Finally...
An update.
I have been stalled since the week following Cody's death--the week I lost 9 pounds. regardless of exercise or diet, I did not budge. Just jumped up and down the same 2 pounds for 6 weeks.
As I have mentioned before, I went to work for Cody and Dusty's employer because her death left him without a trained set of hands. This has been a blessing because I have been able to focus on something besides my loss. My great physical shape has allowed me to run up and down stairs numerous times, bend double from the waist, pull wire, hammer, work over my head, etc. BUT, this has thrown me off my former exercise regimen. I work hard and perspire all day, but I have no idea many calories I burn off during the day. What I DO know is that I feel driven to eat protein for the time I am at work. In addition to cottage cheese or yogurt, I eat 1/2 to a whole Detour Buzz or Met Rx Protein Plus bar. Somedays I have an entire Isopure premixed over the course of the day. Each day I have cherries (HIP HIP HOORAY for their being on sale now) or blueberries. I am not eating no-nos, I just seem to have higher calorie counts than I did prior to going to work. I have just kept plodding along.
FINALLY, this morning I weighed in at 163, down 3 pounds. I knew something was up or rather DOWN because my rings were looser. I had gotten where I wasn't even weighing once a week because the zero loss was annoying me and I don't need any more annoyances right now.
I have been accomplishing a few other tasks this week--contacting friends of Cody's to send them pictures, sending off death certificates, getting tires on the truck, OB-GYN appt. It has taken me this long to get myself together enough to begin taking care of these things. I have many more such tasks to complete before I go back to school Aug. 28. I also have to have an endometrial biopsy the 17th because I continue to have a perioI picked up a few new tops today. Why I feel like I need more I don't know--I really need slacks, but am trying to hold off until my size changes again.
I have vowed to hike tomorrow a.m. and then motorcycle ride if the weather allows. If the weather turns inclement I will go back in Co's room and do some more work. One of these days I will get around to sending Thank You notes, belatedly. It was simply not possible for me to have done this any earlier.
Congratulations on everyone's surgery and loss. Hang in there, keep heart. God bless you all.
Love,
Lois
277/267/234/163/130
peak/consult/surgery/now/goal
33 pounds to go
Lois, I think you are a remarkable woman, I admire you, I respect you, and I wish we lived closer so we could be friends. I love your philosophy or approach on this WLS journey and always like to read your posts to see how and what you're doing. I'd be intererested in seeing what a day's menu looks like for you.
Keep it up Lois, you are doing awesome. I am like you, haven't lost much in the last month or so, and I am just not going to weigh cause I don't need to get discouraged about it!
Take care, and good luck to you Lois!
love
donna
Hi Donna,
Thanks for all the compliments. Since I wrote the update I have heard, indirectly through a forward from my dad, from my brother who basically divorced himself from his entire family. I am am not holding my breath because dealing with Roger has been a *****ly business, but maybe he will be interested in rejoining the family, after he thinks about not having known his niece at all before she died. Also telling is the fact that he told Dad that he would send a letter of condolence to Dusty (my son), Jim and me asap. Jim died two years ago--yet another person he didn't see fit to get to know.
I am hoping that everyone can let bygones be bygones. My sister is the sticking point, but I am hoping that more than one positive thing can result from my devastating loss.
In addition to hearing from my brother, I received an email from Jim's youngest daughter two weeks after Cody died. His two daughters were terrible to me after his death--"gimme, gimme, gimme.....NOW". This daughter apologized in her email, but I was too focused on Co to respond. I did respond just this morning. I am not looking forward to a great relationship, I just am determined NOT to have bad relationships with ANYONE before one of us dies. I am eternally grateful that Cody had repaired relationships before der demise and that she and I shared such a wonderful last day. Thank you Mother/Father God!
I urge everyone I know to mend fences before it is too late!
Thank you for being a long distance friend, Donna. Since I am a native Arllingtonian, you don't seem that far away.
Lois
Lois,
Sounds like Cody's legacy continues to grow and trigger many positive things. I hope that relationships continue to improve and become what they may. What a truly wonderful legacy for her to leave.
For me, this past year there have been serious health issues with the people that mean the most to me in the world and that has taught me that life is far too short and too precious to take for granted. I'm working harder on expressing my feelings and not letting little things matter. It is a relearning process and I'm making progress gradually.
Congratulations on your continuing weight loss journey. Your hard work and dedication to being active was bound to move you more closer towards your goal. I'm glad that it is finally moving for you. Enjoy your hike and ride.
All the best,
Kathy
I completely understand the "not letting little things matter". That is how I kept my last afternoon with Cody so wonderful. It has been hard for me to do, but I have had to let things go because: 1.) My children turned 21 and, 2.) I wanted to live to a healthy, ripe old age.
No matter what age I am, I continue to learn. Sometimes Dusty interprets my letting things go as encroaching senility, but he will understand one day.
Lois
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