Casualty of Weight Loss

I guess you could say I am a wedding ring collector. I got married with band that matched Steve's and one year later I got a band with Diamonds and that's all she wrote. I love to wear different weddings rings.

BUT NOW!!!

Due to my weight loss, my wedding ring selection is narrowing, I have taken to wearing a smaller ring in front of a larger one just to keep them on but today's loss opened my eyes to the stark reality that not just my top and bottom half, but All of me is shrinking.

16 years ago when I was pregnant with Eric, Steve got me a cheapie plain thin gold band. I really like wearing it to work in the Cafeteria cause Diamonds and cooking, serving and cleaning just don't mix.

I put my band on this morinig when my hands were warm and during the course of my workday I noticed it was gone. Wahhh!!! I searched but no luck. It has gone to wedding ring heaven.

On one hand I am so excited to reach a point in my weight loss journey where even my fingers are shrinking, but it is just a bummer that your jewelry and clothes don't shrink with you.

On the Bright Side, My Wedding Anniversary is just a couple of months away Hmmmmmm... Stevie I know what I want!!!!

Three Months Already???

Happy Three Month Surgi-versry!!!

I guess in the world of Weight Loss Surgery this is a milestone. Soooo, At three months post-op I am feeling great! I feel well adjusted to my new lifestyle and I feel confident in my portions and food choices. I am so very blessed that I have no cravings outside of my food plan. Made Lentil soup which is entirely on my plan for the whole family and they loved it. Yeah Me!!!

My heart for exercise is coming along quite nicely. I go to my gym regularly and I am up to three miles on my at home walking video. I feel really good about this accomplishment and glad I pushed through my knee pain from when I started walking.

Milestones of this month...

I have now lost more weight than I ever have in my life. This is the reason I chose to have the surgery, I knew I needed a stronger tool than my willpower to get me past my mark of 30lbs which is the most I have ever lost on any kind of diet before. When I would reach that mark I would mentally hit a stumbling block and that would be it. Now, I have a tool that keeps me going and focused. I feel strong and confident.

I am a weight I have not been to in 14 years. You are never happy with your weight, remember in High School when you thought you were "Fat" I know lots and lots of people who would LOVE to be that "Fat" again. I remember 14 years ago feeling so dreadfully overweight and now I think "Is that a shoulder-bone I am feeling" I am grateful to be able to be here again. I will cherish this time and forever remember.

I got into my "Mini-Goal" jeans. I am such a stealer, My friend comes up with great words and I steal them. She invented surgi-versary and I copied her mini-goal pants idea too. This was super exciting cause when I bought the jeans they were a giant NO-Way Jose! and now I can put them on straight from the dryer and be comfortable. Being 4 sizes smaller is a wonderful place to be.

Put these on just for fun. Seriously had to dig for my original wedding ring in the "Really OLD jewelry" section of my box. Steve even recognized it.Eric wants to give them to his wife someday.




All in all, this month has brought on noticable changes... All good!!! This was a fun month.

Blessed and Grateful I am...

Reflection Time

This weeks question on the 21 Days To Loving Yourself Challenge I am involved in is Reflection before and after.

One of the things that keeps me focused and reflecting on how blessed I am are the little things I love on my desk. This is what I look at every day.




#1 My girlfriend Susan gave me this cute blingy frame, she told me to put a pic of me each month in it and keep the others in the frame. I can't believe there are two pictures in the frame already and in just a few days I will take another. Troysie has always been happy, but now she shines...

#2 The mini frame was recently given to me by my Aunt Linda, it is a pic of her and my mother as her maid of honor on Linda's wedding day. I love so much that history has repeated itself, they were dear friends and now I am dear friends with her daughters.

#3 A Flower Pokemon, no I don't know the name but Eric does. Eric gave it to me Mother's Day years ago.

#4 Stuffed Animals. I have collected Woodstocks for years, since High School! I LOVE this one my brother recently gave me cause it plays the Peanuts song. I will push its tummy and dance to the tune. I know I am random... The other is Wammy my Little Lamb. She is a bit of a devotional cause I am one of the Lords beloved Sheep and seriously, she screamed at me from the bin in Build A Bear for me to take her home.(Eric was there and he will confirm it) She goes with me on trips and always makes me smile.

#5 My friend Judy gave me this cute Cupcake jar and I love putting fun little stuff in it like a little Lovebug my Stevie gave me, cause we are little Lovebugs.

#6 the Pen Holder is the first object I ever Tole Painted, I look at it and say "I did that?" It is pretty.

#7 Now Extra points if you know what is in the little basket behind my pic?





My "Homies" Cholos!!! They are something I have collected for years in honor of my Mexican Heritage and well, if you grew up in Azusa in the 80's like I did you know why these make me smile...

It may look like clutter to some, but to me, it is love and I smile with gratitude every day for my simple blessed life.

I Took A Ka-Chunk Today!!!

For years our TOPS weight loss group weighed us on a Doctors Scale, The kind with the sliding measure that would Ka-Chunk into each 10 lb groove.

I used to get so excited for the ladies when they would reach a milestone and the measure would slide over and make the beautiful Ka-Chunk noise.

We would cheer "You Ka-Chunked!!!"

I decided when I had my weight loss surgery that I would not focus on the numbers, I am doing what I am supposed to do, following my plan, exercising and I am letting God take care of my body.

But I need to keep record. It is part of what I have to do, so I weigh once a week on Mondays on the digital scale at my gym.

Was under the weather Monday and Tues so missed the gym, today I went and weighed myself...

I Took A Ka-Chunk!!!!

All I have to say is that I have not weighed this in 14 years! I am so excited, cause IT'S WORKING!!!!

I got a little emotional and thank God I go to Curves where the women love each other like girlfriends cause I was working out and had a little tear of joy, I finally had to blurt it out and we all had a great big group hug. It was a wonderful thing.

I definitely made the right decision for me, the very strong tool of weight loss surgery has put things in to the right perspective that I needed.

I AM NEVER GOING BACK!!!