Week 27 Post-Op VSG ~ 59 pounds lost so far!

It's Friday and my weigh in this morning I was 222 lbs.  I lost one more pound and one more inch on my thighs, Yay!   I am happy with this. At least I did not gain any weight. : )   I still have mental issues around food.  I worry about eating, ANYTHING.  A lifetime of chronic dieting will do that to a person.  Writing down what I eat has helped me feel more conscious of what I am actually eating.  I just don't want to be stuck in a weight-loss stall again.  I also don't want to feel deprived and begin a freak out that way either. 

It's the holiday season and the GOOD sweets are EVERYWHERE!  My one and only true trigger food is chocolate.  In fact, if I had one day to live, and someone were to grant me my very last thing to eat before I died, I know EXACTLY what I would eat.   THIS....

Profiterole ~ Pâte à choux "puff" filled with vanilla-bean ice cream,
topped with chocolate sauce and almonds from one of
my favorite French Bistros in the San Francisco Bay Area ~ http://liaisonbistro.com/

I am far from being able to eat something like this without the horrible dumping syndrome happening. Sugar makes me feel very ill, I mean so ill that it ruins my day kind of ill.  I can eat berries and drink juice, but straight up sweets makes me feel so bad that I need to crawl into bed due to stomach cramps and nausea.  I still dream of my little french bistros. Maybe after I reach my goal, I will get to share one of these with someone special next year? 

I'm grateful for this tiny tummy tool to help me get to my next weight-loss goal of 219 lbs. hopefully by my birthday on Dec. 13th...  We will see!  Doing the carb cycling still is the easiest way to stay on track for me.  When I do get chocolate cravings, I reach for a low carb Weight Watchers Ice cream bar.

I'm losing slowly, I don't have any excess skin so far. I am getting smaller all over, you can really see it now.  I'm feeling great!

VSG & the Holidays...

It's my first holiday season with my tiny tummy.  I cooked a lot, and tasted a little bit of everything.  You can see a body shot of me so far kind of in the video.  Here are the highlights....

On Sunday, it will be officially 6 months Post Op VSG Surgery!  58 Pound Loss!

I got on the scale and still am at 223 lbs.  YAY!  It's not food calories that I am worried about so much, it's the alcohol calories.  Holiday cocktails go down WAY TOO EASY. I am not going to freak out if I gain a couple pounds, but I will get my ass out there and walk more to make up for the indulgences that befall my next month of good times. 

Eggnog Martini's!

I will not deprive myself during this season, but not over eat go crazy overboard either.  When I do try something high carb, I mark it down as my high carb day and then go back to low carb the next day.  This is something I can live with as a lifestyle. 

Last night at a party, one of my friends came up to me and said, "I looked great."  He said it in a sort of, "Wow your HOT kind of way."   It felt good to hear.  I feel good and I'm dressing a little nicer than I used too.  I'm wearing things that are a little more form fitting.  I guess my change is beginning to really show on the outside now.  It feels good.  

I have a long way to go still before 

I make my goal weight of 145 lbs.