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Besides the wonderful community of geese, my Dh and I use  two geese flying side by side as a symbol of our love and life committment to each other, With out his loving support in my life I could never consider this life changing surgery.   So Honk honk to all the pre-ops and post-ops, lovers and friends in this fabulous community . I am so grateful.

Ok, so I eat when I am stressed, and I have to lose 10% of my body weight pre-surgery, and they aren't giving me credit for the first 8 I lost in December cause no documentation, but I lost 6 more, and now can't get the scale to budge, well one more pound.  I am exercising everyday, staying under 1300 calories and STRESS MUCH????? and what do I do when i am stressed??? OMG, I still have a month but just a month and the what if monster is stealing my excitment, and I worry.Focus-i thought i was-no weight loss
Maybe the 4 1/2 feet of snow on the ground is finally getting to me, it just keeps snowing and snowing, my walkways are getting narrower and narrower...arrrgghh-i don't know........

check-I met with Corinne today, went really well, I think.  I am on the fast track so she is expecting alot from me. Now is not going to give me credit for the first 8 # cause it is not documented anywhere. So I have to start at my Jan 8 weight, which was down 8# from my highest weight.
But,
I LOST 6 more pounds in a month, which included being on vacation for 2 of those weeks, so I am psyched!  Now I have some huge numbers to put dowm and some huge minutes to exercise but I am determined to be ready for the 31st! i hate pressure, it usually works the opposite for me, perverse seems to be my middle name sometimes, but I am so determined to have this done and done now!
Check-had psych eval, Holly Stewert very nice, fun, but sharp as a tack...no fooling her.  I will be having some after care with a therapist, best practice for me and my issues with food. Good!

I didn't even know I had insurance approval, so check!!! I called today and it is all set. Well, wait a minute she said my insurance covers it, so does that mean I am approved...well....I'll ask again on Wednesday when I am there...hmmm

Yup, I had a couple of cheeseburgers, yup ate the fires that went with, wrote it all down, stayed under 1500 calories every day but one on vaca...but did I lose weight?Prob not!! We will see, nutrish on WEdnesday where I asume we will go over my diary and weigh in. 42 days until surgery if all goes well. If they called me tomorrow I think I would go...cept for clients, I am going back to work tom..I have missed my clients. I am breaking it to people slowly that I will be gone for a month in April, not telling anyone what is actually going on, boundaries, boundaries!! 
The island was absolutely wonderful, we had a wonderful wonderful time, reconnected with our best friends, they flew down for a long weekend, and made a decision to stay a month next year.
Eleuthera is a beautiful, laid back island with some of the nicest people we have ever met.
Oh, came home to 3 1/2 feet of new snow.  Oh my Gravey, what am I doing here!
I have missed everyone, hope you are all doing well.
MWAH!

Ok, so i am writing everythng down, every "lick" as Corinne said, and it is an eye opener, afternoons are def a prob as are carbs...hmmm what a surprise.  Husband is being tres tres supportive, gotta love a man who cuts your melon for you in the am in paradise.  We are walking and swimming so that is great.  i hope to stay the same or lose a couple while I am here.
Weather, perfect, house, perfect, carribean sea, perfect.  ahh

Ok, so I am now keeping a food journal...and going on vacation tonight!! This shouold be fun.  No internet access, well, not easily anyway, there is some bar somewhere that has computers you can pay for 15 minutes, so I will do a diary on line.  Has anyone else found the my calorie counter, great site, keeps track of everything and has 45000 food items on it, will keep a running total for you day, against you goals, very cool.
WE leave at 6:35 am tomorow for Nassau and then we fly to Eleuthera on Friday.  We will stay in a house on the water-Carribean side- for 2 weeks.  It is so great for me and my husband to get away from everything and one, for this little slice of time. We do it every year, and we are so blessed to be able to. 
Got on the scale this am and gained 3 lbs, here we go, the wrong way, stessing about keeping a journal!! LOL figures, well, I will be walking and swimming soon, that's got to help.
Bye for now, and as we say in our family
Love you bye!!

So, a three hour class in nutrition today.  I "know" this stuff, how will I KNOW this stuff so I am doing it?  I am having such problems trusting myself to do what will be required of me, why now, it has never worked before.  I know, I know, this new tool will help me, I just don't trust ME.

My ultrsound results were fine, I have cute kidneys!! Just 4" long and doing their job, no stones visible in my gallbladder, and everything else ok, if I read the medical gobblygoop correctly.  So Check!
Monday, the nutrition class, 3 hours.  I am an hour away, actually from work it is an hour and 3/4, than an hour home, so it will be a long day. Tuesday I see a bunch of clients, Wednesday, had to work instead of having my grands to fit everyone in before we

LEAVE FOR THE ISLANDS!!!  A week from tonight, we will be on our way to the Bahamas for 2 weeks.  Yahoo!! I have sooooooooooooooooo much to get through before I am sitting on that plane I just have to remember to do one day at a time, and breathe! Yoga anyone??

So...CHECK...got my ultrasound done on wednesday, sent more test results to CMMC, doing another test in the privacy of my home-ewewew, but hey whatever they need LOL So I will trun that in next week...check...I love to have a goal and work towards it..just give me a checklist and I am so good!!