Steel cut oats and more.... SNIPPETS

 

Having my steal oats for breakfast in a cup and it hit the spot too .... I was running late and brought an awesome portion of what my husband cooked overnight just because I wanted steal cut oats for bfkast.... hmmmmmmmm YUM! ...

I am a happy camper.... so I sat here eating my oats and twiddling my toes.... hmmm they are good ... with just a few raisins and cinnamon in it with stevia and a bit of skim milk added like l like it...

This is a goofy snippet from my journal entry this day ... my morning started with an awesome run at 4:30 am along the beach into the adjacent town and back 5.5 miles run today ... 

I did the same yesterday and had awesome energy left over to come home and enjoy a stroll and brisk walk with my dogs ... who started frantically at an approaching dog .... they barked and growled and pretended to be all that and a bag of chips until the BIG dog approached .... my black poodle Pierreta started screaming so loudly you'd think she was being mauled ... my chocolate poodle Chip decided to lay low just in case ... and my silver poodle lover boy Pierre could not wait to jump and kiss and lick the big dog to his heart content ... LOL ... 

Whoa ... when the big Bernice Mountain dog approach my Pierretta started screaming .... YIKES that dude is way too big LOL...

 it was none other than the friendliest and awesomely gentle dog belonging to my neighbor a Bernice Mountain dog...

but it turned out to be the sweetest and friendliest dog belonging to my neighbor ... how awesome to go running early in the morning and got out to either the gym to swim or to zumba or pilates or sculpting and come back home with awesome energy to walk the dogs and continue working on a million and one home improvement projects...

I am loving the mobility and flexibility losing and keeping off 203 pounds has afforded me .... Health and Mobility and a life without co-morbidities related to morbid obesity is what I longed for and what I have been enjoying six years post gastric bypass .... 

The journey only gets better... with life's challenges and ups and downs I can deal ... I can move ... and I refuse to go back to my previous condition ...

Before and after as is before and now and hereinafter ... I have tracked my weightloss and am tracking my maintenance journey in a digital empowerment album that I call 'a picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away' ... an empiric tools that is working for me cause I have fun with it .... 

This is my empowerment collage today... from a highest recorded weight of 327 pounds I am 6 years post WLS and in maintenance seamlessly ... no regain... healthy choices that are plentiful in selections and delectable in taste and ingested in the appropriate portions with contentment and satiety ... one day at a time... one choice at a time... NO REGRETS!!! I am so loving this journey ... it is as exciting and fun as day one ... when it seemed like just a dream ....

My empowerment collage yesterday...

Thank you much for allowing me to share..... 

Kisses from my chocolate poodle Chip

thanks for allowing me to take up space and share!!!

Wow!! Fantastic Job! You look great. You really share a lot in your journal too. My aim for this and other sites is to try and keep reading the success stories and not so much of the "help!" stories.

Keep up the great job. It's lovely to see folks several years post-op and know that they are still very successful.

Thank for your encouragement and support... I love sharing experiences and find that writing and journaling helps a lot.  

Lol super post! Inspirational and funny! When you said how your dogs reacted to the big neighbor dog I cracked up and could just hear your little one screaming away, lol!
Thanks for sharing and here's to having many more days of energy and happiness!

LOL I did not know Pierretta had such powerful lungs ... she was all barking and hopping around and when the dog approached she just hit brakes and started howling ... it got so loud too even when her brothers decided that the mountain dog was friend and not foe she continued to scream LOL

You look amazing! Thank you for inspiring me!

Pam :)

Thank you Pam! We are sisters on this journey inspiring each other in any measure that we can ... Your support and encouragement has inspired me in keeping on....

You continue to be a great inspiration to every on this forum.  

Regarding pups ( and cats): I'm convinced that they don't understand size.  

Thank you my beautiful sista!!! I am convinced that neither pups, nor cats nor ferrets understand size LOL....