Went to the gym this morning and I made plans with my girlfriend to go to see the movie Bridesmaids this afternoon. I am really looking forward to seeing this as I have heard its really funny! I will let you know. When I got home and told Steve my plans, he didn't say a word but I know what he was thinking..."better you than me!" This is definitely not a movie that my hubs would enjoy!
It will be good to get out for a bit as I am a little sad today actually. My mom called me last night to tell me that my older cousin died yesterday. She had been diagnosed with bone cancer about 4 months ago and never came home from the hospital. Its very sad. She has two children, 28 and 30 who have now lost both their parents. My heart goes out to both of them. My mom and sister will be going to the wake and I wish I could also go.
This cousin, while I haven't seen her in about 5 years was very special to me. She lived a wild life and for a while, when I was young, she lived with us. It was pretty cool for my sister and I to have a hip, older cousin living in the house with us. This was during the mid-seventies and she had the best platform high heels ever! Draz, you would so approve! Her mother died about 3 years ago and I have to say, I don't think she was ever the same again. She was very close to her mom and her mother was like a protector to her. She was always getting into some kind or trouble or other and her mother would always be there. When her mom died, she really didn't have anyone to go to for help. She was really a troubled soul if there ever was one. She had 1 older brother and 2 younger ones but its not the same as your mother. Anyway, I will miss you Cherie....you were a special person and will be missed.
Another thing that is bothering me this weekend is that Memorial Day was always something special when we lived on LI. It signified the being of summer and cookouts. There was always something going on at my house, my sisters house or my mothers house in addition to friends having get-to-gethers. Since moving to FL, I find that its not such a big deal and it really makes me miss being up north with my family.
Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing the movie today and will let you all know how it is. I am sure Steve and I will be going for a bike ride this weekend and making our own memories right here in FL.
Have a great holiday weekend!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Excuse me but, was yesterday Fat Tuesday?
or is my calendar f'ed up because I certainly ate like it was!
The day started out like any other Wednesday, I went to the gym and came home and had a yogurt. Thats where the good eating and exercise habits ended! I was running around during the day and had 1/2 of a 6 in. hero (they call them Subs down here but its a hero!) from Publix (almost ate the whole thing, not quite. Thank goodness for C at work!). Dinner was: 2 chinese spareribs, about 2 forkfuls of fried rice, 3/4 egg roll and 2 dumplings! Are you kidding me? I did feel some restriction though when the last bite of food went in! Oh boy! I even caught myself falling into the period right before my banding surgery when I said to Steve "well, it will be a while before I can have this again!"
My goal is to not gain any weight during these 3 weeks while waiting for VSG surgery and being totally unfilled. I managed to stay at the same weight for 5 weeks when I was unfilled in January/Feb so I really need to do this now.
In other news, I am totally addicted to the Casey Anthony trial that is going on here in Central Florida. I have been following her case since the Summer of 2008 when her adorable 2.5 y/o daughter went missing and ultimately whose body was found in Dec of 2008. It is a horrible story and makes me so mad and upset. I know we live in a country where you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but come on? It took them 2 weeks to find an impartial group of people who are her jurors. I didnt think it could be done. Anyway, if you don't know about the case, and are interested in making yourself crazy like me, just tune in to Nancy Grace on HLN at 8...
The day started out like any other Wednesday, I went to the gym and came home and had a yogurt. Thats where the good eating and exercise habits ended! I was running around during the day and had 1/2 of a 6 in. hero (they call them Subs down here but its a hero!) from Publix (almost ate the whole thing, not quite. Thank goodness for C at work!). Dinner was: 2 chinese spareribs, about 2 forkfuls of fried rice, 3/4 egg roll and 2 dumplings! Are you kidding me? I did feel some restriction though when the last bite of food went in! Oh boy! I even caught myself falling into the period right before my banding surgery when I said to Steve "well, it will be a while before I can have this again!"
My goal is to not gain any weight during these 3 weeks while waiting for VSG surgery and being totally unfilled. I managed to stay at the same weight for 5 weeks when I was unfilled in January/Feb so I really need to do this now.
In other news, I am totally addicted to the Casey Anthony trial that is going on here in Central Florida. I have been following her case since the Summer of 2008 when her adorable 2.5 y/o daughter went missing and ultimately whose body was found in Dec of 2008. It is a horrible story and makes me so mad and upset. I know we live in a country where you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but come on? It took them 2 weeks to find an impartial group of people who are her jurors. I didnt think it could be done. Anyway, if you don't know about the case, and are interested in making yourself crazy like me, just tune in to Nancy Grace on HLN at 8...
