I am soooo THANKFUL....

Nov 25, 2012

Wow I survived THANKS GIVING!!! I had a wonderful time with my family! Which is normal, but, I did not stray with my eating, yes I had some treats, but, nothing that caused me guilt or shame, all pretty much "clean eating" !

I am soooo THANKFUL for my wonderful family, my wonderful health and what an absolutely wonderful surgery! Everyone who ever has had WLS always says, "I wished I had had this surgery sooner!", and I just can't think and feel  that enough. There are so many things I can enjoy and do now! I didn't allow myself to do and participate in life so much, as I do now. Soooo much low self esteem, and worrying about embarrassing my loved ones, that I even took so much away from them and what they would have liked to have done, but , they didn't, because I felt so lowly about myself. So much waisted time! I have also learned so much about myself, the good, the bad and the UGLY. I would like to believe I have become a more compassionate person as a result of this WL journey. You can't have had this journey with out it changing you, again, bad or good change. Cause we all go through that self absorbed phase too, and that can be pretty boring and frustrating to our loved ones.

 While I was away,  I purposed to walk 4 miles everyday! I was out out the door by 7 a.m. or a little bit earlier. And 3 of the days I actually did my 4 miles under an hour!!!! It was very cold for Florida standards!!! Some mornings it was 45 degrees! I made sure to bundle up, and soooo surprised myself with my time! My relatives are use to me visiting and exercising in the morning, so, it was nice to hear everyone telling my Mom, "you know she has to go for her walk Mom". Mom thought I would sleep in with the colder weather, but, it was sooooo invigorating and really kept me from stressing through out the day.

I am predicting a great December ahead of me!!!!!

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