Whatever

So I put on 500g last week. Want to hear my excuses? Nah me either. Suffice to say it was the curse of the weekend again. This week is the week before TTOM which I traditionally put on due to fluid retention. That sucks coz it means I prob won’t make my 77’s kg goal for the Spring to Summer challenge. Also tomorrow we take off for Busselton for the boy’s Ironman Triathlon. We’re staying till Monday too which means lots of food and drink (eek). Going to make a big effort to exercise while I’m down there to minimise the damage. Given my weigh in day is Friday, not sure what I’ll do. I can either take Thursday as my weigh in, or bring my scales with me. Hmmmm

Started work at 7.30am this morning and I’m flipping exhausted… and hungry. Trying to hold on til 12 before lunch though. Might finish early though as I have a super sucky headache at the moment. Early mornings do not agree with me! (and yes I know that 7.30am isn’t terribly early for some people but it is for me!).

Anyhoo, just had a catch up on your blogs and see that everyone is pretty much going well – good for you guys! I’ve tried to comment on most.

Best get back to work,

later gators,

Em

Looking back Week 4

Hey kids,

I’m so stoked. Finally back to my lowest weight again! Was there in August and today I’m back at 77.7kg. Disappointing I couldn’t lose 100g more just to be officially my lowest weight ever… to be honest (TMI Alert!) I think I need to do a poo so I think I technically am! hahahaha This week I lost 1kg. It’s been soooo long since I’ve lost 1kg in a week… in fact..not since May! A few things have contributed to this I believe. For one, I didn’t put on over 1kg during the weekend as I normally do so it was a good start to the work week. Also, no chocolate this week. OMG! I KNOW! It’s truly amazing. The other thing is that I’m back in the mindset of not caring about food. Not looking for food. Not hungry. It’s fantastic. But it did mean I didn’t even eat dinner on Wednesday night, coz I didn’t want to. Then last night I don’t know what happened. I had a piece of cheese and then felt uncomfortable for the next couple of hours. Then all of a sudden had to run to the toilet where I vomitted (not PB) what appeared to be the water I finished drinking about 5hrs earlier. And cucumber from lunch came out of my nose. No idea what that all about. Very weird. So no dinner last night either. Anyway I don’t care. That’s 1.9kg in 2 weeks. Yippedy doo!

I still didn’t manage to do 5kms but I did run around Tomato Lake twice which equated to about 3.2kms. Even got attacked by some ducks protecting their little ducklings. They didn’t seem to understand my puffing out “I’m just running past little duckies, I’m not going to hurt you!”

Unfortunately we have a big weekend this weekend. In actual fact we don’t have a Fri/Sat/Sun without some plans until Christmas!! Going to friend’s place for dinner tonight, then friends to our place for dinner Saturday night, then even more friends for Brunch on sunday. Seriously, we have too many friends!

I cancelled this morning’s appointment with Bowater as I’m losing weight and I think in a good space bandwise, so made another appointment just before Christmas.

Been working on our wedding invitations. They’re going to be sooo cool. We just have to buy some glue and put them together now. When they’re done, I’ll scan them in here so you guys can have a peak.

Following the Sunday Program’s piece about lapband (which I haven’t seen but allegedly was quite anti lapband and very one sided), there were a few questions regarding surgery from a few non-surgery people at the We are Slimming forums. I wrote some pretty extensive posts addressing their queries, that might be handy should anyone be reading my blog who is considering surgery (or not!). Check it out here. The danger with biased and one-sided reporting is that people who have not been educated or researched this type of surgery judge those who have based on these reports which can often be hurtful. Everyone on the forum who commented was very respectful though and I hope I managed to educate them a bit further on the topic. I’m by no means trying to convert people to have the surgery, I just want people to understand why it’s not an easy decision, nor an easy way to lose weight.

Well that’s it from me today,

Have a great weekend!

Em

Bandster Quiz

Have seen this on a few people’s blogs so thought I’d run through it myself.

1. How long have you been banded?
1 year 8 months
2. What was your highest pre-band weight? / Current weight now? / Total lost to date?
135kg (297lbs) – but banded at 119kg (262lbs)
78.7kg (173lbs)
From banding? 40.8kg (90lbs)
From my highest weight? (124lbs)
3. What is your best “go-to” food to get in your protein?
 Fish
4. What is your favorite protein brand/shake?
Haven’t had a protein shake since pre-surgery optifast diet.
5. What food do you miss the most now being post-band?
White fluffy bread
6. What is your favorite “mushy” food?
potato bake cooked till mushy
7. What was your worst PB experience?
Pulling to the side of a road in Scotland and having to PB out the car door in the rain in front of the in-laws. Horrifying.
8. What has been the hardest part of this journey so far for you?
Learning to not finish whats on my plate
9. What is your best NSV to date?
Getting the tray table down on a plane without it hitting my stomach!
10. What is your top non-weight goal for your band? (top NSV maybe?)
Getting to a size 12
11. What is your goal weight or size?
72kgs (158lbs) will put my into the “right” BMI, but I’d love to be under 70kgs and a size 10-12.
12. What band “rule” do you live by (i.e. don’t cheat on)?
Rules were meant to be broken!! I try to make sure I drink heaps of water and rarely even attempt bread.
13. What band “rule” do you not follow as much or aren’t so good at?
All of them! haha Particularly though, the snacking between meals.. ahh chocolate my little friend.
14. What is your goal “reward”?
Haven’t really set one to be honest.
15. In the spirit of Thanksgiving being right around the corner (US), what are you most thankful for, post-band?
I’m thankful that the band has saved mine and my fiance’s lives.