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While I have been inching down by fractions of a lb (but I must say very steady weight loss), suddenly I get on the scale today and I am a pound BELOW my half way point. That was a huge surprise. I am extremely grateful!

Now in the weird counting lbs realm, I am down a total of 67, but in the way I really count (pounds lost since right before surgery including the liquid 3day diet) I am down 56.  I am thrilled with this. THRILLED.

3 months post op and I am down 51 lbs. (from before pre-surgery fast). Honestly, I thought it would go faster, but I am very happy with the loss. I need to get out there and exercise more!
 

A month since the 2-4 post, and only down 9 lbs.  I wish it was more, really, but it is ok.  At least it is DOWN, right?

But it still keeps going. I eat so little compared to what I used to, it seems like it should move more. One thing I know for sure, if I was doing this without the surgery, I would have given up already because it is so slow. The part I am extremely happy about is that I really can't eat much more than I am...  forced control, that is what I have needed for so long, to unable me to stay in the game.

I reached two milestones today. One is that I am under 40 BMI, and I am very excited about that, another is that I am under 240. I can't tell you HOW MANY YEARs it has been since I have seen the 230s at all. Probably 20 years.

I was at the Drs. on Thursday and now I have full menu, which scares me a bit.  But I do hope to start that today, up to now I was still doing the "heavy on protein" diet.  NOw it is 50% protein, 25% good starch, and 25% veggie.  Just makes me worry that I won't loose weight, but I know that this "process" will work, so it is just a weird thing in my head. My "head" has messed me up for years, I am going to get past this.

The scale finally moved.  1 lb, but hey...  it was enough to help me remain motivated.

Went back to work yesterday, had a very bad day. I was eating eggs, and 1 piece turkey bacon. It went down wrong, well actually, I was working on the computer and I reverted to old habits and didn't chew enough.  Talk about pain. That was crazy.  Threw up twice, it was not pretty. It took about 2 hours to get myself together. I learned my lesson that I have to be paying attention when I eat because old habits/patterns die hard.

I feel great, but I am disappointed with no weight loss this week. Did anyone else experience this?  I just think on a 600 calorie diet there would be some loss...

Ok, so today there was no new weight lost, and that is ok. I wish it could continue at the pace it was, but I know it can't. So I wait...

I must admit to huge boredom at home. I started painted a few things this morning, and that is good.  I also started on the next phase of the diet (to some degree). I made some chicken salad, just chicken from a can and a little mayo, lots of pepper. It tastes great, and seemed to go down fine. I am obeying the drinking rule when I try the chicken. Tomorrow will be full phase 2. I worry that I won't be able to stop. I had no problem stopping the PROTEIN drinks, cause I hate them.

Starting to feel pretty normal. Went for a hike yesterday, it was cold, but it felt great to get out there and know that I can do things. Today's weigh-in was down another 2 lbs. (yesterday there was none). I can't decide what weight to use for the total amount. I mean it is 35 for the total since I went for the "informational session", but that was not a direct result of the surgery.  Yet, to list all the numbers seems silly.  Maybe to simplify I could list the "to go" pounds, but that makes it seem more difficult.  What do you list? Maybe it just isn't necessary to list a thing, LOL.

Just decided. I will list the total since the beginning. 

34.5 down!

Very surprised to wake up this morning and be down 2.5 today! wow. I did not think it would go so fast.  That is a total of 11.5 since surgery. I must admit it helps with the "Have I done the right thing?" questions I have asked myself. LOL.

This morning I decided to try something different first thing. I drank V8. The stomach seems to handle that better. I hate to not start getting that protein in right away, but I need a break from the stomach acrobats.

Hope to see another movie today! Yesterday I saw "The Descendants".