Such a pretty face...: When you least expect it.... (lots of pictures :D)

First I'll do my weekly weigh in :) ... After talking to nutrition about my carb problem she said to start off slow and add a fruit or a veggie to one or two meals a day. Then keep adding a fruit or a veg to each meal and slowly but surely, I'll be getting in what she wants. I'm at about one or two meals a day. I'm trying to do one fruit and one veg a day. I'm working on it.

Today I weighed in at :

So I'm right on track with what my surgeon and nutritionist want with the 2lb a week weight loss (even though I'd like to be losing more a week... this is where they want me at).

This puts my loss at a grand total of : 125lbs. And my Since Surgery total: 77lbs :)

125 pounds. I've lost...


One Maggie Gyllenhall

OR...


One Taylor Swift

(Celebrity weights courtesy of : http://www.howmuchdotheyweigh.com/)

Losing the inches and inching closer to goal :)

So... I'd just like to talk about support from people where I least expected it. Clearly... I'm extremely open about my surgery. I've said this many times, and I'll say it again... as long as someone will stand still long enough to let me tell them about it... I will.

So I have told perfect strangers about it. Like when I went pumpkin picking and wine tasting with Steph, Lesli and Erin this weekend. I clearly am not drinking. So when we were at one of the wineries... and one of their friends who works there (Steph and Lesli go often so they make friends lol , love you guys) asked why I can't drink, originally thinking it was because I was underage- since Lesli said "Oh the little one can't drink" lol... So I explained that I recently had gastric bypass and she got all excited for me and kept congratulating me.

I get this a lot from the strangers I tell... but I can who is just saying it to say it... or those who have a genuine sense of happiness for me, even without knowing me. This woman was genuinely happy for me. Her face when I showed her one of my before and afters was awesome.

Its moments like that... that wipe away all the negativity that I've gotten from the surgery.

So... my bottom line is... ts just really nice to have support from people who don't even know you, when certain friends or family may have let you down, or hurt you regarding the surgery.

Now please enjoy some pics from my unexpected day at the beach with Megan in october when it was 85 degrees...