XP...THINGS THAT MAKE A SISTA HAPPY...EDIT ON DH DARE lol.
I WAKE UP TO WOLF WHISTLES YOU HEAR ME...
Woot woot ... weet weet... chirp tweet weet woot weet .... every morning when I get up to go to the bathroom ... and they are on a totally different floor in the house ... I hear them ... and I can't believe how much these tiny furry BABY MEN can bring peace and happiness and love in the midst of a whole bunch of life challenges... their simplicity, social nature and unconditional love is more then fulfilling..... meet Gary and Mr. Robinson....
We lost our first cobaya Mrs. Robinson suddenly a few weeks ago .. and I went and bought bad hair day Abyssinian Gary ... and then Ken, Candie and I decided that we did not want Gary to be lonely so we went look for a Mrs. Robinson look alike and we found Mr. Robinson ... he is her look alike but he is so totally different ... he does not have her white face nor her coloration ohhhhhhhhhhhh but he has personality ....
So now my heart has been totally stolen and filled with love for Gary who is (RANT) and Mr. Robinson who is (RAVE)... picture this ... I did not want Mrs. Robinson in my house in the very first place ... but she grew on me and Ken, Candie and I cried when she died ... but now we have 2 for one.... LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY....
My Gary LOVES CARROTS ... He will woot and whistle until I pick him up and hand feed him his carrot and then he will sit there and purr... his eyes lack pigmentation and they are RED the
cutest little thing... here we are me with ugly morning face,,, no make up and bed hair..
cutest and here are the two new addition to our family ... Gary and Mr. Robinson who although cannot replace our former cobaya (Spanish for guinea pig) Mrs. Robinson...
Here is our previous cobaya Mrs. Robinson ... and our two new ones Gary and Mr. Robinson
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY.....
I RAN A 20K PRACTICE RUN ON TERRAIN YESTERDAY! I don't know if I could pull it off again although I got up and ran for 1.5 hours full speed on the treadmill this morning after running a practice 20K on terrain in real time yesterday .... I made it by the skin of my teeth and with a senior runner that handsome fit man is in his 80s who came back time and time again to check on me and to tell me you are pacing yourself just right just loosen up and keep on running ... I looked like a disjointed pigeon toed galloping horse but I kept running with the only thing fixed in my mind that if I make it to the finish line Al would make it too .... and I MADE IT....
RUNNING MAKES ME HAPPY
THINGS THAT MAY BE HAPPY...
My journey for a healthy and happy lifestyle in spite of BEAUCOUP DE MERDE ... CANTIDAD DE MIERDA ... TONS OF SHEEAT that life is throwing at me I am pressing on TAKING MY LEMONS AND MAKING LEMONADE I AM ... enjoying the one thing I have the drive and desire to be HAPPY even if the whole world is falling apart around me I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR THE FULLNESS IN THE GLASS ... OH I DO GET SAD AND I DO CRY AND I DO GET ANGRY AND I DO GET FRUSTRATED BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT ALL THESE THINGS COME AND WILL PASS AND WHEN I OPEN MY EYES IN THE MORNING I CAN FEEL JOY AND REJOICE IN A NEW AWAKENING AND BE TOTALLY GRATEFUL FOR MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND MY FURRY BABIES AND ANOTHER DAY ON MY JOURNEY AND I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER OF GRATITUDE FOR ME AND FOR YOU AND FOR MY FRIENDS AND EVEN FOR MY FOE IF THEY ARE OUT THERE.....
It makes me happy to takes pictures of every little thing ...
I love making things
I love to sew when I am in the mood
I love to paint... I love to draw... I love to sketch
But most of all I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY JOURNEY ... I STEPPED OFF THE BOAT FROM MY NATIVE COUNTRY TO HERE WEIGHING 98 POUNDS A FULL GROWN ADULT AND MANAGED TO EAT MY WAY TO THE HIGHEST RECORDED WEIGHT IN MY CARDIOLOGIST'S OFFICE OF 327 POUNDS ... WHICH I MANAGED TO LOSE QUITE A FEW OF PRIOR TO MY SURGERY BUT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT.....
MY JOURNEY TOOK MY FEAR AWAY THAT I WOULD LOSE MY TOES AND KIDNEY FUNCTIONS LIKE MY HUSBAND HAS AND NOW HIS FOREFOOT IS GONE ... EVEN THOUGH MY DIABETES WAS OBESITY RELATED AND HE WAS BORN THAT WAY AND HAS BEEN INSULIN DEPENDENT FOR-EVER....
