Tuesday Weigh-In and Merry Christmas!

159. So, after a lull the weigh loss has started again. I've done nothing different. The goal my doctor set for me is 155. I have no doubt that I will reach that goal. However, as I said previously, I'm very happy with where I'm at and if I don't lose another pound, I'm okay with that. I like the way I look. I like the way my clothes fit. I like the way my body feels and moves.

The difference between gastric bypass and lapband, for me? The lapband was great! And it worked so I was very disappointed when I started to have complications and had to have it removed. Then I took the gastric bypass route. With the lapband I was always aware of it, aware of what I was eating and how much. With gastric bypass the feeling was the same, to start with. But now that the weight loss has leveled out it just seems to feel like a natural way to live - it's kind of difficult to describe. I'm selective about what I eat choosing to stay away from bulky foods and sweets. I do not try to overeat - when I'm full my appetite shuts down and I have to put the food down. Maybe that's the difference - with the lapband I still always had an appetite. With gastric bypass I have very little appetite, sometimes forgetting meals altogether. I don't have that desire to snack and graze. I still love to cook, but eating that food has fallen way down on my list of priorities.

I may end this blog at the end of this year. I don't feel I have much more to contribute to the folks that follow it. It's been 3 years and my weight-loss life seems to have normalized so I'm itching to move on to other things that interest me. However, I will continue to follow the weight-loss blogs and comment when I can. I will continue to answer questions that are emailed to me. The support from the weight-loss blogging community has been terrific. If I felt I had some wonderful pearls of wisdom to contribute, I would continue it, but I think those pearls of wisdom have been exhausted!

My word to live by for 2012 is "de-clutter". It's much more than just a physical de-cluttering of material items in my life. It also represents de-cluttering my outlook on life, my opinions, etc. I simply want to live a more natural and simpler life.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a delightful, safe & healthy holiday season.