Last week I weighed myself, to date, I have lost 102 lbs! That is NOT a typo, I have actually lost more than 100 lbs in 8 months. I feel Great! Even better than losing all of that weight, I am officially of of INSULIN! No More SHOTS! I am still taking some meds but coming off of insulin was a big deal.
I have learned a lot about myself during this time. Mostly about the importance that I have always put on food and eating. I still like to eat but I find that there are still many things that I just can't tolerate any longer. Then there are things that I loved but just can't have because they make me sick.
I don't eat a lot of bread anymore, actually, I rarely eat any bread like product and outside of a slice of pizza (which used to be my favorite food) that I really miss, I don't really miss any of that high carb, sugar, fat baddy for my body Bread! I have come to enjoy simpler (and way smaller) things, like fruit cups, protein shakes or greek yogurt (simply 100 is my favorite).
Last week I went out to dinner with Tom, Shannon and Scott and I Had to have a canolli. Of course after eating a half cup of soup and 3 bites of my dinner there was no way i was going to fit a cannoli in there. But that's ok. The next day, I ate half the cream, the following day I ate the other half of cream, Lucky Reilly (my puppy) got the cannoli shell!
These days I no longer feel like I'm depriving myself of anything. Its true that if I eat too much or something that is not really good for me, it still makes me sick and uncomfortable. That feeling alone is enough to make sure it doesn't happen often! However, I pretty much eat whatever I want in reason. I also find that I'm not really starving all the time like I used to be. There are times when I get home from work and eat a piece of cheese and that's it for the night.
So in ending, I'm a pretty happy camper! I'm still going to wait a while before I go and buy lots of new clothes as I would really like to lose another 58 lbs. But I really cant complain about where I am at at this point. Through all the trials and agony I had to go through to get this truly life altering surgery, I would do it all again in a second!
Until next time.....
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
The Fires of Justice
On April 12, 2015 in Baltimore, MD Freddie Gray, a 25 year old African American was arrested for an alleged switchblade and before ever got to be booked he died while in police custody. What really happened, no one will ever truly know. However I have seen the video and it is seriously painful to watch.
Freddie Gray will go down in the history books along with Michael Brown, Erik Garner and Trayvon Martin. But will they ever really find justice? I would hope that at the very least their family's find peace.
The riots and bedlam that ensued after the death of Freddie reminded me the riots that were seen in the 60's. And I, for one, have always been in the mind that violence begets violence, that is, until I heard something that made me realize that maybe, just maybe, the only way to make or get effective change is by violence lone?
For days before April 27th the people of Baltimore peacefully protested, however their cause was not brought to the attention of the country until that day, the day of Freddie's funeral when all hell broke loose. The CVS was burnt to the ground and looted along with a number of police cars and other area businesses and that and only then is when the News outlets rolled into town.
While I do not believe in violence for violence sake and I certainly do not condone the willful hurting of any person, be them civilian or police, I think I understand the reason why this situation deteriorated into what it did. Later during the week after the national guard was called out and a curfew was put down, I heard a woman on one of our local channels being interviewed by a news outlet. I do not recall the question the reporter asked the woman but I will never forget the answer, she said to him, "You paid us no attention when we were out here for days peacefully protesting and only came here when the Riots started." What can I say, she was right, NO ONE CARED until they acted out.
So has this become the way now? The only way to bring attention to your cause is to act out? Those words just send a chill up my spine. We teach our children to not have temper tantrums and yet we tell our adults to peacefully protest something you think is unfair, immoral or bad and then we act as if we don't really care? If that is the way now, its no wonder that these people acted out the way that they did. Why would anyone protest peacefully if no one listens?
Tell me, what do you think? Is it the medias fault for not covering the peaceful and diving into the violence because its more entertaining? Is this something we can expect from now on whenever someone feels that they have been mistreated?
Freddie Gray will go down in the history books along with Michael Brown, Erik Garner and Trayvon Martin. But will they ever really find justice? I would hope that at the very least their family's find peace.
The riots and bedlam that ensued after the death of Freddie reminded me the riots that were seen in the 60's. And I, for one, have always been in the mind that violence begets violence, that is, until I heard something that made me realize that maybe, just maybe, the only way to make or get effective change is by violence lone?
For days before April 27th the people of Baltimore peacefully protested, however their cause was not brought to the attention of the country until that day, the day of Freddie's funeral when all hell broke loose. The CVS was burnt to the ground and looted along with a number of police cars and other area businesses and that and only then is when the News outlets rolled into town.
While I do not believe in violence for violence sake and I certainly do not condone the willful hurting of any person, be them civilian or police, I think I understand the reason why this situation deteriorated into what it did. Later during the week after the national guard was called out and a curfew was put down, I heard a woman on one of our local channels being interviewed by a news outlet. I do not recall the question the reporter asked the woman but I will never forget the answer, she said to him, "You paid us no attention when we were out here for days peacefully protesting and only came here when the Riots started." What can I say, she was right, NO ONE CARED until they acted out.
So has this become the way now? The only way to bring attention to your cause is to act out? Those words just send a chill up my spine. We teach our children to not have temper tantrums and yet we tell our adults to peacefully protest something you think is unfair, immoral or bad and then we act as if we don't really care? If that is the way now, its no wonder that these people acted out the way that they did. Why would anyone protest peacefully if no one listens?
Tell me, what do you think? Is it the medias fault for not covering the peaceful and diving into the violence because its more entertaining? Is this something we can expect from now on whenever someone feels that they have been mistreated?
Thursday, April 23, 2015
6 Months Out
I just had my 6 month check up with my surgeon last week. I am officially 89lbs less then I was when I went in for my barbaric surgery on Sept 2, 2014. I have 11 more lbs before I hit that wonderful 100lb down mark.
