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Geesh, it's been 5 weeks since I posted.

I had a big stall back mid-November, but just tried to stick with the protein, water, vitamins routine and was able to power through.

The trip to Ireland for Thanksgiving was kind of stressful, but again, I focused on protein, brought turkey jerky with me for snacks, and just did the best I could. I did eat way more sugar than I usually would, but also walked a lot more than usual, so ended up losing 1 lb on the trip. :)

I'm at 56lbs as of today, which I'm totally fine with. I keep reminding myself that my goal was to lose 50 by xmas, so if I can get to 60 by then, I will be really happy.

And I'm really trying to focus on the little things that remind me that my body is changing.  In Ireland, I went one day to the same bar I had gone to on my trip in 2013 (O'Neils, great pub in Maynooth center.) Well, the last time I went, the chair was very uncomfortably tight on my butt & thighs (lovely visual, I know.) This time, I sat right down with room to spare. I hadn't even thought about it till I sat down, and then I was like, "Hey! Wow! This is great!" So that was nice.

The other thing was when I went to get dressed for work yesterday. These are my wide-width boots that I bought a few years ago. They were too big last month too, but now I can fit my entire hand in. So apparently my weight loss is everywhere, which is pretty cool.

 



I am so glad I had the surgery and would highly recommend it to anyone. My only wish is that I had done it sooner. I'd like to lose 24 more lbs (80lbs total), which will put me in size 12 clothes.

I really should start walking more to try and speed up the loss...let's see if I can focus on that this month!  I just ordered a fitbit (yay Jen, fitbit, yay!), so that should help motivate me - though I will never, ever come close to Jen or Christin!!