Hi Bellaryna

A team member having surgery!!! Oh I do hope it all goes well and you feel much better soon.

Dont worry if you havent got your exercise in - I dropped points earlier in the challenge when I didnt lose weight. We can only do our best.

Get well soon.

And by the way - I glanced at a couple of entries in your diary. My house is a mess. I have told my hubby that it can stay that way until I have lost weight. I go out walking every day instead of doing any housework.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Hey missy, the only thing leftover was the turkey in the chili and the one piece of pumpkin pie - all else was made specially for you guys!!!!

Hope to hear from you soon, I'm hoping all went well with the procedure.

Hello Everyone!!!
Thanks for stopping by Omega, Sweatpea and Hajni! I really appreciate it!

I made it thru!!!! It wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. In fact I had no pain whatsoever!
Tho I was dizzy and a bit nauseated.
I can't wait to see how well it worked. I won't find out for at least a couple of weeks. Anything has got to be better then what I have been dealing with all my life.
So far this week I only have 2 hours and 15 minutes in for exercise. I think that I may try to get on our elliptical later today or tomorrow. Had hoped to feel up to it this morning but I am still feeling a bit dizzy and I don't really want to fall off the dumb thing!!! I didn't even go in to the school today to volunteer in dd's class. Just didn't want to take any chances of suddenly NOT feeling well. And it was right thing to do cuz' the dizzy thing didn't start until about 45 minutes ago.
I didn't eat much yesterday but the things that I did eat weren't exactly low-calorie. Though they did have me eat a light lunch before I could leave the hospital that couldn't of had to many calories because the chix noodle soup that I had was sooooo tasteless. It was like slurping warm water with noodles. SO GROSS!!!
And I had to eat it to leave! YUCK!!! The only other thing that was even worth eating was the chocolate pudding.
Dh was a GEM all day. Letting me sleep all day and bringing me things to eat and drink. He even went and did the grocery shopping so I wouldn't have to worry about it.
I have weighed myself everyday and everyday it has been more then the previous day. I am thinking that it was a bit of nerves due to the surgery and the fact that because of the nerves I haven't exactly been "regular". If you get my drift. LOL
So I am hoping that by Saturday things will be back to normal.
We'll see.
Well since there isn't much else to tell I think that I will go and cruise some diaries.
Thanks for stopping by!

Oh Bell, I'm sorry I didn't realize your surgery was coming up so quickly. I pray you have a SPEEDY recovery and get to feeling yourself real soon!


And I'm sure all your insides are super swollen right now and will probably take a few weeks to get back down, and then you'll probably see some serious weight loss again, I'm sure of it!

Don't wear yourself out trying to exercise to quickly, take your time and relax, surgery is hard on the bod.

I hope you have a relaxing day today, maybe snuggle up on the couch with a warm cup of tea and a nice book. AHHHHHH That sounds lovely!! I know RIGHT we all wish.... HUGS TO YOU MY DEAR!
Kim

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Awww Thanks for the well wishes Kim!!
Your the bestest!!!!
As for snuggling on the couch do you think snuggling under all the laundry would be ok? LOL
Cuz' there sure is alot of it!
Thanks again sweetie!

OOOOOOHHHH Right out of the dryer pile, AHHHHH nice and warm and clean, OH YEAH!! LOL LOL Hide from the family for a little bit too, get some me time. LOL LOL

Ya your right, it must be folded and put away, I'm like that too, but still sounds nice!

Hi Bellaryna

I am pleased that the surgery was not as bad as you anticipated and you are improving.

The really important thing is that you take things easy

As far as not being regular goes - I certainly understand that. This is one reason why I eat more raisins than everyone else put together - most days I eat about 900 calories of raisins. Check out my diary for the challenge dates when we were counting calories if you dont believe me. It may amuse you.

When I asked my doctor about it ages ago (despite eating vast quantities of cereal, fruit and veg) I was told that I should drink more water.

I was more concerned about the constipation from the pain perspective than the fact that it probably increased my weight slightly while things were stuck in transit.

The last thing that you want to do is push yourself for the challenge. Dont push yourself to exercise unless and until you really feel up to it. I certainly understand (and I am positive that the other team members agree) that if the only points you get this week are negative because of a weight gain due to being swollen and possibly a little nervous comfort eating - then that is just fine. I doubt that I could get other than negative points in such circumstances (I am the comfort eating queen).

Take care
Love
Margaret

Ended up not going to work last night.
I was continually having these headaches that just wouldn't go away. No matter what. I am not sure if they were caused by being put out for the surgery or if it was feeling so exhausted all the time.
Today seems to be a better day.
I will have to go to work today regardless of how I feel. Though I could get away with not working since once you miss one day all the others are paid with sick pay. I just don't want to waste my sick pay on headaches.
I kept weighing myself all week and everyday was more than the last until I was all the way up to 207-208. Finally yesterday morning the numbers started to go back down. I was really scared there for awhile wondering where the number was going to stop at. I really didn't want it to stop in the 200's.
I am happy to report that as of this morning I now weigh .2 less then I did last Saturday. 198.2
Not enough to log in any points for the Christmas Challenge but at least there weren't any negative points involved. And it didn't stop in the 200's!!!!
I am actually feeling like I have some energy and may just jump on my elliptical for 20 minutes or so to get back into the swing of things.
I won't be able to teach the swim class for about 2 weeks so l will definately have to pump up the cardio to make up for that.
Oooh I almost forgot. Hubby weighed in at his WW meeting on Tuesday and lost an amazing 9.8 pounds in his first week. The week of Thanksgiving that is!!!!!
I am so proud of him.
Well I need to get going. Things to do before I head off to work and that elliptical is calling!
Hope everyone had a Great Weekend!!

