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I had my 3 month check up with the surgeon today, actually it was supposed to be 1 month check up from my 2 week check up but it would have fallen right when my husband was home and i didnt want to have to drive all the way up there then.  Anyway he told me i was doing great and he gave me what he thought my goal weight ought to be - 132pds that would put my BMI at 25.  Well i was going to be happy weighing 145 but now i guess i have to strive for more!!!  I did finally lose a pound today to (bout time)  I am almost at my first set goal!!!!

I am definetly at a stall.  I havent lost anything since the beginning of last week.  Im not to upset or freaked out, i know its a normal part of the process. Im only 3 pounds away from 60 lost so i want to get it!!!
I have been doing really well getting the protien in and im doing better with the water.  
I have been trying to study for my state boards and unfortunately it isnt happening, i just have a terrible time sitting down and making myself after all that school i just went through studying is the last thing i want to do.  I have to buckle down though and make myself, im starting a new job Monday in a large hospital in the ICU department, and im a little nervous about that im hoping i havent bitten off more than i can chew.  Everyone who knows me says oh you will do fine you have worked ICU for a few years now, well i have as an LPN and at a very small hospital where if anything really serious comes in we send it to where im going to be working.
Im a very determined person when i set my goal i can usually obtain it unless it has to do with weightloss, havent mastered that one yet but anyway when i started school for my RN right from the beginning other students would ask me where do you want to work and i would say regional ICU.  when school was done some of the other girls decided they were going to try getting on there to, only they were told they didnt hire nurses for ICU fresh out of school, but i didnt let that stop me, i worked hard and pulled a few strings and shabang!! i got hired.  Now that the time is here im a little worried, but im going to do it like i do everything else im going to pray hard about it, and take God to work with me everyday and hopefully he will work through me there to help save lives.
Tomorrow is the 4th ive got no plans what so ever, my darlin daughter has a full schedule so i will be by my lonesome all day, thats ok I will study!! maybe, i know i will lay in the pool for a fact!!
The newest member of our little family (Lola) is doing well she went to the vet yesterday and got a booster shot she now weights a whopping 4 pds.  Potty training is not going all that well she is a pistol!  i told her today she is darn lucky that she is so cute,otherwise well we wont go there.
My hubby is doing ok, unfortunately he has to go out on a mission tomrrow, there are no holidays in the military. 
I just sent him out over $300.00 worth of stuff in boxes, i only send stuff every 2 months so when i do its usualy a huge haul.  its funny when he first went over there everyone friends and family were so good about sending stuff, now not so good i know its expensive- trust me i know buti feel like sometimes im the only one sending, and i guess thats all right he says im the only one he cares about.
Well i will close for now, happy 4rth, hug your husband if hes home!!

I got some pics on there this time but i still cant get rid of those boxes!

Im trying to post some new pics and this site will just not let me it always says error can not open at this time.  I was able to get one up there but that was it.  Now i have these pretty white boxes with red x's that i cant get to open so i cant delete them aint that grand!!

Well today I have found out that there are some really hateful people on here. Its one thing to give out advice or opinions but to get down right nasty about it?  all I got to say is whatever.  I feel how i feel and i will post what i want to post.  I would never stand in judgement of someone though, even if what they said was offensive (which mine wasnt)  there is a right and wrong way of saying things and there are a few people on here that need to learn it.  not to long ago on the messageboards there was a big todo about some people being nasty and harrasing well I get it now,  i think there should be a few more weeded out.  Anyway im done thinking about it.  I heard from my husband today he called to let me know he is back in iraq and he made it safely.  He said he is very homesick though but glad he got to come home.  He already has a big count down going on 90 days today till he gets to leave iraq for good and move to kuwait which hopefully he will only be there for a week then he goes to mississippi for 5 days then itys home!!!  We have so many plans for when he gets back.  He told me that him being over there has given him a new appreciation for me and our daughter, which is a great thing to hear.  When he came home these past 2 weeks he told me it felt like he fell in love with me all over again.  Not that he didnt love me before but when youve been married awhile sometimes you let things go and im guilty of that as well, we didnt hug or kiss or say i love you as much as we shouldnhave but boy did we make a good start at making up for it when he came home.  Anyway he said when he gets home he wants us to start working out together and maybe jogging.  which we did back when we were first married but havent been able to do any of that in years becuase of my weight, so hes glad that we can start doing stuff like that togethere again.  He wants to join a gym together and im all for it!!  Im very proud of him for what he is doing over there.  My daughter on the other hand is a whole other story dont get me wrong im proud of her to and love her dearly but she is going on 13 this year and man is she trying me and i know it will get worse, for the biggest part she is a good kid but she is at that in between stage where she wants to be pretty and where makeup but doesnt want to shower or practice any form of personal hygiene its very frustrating, but we will get through it together, since her dad has been gone we have become a lot closer she was always a daddys girl she still is but she now has decided that im pretty cool to (sometimes).

