I've been super busy!

Hi everybody! Wow, it seems like I've been gone for months. There are lots of new people here I don't know and not many of the "old" buddies around it seems. I guess they have all been having a super busy summer like me and not much time for surfing on the net.

I hope all my old buddies are doing well. Patrece, surgery went well I hope?! And to all you newbies, good luck and best wishes.

I am able to eat more meats now (most of the time) w/o problems, and I keep losing but in that same pattern of "lose, stall, up & down a lb, lose 3-4, stall, etc." I try to just keep going and not let it bother me.

DH and I have a big garden and have a ton of watermelons. I have been eating some everyday. I know the carb content is high, but they are full of water and lots of B vitamins, lycopene, and other great things and they are around for such a short time. I figure it may be slowing my loss, but I am okay with the tradeoff for now.

I tried to update mt pic on my avatar but only succeeded in deleting my old pic. Keeps saying my new one was too big even after I re=sized.   Oh well.

Well, take care all.

Rhonda

Great to see you back Rhonda! My surgery will be Wed. Will let you know when i do how it went..lol.
You are losing much like I did.. hang in there.. it will come.
I have lots of tomato plants and am fnally able to harvest a steady supply of garden fresh tomatoes. One of my favorite things about summer! YUMMYYYYYYYY!!! LOL.

Sorry Patrece, I realized after I posted that your surgery was still a few days away but I didn't have time to go back and post again! I hope things went well on Wednesday and you'll soon be good as new. You have been thru so much in the last months! I'm sure you are enjoying that new grandbaby and the tomatoes!

Take care,
Rhonda

No worries! I am absolutely enjoying the new grandbaby and the tomatoes! lol. The baby more tho..lol.

Will makie a seperate post about surgery and ho things are going so far.

I am glad you posted an update Rhonda.  Yes, people to come and go.  We get busy with our lives.  That is how things ebb and flow.  I love watermelon too, and try to get in some when I can.

Love to see your new avatar, try the resize one more time and you should have success.  Hugs

Thanks Kathy. I don't have time to try the avatar this morning but will try to get back on later tonight or tomorrow. I think I was a able to get a couple of new pics on my profile though.

Wish you lived nearby, I'd send you lots of watermelon! Hope you are enjoying the summer, it's flying by so fast.

Take care,
Rhonda

Hi Rhonda!  I could have written pretty much everything you did - except the watermelon part, NOT a fan!

Been a super-busy summer.  And yes, I keep riding the stall-drop-stall-plunge roller coaster too, so you're not alone.  I've learned to adjust, and to just be patient with myself.  We've lost a LOT of weight in a very short time, all things considered!

I also tried to update my avatar.  You can see the result.  100x80 pixels, and it was still 67 kb.  Tried to compress it, but for whatever reason it won't save at the 7.1 kb compressed size.  This site is really stingy on its avatar rules!  Oh well.  I'd love to see the Bariatric Buddy group on Facebook take off...

Thanks for posting, glad to see I'm not the only one who performs fly-by posts!  

Take care, and keep up the good work!

Hi Darlene. WOW- you are doing fantastic! And you are now in WONDERLAND! Good for you, I'm very happy for you. As you said, I'm just being patient and hanging in there and I know I will get there sometime. My body seems to fight me all the way, but I am just keep reminding myself that I have not been at this size/weight for the last 24 years (since my early 20s) and that is enough to keep me going and happy.

Maybe we'll both get our avatars fixed soon. I hope all is going well in your life, & yes summer sure has been busy. Keep "flying by" and I will too. I don't want to lose track of everyone and I'd like to get to know more about all the new people if I can find the time.

Take care,
Rhonda