Approaching milestone

I've been gone for a few days - I went home to Ohio for our family reunion. Usually, I'm there for over a week but I decided to only go for a few days this time. Since my grandmother's death, I was afraid this might be the last get-together. I was exhausted and still recovering from surgery but I decided I needed to make the trip.

It was good to be home, even for a short while. Everyone commented on my weight loss - and I was just there in late May for grandma's funeral so I guess the metamorphosis is happening quickly. My mother insisted on taking me shopping for some new clothes. What a whole new world already! In the past, I would look for things I could wear, not necessarily what I liked. I might take 3 or 4 things in the biggest size the store carried into the dressing room with me. Nine times out of 10, I wouldn't be able to wear a thing. This time, I had room to move up or down a size and had to pick and choose things to buy because I could wear everything I tried on. Wow, that's pretty cool. And my feet are shrinking right along with the rest of me. Interesting!

We drove onto Ohio after I went to my re-scheduled appointment at Henry Ford on Wednesday. Evidently I'm still doing everything right, which is a relief. I'm really afraid of screwing this up. LOL! I was told I wasn't eating or drinking enough, though. I never thought anyone would ever tell me I wasn't eating enough! So I need to up my caloric intake but it's hard. I'm rarely hungry and still can't eat much more than 1/4 cup at a time. The drinking is a whole 'nother thing. The math doesn't add up, dude. How can I get in 64 oz. a day when I can't drink 30 min. before or after meals and they want me to eat 5 times a day?? Plus I can't drink much at one time, soooo....I'm lost. I guess I'll just do the best I can.

My weigh-in went well and I now know that, as of today, I have lost 97 lbs. I'm using a different, lesser-capacity scale at home and it's more in line with the scale at Henry Ford so hopefully I won't get confused anymore about my total weight loss :-)

The 100-lb. milestone will be here before I know it. I want my tattoo! I've talked about getting a tat to commemorate the whole Bo Bice experience for years. A baby chick, or something 'peep' related. *Bo refers to his fans as Bo Peeps* I am definitely not interested in getting his name, initials, picture or anything like that - um, no. I love the man, but I love my husband more and I think that's disrespectful to him. The peep is Erich approved, however. LOL! There's a guy here locally, Tim, who's tattooed and pierced many people we know and love (including Erich) so he is the one I will go to when the time comes. I already have one tattoo and it HURT. A lot. So this is a big deal for me, getting another one!

Thanks bunches for hanging in there with me! I know I have several new subscribers so 'hey'! *waves irrationally* The blogspot subscriber thing is weird. I have 'followers', which can be seen at the side of entries, and I have subscribers - who number far more than the followers. I wish there was a way to combine them?? Probably is and I'm too dunce to figure it out. Ah well. Welcome everyone and I love ya'll!