Having FUN in 'moderation nation' .....YAY IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Disclaimer: this thread is not intended to encourage nor discourage any particular surgical type or behavior ... these are snippets of my personal journey pre and post weight loss surgery hence I speak in first person as I can only live ME ... this post is not intended to encourage nor discourage any behaviors ... 

I am having a hoot of a time living my life in moderation ... with health, mobility and awesome fitness I am having fun on the journey for life and enjoying each and every day with joy and happiness despite all external cir****tances ... my surgical tool addressed my issues regarding satiety and overindulgence ... and I fully satisfied and free and totally happy living my life post WLS one day at a time ... one choice at a time ... and having fun ROCKING IT IN MODERATION NATION ...

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY it is FRIDAY.... WOOT the weekend is here ... no plans here though ... whatever happens will be spontaneous and FUN ... I look forward to going home and chilling on the back deck with DH and and whoever else is around while my ferrets romp in the yard on their leashes while sipping a Merlot and chatting away .... I will probably be going up to Foxwoods later with friends ... Saturday and Sunday early morning Zumba toning/fitness in the Community .... Sunday Pilates/Sculpting/Reformer before hauling my sinful arse to church ... hope to have fun in the in-between hours .. nothing stressful going on in my life right now ... it was DS B-day yesterday so we celebrated last night and I may just ride into the city with him after our Saturday Zumba Session ... that is if he does not trade me for skirts LOL ... he would invite me somewhere and then drop me as soon as his GFs get in touch... 

Today I dragged some happy colors on and came to work .. looking like a collage LOL ... nothing matched but I pieced it together ODD like I like it ... I made my empowerment collage before and after... and I entered it into my journal entry in my digital empowerment journal .. A Picture A Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away ...

Me before WLS compare to me this day ...today ... 5 years and 7 months later ... because I choose not to forget and I choose to track my daily progress in my journal ..BY PERSONAL CHOICE .. because I enjoy it... it is awesome I can go back 5 years and 7 months and check out what I was doing/wearing/feeling/dealing with/eating on a particular day...


I came to work totally mis-matched for an odd match like this ... I swam laps in the pool early this morning before work.
 
and this was me on yesterday ... 
 
wearing gray because the day started cool but then warmed up and was a beautiful day... I found the dress I was looking for the other day to go with the red boots I FINALLY found the lost pair for somewhere in my shoe closet...


After a busy week running around between regular work, my shops and gyms and social activities/outreach I am sooooooooooooo looking forward to going home after work and chillaxing with a nice cramping cold Merlot or maybe a glass of Chardonnay.... because ALL IS GOOD IN MODERATION.... 

I loved and enjoyed sipping wine in moderation before WLS.... This is me at a wine tasting prior to WLS...
 
and I have been enjoying a cool Merlot or Chardonnay and even an occasional corona or dos XX every once in a while ... I am having tons of fun in moderation nation... MODERATION ...  if you can't handle something don't touch it ... a good wine is sooooooooooo relaxing every once in a while ... MODERATION RULES!!!  (note: PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH ALCOHOL OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IF IT IS A TRIGGER TO HARMFUL BEHAVIORS OR IF NOT CLEARED TO DO SO IN MODERATION POSTOPERATIVELY AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND IN MODERATION) 

I had my first sip of Corona in 2010 three years post op .... when the night was over my bottle was still three quarters filled and left on the table .... later on I could have an entire bottle last all night long... or for hours even...
 

all is good in moderation ... 

This is me in 2011 enjoying an awesome glass of Chardonnay with my friend at a wedding....
 

And this is me rocking a glittery red dress and enjoying cool wine at our company's Christmas Party last year...
 

I love going out dancing with my DH and friends...
 

and I love love love line dancing with the gals too that's me in the black dress... it is all FUN in MODERATION NATION...
 

I LOVE Rocking my journey one day at a time... one choice at a time... Today I can wear/fit the sames clothes and look the same that I did at my lowest weight and even as I did when I left home weighing 98 pounds wet in my twenties....

EVEN WHEN AFTER WEIGHT LOSS MY THUNDER THIGHS REMAIN who cares ... I am 203 pounds lighter and maintaining that loss for 5 years and 7 months .... l did it with life style changes ... mindful eating ... exercising... vitamin regime and awesome follow-up with my medical team ....

Today I am having FUN in what I call 'MODERATION NATION' ..... so I am going to fetch my hoochie mama boots and maybe drive up to Foxwoods with friends ... to have some fun in moderation....

 
Word of Wisdom for today as shared by an AWESOME FB friend....
 

 

HAVE A FUN WEEKEND EVERYONE ... YUP I THINK I AM PUTTING ON MY HOOCHIE MAMA BOOTS AND HEADING UP TO HAVE SOME CASINO FUN TONIGHT ... THAT IS IF EVERYTHING REMAINS PEACEFUL AND STRESS-LESS THE REST OF THE DAY....

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE ANOTHER GOOFY SNIPPET OF MY JOURNEY... WHAT ARE YOUR WEEKEND PLANS? IF YOU CARE TO SHARE????

Okay I admit it, I don't always read your posts, but I look at them for the hot pictures of you.  I am guessing from the pics its about alcohol in moderation.  Enjoy!  I love the boots, you know I favor over the knee boots to hide my fat ugly knees.

Hot as always!

 Thank you beautiful! I thought I was going to have a problem keeping them up over my knees but I didn't .... walked a lot in them at the casino and now my calves are sore which is a good sign for me ... as in toning LOL or so I hope...

Those boots totally rock!!

 Thank you!.... They were totally comfortable ... we went to the Casino last night and I rocked them from one end of the place to the other and did not feel the need to take them off and go barefoot LOL

Great post, but when I read the title I thought you had been put on moderation and could not imagine why lol

 Oh noesssssssss LOL .... that is too funny ... I did not even think about that when I chose my title ... I was actually writing because quite often I have been asked whether I feel 'deprived' and I usually ask 'deprived of what?" everything is good in moderation ... I was approached by a young woman at my shop who had WLS a year ago ... she was concerned about having a toast at her wedding or having a piece of her wedding cake ... and I told her unless she has any condition that would impede this (i.e. etoh issues, against medical advice etc) all is good in 'moderation nation' but then that is my personal opinion... I for one live my life as what I consider normally even when MY normal may be different to someone else's version of 'normal'.... just like you do.... 

Every time I see your beautiful mane in your avie I am tempted to put my extensions in or my lace front on LOL

 I thought the same thing!  Moderation Nation, the name fits this place sometimes. 

 LOL ... no ... I am not and have not been placed on moderation on OH evah LOL ... I was on a different wave length altogether as I explained to Heather ...