Hello blogosphere...

First of all, let me apologize to my readership for not posting my 2 month update...

First here are the stats:
Heaviest weight: 375
Weight at program start: 330
Pre-op weight: 304.5
Weight today: 276.8
that is 27.7 lbs gone...*sigh*  Yep... I GAINED weight!!!  My doc says its probably water weight since I have been getting more liquids in than at the beginning... but the scale says I GAINED!!!  a whole 2.7 lbs!!!!!

*blinking*

Wait a minute... I'm tripping over 3 lbs?  (insert eye roll here...)

ok ok... I'm calm now...

but I will report having lost LOTS of inches...and a few dress sizes since my weight loss journey began... I got up as big as a 34W... I fit a 26/24 nicely and CAN zip up a 22/24 dress... I know I know... you're probably saying... "those are still fat girl sizes..." and you're right! they are!  but SMALLER fat girl sizes!!!

Ok... back to these 2.7 lbs (ok... 3 lbs rounding up)... maybe its from all the SODIUM I've consumed... I enjoyed some Chinese food with my co-workers this week... they sat and laughed as I tried to eat a saucer full of food... and couldn't finish... I was seriously frustrated that I couldn't eat!!  I used to be the buffet queen!! Remember the Klump family in Eddie Murphy's rendition of the Nutty Professor... yeah... I could tear a Chinese buffet UP!!

and here I sit... post surgery... with a mini stomach... trying to eat... with pro buffet eaters!  STUPID ME!!
I believe I've learned my lesson here...

Oh... my OTHER lesson ... I'm not supposed to have carbonated drinks for up to a year post surgery... I had taken my youngest son to Wendy's for lunch... I enjoyed some cub scout conversation... he ate... drank his fizzy orange Fanta... I am so into the conversation ... just running my mouth... and I absent-mindedly pick up his soda and take a BIG swig.... and a BIG swallow....PAIN.... UNDER... MY BREASTBONE... I thought I was dying!!!  I clutched my chest... and leaned over... put my head down... and let out this huge burp!  Can you spell relief!?  I learned that I must be more mindful when I am eating or drinking... AND that no carbonation means NONE... NADA... ZILCH!  JUST DON"T DO IT!!! LOL

I can laugh about it now... but that day, it wasn't funny...

Ok... I've been long winded this time... but its been nearly a month... so I guess I thought I should tell it all... lol

Ok... back to these 2.7 lbs... (3 lbs rounding up...) I believe I am in a weight stall... I have been at this weight for about 8 days... and according to my support group, when I hit a STALL... my body is adjusting to the drop in weight... then I can drop up to 4 or 5 lbs quickly... and lose steadily for a while till I hit another stall... this... I was not prepared to deal with... seriously, I thought I had stretched out my stomach from trying to eat buffet style... I got mildly depressed at the thought that I'd failed at surgery too... I mean, those who have carried significant weight for 5 or more years and have been unsuccessful at dieting knows what it is to fail at yet another attempt to lose weight... I thought... just MY luck! I broke my sleeve!!  lol

I go see my doctor March 13th... I will try and remember to update soon after.

Here is my latest picture... this time last year, I couldn't close this turquoise top... let alone button it... yeah... and I was tripping over 2.7 lbs... (3 lbs rounding up)... lol

as always... thanks for reading...

Be blessed!