163

Things have gotten so much better the past few days, I have worked harder to control portion sizes and eat slower. The portion control is much easier for me to master than eating slow. Not sure why but i have always ate fast...even as a child I at that way.
Still can't tolerate beef products very well, last night Paul cooked a very good cut of steak and i could only eat 3 pieces, even though it tasted so good, my body seemed disgusted by every chew, So I guess I will have to phase beef out of my diet - which won't be so bad because it isn't good for my cholesterol anyway. Speaking of cholesterol I went to my follow up with my family Dr and my cholesterol was 273--CRAP--I was hoping it would go down after surgery but so far it hasn't. He wanted me to take statin medication to lower it. I do not like the idea of taking a statin, I know that if i thought about all me medication I more than likely wouldn't want it either. I am working on the low cholesterol foods. But eggs are one of my main protein sources . my bariatric surgeon said that eggs have gotten a bad rap -but that they are a very good source of protein, i honestly haven't found a protein shake that I like at least not after the first glass or two anyway.
I have lost 6 more punds down to 163, I went to a baby shower for a cousin and gor a few compliments about how great I looked -mostly from those who knew about the surgery . I feel that a few were a little upset that I was losing the weight --but that is their issue not mine .
I feel like a million bucks =, it is so awesome to buy clothing in a smaller sixe or to put on something and look in the mirror and notice how it looks instead of automatically checking to see if my fat roll is showing !!! Vain I know but its still great. although I still go straight to 2x when I look on the racks for clothing....i got some size 12 pants from ebay and they Zip--I won't say fit becsue they still squeeze out the fluff and give me the dreaded muffin top--and i don't want to look on the internet and see myself as the star of one of those just becaus it zips doesn't mean it fits photos...