I have not gone cloths shopping yet. I refuse to do so until I hit that 100 lb mark. All of my cloths are way way big on me, but I do not care. Honestly, I'm not even sure what size I am in now. I suppose I will have to try things on now before I actually do [purchase them, when I do go.
I have to say all of my life I was searching for that "magic pill" to loose weight, until I got the opportunity to get this surgery and even though I did have to go into hock ($4000) to make this happen, I am so, unbelievably happy that I did this for myself. I think I was at the point were I would have died from complications of diabetes or a stroke.
Today I feel great, I can work in my yard without feeling like I am having a heart attack. I can go for 2 mile walks without loosing my breath. I'm not where I want to be just yet but I am getting there. I have also noticed recently that I'm not always hungry like I used to be all of the time. Which is good and helps a lot.
Spring has finally sprung in the great northeast and I feel good, like I have not felt in many years. I am planning on doing many improvements around my house this year because I finally can.
Peace OUT....
I have not gone cloths shopping yet. I refuse to do so until I hit that 100 lb mark. All of my cloths are way way big on me, but I do not care. Honestly, I'm not even sure what size I am in now. I suppose I will have to try things on now before I actually do [purchase them, when I do go.
I have to say all of my life I was searching for that "magic pill" to loose weight, until I got the opportunity to get this surgery and even though I did have to go into hock ($4000) to make this happen, I am so, unbelievably happy that I did this for myself. I think I was at the point were I would have died from complications of diabetes or a stroke.
Today I feel great, I can work in my yard without feeling like I am having a heart attack. I can go for 2 mile walks without loosing my breath. I'm not where I want to be just yet but I am getting there. I have also noticed recently that I'm not always hungry like I used to be all of the time. Which is good and helps a lot.
Spring has finally sprung in the great northeast and I feel good, like I have not felt in many years. I am planning on doing many improvements around my house this year because I finally can.
Peace OUT....
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Just call me Ms MANNERS!
As a child my parents taught me manners and to respect my elders. Even if I didn't like what they were saying, I would graciously bow out of a conversation, slink away from the situation or just shrug my shoulders and move on. My parents taught me to say please, thank you and...the biggest pet peeve I have going these days, EXCUSE ME! We were also taught to not put our elbows on the table, not to eat with our mouths open and not to chew like a cow. But yet, I see children everywhere these days not only not minding their manners but the parents acting like its ok. WTF?
Is it my imagination or are people not teaching their children these basic manners any longer? When has it become, as a society, to be belligerent and rude to everyone around you?
I just want to mention that I was born and raised in NJ and even though us Jersey girls rule the school yard when it comes to going from 0 to Bitch in less than a nano-second, not even I am flat out rude to people (unless of course they ask for it!) and believe me, when they ask for it, they become very sorry very fast!
Short story, I'm in shoprite the other day with the love of my life, Tom, we are always courteous to other shoppers, we say excuse me and keep our cart to the right so people can get around us (imagine that in a food store, right!) So this cocky little chick around 16 years old is standing with a basket at the end of the lane, we were looking for something so we did not even see her, Tom steps back and she skirts around him, while sucking her teeth and rolling her eyes. I see that and the Jersey rears its ugly head and I said to her, The word we use here is EXCUSE ME! loud enough for every one in the aisle to hear. Neither her or her oblivious mother said anything to me the nearly 3 times after that they almost ran into me. My point of this story is, What is with people? If that were me when I was that age, my mother would have dragged me back there and publicly apologized to that person. Not saying excuse me, please or thank you were a sin that you did not want to commit.
Today on the news this morning, I hear this "new thing" parents are doing with their children, its call "free range parenting" are you freaking kidding me? You let your kid out of the house to get some fresh air and now you have a name for it? Like they are some kind of chicken you let loose in the yard? You allow your kid to act anyway they want towards other people and its ok with you that he/she is a little twerp? Seriously?
Now Its true I do not have any children of my own and far be it for me to tell someone else how to raise their kids but come on, a few manners and some common sense go along way in life. That is...unless...the parents are assholes too...which is more than likely the problem...
Is it my imagination or are people not teaching their children these basic manners any longer? When has it become, as a society, to be belligerent and rude to everyone around you?
I just want to mention that I was born and raised in NJ and even though us Jersey girls rule the school yard when it comes to going from 0 to Bitch in less than a nano-second, not even I am flat out rude to people (unless of course they ask for it!) and believe me, when they ask for it, they become very sorry very fast!
Short story, I'm in shoprite the other day with the love of my life, Tom, we are always courteous to other shoppers, we say excuse me and keep our cart to the right so people can get around us (imagine that in a food store, right!) So this cocky little chick around 16 years old is standing with a basket at the end of the lane, we were looking for something so we did not even see her, Tom steps back and she skirts around him, while sucking her teeth and rolling her eyes. I see that and the Jersey rears its ugly head and I said to her, The word we use here is EXCUSE ME! loud enough for every one in the aisle to hear. Neither her or her oblivious mother said anything to me the nearly 3 times after that they almost ran into me. My point of this story is, What is with people? If that were me when I was that age, my mother would have dragged me back there and publicly apologized to that person. Not saying excuse me, please or thank you were a sin that you did not want to commit.
Today on the news this morning, I hear this "new thing" parents are doing with their children, its call "free range parenting" are you freaking kidding me? You let your kid out of the house to get some fresh air and now you have a name for it? Like they are some kind of chicken you let loose in the yard? You allow your kid to act anyway they want towards other people and its ok with you that he/she is a little twerp? Seriously?
Now Its true I do not have any children of my own and far be it for me to tell someone else how to raise their kids but come on, a few manners and some common sense go along way in life. That is...unless...the parents are assholes too...which is more than likely the problem...
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