Great job! It's nice that your husband is doing this with you. That always helps.

Great Job!

I hope you'll stay better as well..

{My hubby is sick right now and it stinks!}

Have A Great Night!

Bell, I sure hope your headaches go away soon, that really sucks!! I'm currently fighting a cold, hopefully it won't go crazy on me and move to my chest, at least with a runny nose and sore throat I can still work out, but wheezing, NO WAY!

YEAH on the weight loss too, I'm happy it's all working itself out now. And look at your H, getting skinny and stuff, YEAH!! I know your proud of him, that's a lot of darn weight.

CONGRATS to both of you!! get well soon sweet Bell!
HUGS
Kim

Hi Bella,

I get headaches when I eat something very salty.. I hope your headaches will go away soon!! Congrats on staying under the 200's, no going back...

Wow, congrats on hubby losing the weight!! That is pretty impressive!! Somehow the men in our lives seems to be able to take it off so much easier. My hubby was 170 when we came back from vacation (he is always a steady 160) and I was laughing at him, that now he has to go on a diet... He just kept going on about his business and a week later he was back at 160!! I really thought that was not fair!! The same amount takes me at least 4-5 weeks. Yuck.
Now my weight is going up and down for not apparent reason...I do the same thing I did while on the Halloween challange... I have no idea what is going on.

Hope you are having a good week!!
Hajni

Thanks, I hope that he sticks with it. Seems that he might. Just that we have been down this road in the past and for whatever reason he gets so far and quits.
Thanks for stopping by Stacey
Sorry to hear that your hubby is feeling under the weather. Hopefully he'll clear up real soon.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by!!!!

Peace to you today my friend!! good luck on your weight loss this week, I'm not feeling totally up to par, so not sure what this week has in store for me, but I won't give in that's for sure!

HUGS!!
Kim

So much has happened in the last week. And with having the the surgery and not feeling up to par I just never got around to telling you all everything that has happened.
So here goes my long-winded update! LOL
To prepare for my upcoming surgery and the likelyhood that someone one else was going to need to come into my home to take care of my kids on that morning I SUPERCLEANED the house on Monday and Tuesday.
And I mean cleaned. In fact on Tuesday I got so caught up in the cleaning mood that instead of folding and putting away tons of clothes that no longer fit I started going thru all my dresser drawers and closet cleaning out anything that currently did not fit or was a summer item that was on the line of being to big.
I ended up getting rid of 3 big trash bags full of clothes!!!!
In the past when I have lost weight I always held onto clothes in the off chance that "I needed them later".
Well not this time!!! No way!!! No How!!!
I was amazed at how big some of those clothes were on me. In fact I even was a bit shocked.
Two years ago I got down to 196, what I am weighing today , and it was even the same time of the year. At that time dh had told me that I could go out and buy a new outfit for Christmas as a reward for going below 200.
Last year I couldn't wear the outfit. I had gained the weight back. This year I couldn't wear the pants in the outfit 'cuz they were TOO BIG!! Woohoo!!!!
The shirt was not too big but just right.
On Tuesday night we had to go to a big fancy smancy dinner. Dh is on the board of directors for a children's home that is in our area and all the board and their wives got to eat out at this thing called, "Dinner at the Lake."
This is put on by our local Christian Camp every year. Now don't let the word camp make you think that this was just some ho-hum thing. These people put on the spread.
Prime Rib, Herb and Rice Stuffed Pork Tenderloin, Appetizers that would melt any dieters resolve and desserts to die for!
All this on a night when I am not suppose to eat or drink 8 hours before my surgery. Yes surgery was the next morning bright and early and here I was eating some of the richest food that I had had all year.
To top it off there are people there that I hadn't seen in about a year who kept saying things like, "You look great, fabulous, wonderful."
I even had one person who had known me for the last 12 years but not seen me since last years Christmas Dinner NOT RECOGNIZE ME!!
She said that she kept looking at the back of me thinking to herself who is that? They seem so familiar yet I can't place them.
I was blown away.
Two years ago when I got down to 196 I was still bigger than I am now. So I am now the same weight but a smaller size. In fact the dress pants that I wore to the dinner were a bit roomy on me. I haven't quite gotten up the nerve to try a size 16 yet. Maybe in a few weeks.
So I am attaching a picture of me from the night of the dinner so you can all see that I actually do clean up pretty well. LOL
We have another one of those dinners on Wednesday. This time with our home church. Now that I have had a taste of all that food I don't really want it so much. I do wish that they had a salad to go with the meal but alas no.
Guess I will just fill up on Shrimp Cocktail and Veggies. LOL
It is amazing to me the transformation that has happened in last 4 months.
And I just realized last night that I am now over 1/2 way to my goal. What once started out so daunting has become attainable.
Okay so that is everything in a nutshell that I wanted to say.
Hope everyone else is having a GREAT DAY!