I'm in that in-between place that can be frustrating - my food intake is drastically different (in both size, frequency and food choices), and I feel like I'm getting nowhere fast.  My last weigh in at 3 weeks post surgery was EXACTLY the same as the one 6 days post op.  How frustrating!  My doctor seemed to brush it off.  I voiced that when you're giving up a lot, you want to see progress!  He assured me that even though I was down only 5 lbs. from the morning of surgery, and 12 lbs. from the week prior to surgery (due to the low-carb liver diet), I was 17 lbs. down from when I weighed in in July when I came in to discuss surgery.  Well, that's something.  But still - three weeks out and only 5 lbs. down?  And no further loss in the two weeks since the last weigh in?  Not exactly exciting.

But..... I'm keeping on.  Because I'm doing a ton right (even if I'm not always perfect), and that's got to result in something - even if it's a slow something.  I'm hoping that this next time I weigh in on 12/15, I'll be under 300.  My last weigh-in was 306.6.  I'd really like some loss to start showing by Christmas.  My husband swears he notices, but he's crazy.  Yesterday my pants seemed a bit roomier in the butt, but if I pulled them up they were the same.  Today I was driving one of my kids to school and felt momentarily as though my belly wasn't protruding as much.  But as I sit here and grab a handful of gut, that seems to be my imagination.  Who knows!

Soon.  Soon I will see it.  I should have measured myself, dang-it!  Ah well.  No time like the present, I guess.  Next month I'll thank myself, I'm sure.

Kel