Tuesday December 5, 2017

Yes, Florida is smaller (and all on one level), so the kitchen and other daytime areas are next to the bedroom (we have a Cape on cape cod so the bedroom is upstairs).

But what is difficult was that I used to go to bed at 8:30 pm and get up at 4:30 am for work, etc. DH would go to bed when I did but get up at 8:30 am. So now I am shifting my time to go to bed at 10 pm and get up at 6 am (I just don't want to get up at 4:30 anymore). DH wants to try to stay up with me...

Weight: 132.6
Macros: Cals - 1,650, Carbs - 190, Fats - 51, Protein - 97, Fiber - 26
Veggies/Fruits (goal 8): 6
Sleep (goal 8 hours): 7
Exercise: Aquarobics class; afternoon 35" walk in the country

BTW, I'm pretty sure that my daily weight fluctuations are due, more than anything else, to how early I wake up and weigh. Doy!

Given that I invested nearly 400 calories yesterday in a HALF piece of incredible chocolate birthday cake, yesterday's V/Fs dropped to 6 and came from baby carrots, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, black beans, some spicy peppers, more tomatoes and carrots, and blueberries. And for the record, the chocolate cake/VF tradeoff is one I was totally willing to make!

Our birthday yesterday was soooo sweet. We really enjoyed it.

News here -- hubby's chemo treatments will finally start Wednesday morning (tomorrow). All approvals have been obtained for the off-label use of the chemo he's been prescribed. And regardless of how things turn out, he is glad to have a plan and a schedule.

For today, I'm thinking of ways to continue the B-Day celebrations, but without the chocolate cake. Yowzah, that stuff was amazing, but it was enough.

Today's theme: Our gratitude feeds our energy.

Wishing your husband well with the chemo, Ann.

Thanks, Cecily!

Hope all goes super well tomorrow. Get 'er done.

Looks like your self care is dialed in (that includes the choc cake, of course!)

Thank you, too, Shel.

Greetings Great Ones

I don't even want to report weight today. I ditched the crackers but got into some peanuts. At least they have some protein.

Gosh Liz, seems like you just got to Florida. But it also seems like it was just the 4th of July last week. Where has this year gone? Its been kind of a rough one for a lot of us. I seem to be worrying about the small stuff a lot lately. Note to self: stop it.

WLS support groups sound interesting. We don't have any around here that I know of. Dr. C doesn't come up here anymore and there used to be some other one but not any more. But I have this group and thats the best!

Continue birthday week Ann! Chocolate cake is a vegetable, right? If only that were true. Then I could be a vegetarian.

Ann, glad you have DH chemo scheduled. You are right that having a plan is a good thing.

Well I don't know what WLS success is other than right now I feel like I am not it. But it certainly is some sort of continuum and not a snapshot in time. Which means change is always possible. Hmmm, too much deep thought for just one cup of coffee. Time for more and then off to face today's chores. Diane S

146.6, late to the party today. Worked today, but it will be the last day this week since we will be heading back to Mayo Thursday night. Kind of hoping it will be our last time and the rest can be done locally!

Yesterday it was 58 degrees on my way home from work, today it was 24.....only in Wisconsin! I prefer the 58 and would like 78 even better.

I enjoyed the discussion about what WLS success looks like and agree that it isn't a static thing. I kind of feel like Diane that right now I am not feeling very successful but given the cir****tances, I guess it could be worse and it doesn't have to always be this way!

Sooooo tired tonight!

Weight is stable. I am continuing the "sugar free" way of eating. Today was day 9. Feels like it's getting to be habit. This is good.

Well, if keeping the weight off makes one a success, then I am most definitely not a success. End. of. Subject!!! LOL!

Yet, I believe myself to be successful in the weight arena on a different level. Yes, I'm overweight. Yes, I've gained a **** load of weight back. Yet, I've learned so much about my inner workings, my dysfunctional thinking, my diet mentality, magical thinking, my disordered eating and addict like behavior during a binge episode. I remain stronger and healthier than I have ever been in my entire life. That right there is something of which I am quite proud.

My six year surgiversary is Thursday. I have been battling regain for roughly 5 of those years. Sucks for sure. But it's my journey and I've made choices along the way. Many of the choices I made (and still make) I did not understand until this past spring. I've gained a great deal of knowledge and insight into my f__k_d up food and emotional life. I've learned to be okay with who I am and I am finally able to forgive myself my foibles, my shortcomings, and my imperfections.

Enjoy your hump day! For some of you it is already here!

I think the definition of success differs for everyone (and changes over time), especially based on everyone's responses. The closer one is to the beginning of maintenance, the more likely it is all about avoiding regain, but clearly the further out the more it is about understanding ones self and their coping mechanisms.