Open House!

I mean that both literally and figuretively! I am a realtor and I am hosting an open house today and that got me thinking.

Although I am very outgoing, when it comes to my weight, I have always been a very private person. I have never shared what I weigh with anyone other than my doctors and the ladies at WW. The thought about 'Opening up' and telling the world that I am having WLS is a little scarey, I won't lie! To date, I have only told my immediate family and some very close friends that I am having WLS. If I was honest, I'd say that with the exception of my DH and daughters, I wouldn't tell anyone if I thought I could get away with it!

However, I recognize the importance of surrounding myself with supportive people and I know in the long run, as time goes by, I will be more open about telling people how I finally lost the weight (and I will lose it, don't you worry!).

On another note, my very good friend and her husband will be visiting us for a few days and I can't wait to see them tonight! They will be here until Wednesday so I don't know if I'll be around before then. I'll catch up with everyone when I can.

Have a great week!

My New Ticker!

No, I'm not talking about a heart! My new weight loss/BMI ticker has made its debut! With Jens help, I figured out how to install it here.

So, what does this mean? Well, I am like many of you and I am a daily weigher kind of girl. If I don't so this, it is the old, "out of sight out of mind" kind of thing. I will not start working it until the day of surgery and if I gain or lose between now and then, I will change it to accurately reflect my starting weight/BMI. However, once I am banded, while I will continue to weigh myself every day, I will not be changing my ticker every day. Heavens no! I am going to pick a day of the week to be my weigh in day and I will change the ticker to reflect that number. Lets pray its going south!

I'm even contemplating having DH do the weekly weigh in, kind of like at Weight Watchers, ya know? This is HUGE for me, no pun intended, as he does not know what I weigh now! I promised him that I would disclose all when I have the surgery. Until then, he is on a need to know basis. He is my #1 supporter and fell in love with the "fat me" so I know he won't have a problem with the # on the scale. That problem is and always has been mine!

Thanks again to Jen for helping out an old lady!

Technical Help Please

I have been pulling my hair out, (ok, not literally, gotta save it for when I start losing it later) trying to set up a weight ticker. I created one at the tickerfactory.com and than did a cut and tried to paste it into my gadgets. It keeps telling me "URL contains illegal charactors". Has anyone ever had this problem or could you tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you!

New Profile Picture!

My daughter told me today to ditch my picture as it was to "realtorish". So, I listened to her as the good mama I am and now my profile picture includes my two daughters! I'm not really sure this is what she had in mind! Its not easy to get pics of me as I am usually the one taking the pictures. I have made a promise to myself that I will be having DH start taking pictures of me so that I can have before, during and afters.

Why am I doing this?

I am eating like I am going to the guillotene or the electric chair on March 24 instead of going to Mexico for my surgery! WTF? Everyday its; have to have pizza or chinese or italian or whatever! Like I will never have these foods again. I've gained about 5 lbs. over the last few weeks!

Each day I say, today I will start eating as if I was banded! Ha! I am failing miserably! Did any of you have this happen before you were banded? Please tell me I'm not crazy....well, maybe in this instance at least!

Still testing the waters with sharing my band plans...

So, we had dinner out with our dear friends Adrienne and Kevin. I had been on the fence about telling them my plans right away because I was afraid of their reactions. Adrienne is a receptionist at Weight Watchers and I didn't know if she would be judgemental about my decision. She, of all people, really know of everything I have gone through in my weight loss journey so I really shouldn't be surprised that they were actually very supportive. However, they were a little concerned when I told them I was having it done in Mexico. I can understand that but once I explained everything they were more comfortable with the idea.

Kevins biggest concern was that we wouldn't want to go on cruises with them anymore! This was really funny to me because I was never one of those cruise people who gained weight on the cruise. To the contrary, I have been on 3 cruises and I have lost weight on all three of them! One was a 3 week cruise to Italy and I lost 5.5 lbs.! Anyway, I think it bothers him that I lose weight on the cruise while he gained quite a bit on the last one. He thought becuase I lost weight when I had no restrictions, I wouldn't want to eat at all and why bother going if you aren't going to eat! I promised him that having the band was not going to change my personality, for some reason, he was worried that I would become very serious. Me? Not happening. The only thing I am hoping to change is what and how much I put in my mouth!

Anyway, I am really happy that I shared this with them and just asked that they not share with others. I think this is a very personal issue for me and I want to be the one to share or not. Interestingly, Adrienne said that there were quite a few bandsters in Weight Watchers.

On another note, Hubs and I finished our class today and drum-roll please........I got a 96! and he got a 95! On our last go round of tests it was the exact opposite. I am so happy to have this behind me! Believe me!

"Followers"

Oh Mylanta, I have been like a kid on Christmas morning, signing on each day and getting all excited to see my "followers"! Thank you, everyone who has stopped by! However, the term "followers" is a bit of an oxymoron (sp?) really. I look at all of YOU and want to follow in your footsteps (OMG, I originally typed in FOODsteps..you see where my head is at?) and become a bandster like the rest of you!

Gotta go to school now, last day and test! Yayyyy! Hubs is even up without my help today. I'll check back on all of you later!