Monday, May 23, 2011
FYI - BLOG is open again!
Making the blog private was just too much work and defeats the purpose of why I am blogging to begin with.
This blog is for me to talk about my weight loss journey and hopefully help others along the way. Oh well, I tried it and I didn't like it. Actually, I felt like I was in Siberia. But, I am back!
Not much going on here other than maintaining my weight since the unfill last week. Actually, I lost a few lbs this week. I went back to the gym on Saturday and I also went today but I decided to put my personal training and especially, put off CrossFit until after I get the all-clear from surgery. I figure that will be sometime in July. I can start walking immediately and than add in more aerobics at 2 weeks but he wants me to wait a few more weeks for the strength training to begin.
I was so happy to hear from Stephanie earlier today and to hear that all went well for her. Any kind of surgery sucks but to come home feeling pretty good is, well, pretty good! Yay Steph! Here's to a speedy recovery!
This blog is for me to talk about my weight loss journey and hopefully help others along the way. Oh well, I tried it and I didn't like it. Actually, I felt like I was in Siberia. But, I am back!
Not much going on here other than maintaining my weight since the unfill last week. Actually, I lost a few lbs this week. I went back to the gym on Saturday and I also went today but I decided to put my personal training and especially, put off CrossFit until after I get the all-clear from surgery. I figure that will be sometime in July. I can start walking immediately and than add in more aerobics at 2 weeks but he wants me to wait a few more weeks for the strength training to begin.
I was so happy to hear from Stephanie earlier today and to hear that all went well for her. Any kind of surgery sucks but to come home feeling pretty good is, well, pretty good! Yay Steph! Here's to a speedy recovery!
Update on Stephanie!!!
Quick update:
I received an email today from Stephanie, Dreams of Skinny High Heels and she is home from the hospital and feeling as well as can be expected. I would do a copy and paste of her email but being she was under the effects of Demerol, I chose not to! Actually, I was quite happy to see that she was as coherent as she was. Jason is being a very good nurse to her....I pray for Jason that she continues to be a good patient! She said he took some pics today and she will have him take more tomorrow when she goes back to the doc to have bandages removed. She will post them as soon as she can.
I look forward to Stephs blog where she will describe the procedure in only the way that Steph can. Until then, rest up Steph!
I received an email today from Stephanie, Dreams of Skinny High Heels and she is home from the hospital and feeling as well as can be expected. I would do a copy and paste of her email but being she was under the effects of Demerol, I chose not to! Actually, I was quite happy to see that she was as coherent as she was. Jason is being a very good nurse to her....I pray for Jason that she continues to be a good patient! She said he took some pics today and she will have him take more tomorrow when she goes back to the doc to have bandages removed. She will post them as soon as she can.
I look forward to Stephs blog where she will describe the procedure in only the way that Steph can. Until then, rest up Steph!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
I dont get it!
Today is my official weigh day and I am down 3 lbs for the week. I was totally unfilled last Tuesday and I lose. Go figure!
I had a great day yesterday. I went to the gym and then went to breakfast with my girlfriend. When I got home, my husband was climbing the walls because we had a crew of painters outside painting the house and Steve doesn't do well watching others work on his house. He gets very frustrated with the work ethic of many of the workers and he really is bothered by it. So, when he asked if I wanted to take a motorcycle ride down to Ponce Inlet I said sure.
We left the house around 12 and got home around 4. It was quite hot. I don't know for sure, but it was at least 90. It wasn't too bad riding along the ocean but whenever we had to stop, we literally baked as there was no breeze what-so-ever! We went to this neat little restaurant on the Inlet, Down the Hatch, and they had a Jimmy Buffet type band playing and we had lunch. We ordered the fried shrimp and chips basket, I ate the shrimp and he at the chips. Worked out great.
Today was a very lazy Sunday morning, I actually woke up at 7:30 which is late for me. Brutus usually wakes me at 6:30 but I guess he was sleeping in too! I went into work at 1 pm and got a really good prospect. He wants to see a house in Ponce Inlet! I was just there yesterday! That would have been so much more convenient as its 30+ miles away! Oh well, I will drive the miles to show the house as its on the Inlet so it will be very worth my time IF they buy it.
Checked in with the whole family up North and everyone is doing good. Its so much easier for me to live 1100 miles away when life is calm!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
I had a great day yesterday. I went to the gym and then went to breakfast with my girlfriend. When I got home, my husband was climbing the walls because we had a crew of painters outside painting the house and Steve doesn't do well watching others work on his house. He gets very frustrated with the work ethic of many of the workers and he really is bothered by it. So, when he asked if I wanted to take a motorcycle ride down to Ponce Inlet I said sure.
