Day 14 (after gastric bypass surgery)

Breakfast: Atkins shake
Lunch: Ravioli minis
Snack: Six regular saltine crackers
Supper: Two small slices thin and crispy pepperoni

I went back to work today, and I guess I did pretty well even if I did wear out toward the afternoon. I had a sub for a half day (a wonderful young man who has become a real friend in the past two years) who didn't mind me hanging around as he took charge of my kids. I had a lot of grading to catch up on for the week that I was out over my surgery (Week #2 was spring break, so it didn't count). Grades are due in tomorrow, along with year averages for our grade's top ten. State tests are next week, and we are in the last six weeks of the term.

I came home about 4:00 and I was in the bed by seven thirty with lights out by 8:15 or so. I just couldn't keep my eyes open. I'm paying for it now, though, as I was up by 3:00 a.m. on Day 15.

Most of the people that I work with, the ones who knew that I was out anyway, were really surprised to see me back and kept telling me how good I looked despite having surgery. Most of my students have no idea *why* I went into the hospital. A few, perhaps three or four, were told simply because of the degree of concern that they showed. One thing I can tell you for a fact about that: being nervous about going into the hospital definitely isn't helped at all by eighth graders with frightened faces staring at you and asking if you are going to die.

Weight last December: 294
Weight the day before surgery prep: 274
My weight this morning: 254
Clothing size: 24 (but getting baggy depending on cut)

My biggest fear about this: that something will happen to undo all this or it won't work
Husband's biggest fear: that I will get skinny and trade him in for a newer model (like I could ever find another man who would stand by me through thick and thin -har har- like he has).
Daughter's biggest fear: that there will never, ever be junk food in the house again.