Spring has Sprung

Looks like I've been neglectful of my blog! Apologies! I bought my first pair of shorts in preparation for warmer weather! Guess what? Size 6!!! I can't stand it!!! Now I do want to say that I bought some of the new LONG shorts. They come just about to my knees....I'm making sure to cover the saggy skin on these skinny thighs! It's so funny, when I was trying shorts on, the legs were actually too big in some of them. These are so not my legs of old!

Spring has sprung here in the mountains, and it's been beautiful. The flowering trees here are so incredible! However, we've been having a Blackberry Freeze (I think?) and it got chilly again. It was down in the 20's overnight last week, and we had to cover up the blueberry bushes we just planted. The high today was only around 60....so those shorts I bought are still in the bag. Hopefully we'll warm up this week and I can try them on and show off my Casper the Ghost legs....gotta get back to using that lotion with the self tanner in it!

In case you're tracking, I'm down to 144 - that's 112 pounds gone. I am now within Dr. P's goal for me. He said anywhere between 135 and 145. I have chose 136 as my personal goal, but if I never lost another pound I would be completely happy at 144. The weight loss has slowed down...it took about 2 weeks to go from 146 to 144. I'm actually thrilled with that, as this has been one fast ride for me. I've had several different people tell me that they guessed my weight at 100-110 pounds....so I guess I don't really ever want to see that weight. I'd look like a skeleton!

My eating has not changed lately. Still snacking my way through life. That's what it feels like - snacking. I just eat a little bit, but every 2 hours or so. I'm trying to get a much protein in as possible, so nuts, cheese, a little turkey, peanut butter, whatever. It's easy to reach for crackers or pretzels, but the protein is the better choice. I also try to focus on drinking enough. I can drink more than I could 3 months ago...but still nothing like before surgery. I have regular meals too! But they also feel like snacking, since I can't eat too much.

My husband and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this month, and then he had his birthday and joined me in the 50's club. I told him I was sorry that he had to wait 19 years to get a skinny wife - but he said it was worth the wait! We went out to a nice dinner for our anniversary. We split of course! We even split some tiramisu for dessert. It was funny - I was thinking about how in the past I would have been HOPING that he wouldn't want much of it! This time, I was hoping he would eat most of it - which he did. I'm a cheap date now!

Life is good. Hope you're enjoying yours!