We left the house around 12 and got home around 4. It was quite hot. I don't know for sure, but it was at least 90. It wasn't too bad riding along the ocean but whenever we had to stop, we literally baked as there was no breeze what-so-ever! We went to this neat little restaurant on the Inlet, Down the Hatch, and they had a Jimmy Buffet type band playing and we had lunch. We ordered the fried shrimp and chips basket, I ate the shrimp and he at the chips. Worked out great.
Today was a very lazy Sunday morning, I actually woke up at 7:30 which is late for me. Brutus usually wakes me at 6:30 but I guess he was sleeping in too! I went into work at 1 pm and got a really good prospect. He wants to see a house in Ponce Inlet! I was just there yesterday! That would have been so much more convenient as its 30+ miles away! Oh well, I will drive the miles to show the house as its on the Inlet so it will be very worth my time IF they buy it.
Checked in with the whole family up North and everyone is doing good. Its so much easier for me to live 1100 miles away when life is calm!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Bougie? What the hell is a Bougie?
Oh don't you worry...I found out! I was reading VSG blogs and VerticalSleeveSurgeryTalk.com (sound familiar?) and it was like I needed to know this...everywhere I looked, I kept seeing reference to this bougie (pronounced boo-zhe', its French) thing with a size next to it 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 up to 50. It didn't take me long to figure out it was the appliance, for lack of a better word that is used during the VSG surgery to guide the surgeon in the size of the stomach that he is molding. As in everything else in WLS, every Doc has a reason for using the size he uses. I spoke to my doctor and he explained to me more about bougie's than I really needed to know but most important that complications have a direct correlation to the size of the bougie that was used. Suffice to say, with all my band problems with tightness, I was relieved that my Doc will not be using the smallest one! Anyway, without going into specific numbers, I am comfortable with what size bougie is being used on me!
Its funny how I feel like I am experiencing DeJaVu' all over again with my researching of this procedure. I am over at OH, verticalsleevesurgerytalk.com and of course the blogs. This forum has been the most helpful and informative source of information for me during my whole journey and the personal friendships that I have forged here are beyond what I could describe in a few words. What brought us all together in the first place was our profound need and desire to lose weight and get healthy. The fact that we did it with a LapBand or VSG or Weight Watchers or whatever was secondary.
The funniest part about this week is that although I was unfilled on Tuesday, I am down 2 lbs! Crazy but I will take it!
Its funny how I feel like I am experiencing DeJaVu' all over again with my researching of this procedure. I am over at OH, verticalsleevesurgerytalk.com and of course the blogs. This forum has been the most helpful and informative source of information for me during my whole journey and the personal friendships that I have forged here are beyond what I could describe in a few words. What brought us all together in the first place was our profound need and desire to lose weight and get healthy. The fact that we did it with a LapBand or VSG or Weight Watchers or whatever was secondary.
The funniest part about this week is that although I was unfilled on Tuesday, I am down 2 lbs! Crazy but I will take it!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
New Surgery Date!
I was at my internists office this morning when my surgeons office called me asking if I'd like to move the date up for my band removal/VSG surgery to 6/17! Ok, sure, why not? Yesterday I had to go to the surgeons office to pick up some forms and out of the blue, the staff tells me "Dr. D wants to drain your band today". What? I was at a loss for words as I really wasn't thinking along those lines but when I thought about it, especially with my history, of course he'd want it drained ahead so there would be no swelling. Made sense. I have to admit, when he stuck the needle in, I wasn't sad that it would be the last time I'd have to have a needle stuck into my port!
I met with the Nutritionist also while I was there and basically, the whole way of eating post-surgery is almost identical to what we had to do with the band except I have to do it for a longer period. At first I was told that I'd have to do a liquid diet the week before the surgery but my Dr told me no, I did not have to do this as my liver was fine, thank you very much! I have to ask my Dr. if I'll make it into the record books by hopefully, getting to goal during the post-surgery eating phase. It is very possible as I am only 10 lbs away from goal! Seriously though, I just pray that this surgery allows me to do what I was hoping my band would do....not only lose this weight but keep it off for life! The VSG is no different than the band in that it is only a tool and I will have to work on my head the rest of my life or until they come out with a surgery to fix that too!
I am so happy my daughter Mallory is blogging now. Her blog is I spin for cookies and being newly married, I think blogging will give her a way to control her weight so she doesn't end up like her mama. Both of my girls are thin but knowing where they come from will help them stay on top of it. I have met the greatest bunch of women and men through this blog and I pray that she too will be able to make some lasting friendships with women who have the same struggles as she does.
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