5 Month Surgiversary

I can't believe it has already been 5 months since my gastric bypass surgery. I usually do an update on how things are going so I thought I would go ahead and do that this morning. I'm the only one up right now so I can't share any new photos but I will be sure to get some and post them later on today. So, here is where I stand at the moment. When I came home from surgery I weighed 306 pounds. I was a little lighter on the day of surgery but they pumped me full of fluids before they let me go home. Today I weighed 233 pounds. That is a 73 pound loss since surgery. I'm very happy with that. It looks like I will meet my goal for my 6 month check-up next month. I only have 3 pounds to go to meet that goal. My highest weight, before I began the 6 months supervised diet before surgery was 323 pounds. Since that time I have lost 90 pounds. This number makes me feel great that I've almost lost 100 pounds. I also do my measurements on my surgiversary. I've lost a total of 43 inches. I measure my waist, hips, bust, right and left upper arms, right and left upper thighs and my neck. I know many people measure absolutely everything and can count more inches lost but these are the important places for me.

Total different subject...a dear new friend on OH has recommended to me to rent "Fireproof" for me and Dail to watch together. I'm planning to do this on Tuesday night when he comes for dinner. There was just too much going on to be able to do that this weekend. I did already order the book on which the movie is based "The Love Dare". I ordered a copy for Dail too in the hopes that he might go through it with me. The book has a lesson to be learned each day about how to truly love your spouse in a Christian manner. I read the first lesson this morning and boy did it hit home. It is about "Love is patient." I'm am one of the most impatient people in the world and a lot of the conflicts Dail and I have had recently is because of my impatience with waiting for him to find himself and move back home. Deep down in my heart, I have been selfishly trying to get him to come home now when he really isn't ready. True love, biblical Godly love isn't like that. It is patient and never seeks its own. Whether Dail agrees to go through the book with me or not, I know I will learn a lot about how to be a good wife and partner and to include God in the midst of any relationship I have. If any of you have never heard of the movie or the book, and you are struggling in your marriage, please check it out. I highly recommend it.

I guess that is all for now. Photos later.

Sunshine