Nov 11. Thank you to our brave men and women.

morning everyone.

Linda you said it so well.  Thank you!  And Kairk what a lovely Lucy.  Mary, hope the  Maine cold keeps off for a time and well done on the loss.

yesterday was a sterling food and walking day.  Scale does not think so.  Am day off and have my food plan laid out like a school timetable.   Hmmmm, need recess

Good morning all!  Unfortunately, today is colder and rainy, but the good news is that it's not snow!

Carbon, the scale will catch up!

I'm at work today.  We get today as a holiday, but the boss was going to be in and gave us the choice to work and get 8 extra hours of vacation time.  It's quiet and laid back though, so it's kind of nice.

The scale was the same this morning, for which I was grateful.  My food yesterday was planned and my calories up until dinner were low.  We did buy fried food dinners from a place doing a fund raiser for a little girl whose parents were killed in a triple murder/suicide in our town last week - a horrific event that is not something that occurs where we live, and the whole area has been reeling.  I chose to eat that food, though tried to not eat too much of it.  I expected that the scale may be up a bit, but it wasn't.  Today's goal is to stay clean with food, and so far so good.  Luckily for me, fried food is not a trigger and I only want it occasionally.  I much prefer grilled, baked, etc.

Dance was great last night.  My knee is finally starting to be more flexible, so I was able to do great knee bends last night!

My gratitude for today is that each day I am secure.  I know where I'll be sleeping, I know it will be warm, I know I will not go hungry, and I know that I am safe with those I live with.  All of the things I may complain about, in reality are insignificant.  When I am lucid enough to realize how lucky I truly am, I thank my Higher Power and say "there but for the grace of God go I".

Have a lovely Wednesday everyone!

Good morning everyone. Day off for Remembrance Day and hubby and I are going to drive two hours south to visit with his mom. 

Scale remains at 116, almost hit 117. I'm continuing to reduce my calories by more than 500 a day but I'm not losing weight. It worries me, can't deny that.

Maybe the 'bounce back' thing is real after all. I've never believed it (other than people eating more when they get further out) but now I'm wondering if my body is establishing a higher set point with same or less calories. I'll think of it as a hypothesis for now and see what happens next!

hi all, back from my trip. bad eating rewarded me with a couple of pounds,  pizza , guac, chips , wine, nuts, all the worst except no sweets.  back to reality. sure is good to be home.  at least the airlines cooperated for once and didn't strand me. life is good. sunny and lovely here.   diane

Welcome Back!! 

So happy for a lovely day off to take care of a few things around here and remember those who have served to keep generations safe and "free". My grandfather was a WWI vet, my uncle a WWII vet, and my pop a Korean War vet (though he did not see combat). Will make sure to say thank you to my pop and uncle today. 

I'm thankful for the emotional strength to be able to deal with what is put in front of me. Sometimes it is not easy, but I have been blessed with a strong constitution and a gift of perseverance. I do not give up on things that are fighting for or working towards. I'm very thankful today that I have not succumbed to obesity and while I've been upset with myself for having regained so much weight, I never gave up on the idea that I could get back to where I needed to be. It's not always been an easy road, but it has been a worthwhile one! 

Scale is back down today by 6/10th of a pound. Again, no reason. If anything, it should have gone up or stayed the same. I ate late last night and had a few more nuts than I had planned for. 

Interesting thing happened last night. I ate my dinner (late as I said), but had my evening yogurt about a half hour later than usual. About 10 minutes after I was done with the yogurt (which, yes, I ate fairly mindlessly) I had a pressure behind my breast bone that was rather intense. Well, that normal portion of yogurt gave me a case of the "urps". Not foamies, but urps. The yogurt came back up in little urps for a half hour until the pressure was gone. I'm wondering if my sleeve is tightening up or if my sense a satiety is kicking in again after eating pretty low carb and very low sugar for 3 months. I have not had that feeling since my first year post op. Go figure! 

Beautiful sunny day here, but cool for CA standards. Going to get some chores done, sing and hum a lot, play with my canine kiddos, and enjoy the day with Ron.