Protein, protein, protein!!

Well! I'm 3 days into exercising and that's going just fine....just the 1/2 mile I'm doing a day is killing my feet and knees, but I know it will be worth the pain and effort! Yesterday I started focusing on getting 60 grams of protein in each day...at least! It's kinda hard! I've really been eating junk and carbs for a long time and making sure I'm having meat, eggs, cheese, milk, and protein drinks has been a challenge! I'm doing it, but it's hard to leave the simple carbs alone! I'm interested to see how that works out after surgery. I'm glad I'm working on all this now. I'm so excited about 2011, it's going to be a great year! I've been listening to Banded Wendy on YouTube, I've realized that fueling my body is so much more important that eating just what tastes good but is bad for me. I've got a lot of head work to do, before I think of eating just as fuel, but at least I'm starting now! That's all I have for today! God Bless!

I started!

Well, it's Dec 26th and I worked out for the first time in months! It was only a 1/2 mile walk, but I did it! I'm choosing to work out regularly from here on out! I figure it'll be really important for me to be in much better physical shape before surgery and getting into the habit of working out regularly now will be a good thing since after surgery I'll need to work out regularly anyway! I can't wait until after my surgery when I'll be able to work out and see REAL results!! Praying 2011 is a wonderful year for all of us!! God Bless!

Only 3 days until Christmas!

I'm so excited!! My sleep study is scheduled for Janury 5th and my diet consult and psych eval are scheduled for January 12th! YAY!! I can't WAIT! For the first time in about 6 years, I feel like I have hope and that is a wonderful feeling at Christmastime! I even told Darling that I just want a stocking for Christmas....we'll just save the $$ he would normally spend for my January expenses! YAY! I'm looking forward to next Christmas when I'll be at least 100 lbs lighter and lookin' cute in Christmas clothes! And we'll have a family portrait that I can be proud of, instead of wanting to hide it. I'm ready. If my surgery was tomorrow it wouldn't be soon enough!

We bought our girls some really cute clothes this Christmas! I can't wait to share pics of them! We finished wrapping gifts last night and tomorrow we're taking them to see Tangled! Yipppeeee!!!! I'm finally getting in the Christmas spirit! We made snowman cookies and started our gingerbread ornaments today, I'll post pics soon!

Praying we all have a very Merry Christmas!! God bless us, Everyone!!