SO – I had written a blog about vacation – but it needs some work – so it remains as a draft for now.  It’s just really long and I don’t want to ramble too much and it’s all out of order, so I’m going to have to go back and work on it some before I post it.

I wanted to give an update on the weight loss though, so thought I’d make this entry really quick.  When in Canada, I had a good start to the week, diet-wise, but towards the end, it sort of went to pot.  I think I still stayed under the daily calorie goal that I have on My Fitness Pal, but I had to guess on a lot of things from that part of the week, since the restaurants we ate at weren’t listed in the program, and had to guess on how much of them I ate.

The second hotel we stayed in had a fitness center that we used a couple of nights and it had a scale in it.  When I weighed myself on it, it showed that I really hadn’t lost….though I hadn’t gained either.  Was sort of discouraging, since we had been getting in SO MUCH walking and not overdoing food.

When I got home though and was able to weigh on my scale it showed I had lost 3 lbs while on vacation.  Was happy with that!  I’ve lost 3 more since being back also which puts me just half a pound from my first goal of 100 lbs lost.  I’m past my six month mark (which was on the 5th of the month), but my appointment had to be rescheduled since my doctor was going to be in surgery.  I will have my six month appointment this coming Monday.  Hoping to show 100 lbs lost on their scale by then!  ((fingers crossed))

One of the side effects that I have had due to this surgery is the thinning of hair.  This is a common side effect of this surgery, due to the vitamin absorption issue after surgery.  I have a double whammy against me.  I don’t have a thyroid AND have had RNY Gastric Bypass.  Both have affected my hair.  Along with the sagging skin and wrinkles and the thinning hair, I feel like it has made me look SO MUCH older.  I’ve always had a “baby face” and looked younger than I am, but I’m not feeling that lately.

When I got back from vacation, I had Tommie bring me by the Wig Shoppe.  I’ve been thinking about doing that for a while now.  With the hair getting so think, I’ve just been pulling it back into a pathetic pony tail for a while now.  It looks horrible, but not as bad as it would if I had it down.  SO – I bit the bullet and bought a couple of wigs.  To ME they look TOTALLY fake, but it’s so much better than what I’d look like without them.  Here is a comparison:

 Tommie helped me pick them out.  I tried on several, but settled on the above two.  Tommie liked the longer one, I liked the shorter one.  Maybe I’ll add to my collection in the future, but for now I’ll try these out. 😀

I have heard on the online forum’s that the hair eventually thickens up and grows back.  I’m just hoping that happens for me.  I know it varies from person to person.  At my six month appointment they will be taking my measurements (so I’ll get to see how many inches I have lost) and will do blood work on me to see where my vitamin levels are.  Hopefully if I’m low on something, I’ll know what I need to work on more.

Again – thanks for reading my drivel and leaving me feedback. 😀