10 Weeks Post Op

At my official 10 weeks post op date, I was on the road to see my mama.  Ian and I took my wonderful new(er) car to Savannah.  It was not a long trip.  I didn't have time to visit with (m)any, other than Mama, Sandy, Chris, and my nieces and nephew.  Hopefully I will get down there during Spring Break and make my rounds to see more family and friends. 

The weight loss is still slow and steady.  Mark and I have been having conversations about it.  He seems to think I will not need as much plastic surgery to remove the excess skin with the slower weight loss.  I agree to some extent.  However, skin GROWS.  The bigger I got, the more skin that grew to cover my body.  There are also parts of my body that have been large for so long that nothing will help.  No, exercise does not help your skin "retract" at my highest weight.  Exercise helps firm up the muscles under the skin, making what is there look smooth and healthy.   It looks like my insurance policy has the no plastics because of weight loss exclusion removed.  I hope it remains that way through 2011 or 2012.  It would be great to be able to get it covered by insurance!  Otherwise, it will not happen. 

So far I am down 67 pounds!  Woohoo!  No complaints there!  I am still having trouble slowing down and chewing.  It is getting easier, though. 

With the exception of this weekend, being on the road and all, I have been tracking my food at www.dailyplate.com.  If I can find an easy way to make it public and linkable, I think that would be the best way to post my food choices for the day. 

Let's try this one.  ----->  My food diary