ONDERLAND!!!

HERE we are....finally in Onederland! (For those of you who are not familiar with the weight loss victory - it means I'm in the 100's!)

My journey started in THREEDOM...and with in a month after surgery crossed over into TWOTERVILLE....now, the journey had been a bit longer...but ONDERLAND is finally here!

I'm only 49#'s from my goal weight...and just about 19#'s from a weight I feel GREAT at. One of my best friends Jill came to NYC this last weekend...and persuaded me to try on her size 14 jeans...(I resisted at first - KNOWING - that they wouldn't fit...) - well....THEY FIT! I am amazed to annouce that I've gone from a size 32 pant to a 14! I feel sooo great!

Here is my weight loss ticker. (it may change as my weight goes down...the code has changed a bit with ticker factory - just so you know - TODAY it says 199.0#'s! HORAAY!)

My New Hair....

Well....over the last 3 months my hair has been falling out - LIKE CRAZY! WOW...my hair has gotten so thin, that it's become very noticable. I don't think everyone can tell...but Russ has said it's obvious to him. Finally, My friend Hanadi found a great hair picture - and that's why I went for it!

I really love it...it's short...but still 'sassy!'

JOURNAL: January 19th - 9 months PostOp

It's hard to believe this is me....

LOVE the new UGLY BETTY song... "The Beauty in Ugly"

lyrics - the beauty in ugly ...

To Diet or Not To Diet....

Happy New Year....why do we say, "Happy New Year"....there are soooo many things that are about to happen - such as the Resolutions that all include -"giving up something!?"

What's sooo HAPPY about that??

So.....here I am faced with the same ol' question..."Am I gonna go on a diet?" "Am I going to start a new exercise regime??"

I thought once I had my Weight-loss surgery...that I'd never have to go thru this yearly ritual...but I find myself back again.

Even though I lost 4#'s over Christmas (which is unheard of!)....I still know what "REALLY HAPPENED!" I know WHAT I ate...WHEN I ate...and HOW I ate! I loved those Lindors Truffles....and, "OH! how I loved them!!"~

So....even though, my body surrendered to my TOOL - my new small stomach pouch - I know that I treated my body badly...and now am retaining massive amounts of water. SO...back to the Question at hand....

"To Diet....or Not To Diet....?????"

ahhhh.....I'm even considering joining CURVES again....

BASICALLY...if I want to get the weight off now...I'm going to have to "crack down"...and work for it...if not...there could be a StandOff!