2-4-10 Thursday

Hello again my great Dream Team! I am doing great here! Feeling SO much better every day. I am now at -49 lbs lost since surgery. (8.5 weeks) I had lost 49 lbs before surgery as well! Sooooo.... that makes a total of -98 lbs lost so far!!! Can you believe it??? Just 2 lbs from losing 100 pounds!!!! I have been going through my clothes, my closet, and drawers! I am getting rid of ALL of my big clothes! Well.. yes, I am going to keep one of my big dresses, but the rest is going!!! I am boxing them up, and going to sell what I can at our garage sale on Memorial Day Weekend, then the rest will be donated to our local store that helps disabled people. One way or another... they are going to be out the door! Never to return, never to be needed again! Just a little tid-bit here... something I don't usually admit, but... as I was pulling my big dresses out of my closet, taking things off of the hangers, and piling them up on my bed... I just couldn't help but cry! Not because I was sad to be getting rid of special clothes, but.... I have never felt hopeful like this before. Yes, I have lost weight in the past, but I never was so optimistic about it, and never did get rid of clothes, because I knew at some point, I would more than likely gain the weight back, and sure enough... I always did... and then more! But now... I KNOW the weight will NOT come back! I just feel SOOOO positive about it, and so hopeful about the future! I just do not need to keep anything for... some day!!! I sure wish I knew of someone who really could use these clothes, I would love to send them out.. but mostly... I would just LOVE to help another find a happier and healthier future as I am. Someone who is thinking about surgery, or... someone who has had the surgery even, I would just LOVE to be of some encouragement for them. But... I was just almost overwhelmed, is it really possible that I have changed my life, have actually become healthy again? Is it possible that there is a thinner person within me?? Is the old Eydie still in here?? Maybe she is... maybe wiser... more mature?? Ha... now I am reaching! But, anyway, just a little about my emotions there, they were just so strong!

I tried a new product today! It was called Morning Star Chix Patty, Original. It was not chicken, but tasted like a chicken patty. It was actually a "veggie patty". The crazy part... it was high in protein, and it tasted good! Believe it or not! Yes, it was good! I was able to eat half of it, then had the other half for supper. One whole patty is 140 calories, and 8 grams of protein.

I also tried another new product today. This was a drink, called FUZE Slenderize Blueberry Raspberry. This was REALLY good too!!! The 18 oz bottle has only 20 calories. A nice treat!

Well.... hope you are each having a good week! Oh... an exciting thing happened too. A week ago or so, we started a POWER UP 2010 program. Remember they were looking for team names, but they just ended up using personal names. Anyway... they contacted me, and said the Park Rapids Enterprise (our local newspaper here) was wanting to interview someone in the program, so they said they wanted me! So... Saturday morning, a lady from the newspaper is coming to the house to interview us, and take some pictures! The program is about exercise, nutrition, optimism, and so on! So, it should be fun! So my program name is: Eydie Garcelon =) but I've named my team of supporters Eydie's Dream Team! I have such a great team, I just LOVE the notes, emails, phone calls, all the encouragement is SOOO wonderful! Thank you everyone!!!

All for tonight! Love ya all!!! Eydie =)