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LisaBoston · 04-26-2006, 09:58 AM

I feel I have overcome some challenges in the last few days, and does it ever do well with your emotions.

Yesterday I had lunch with the hubby and my boss. I has a seafood melt. I took off the english muffin and put the seafood mixture ontop of my tossed salad. It was really good and very satisfying. Kept me full the rest of the day. Supper didn't go down as well, thus only at about 1/4 in total..but thats ok.

I went to a stampin party (I make homemade stamped cards & scrapbooks). The one lady brought garlic fingers and hot wings for snack. (they are pizza bread with TONS of cheese, bacon and dip). They used to be my favorite and I could eat probably 1/2 of a pizza before WLS, although that stuffed me.

The lady felt bad when she realized that I wasn't having any. I told her, by all means, don't feel bad. I can have it if I want to, I just choose not to have it. I hope I didn't make her feel bad by saying that it wasn't a good choice. One other lady made a few nice comments about the fact that food is in your head and agreed with me that I am surrounded by good and bad choices and its up to each person to make choices for themselves. I left without having any and walked back to my house afterwards and felt great about it. I then took the dog for his walk. Very active evening.

THIS IS FUNNY........a patron very privately asked me yesterday if I had a boob job! She said, I know you have been off work, and your boobs look so much bigger..........hahahahah......she didn't realize that I lost weight, but now that my boobs don't have a shelf to sit on, apparently they look bigger. I was a 46DD before surgery and now a 42DD.....no boob job here...its interesting the publics perception and then to vocalize it.

Just like another lady was shocked when I showed her my scar. She was trying to give me the, "You need to get in the gym and workout, no diet works without it" lecture. She knows I had surgery and apparently she thinks she knows best. I told her my doctor doesn't want me to do any weights or resistance training for another 3 weeks as I had the open procedure and we want to avoid a hernia. So after her comments about a "little"surgery, I flashed my scar at her....she gasped. You would think that would shut her up....nope.......she said, well AT YOUR AGE, you will never be a string bikini girl, so a scar is no big deal right!.............she is here every day at our facility, so this relationship should prove to be interesting!

I am actually enjoying ordering some clothes from sears to find that they are too big....little wow moments like these feel good, and in the comfort of my own home. I am finally at the stage where I need to buy panties. There have been times this week, that they just won't stay up...another good feeling. Pants...I wash in hot water now and put in the dryer....they shrink a little and give me a little more wear. Shorts from last summer....last week some fit ok, this week - NOT.

Hey, the scale may not be moving, but the body is changing in great ways. The hubby is sure starting to notice and is very complimentary...