VSG Maintenance Group
Monday, April 23, 2018
Great self care on a glorious adventure !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
on 4/23/18 8:27 am
Weight 169.2
Well, the family and food fest is over and now I need to climb back on the wagon. I had a great time! But it's a long way for a short weekend (
). Off to pick up Fergie soon.
There is a weird undercurrent with my eating that is somehow connected to my upcoming surgery. An element of self-sabotaging I need to give some more thought to. Bottom line, I'm making bad choices and eating when I've already eaten, full or just not hungry.
Anyway, hope Monday treats you all well!
on 4/24/18 7:20 am
I see her weekly still. We discussed it yesterday. She thinks it's a response to my anxiety, which runs high on a good day but is amped up with the upcoming surgery. I can see that being true! She said I should journal my anxious brain tornados when I find myself wanting to make a poor choice.
Greetings Peeps, Peps, and Justice
Well I guess Justice is now a member of our group even though he has no weight issues. He probably won't post much. Good to hear he is fitting right in.
148.5 today in spite of healthy eating. Too much sitting around on the gallery. I did some walking but you can only do so much going in circles. It was slow and I was going to weed the garden but it was so doggone windy! More excuses.
Lots of errands today and then kiln goodies to inspect.
Diane O, maybe you should get checked out on the fainting and yeah reschedule the colonoscopy. A few years ago I fainted and went to the hospital and had a zillion tests - found nothing amiss. Dr. Cirangle thought it was low blood sugar. Save those knees!
Well Shel, there sure are a boat load of hoodoos! Thanks for sharing those pictures. I wanna go there. Yeah, Trader Joes is a food trap for me. We don't have one here even though the locals are begging for one. Glad you found some tolerable options and by all means eat in a restaurant (even though they bring a boatload like that place we ate at here where your salad was a bushel basket full).
Cecily, Fergie will be glad to see you. Dogs rule. Mine is guarding me as we speak.
Well off to do something useful. Diane S
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I have your trip planned in my head! Doggies too, if you want!
For one thing, DH can pretend he is in a Star Wars movie. Pics coming, probably tomorrow.
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
Liz and shel-the photos are gorgeous! Both places I need to visit!
Diane O.-Oh no! Hope it's something that'll work itself out. Hopefully the pain can be managed.
166.6 today. Definitely up. This is not a week that I need to worry about it.
My stomach has been bothering me, but I'm not sure if it's because of the stress or the food I've been eating. But the food I've been eating is because of the stress, so I guess it's all the same.
Nightmare about DH and job situation. And for goodness's sake, I'm not even the one going through it!! They really just need to get it over with. The morale is in the TOILET. I know some of it may return once people with jobs still settle back in. But the fact this is the second major layoff in just over 2 years makes everyone uncomfortable and apparently all that anyone has done for the past 2 weeks has been to speculate about the layoffs and start looking for jobs. I'd be concerned that when the dust clears, those left who have already put "feelers" out and updated their resumes will get out if they can. People used to be exceptionally happy to work there...and now I've heard more than one person say they hope they get laid off so at least they get severance before they find a new job anyway.
I have to believe that whatever it is, it's for the best. But it's very difficult not knowing what next Monday holds for us, not to mention the next year. And with a new baby, it's the worst. (Although on the flipside, having a new baby puts things into #perspective. It's a job at the end of the day. We do it 'cuz we have to.)
on 4/23/18 2:20 pm
Ugh. The company I used to work for was like "The Firm". People were fantatical about working there. It was crazy how much people praised the company and how great it was to work for them. Then they had layoffs for the first time in 80 years. Then again. And again. Morale is now terrible and people don't have much enthusiasm for doing their jobs. It's so sad when that happens to a good company. Wish you and your husband the best...
Yes that describes it to a "T". Never had layoffs before 26 months ago, and now second massive round. I've had too much time to think about it, and that's never good. Doesn't really matter why. I'm confident that my husband has done his best, so no regrets. And I know good people get let go. But I also am totally biased and just cannot understand how it was a good business decision to let him go (okay, it hasn't happened yet but I'm 99% sure it will).
And the execution of it has been so bad! No work has gotten done since the announcement, and anyone who can leave is and will. Because the perception is that the shi******king and grab a lifeboat while you can!! I'm sure some morale will be restored in the coming months. But it's just a sad time. A time of uncertainty for us. And then end of a really good-to-us era.
