Keep on keeping on

Yes it has been awhile. Adjustments needed to be made! *Snark* We have been busy and I haven' t been feeling well. Mostly tired. I need about 12 hours of sleep lately or I just am not very nice! What's new! Heh. So I have a question... What is all this meme stuff? I want to meme. It seems kewl. Somebody meme me!

Playing games with the scale

I am now 8 pounds shy of the big 200. Things started to move slow this past week and a half were I was not averaging 2 pounds a day but 2 pounds every 3rd day. I know, I know what am I beyotching about! I'm losing weight and that is what counts. ( Whatever) : ) Anyway, I am finding I am in a tween state of clothing were my stuff fits loose, but my smaller stuff is not quite comfy yet. I soo don't even know what size I am anymore! But I don't dare buy clothes, cause I don't know how long I will fit in anything. Dumb. Okaydokey done ranting. for NOW.......

Avoiding the trap of the Janet & Seth show

Hey ya'll. Some of you know that we were asked to take over as leadership for our home group after our leaders decided to move to Costa Rica for incredible job/mission opportunity. It happened real fast and I for one am not ashamed to say that I was totally excited about doing this. Now we are also the leaders of a second group on a different night and yeesh. I am still excited and looking forward to building new relationships. Sooooooooooooo driving home from church last night Seth and I talked about how we don't want to be the S& J show, but make this a time for people to get equipped and grow. I'm like, yeah. Totally, but how do you avoid getting into all that? Our first group has been together for over a year so that one is relatively easy to facilitate. But the second group is smaller and tentative and there are some challenges. This is Seth's first foray into leadership roles and he's nervous. Me? I live for this stuff, maybe I should be a teacher instead of a social worker? UHmm. maybe not. OUr church is heading for some heavy duty changes. It's obvious. We are the incredible shrinking church. But I am not one to jump from a sinking ship. I can't swim all that well and now that I'm losing weight, I don't float all that well either. Tips? trips? Thoughts?

Pouch What Wilst Thou Allow?

Sooooo. Sept 16 I had Gastric Bypass surgery. Was in the Hospital for 3 days. Agony Agony. naw. Not really. I lost some blood ( normal) but I had to get a tranfusion ( A+) and I felt much better. The worst thing was being all wired up like a marionette and having to pee. TMI. OMG.
So then I came home and I was very very burpy. So burpy that I thought my lung collapsed from all the powerful BBBBURRRRRPPPPPPPPs. Apparently they fill you up with air so they can move around in there, Like a tent. yeesh. Then for a couple days I was pretty pooped out, then I felt better and slowly started to regain some sanity. The second week home I was starting to get cabin fever. I drove around and walked around alot. When I went to the doctor I had lost 25 pounds already and I was taken off the rest of my meds. Now I am insulin and med free. I am not free of vitamins or liquid iron, but hell. I would rather take those that poke my guts with insulin 3 times a day. Yesterday I went to work. Ick. I am sooo not ready to be at work, but ah well I am there ( part time- Thank GOD!) and I am now eating soft mushy food. I am also getting all emotional ( whaa? me emotional?) apparently the fat I am losing has hormones in it from like years of having no hormones?! Thus it is like I am constant PMS. Yikes. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Thanks to my tiny stomach I am now lactose intolerant. Dabmnbitt Lactose! I ate some Sugah free/Fat Free eee puddin and thought my gut s would meet the ER. I want to die. But I am all better now.

So I feel better, a bit snippy, but better and hopeful for more weightloss. Now come the hard part. Learning to eat totally differnt. :)

Me and My Shadow

I am back! Happy to be back at work (part time) and recovering nicely. I have all the details but I better take a break real quick.