Harder than I thought!

Whew, this is harder than I thought.  I had talked to a lot of people that had already had this surgery before I had mine and I knew this wouldn't be an easy journey.  It not like you just have the surgery and poof your skinny.  Its a whole new lifestyle that you HAVE TO embrace (no if, ands or buts about it).  Its not like in the past when I had said to myself and my family; "That's it!! no more junk food in the house, lets get out and be active!" There was nothing to hold my feet to the fire to make us stay on task, it was too easy to put the New Year's resolution off for a few days and be lazy and eat bad stuff together.  Now I have no choice.  A bite of a brownie, missing a meal or a snack or forgetting to take a vitamin supplement now causes serious health issues for me immediately!

Having a life changing procedure like this also helps you see who in your life really cares about you.  It was so encouraging to read everyone's comments on FB as I was in and out of surgery and in recovery.  Thank you for all of those who brought my family yummy dinners too.  Dan and the kids enjoyed them very much!  To the person that sent a plate of brownies.....um thanks, I threw them in the garbage. How about a fruit basket next time?  The gesture was nice but my whole family is on this journey with me to be come fit and eat healthier food so we are just going to try not to have that stuff in our home anymore.

On a lighter note! I am down 6 pounds since the surgery.  (Did you get the joke..."lighter note"....I lost 6 pounds so I'm "lighter". Sorry that was a corny joke but I am writing this at 6:30 a.m. so what do you expect?

Have a great week everyone!  Thanks again for following me on this journey!!!