Tuesday, what a day - and a wow too

I got a wow moment this am.  Avoided the scale the last few days, very enlightening (lol) and wohoooo, today down a pound.  I switched from the treadmill to the elliptical machine at the gym last evening, even pushed myself to work a little harder.  I just didn't like walking any faster on the treadmill.  Got in 20 minutes on the elliptical, then finished with 15 minutes on the treadmill.  Dennis joined me, yayyyyy for us.  He had his 51st birthday yesterday.  I surprised him with a music playing card, he was thinking I had forgotten his birthday (since I hadn't mentioned it in days), noooooooo.  I like keeping him on his toes.  Sent him a birthday email at 2 in the morning, he read it after he got done with work.  Hehehe, had fun.

I enjoyed the chat session last evening.  Amelia gets the vote for most dedicated.  She lives in Greece, chat is 3 am in her time zone.  Hope everyone had the best Christmas and is looking forward to a very Happy New Year.  Hugs, Kathy

TA-RA-DA-Boom-De-A-, Ta-Ra-Da-Boom-De-A, kathy lost another pound today, Ta-Ra-De -Boom-De-A, it is such a wonderful day today. Ta-Ra-Da-Boom-De-A-------------------------------------congratulations dear kathy on the weight loss. i know how wonderful it is to get started after a long stall.  when that happened to me, i started eating more and i started losing weight really fast. kicked me out of starvation mode.  sounds like your hubby has a great wife.  love ya, vick

Thank you Vick.  I think he realizes it.  But is is sooo much fun to play with his mind from time to time.  He says he will never completely figure me out.  He is so right.  Love you, Kathy

  Work that eliptical girl! Congratulations!

I gained a few back over Christmas. I found out that I don't have a problem with sugar and made our family recipe fudge. Aparently, I  am still obsessive compulsive.

Ok, I'll use your success as my inspiration. I'm going to break out the Wii Fit today. I'm not too far from the weight limit for the board. Time to get off my behind and get moving.

Way to go Kathy! Thanks for the inspiration!

Time to trick you mind into believing that you dump.  I need to do that from time to time myself.  Can't wait for the holiday goddies to disapear at work.  Ughhhhhh, so many sweets, so much to avoid.  Breaking out my Wii too, still hadn't tried it except for the night we finally got it up and working.  Let's inspire each other.  hugs, Kathy

And to remind myself that this is what got me to where I was before surgery. Not a good place at all! Ugh! The holiday goodies! They're still hanging around at work? I forgot what that was like. New Years Day is almost here. Then everyone will be starting their resolution dieting. Yay! DH just got home. Going to ask him to help me plug in and set up Fit now. Thanks Kathy!

Yeayyyyyy Kathy! I do understand how good that loss feels after a long stall out too! I have been on my plateau for almost 4 weeks now. I'll be celebrating when I come down a pound too!
Tell Dennis Happy belated birthday for me. I had no idea!

Keep up the good work! Now that the scale budged, hopefully it'll keep on goin down for you for a while now.

Michelle.. best advice i can give you is to pretend you will dump. One of our worst enemies is when we figure out we can tolorate things we shouldn't be able to. Gotta be strong and say noooooo!
Will share here with you that I too broke down and ate one little square of fudge that a neighbor brought to us. (she brought quite a bit). It was delicioussssss.. then about 15 minutes later.. it started... Dizzy, hot starting from my head going down, nauseated severely, fatigue, a general feeling of I am gonna die if I don't lay down and oh how I wish I could puke this up. I was just miserable. BUT believe it or not, I was quite pleased that I reacted this way to it. Keeps me in line...hehehe.

For my New Year, I am looking forward to many more positive changes I want to put into place in my life. The biggest is to really start embracing life and living it more fully. I have come a long way since wls there, but plan to go much further in the coming year, and there are many things I intend to do, in order to achieve this.

Thanks Patrece, looking forward to a great new year myself.  I am there for your support.  Shared the birthday wishes with Dennis, he smiled and sends his greetings your way.

Thanks Patrece. I typically haven't had a problem keeping away from things I shouldn't get my hands on since the surgery. I just don't keep them in the house and don't buy them. DH understands and doesn't bring any of my trigger foods in the house. So, normally the sugary is not a problem. It doesn't normally taunt me because I  get enough of sweet with protein drinks etc. However, my stupid self tested the sugar with one piece of candy on Halloween. So I knew I wasn't having problems with it.

My mother came up with this recipe for fudge when she was pregnant with me. Go figure. lol  My mother and father divorced when I was three. As I became old enough to cook, the fudge torch was passed on to me. My father and his side of the family begs for and fights over the stuff. We couldn't afford many presents this year so I decided to go ahead and make the fudge for gifts. We had one batch left over and I was picking at it. Finally, yesterday I told my husband to get it out of my sight or I would throw it away. He gave it to a neighbor friend last night.

Visualize the nausea eh? That may work. What's scaring me more is a vision of myself and how I felt the last few days before I called to make an appointment with my surgeon. I need to make some hard copies of my before pictures and keep them in my purse and on the fridge. I do think that recognizing that I still have to deal with my obsessive/compulsive nature was a good step for me. Recognizing and eliminating the source. DH saw me eating it and didn't say a thing. (The good man that he is.) He knew that I needed to smack the fudge monkey down on my own. The fudge monkey was one of my biggest triggers of all time. I should have known not to try and face the foul beast so soon. I'm not going to beat myself up about it though.

I've come so far. My relationship with food is changing for the better. I may have lost sight of my accomplishments and goals for a healthier happier future for a moment. But, it's all coming back. Especially since I stepped on that scale and had to change my current weight on my ticker. Gotta get back to that first hundred mark and keep my positive future in mind as well. Speaking of which, I have been wearing my wedding ring since Christmas Eve. Haven't been able to wear it much since I was married. It's been on a chain around my neck for the past few years.

Best of luck to you in your positive endeavors this New Year Patrece!

That little bit of regain can really be an eye opener. You are gonna do this gal! Just dig in those heels! I am here to support you as best I can!
Thanks for your support too!
Hugs!