What's on your Wednesday Menu?

G'morning everybody!

Happy hump day.

If you haven't seen V for Vendetta, you gotta watch it. It is on Netflix. The parallels with what is going on right now in this country are just spooky. The movie was made in 2005 but it's very current, there is even a virus!

I am still struggling with 5 lbs extra that can't get rid of. My weight goes down to 144.6 but then jumps back over 145. It is so frustrating. Yesterday I saw my trainer for the first time since all the SIP started. We just happened to walk our dogs at the same time. She said you look so skinny, which surprised me. I'm still the same weight. She said maybe with all the workouts I'm getting more compact. I don't know what to believe. My clothes haven't changed. Jeans are still good, not tight. So I wonder do I really have 5 extra lbs of muscle? Not just bcz of the last 3 months but in general for the last 2-3 years I haven't stopped exercising. My 3rd surgiversary is coming up at the end of the month and I'm paranoid that I have let myself and the surgeon down, because I can't get rid of these 5 lbs that I gained during the last holiday season. I'm trying not beat myself for it but it would be so great if I bounced between 140-142 instead of 144-146.

QOTD: my husband, kids and 2-3 friends. My beeswax! Besides the stigma of"she was too lazy, took the easy route, couldn't she just shut her mouth and eat less, or exercise more?" I didn't have the patience to deal with that. One of those ppl would have been my own brother. My mom and sis know, but to this day I haven't told my brother. Helps that we don't live in the same country so he didn't see my daily changes while I was losing weight.

My meals yesterday:

• B: protein coffee
• L: scrambled eggs + shredded cheese
• S: fage yogurt + 30 choc chips
• D: taco Tuesday, no shell
• E: 6 miles wog

Have a great Wed, everybody.

I had surgery in March 2016 and was in my original target range (115-118) by the end of that year. I maintained there for all of 2017 and 1/2 of 2018 (so a little over 2 years post-op). Through travel and events, I went up to the low 120's and hovered there pretty comfortably for 6-9 months. My clothes from 115-118 still fit but I had a bit more flesh in a few places where it looked okay. Then I gained another 20 in the last 6+ months of 2019 while dealing with DH's fast decline. I decided to go back to a target of 120-123 vs. 115-118 after I looked back at pictures, thought about clothing fit, and thought about difficulty of maintenance.

Point is - even though it was hard for me mentally to concede that 5 pounds wasn't a bad thing when I first was there, now when putting it in perspective I think that it is actually probably healthy.

I know you are right. I am fixated on a number while I should be looking at how I feel and look. It's just so hard after all these yrs, having seen that number for about a year and now bouncing up and down.
BTW, great job on YOUR consistency and reaching 120.

I love that movie, for so many reasons.

Remember remember, the 5th of November... SUCH a good movie! I love that ANON also uses the Guy Fawkes mask...

When I saw the remember Nov scene I literally had goosebumps, early Nov being Election Day in US.

Hi All!!

thanks for all the congratulations - I was not expecting that, and you guys made my day!!!

so now I'm finally a vet!!! Yippee!!! I know this sounds weird, but I've been excited about this day for a L-O-N-G time! But as I figured would almost certainly would happen, though, my weight was UP a pound this morning. WTH??? I must have had too much sodium yesterday. What a bummer, since that goes on my weekly - and monthly - records. But I'm still lower than I've been since October, and only 3 lbs more than I weighed last year at this time - so my effort has paid off! I was hoping to be the exact same weight at my five-year followup that I was at my four-year followup, but that's in just a month (not sure how we got off track - I used to go in early June). Not sure I can lose 3 more lbs in a month, but we'll see (weird to say that since when I used to weight over 300 lbs, I could lose 3 lbs in no time!). I'm 100% sure that my surgeon isn't going to care since he tells me every year that I'm great for his statistics, but still...I care!

It rained cats and dogs overnight but it's clear and sunny this morning - and should be for the next few days. I bet it's humid out there, though - UGH. I'll go out and walk or ride my bike this morning, while it's in the mid-70s. It's supposed to top out at 85 today, but if it's really humid, that could be miserable.

tonight we're picking up take-out dinner and heading over to my MIL's apartment. Hopefully she and DH be in the mood for something safe - but I can pretty much make do with anything.

QOTD: before surgery I think I just told my immediate family, one close friend, and my boss. Of course my brother and my mother blabbed to their friends (and my mom to our other relatives), but since I either don't know or never see these people, I guess it's fine, even though I was kind of ticked at the time. Afterwards I told my neighbor up the street who's also a friend, because I had to miss a committee meeting, and she told the rest of the committee I was absent because I'd had WLS. I was REALLY ticked and told her that was MY medical history, and she didn't have a right to share it with others. She was EXTREMELY apologetic and said she had no idea I wanted to keep it a secret. I was so mad at her for the longest time - but I'm over it now (of course!).

For the first couple of years, I hardly told anyone - maybe a few more close friends. I was open with other overweight & obese people who asked me how I did it, because they'd never believe that "diet and exercise" schlock, but skinny people believe that, so that's what I told them - that I was working with a dietitian, low-carbing, and exercising like a fiend. I'd be more open now if people asked me, but honestly, it almost never comes up anymore. People either never knew me when I was obese, or if they did, they've long since been seeing me as normal weight. Once in a great while I'll run into someone I knew from before, but that's like maybe twice a year. I doubt anyone would ever guess anymore that I had WLS. If I'm eating with someone, I really don't eat any differently than my never-been-fat friends who watch their weight. I'm sure no one suspects anything.

TSS: 5 years today!

B: yogurt pie (a cheesecake one) with 2 T light Cool Whip and blueberry/blackberry compote (I LOVE this dish!!!), coffee with half & half

S1: protein shake

L: 2 Costco chicken skewers with infused Greek yogurt

S2: probably L&F yogurt with raspberries

D: not sure what where we're getting take out from, but I'll order something safe and eat half of it. Hopefully they'll be up for Mexican food, though, since that's easy - I'll just order my usual two a la carte tacos...

have a great day, everyone!!

Congrats vet, what an accomplishment!

Thank you for being here! Congrats.

Congratulations on vet status and thank you for being a font of information for the rest of us!!

You are my hero!