Hello everyone. Room on the barge for one more?

Hi ya'll.  My name is Sybul.  I'm 56 and live in Arkansas.  I usually go to the RNY board but thought I would check ya'll out.  Susan talks about ya'll a bunch over there, lol.  I'm a little over a year and a half out and have been having a really hard time this winter.  I still haven't reached my original weight loss goal and now I'm worried I never will.  I have been grazing the day away lately.  I must have been a cow in a former life.  I have been reading your posts and like the idea of planning what I'll eat in advance.  Today I'm not too sure.  Don't know if I'll even make it in to work again or not.  Got a stomach bug and slept all day yesterday.  At least I didn't eat except for some soup in the evening.  They say the flu shot does not make you sick but every year it's the same thing.  Chills, fever, nausea, diarrhea, you get the picture.  If it weren't mandatory for work I swear I wouldn't get it.  Today I plan to have coffee with protein powder for breakfast, a mandarin orange for snack, half a turkey and cheese sandwich on lite wheat bread for lunch, a protein bar in the late afternoon, and then some shrimp for supper.

Hi Sybul.  Welcome aboard.

I don't usually plan my food, that is what I have a wife for.

LOL

This is a nice bunch of folks.  I have even had the wonderful opportunity to meet a bunch of them.

Don't fret about the weight loss.  Regardless of whether you lose another pound or not, you've lost over 160 lbs already.  A goal is not a MUST number.  Your goal may be different from your doctor's goal.  Be happy. You are in a much better situation now than when you started, aren't you?

Yeah George, you better hide under a chair!   LOL

George...you naughty boy!!!!

Hugs...connie d

With that statement, you are wise to hide under a chair (lol), though knowing how you and Mary are, I know you are a big joker. . .

Hi Sybul and welcome.

You will like it here.  Lots of good folks.  I find it like these are my friends.  They give good advice.

As far as what I am eating today, hmmm..

I think a protein drink for breakfast

Probably another one for lunch

Dinner - cottage cheese and apricots. 

Snack a food bar , I think.

I haven't been hungry lately and force down what I am eating and drinking.  Seems I lost my appetite.  Will stay on my vitamins though.

Have a great day!

Mary

Hi Sybul!!!!!  So glad to see you here, it's such a nice place with the best friends in the WORLD.

The stomach bug has nothing to do with the flu we get the shots for. That's respiratory. I hear the stomach flu has been going around, quite a few here have mentioned it. Hope you''re over the worst of it.

Hang in with us. This barge is moving along, picking up passengers every day, helping each other in the process.

hugs!

Welcome Sybul, you will find this board very supportive.

Don't worry about getting to your goal, your are doing great.

Took me almost 2 years to get to goal size 6/8. This is for life and there is no time line to get to your weight loss goal. Yes, we  have a "honeymoon period" but we have a tool for life. You just have to follow the rules.

If you plan your small meals and document, you finally realize you are NOT grazing. I have to eat several small meals a day BUT I also am a big exerciser.

I have chosen exercise as my "Transfer Addiction". Why? Because I have an addictive personality and I know me. Very easily that could have been alcohol because my father was an alcoholic and so are my brothers along with drugs. So I have chosen wisely. I am in control.

At the ripe young age of 53 (soon to be 54) I get it. I have learned lifestyle change, moderation and exercise. Am I really addicted to exercise? Nope but my body sure does feel good when I do it. Just like everyone else I have to make myself go to the gym or exercise at home.

Welcome and keep posting.

Welcome to OFF Sybul....so glad you decided to join us.

I know you will love it here as much as we all do....so many wonderful and helpful people here!

Hugs.....connie d

Hey Sybul,

Welcome to OFF - I love it here.  Everyone is so supportive and friendly. 

Debbie