Well, I can’t believe it! 6 months already? September 11th was my 6 month surgiversary! Where has the time gone? August 21 marked the 1 year anniversary of me starting this journey. I can’t believe a year ago, I decided to make the change, take the plunge if you will. I’m posting my picture from July 2008, it’s the closest thing I have as to a 1 year picture. I’m also posting my 6month anniversary picture too. Look at the difference… WOW! There are some days that I still can’t believe that I look so different, feel so good. It’s amazing. Last week, I had a crazy burst of ener
gy… so I cleaned out my closets again, cleared out my old shoes, and cleaned out the dresser. It was a take no prisoners approach and I came up with 10 grocery bags of clothes that I can’t wear anymore, and yes, I did try them all on. (Steve got a great fashion show complete with the requisite “Do you think this makes me look fat?” and “Does this look too big?”) Ten bags is a lot of clothes. Most of these are going to friends who can use them (I’m of the reduce, reuse, recycle school of thought, and well, who can’t use free clothes in today’s economy?) I made a couple exceptions however and made a couple of baskets of the brand name stuff to take to consignment… I was so excited to sell my clothes and make some money to buy new smaller sized clothes… What a joke that turned out to be. First of all, I can’t really complain, but I am going to anyway, so humor me. Saturday, I took my baskets to Clothes Mentor in Perrysburg. After waiting for 2 hours for them to sort thru them, I made $21 and they only took 6, yes 6, articles of clothing. I mean, I have to be grateful that those are 6 pieces that I don’t have to get rid of, but I thought that they would take more. So, all week, I have been driving around with 2 baskets of clothes in my backseat, keeping me company all the way. I am going to take them to consignment, or, again, donate them to friends who can use them.Lately, I have been getting the question “What’s the best part of losing all the weight?” The very best part is how much healthier I feel. ‘Nuff said. The second best part of the last 6 months is I can now shop in the “regular” sizes in the stores (at least for my tops). I got a size 14 skirt zipped this weekend. I am going to try it on again and see how close I am to being able to wear it in public. I need to shop for some jeans, I have none and I don’t like that. I am thinking Goodwill… unless anyone has some size 16s I can have…
We have been having fun trying new foods at our house. Or at least I have been having fun. Steve has tried lots of new foods… and there are very few that are going to be put on his plate again! He liked the Italian chicken. Stir Fry, not so much. I made him grill marinated chicken Shish-Kabobs for supper a couple weeks ago. He said he didn’t like the green pepper and onion (that made me laugh because he eats lots of those, he just doesn’t know it!) It’s been trial and error for him. Me, I eat pretty much the same things, day in and day out. Things I know work. I don’t try a whole lot of new stuff. I did eat some 7-Layer salad a couple of weeks ago. It was wonderful, so I may make some salad for dinner tonight. Tuna salad with cukes mixed in is my all time favorite, right up there with my daily dose of Chicken Cassoulet or chili. I love cucumber salad made with yogurt and Splenda instead of mayo & milk. It’s all about learning how to tweak your favorites so you can eat them and not have the sugars, flours, fats, etc and make them healthy protein choices. I know my taste buds are changing too because I can see all of you making the “yuck” faces! LOL. Well, I better sign off for now. Hope all is well for those of you who stuck around to read the end of this! See ya next time.
