Congratulations on the driver's license thing. That's WAY more of a milestone than skinnies understand. No more lying to the nice lady behind the desk.

One of the biggest disappointments for me after VSG was finding out that alcohol no longer agrees with me. In fact, it so doesn't agree with me that I have no difficulty saying no to the offer of a vintage glass of white wine (my fave). It sounds like I was an alcoholic, but my husband and I are serious Foodies, and a beautifully paired glass of wine with a gourmet meal was a highlight of our expat life. After 14 weeks, I'm slowly getting to share in the 'gourmet' part again, but no matter what I choose, alcohol just hits me wrong. *sigh*

On another note, I'm curious about the weekly weigh-in. One of the things the doctor here made me promise to do was get rid of my scale, and leave the weigh-ins to check ups with him. I'm glad I did. I've gone down every month, and I've gotten rid of the tyranny of the ".2" thing that always happened to me before. (Well, it was actually a fluctuation of 5 - 7 pounds between morning and night pre-op). I just wondered about the level of discouragement that happens to see ANY gain at all, when likely over the whole month, you'll lose. I don't think I could handle the psychological/emotional upset of seeing the scale go up.

Good luck with your class and the eating out. =)

CE

I just finished skimming through your entire blog. Gives me great hope. One of my "can't wait" is when my drivers license needs to change beause it reads too heavy (right now it's saying I'm 36 lbs lighter than I am).

Keep it up.