Um, can I get a re-write???

Okay, I’ve been in denial lately… I’ve lost 47 pounds since my surgery on 12/29/09 – Yay! I should be super happy, thrilled with the amazing progress I’ve made, right? Yeah, I’m not.  Not that I’m not happy or thrilled about losing close to 50 pounds in 9 weeks. It’s that I’m just not happy. Rewind… It’s been 11 months since I officially started my WLS (weight loss surgery) journey. Very soon after I started my “medically managed weight loss program” required by my insurance, a friend started telling me about his experience. Pretty much right away he started talking about the shortcuts or workarounds of eating. I started wondering how healthy he really was. Then, his posts on my blog were very strange. Like, I didn’t understand a few of them. Then, he would tell me the same story over and over. I realized he was drinking heavily. So, despite losing 200 pounds after having gastric bypass surgery, this guy was drinking to excess. FYI – drinking alcohol is the number one thing to avoi...

I thought extending my weekend to four days would be relaxing. What the heck was I thinking??? Maybe I should break things down between the pros and cons of the weekend. Pros Shelby & I had a great dinner with Nicki at Chili’s on Thursday! We had fun at the Brookfield Zoo with Traci, Bryan, Shawn and Bradley on Friday. I didn’t have to wake up early Thursday, Saturday or Sunday (those are major pros!) It wasn’t SUPER hot this weekend. I got to take some really cool pictures. I talked to some very nice people while watching the parade. I talked to some very nice people while waiting for the fireworks. I saw the mystery man again! Got lots of hugs, kisses & hand holds from my Shelby Grace. Cons Did bills on Wednesday night which reinforced the fact that it’s going to take a long time before I am out of the red. Still thinking about the letter I got on Monday. It also said life is a “solo mission” which is a sad thing to say. It really got under my skin – dag nabbit! I twist...