It was a wonderful time while he was home, we laughed and talked and fished.  We spent a couple days at a romantic bed and breakfast.  The first night he came home I sat him down and told him what I had done ( surgery) He was not that thrilled about it I have to say, more so aggrivated at me for not telling him about it till then.  He did say I looked good and it was kind of exciting seeing me excited about loosing weight, But in the end he did say those dreaded words that every one on here hates to hear he told me he thought I took the easy way out.  I dont hold that against him though because he is in the military and he is very physically fit and he works at it hard every day.  To be honest and I know people wont like this but its my blog and im going to say it anyway because I do believe in being honest, It has been easy for me, I have struggled for years on diets trying to loose weight.  Ive cried and gotten mad and depressed but since the surgery I eat what I want just a tiny amount all I can hold and the weight is falling off.  Now maybe later on it may get harder I dont know yet but for now so far its been the easiest thing i have done so far to lose weight as well as the surest method.  So when he said that I couldnt in good consciouse argue with him cause down deep I believe it to be true.  OK you all can hate me if you want cause I said it but i will still be able to sleep at night.
Anyway  his 2 weeks home seemed like only 2 days it was over so fast, and saying goodbye was just as horrible this time as it was the first time.  It was worse for him this time because he knew what he was going back to.  But he stayed strong no tears at the airport but he called me from atlanta and said he broke down on his way boarding the plane.  He didnt want me to see him cry cause he knew it would make it worse on me.  Course i bawlled and squalled at the airport, all the way home and the rest of the night.
I love that man and I will be so glad when he is back home for good.

We ended up not getting the house we were trying to buy, the guy selling it backed out of it and took it off the market, so that sucked.

I do have a new baby though, my sister God love her surprised me the other day and brought me over a new baby dachsund I named her Lola I will put up a pic or try to anyway.  she is just now 6 weeks old and weights a whopping 2 pounds, I have already fell in love with her!  Thats about all my new in a nut shell, I will start studying for my state boards Monday, cant wait for that!!

Arm= 14 - down an inch and a half

Hips= 56.5 - down 3 inches

waist= 48 - down 2 inches

Right thigh= - 26.5 - down 1 inch

Right calf= 18- no change

I weigh 248 pds currently from 291 and my BMI is 47.

I go to the airport and pick up my hubby tomorrow my daughter and I are so excited we made a sign awhile ago and got the house cleaned up.  also since my surgery Ive had almost no groceries in the house, went to walmart today and spent almost 400.00!!!!!  I know one thing he better be hungry!!!!

Well my hubby called and his plane will be leaving Iraq 6pm my time this evening.  I am so excited i have been cleaning my house from top to bottom, im afraid i wont get it all done in time.  So far today I have not had the diarrhea and that is a blessing, I am not nauseated either.  Now if the guy selling the house calls the realtor  in the morning and takes my offer then my life will be as close to perfect as one could get right now!!!

O.K.  For the past week I have been nauseated on and off during the days, Today especially.  I havent thrown up but boy it feels like it could easily happen!!  Also I have had diarrehea every morning and every night with bad stomach cramps to go along with it.  Im hoping this is a stomach bug but im afraid it might be some kind of complication.  Ive done so well so far i dont want a complication now.  I am about a month and a half post op.  At first i chalked it up to nerves cause i have had a few bad occurences lately in my life but the nausea is bad enough that i dont think that now.  Im going to my regular doctor monday to see if i can get something done about my periods so i will ask about this but i have a feeling with me having gastric bypass shes going to tell me to call my surgeon, and i dont want to make the 2 hour drive up there to see him not right now i just found out that my husband gets to come home for sure for his 2 weeks so im very happy about that!!! hopefully it will pass.