Good Wednesday Everyone,

This week is going by very quickly. I'm glad it is but I've also pretty surprised that it is. I will not be posting from Nov. 3rd through Nov. 9th. I am leaving sunday on a 7 day cruise. I'm pretty excited. I took this same cruise in August and I am excited to do it again. Today I am grateful for this trip and hopefully I can get in LOTS of walking and exercising. I am grateful everyday of my life for my WLS and my life. Seems like my stress is slowly going away and I pray that it never returns. Life sometimes isn't as kind to us as it should be but I am learning at a older age that it is OUR choice if we let the stresses of life get to us. From today on I choose to try and not let stress get to me as much as I've been doing. Grateful for my health, life, family, friends and for the fall weather that we are finally experiencing. Grateful for upcoming holidays and for my precious granddaughter and my new granddaughter as well that will make her appearance in March 2015. Grateful for OH, the forums and all the amazing people on here everyday giving much needed advice and encouragement to others. Grateful as well for Support Groups that add additional support to our lives. PLEASE share if you will what you are grateful for today. Have a blessed day !!

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Posting and running since snooze time cut into computer time this morning.

Work and walk. 

Have a Great Day!

Cowboys lost in OT and Tony got twisted around.  Not good.

Scales headed the right direction and user friendly this morning.  Still over the red line by .4 but getting there.

People get to keep their dog just not in the city limits. 

Go do your thing!

Good Monday Everyone,

First thing everyday I do is search for a Motivational Quote to place on several WLS forums that I belong to. In my search this morning I found this and I thought WOW....that will be appropriate to share with you about Gratitude. Here it is......The struggle ends when the gratitude begins. - Neale Donald Walsch. I don't know how many of you STRUGGLE daily with your food addiction but I do...especially when stress is high in my life. I hate that at 9 yrs. post op I still turn to food for comfort at times when I am mega stressed out. Just want you to know that if this happens to you that you are NOT alone and don't be ashamed to admit it. Admitting that you have issues is IMHO a step to overcoming it. I am working on this and I am SO very grateful for all the knowledge that I run across when I search for things to post on here. BTW.....I choose my Motivational Quotes I post by what quote
"speaks to m". You see.....I am STILL a work in process....I will NEVER be perfect in this life long journey to better health....BUT I am trying my hardest to grasp my mind around taking charge of my thoughts before bad actions that place that will cause a weight gain or having to de-carb my body. I don't know what possessed me to share this with you this AM but I feel that maybe this will help someone who is struggling with stress eating....you are NOT alone. Not at all !!! I am SO very grateful for my WLS tool and how much it has made my life worth living. Without it....there is NO WAY this 61 yr. old lady would be able to sit in the floor and play with the love of my life ( my 2 yr. old granddaughter ) for sometimes seems like hours. She always wants her Mimi to sit on the floor. LOL Grateful for her baby sister who will be here in March and I know Mimi will be on the floor probably crawling around and playing with her as well. Makes me want to cry sometimes because there is NO way at almost 300 lbs. I would ever be able to do the things that I now do. I am so grateful for everything and everyone that has come into my life to make me a stronger person and a wiser person with my food addiction. I am just plain ole grateful this AM to the point that I am shedding tears of joy. PLEASE share if you will what you are grateful for and have a super blessed monday !!!

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Good morning,

Dang weekends are too short.   

Went down and seen Dad yesterday and did some shopping on the way home.

Work is all I have on my agenda, Monday is a light meeting day so hopefully I can get something's done.  

Scale not nice this morning. My goal is to get back to my comfort zone before Thanksgiving.  Going to starting tracking and forcing myself to exercise. 

Have a great day!