Checking in
My brother agreed to go into treatment in the mountains of NC I am proud of him for making this choice.
He was having a health workup done when he arrived and stood up and went into a non responsive state OMG was taken to a hospital and was doing better.
Mother called yesterday and said the treatment program was having to send him back to the hospital because his blood pressure continues to be very low.
I offered to take care of his dog while he was away.
His dog Dolly is now part of my program here and loves our morning walks.
I am staying on course among the drama and loving my job.
Have started to help a friend who I once let go before my surgery because of her negative feedback on wls.
She is still struggling with her weight and carb addiction.
I must admit I am so proud of me when situations come up when she offers me suff I cant and wont eat and it does not bother me what so ever.
We are working together now and try to go out to lunch or shopping once a week.
Example we were at Trader Joes the other day and going to lunch after leaving TJ on the way to lunch she bought a container of whole grain cookies and started eatting them on her way to lunch OMG
I did not say a word but did ask her to read the label.
I am trying to teach her about what is a serving size is.
A serving size works great for me and I know she eats more than a serving size.
Lots of problems going on around me but all I can do is do what I can but will continue to take care of me first and foremost.
My panties are falling down still and I just bought a size 8 OMG I think it is time to go another size down.
I love the new me hanging skin and all and the new way I eat and the fact I am not haunted by certain foods.
Every now and then that darn potato chip monster gets me but when that happens I will only buy a small bag.
Fortunatly DH isnt into snack foods to much so that is a blessing and he isnt into sweets either.
I just want healthy foods in my life and it just makes me feel good.
Annie
I am going to try a new recipe with tofu tomorrow for dinner it will be intresting to see his reaction LOL
Not sure if I can make the Meetup on Saturday but will post either way if I can or cant
Life is still swirling about. I'm hoping that things will stabilize soon. I'm still dropping weight and down to 135. While I have had some issues with stress eating in the past, now I'm having trouble eating at all. Earlier this week I had a 'melt down' of sorts and couldn't keep anything down. Sure is different than before. Before I would have been eating everything in sight. Now, I'm so distressed that I can't eat much and sometimes when I do I lose it. I'm working with my counselor on this and trying to get it under control.
I didn't do a great job today, but better than I have been doing. I had Sarah and Ben pick up a chicken taco and tamale from my favorite taqueria... Mmmmm.... good. I had about 1/2 the soft taco, but probably only ate about 1/3 of the tortilla. I had all of the chicken from the tamale, but left all but a bite or two of the masa wrapping.
I took care of the taxes and got them sent off. The good news is that the bad news wasn't as bad as I had feared it might be... I'm so grateful for some good news these days.
I had a gift certificate for a pedicure and manicure and I used it today. It was nice to have the time and where with all to do something just for me. There hasn't been much of that available lately.
I also had a nice talk with my girl. To say it's been stressful lately is a major understatement and it has shown in the strains on our relationship. I'm hoping that it will all start to even out soon.
Glad to be home and looking forward to seeing friends at the monthly support group meeting Saturday.
Barbara
ObesityHelp Coach and Support Group Leader
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bcumbo_group/
High-264, Current-148, Goal-145