10 Weeks Post-Op

Second nature.  That's where I've graduated to.  No longer do I even think about large meals or desire foods I cannot have.  I'm craving my 'normal' foods - not bread or baked goods...but fruit and protein.  It's pretty amazing, actually.  I didn't know if I'd ever get here.  I also crave exercise.  I continue to love 9Round.  I love going in there and literally pounding out some stress.  I miss it on the days I cannot go.  Once school starts and our life has more routine in it, I'll hopefully be able to make 9Round a part of my day 3 times a week rather than 2.  My chipped Tibea does bother me when the active rests involve jumping or impact but I have no problem alternating those ouchie exercises with something I CAN do like wall-sits or push-ups or running in place.

Even my kids have learned that Momma doesn't eat what they eat most of the time.  I made a pasta dish yesterday that was a huge no-no for me - and in all honesty a huge no-no for most people as it has a stick of butter and 2 pints of heavy cream in the sauce.  The boys ate it up.  I had a Quark.  It was delicious - Lemon - YUM.  I also made Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies - which the boys loved - and I didn't even taste them.  This amazes me.  I can do it and it doesn't bother me much.  Weird!!!

I also bought a sweater for our family portraits at the end of September and it was a non-plus size.  And it fits NOW.  Not in a month from now when we have our session.  Now.  In fact, it may be too big in a month.  WEIRD.

I need to carve out some time to get my closet in order.  Basically nothing for fall is going to fit.  Luckily, our church has a fall rummage sale, so I plan on donating everything to church.  There's a funny phenomena with plus-sized clothes; the bigger your size, the more you need to lose to notice.  Like I could fluxuate 20 pounds and still fit into my size 24 tops...but I lose close to 60 and the sizes are changing closer and closer together.  I'm thinking that until I hit my goal, I'll just get some wardrobe staples.  No need in spending a ton on clothes I'll shrink out of in a matter of weeks.

Water is my struggle.  Continuous struggle.  And I need it because things aren't moving as nicely as they could or should be in my lower GI tract.  Also I think my FitBit is dying.  it's just not working the way it should be.  I woke up this morning and FitBit thought I'd already had over 8,000 steps.  Um...not so much.  Also the lights aren't flashing as brightly or as quickly as they used to.  Maybe it's tired...but I charged it this morning.  Bummer...I really like it!!!

That's all from here.  Still adore Watermelon, Cantalope, Soup, and Quark!!  I miss salads...that's about all.  Life is good.  I'm more than 1/3 of the way to my goal weight.  Dang...how awesome is that???