Well – I wasn’t going to make a new post until after my follow up appointment on Monday, but hey, why not.

SO – I’ve been frustrated because my weight hadn’t changed in like two weeks.  I belong to several forums/groups and see posts from people that had surgery close to when I did and they are losing a lot.  I’m thinking “This early on, shouldn’t the weight just be melting off??”  Well – Maybe my expectations are too high.  I think, though, that only I am to blame.  Sure – I’m not eating as many calories, currently, that someone should get in a day, but it takes more than just eating less.  I got SO burnt out on protein shakes, I just couldn’t stomach more.  I KNOW that it can stimulate the weight loss……I also haven’t been doing my working out.  Currently I’m just supposed to be walking 30 minutes a day.  Things just got crazy there for a while.  We had two big snow storms, right after another.  Then my Dad came to visit and I went back to work and the first week back, my manager wanted me to come in the office every day, which would bring me home late and tired.  By the time all of that was over, I had been making so many excuses I just didn’t feel like doing anything.  It’s been cold out and I just wanted to stay in!

This weekend I ended up going down a few more pounds on the scale, which gave me a little boost.  Since the two weeks before surgery (that was my last official weigh in before surgery) until now, I have lost about 38 lbs.  That is about 8 weeks, so if I break it down to losing 5 lbs a week, that’s not toooo bad.  I need to stop being so hard on myself….well, actually I don’t, it’ll keep me motivated if I’m hard on myself.  It’s funny, when I see people at work, I can see them look me up and down to see if I’ve lost weight.  I’m getting a lot of “I can tell in your face that you’ve lost weight!”  ((Of coarse though – that is the first thing I’d like to go – that horrible double chin – I’d love to see my jaw line again!))

SO -anyway…..starting yesterday I tried a suggestion my Mom made and put peanut butter in my protein shake.  It make it different enough that I could drink it again!  SO – I got in my protein shake in the morning to start my day.  In the evening, I came home and got on my tennis shoes and went to my grandma’s and did my 30 minutes on the treadmill.  She was saying “Don’t do 30 minutes right off!  Work up to it!  Do a little now and more tomorrow.”  But no, I was determined, I did my 30 minutes.  Today I’m starting my day off again with my protein shake and have made plans to meet my friend, Kerry, after work and walk in the park, since it’s supposed to hit the 80’s today.  She is SUCH a great walking partner.  She always is encouraging and lets me go at my own pace and is right there with me.  Ready to go or stop whenever I am.  I think once it starts getting nicer outside, it’s going to lift my spirits and get me wanting to get out more.  I’m HOPING that Tommie will start to want to get out more too, but if not, I’m going to have to try my hardest to make it not effect me getting out.

Bad habits are really hard to break, but I’m hoping with the tools this surgery have given me, it will make my decision making better.  Here’s to a better year ahead. 🙂  Thank you for my friends and family for all your support and encouragement.