Whew!!!

[Guest guest]

Well, folks, congratulate me beause I made it through my daughter's

wedding on Saturday without eating anything I wasn't supposed to,

although I did have a sip of champagne to toast the new couple, and I

enjoyed one bite of white chocolate raspberry cheesecake wedding cake.

The dress that I had ordered months ago as a size 4x / 28 was

ridiculous on me.....who knew that that could ever happen? So I bought

a lovely new suit from Lord & s the week of the wedding, with a

long straight skirt, a sleevless lace shell, and a silky jacket, and

when it the temperature rose to the high 90's, I said the heck with

it, took off the jacket, and actually went sleeveless in public. OH MY

GAWD, at a wedding no less. At my DAUGHTER's wedding. I was thrilled

to be wearing the size 20/22. I wanted to take off the corsage, and

put the dress tag on my chest, instead <g> (Ok, I'm excited to be

losing weight, but I'm not completely insane- I wore the jacket for

the photos <g>

Not only did I not splurge at dinner, drink the wine or overdo on the

cheesecake, I also did not smack the groom when he told the brides

great uncle ( who was the Southern Baptist Minister they had asked to

perform the ceremony) that he was an atheist and didn't want any of

that " God stuff mentioned during the ceremony " .I did not tell the

bride, my lovely daughter who somehow went from being a charming 20

year old self sufficient young woman to being an obnoxious 17 year old

sullen teenager the day of the wedding to f* off at any time during

the day ( and believe me, that I accomplished THAT without a bottle of

champagne is a victory in itself!) I did not smack my own mother for

chuckling at how obnoxious the bride was being to me, I did not even

turn to look when one of my nephews screamed " " and jumped off

the diving board into the pool just as the non-religous vows were

being uttered, even if it did cause a splash of water to sweep over

the caterers.....

P.

Pre-op ( before starting preop diet) 7/6/2006 276 lbs.

date of surgery 7/20/06 248 lbs.

today 8/21/06 230 lbs.