coffee w/ sf coffeemate, scramble w/ deli ham and cheese

L: shrimp

D: chicken breast, ? veg

S: deli ham, cheese and pickle roll ups

Cal:735 Prot: 95 Carb: 20

Good morning! I went for a walk last night after supper to settle things down a little bit - Accountability was fine but I was right - it was meatloaf for supper. Not just any meatloaf though....something new. Bacon wrapped cheese-stuffed meatloaf. Obviously I can't eat much of that, but obviously I did enjoy THAT protein-infused morsel I did portion out. I mean good lord that was delicious.

B: 1/2 cup ff greek plain yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup blueberry/raspberry, with some bran flakes mixed in.

MS: 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese with chopped cucumber mixed in

L: meatloaf leftovers! Yay!

AS: same as MS

S: probably chicken noodle soup

ES: Nothing but decaf and a couple bottles of water. Apparently I like being up all night.

QOTD: I love this question because my answer has the opportunity to a) help someone that might need it and b) serve as a reminder to me as I enter maintenance and deal with daily temptation. I'm pretty good at saying no to the wrong stuff, but not perfect. This reminder is always welcome. I had WLS because.....I had exhausted my other options, and I wanted to be as healthy as I could be. I'd dieted my ENTIRE life because I was made to feel inferior my entire life by being the fat kid. One morning in early 2013 I woke up and just felt worn out and sore. I stepped on the scale out of morbid curiosity. 391. I think I cried, I can't remember, but crying isn't something that I "do". I was wrecked and broken. I wasn't completely sedentary but I wasn't healthy and as active as I needed to be. The truth is, I was dying and didn't know it. The only medical thing that I had going on was slightly elevated cholesterol and I was on that medication, but I knew that with age, the other stuff (hypertension, diabetes, etc.) was coming for me. I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. The aches and pains became too much, and I reached that point where I needed to change for me, but also for my wife and kids. I needed to save my life for us!

I found an accountability friend (the same friend that passed away at our gym last year) and we started going there together. I dropped 60 lbs through those efforts, but couldn't get it to move further. For 2 years or so it just fluctuated around 330-340 area and wouldn't break through. I approached my doctor, got the referral and haven't looked back. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

Great QOTD Daisy.

QOTD: I had WLS because I didn't want to miss out on meeting all my grandchildren. My mother passed from her addiction- smoking, prematurely right after her 53rd Birthday. She desperately wanted grandchildren, ended up with 13 and didn't get to meet any of them. Many of my before-WLS pictures are the summer before of me holding my infant grandson. Seeing many of those pics were a reality check. I was afraid of dying. I also realized even though I have always been a very social person I was doing less and less because of my size.

I was just contemplating 15 yr Gina's tagline 'the answer isn't at the bottom of a Fritos bag' Ain't that the truth. The comfort food that doesn't comfort. Why am I contemplating that you ask? Woke up at 4:40AM to the email that I Did not pass my final interview for the online ESL job. The dealbreaker was I did not finish the demo lesson in the allotted time. They give you some leeway on the earlier demos on that but not on the final one. I knew that, and I tried. So when I didn't fini**** I knew there was a good chance I wasn't going through, even though on my content most of the feedback was favorable. ugh. I will be honest I am disappointed for many reasons, including the process was a lot of time and energy, plus I really think I would have enjoyed it.

B: Usual latte, eggbeater/lite mozzarella/cheese omelet

L: Turkey, butternut squash

D: Fajita chicken, avocado, peppers and onion

S: Mint cookies and cream protein drink. Not sure what else.

Ex; PT and 1 mile running.

oh no - I am so sorry to hear about the job. I'm sure you are so disappointed.... that would have been a great opportunity for you. I hope something else will come along soon, but I'm so sorry to hear about that one. I would have liked that job, too..

Sorry about the job, everything happens for a reason, there is obviously something better waiting for you!

I am so sorry the ESL job didn't work out. I know it's hard to process, but the right thing is out there.