17 year together

Jeff and I celebrated our 17th anniversary. I am thinner now than when we started dating. Amazing. I love my new job except for 2 weeks it has messed up my swimming. Starting next week I will be back to swimming Mondays and Fridays. I just don't know what I will do in the middle for exercise. I thought about Curves but right now that is not going to be an option as we need to be back to watching our monies for awhile. Sitting on pins and needles for Jeff's job, I just racked up a huge hospital bill because of kidney stones.

Kidney stones are a side effect from bariatric surgery, partially because we don't produce something in our bodies that makes the little crystals go away and secondly because I will admit I just have a hard time drinking all of the water. I also am struggling to get my protein in. Kidney stones hurt something horrible. Absolutely horrible. But morphine and phenegran are wonderful to help with the pain and vomiting. I am now trying to drink with a timer. A cup of water every 20 minutes. Hopefully that will help.

I stepped on the scale and now weigh 258. 91 pounds down and approximately 90 to 100 more they say. Actually this may sound silly but if I did not lose another pound I am thrilled. Jeff calls me skinny. People don't recognize me, some say I look 10 years younger, and I feel good.

I walked the Mankato Mall, Cubs Foods, and the outlet mall with Jeff with no leg problems. I actually walked the whole mall.

I am so looking forward to heading to the MOA to see how much of it I can walk before I crash. I bet I will be amazed. The last few times I have been there with my friend Michelle, I go to Archivers and then to lunch and out. No walking to speak of, just through Bloomingdales to the store and restaurant.

It will be fun to see Michelle again. I am anxious to see her reaction as she has not seen me at all since I started my weight loss. She saw me before my surgery.

Starting month Five. Wow!!!