Well – I made it through my first holiday, post surgery!  It wasn’t too bad.  I took a spoon full of each thing I wanted to eat and that was enough.  Also, I didn’t deny myself the dessert, BUT I only took a fork full of each I wanted to try.  Just gave myself a taste, and that too, was enough.  I think I’d be very sad if I could NEVER eat anything sweet again.  It’s just not an any time I want thing any more, it’s a special occasion thing.  We attended two holiday dinner’s over the weekend.

Last week I was stuck at the same weight for SIX days.  I was getting so frustrated! (but also was glad it wasn’t going UP)  After our Easter dinner’s though, it started going down again.  Was thankful for that.  It’s going slow, but it’s going down.  I don’t know if it’s because I’m not currently getting in a lot of calories and my body is storing or if my thyroid is working against me.  I’m down two pounds since last week now.  I emailed my endocrinologist and told them I know they didn’t want to recheck my levels until May, but I wanted to check it now to make sure it wasn’t working against me.  They were fine with that.  I’ll probably have the blood drawn next week when my sister is here, since I’ll be off work.  (In case you didn’t know:  I had thyroid cancer at age 19, so I no longer have a thyroid, so that is why I’ll always be on thyroid medicine)

Also, in the past week I have tried on some smaller clothes that I was for sure weren’t going to fit, and they DID!!  That is exciting!  I haven’t been brave enough to try on some of my old pants yet, but I might surprise myself??

Well – just wanted to make a quick update to let you know I’m still here and plugging along. 🙂