I love my husband ... on March 17 he had yet another amputation surgery ... this miracle man who had a kidney flewn in all the way from Kentucky five years ago when both his kidneys completely shut down and eight years of dialysis through which I work and pulled the family through....
My journey is a dream for love, peace and happiness the last thing on my mind was physical appearance ... I never thought I was unpleasing to the eye (at least mine) at my heaviest ...but now I have 5 co-morbidities at bay ... I have health and I have mobility and sooooooooooo much energy I can outwork and out run a 25 year old and I am 52....
I took a picture of a model wearing the jumpsuit my daughter gave me at Xmas because I love the all in one feel ... and this old fart is not doing all that bad considering that I have lost from the peak of my morbid obesity before I even contemplated surgery a grand total of 203 pounds .... I weigh less than 125 pounds wet yet I don't even look skinny because of my body habitus, pigeon arse and extra skin ... and I am happy and comfortable in my own skin ... I DO ME AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY ...
I LOVE SEEING OTHERS AND I LOVE READING AND SEEING THEIR PICS ... I ENCOURAGE IN THEIR SUCCESS STORIES AND IN THEIR TRAVAILS ... THE JOURNEY IS NOT EASY...
I TOO AM AN ADVOCATE FOR INFORMATION AND KEEPING ALL INFORMED ... AND I TOO ENCOURAGE ALL TO RESEARCH 1000% AND MAKE YOUR OWN INFORMED CHOICE AND DO IT FOR YOU ...IF YOU CAN AND WANT A DS GO FOR IT .... MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS STUFF LIKE "I want to have surgery so bad but my husband (enter whoever) does not want me to have it' ... I call BS on that ... you can't want to have anything soooooooooo bad that you would not take your adult self and own your decision and PURSUE ... take charge of your own life ... OBESITY KILLS .... and anyone who would hinder any ones attempt at getting healthy IS SELFISH whether by fear, control or whatever....
I LOVE MY JOURNEY FOR LIFE .... BUT I LOVE LIFE PERIOD WITH ALL ITS UPS AND DOWNS...
I will whip out my machine and sew for you, me and anyone else a piece of rag any day and fast too ... AT MY BIGGEST I SEW MORE THAN EVER BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE AND SELDOM FOR ME ... I WAS NOT KEEN ON BUYING ALL THAT MORE YARDAGE...
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY
My radical advocate arse sewing a gown for a young lady who could not go to her prom because did not have a gown/was 7 months pregnant and temporarily displaced as in 'homeless' I had a piece of fabric and whipped a gown out of it (free of charge) and she went a total stranger but it made me HAPPY
.... and me modeling at my favorite little joint for an event they had ... I was either 8 or 9 months out I can't remember I would have to check my journal and I was weighing 111 pounds ... scared as hell I would not stop losing and had to be pumped up drinking and getting IVs ... Someone from the MB wrote some crap on my blog about me looking emaciated which I did and scaring her out of having surgery (she could not have been much informed) and now I effortlessly maintain between 125 and 127 ... my ideal weight and where I feel best is 130 but I can never seem to get back up there ... plus I run and swim a lot which I love doing and could not do at my heavy weight. When Al got sick I dropped to 122 and I had to start drinking ENSURE (I HATE IT) because stress just blocks my throat and I can't even ge****er in and it is not even related to surgery.... and some dresses I made...
I renewed my marital vows to my wonderful husband 2 years ago and I whipped out my machine and sewed my gown the night before start to finish as I could not decide what I wanted to wear...
If I can't buy it I will match the material and I WILL MAKE IT!!!
TODAY AT 3 years and a few months POST RNY WLS and looking like a shriveled pug (not really I bet some of those wrinkles are age related (LOL).... I am wearing the same exact jumpsuit the model is wearing in a size XS ... my clothes size range from 0-4 and I have to take in the 4s to accommodate my waist because they gap open ... my pear top is an XS since breast dissapearance/shrivelness/flattened tube socks facing tibet post weight loss
AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET DOWNRIGHT UGLY IN ORDER TO GET PRETTY ... MY UGLIEST PICTURE RUNNING A RACE SOMETIME LAST YEAR.... POSTING ON A DARE FROM MY DH ... I HATED THAT PICTURE (lol)
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
I am driving on trip to a very special event next Friday to meet a group of people I met on online ... some I have already met in real life ... we all have a common bond ... we all were once or are obese ... but there is much more love and support and camaraderie here in this OH Support Site and I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE R&R playpen ... I say lovingly ...JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED!!!!
ABOVE ALL THINGS ... LOVE WINS!!!! LET LOVE PREVAIL....
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE
RNY 2/5/07 no regain having implemented lifestyle changes....
