6 month done...Half Way There!

Yes, it's really been 6 months surgery! I had meant to post a 5 month update but life took over and I realized I was only a week away from my next checkup. In the last 3 weeks I've welcomed a new granddaughter, said my last goodbyes to a grandpuppy and helped one of my daughters get her house in order. It's also been crazy busy at work while being short-staffed.  With all the turmoil, the blessings and the sorrows, I totally lost sight of my own goals. My habit of taking care of everyone and everything besides myself crept up on me without warning.

So in the last 2 months I have only lost 5 pounds. Mostly because I've been craving salt and chocolate, which means I've been eating chips and cookies, etc. and not sticking to a meal plan. I am a huge stress eater so it's a miracle that I lost any weight at all. Good thing my stomach doesn't hold much or I probably would have gained! My nurse sent me home the other day with instructions to re-read my program materials and get back on a menu plan. And get back to gym...make the time for myself, to take care of me first, or I'll burn out and not be good for anyone.

ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE...

The last six months have been an amazing journey! I have accomplished so many goals that a year ago I wouldn't have imagined possible. I've lost 55 pounds. I've gone from a size 22 to a size 12/14; dropped a full shoe size (and don't need wide width); diabetes-gone; high blood pressure-gone; high cholesterol-gone; sleep apnea-gone; low back pain-mostly gone. My old wardrobe is almost gone, just a few things left I'm having trouble letting go of. I can wear heels again. I cut my hair short.

I don't have crazy mood swings anymore. I don't spend hours at the doctors office every month. My relationship with my husband has improved. I have two beautiful granddaughters. I don't sleep all the time. My house is cleaner.

I still have a ways to go and the resolve to make the changes needed to get through the next 6 months. I have another 50 pounds to go so I need to pick up the pace a bit. 8 pounds a month from here forward...I can do this!