I'm back -- did I miss anything?

Hi everyone!
 
I'm back because I need to remind myself why I did this, and what the rules are. I had my band put in in... god, was is 5 years ago in 07? I have to reread the blog and check. Anyway, short update - it's August of 2011, I've been maintaining at about 133 for, god, three years? I had a tummy tuck in 09 or 08 and life has been fabulous. My kids are great, work has been satisfying, I have a lovely boyfriend (10 years younger than me  ) and I moved to a gorgeous town close to Boston with fabulous schools. So everything is good.

Except I kind of got lazy about the rules. I know, after five, six years, that happens. :)

Last year I had a bit of gastric dilatation, and I finally had a complete unfill in June, to fix it, which, thank god, it did. But I gained 15 pounds (ok, 18 ) and I'm having a hell of a time losing them again. And holy crap, do I ever hate this! I'm back on that horrible treadmill of *dieting* (which worked SO WELL in the past  ), and self-hatred, and feeling ugly.... it has been so long since I've felt this way that I had forgotten how completely and utterably intolerable it is.   I can't believe that this had been my life for so long pre-band. 

So anyway, hello again. I'm going to check in every day until I'm back on track, and I'm back to where I feel good. I think that will take a good 15 (ok, 18) pounds, but we'll see. I know I have a wardrobe that is fantastic at 133, and fairly ill-fitting at 150.5, so there is the motivation I need. I have a chocolate-brown, gorgeous pair of Ann Taylor pants in a size 4p that I can't even look at without guilt right now. :)

So that's the long entry. The short version is "Hi! I'm back. Did I miss anything?"   Anyone still here from the class of 07?

Hello! Some of us are still around!