Back to reality

I've been away for a while and finally have a chance to post. M and I headed south for a few weeks of R & R. We rented a villa on the beach and had a great time.

I had my good share of frozen watermelon margaritas (so yummy!) along with good food and dessert.It was tough the first couple of days to not be able to step on the scale, but I soon got over it. The band really helped me to limit my portions and I was only up 2 pounds when I came back which I've since lost plus a bit more to bring me to a new low. I'm determined to be in the ones by mid-December and I think that is totally attainable, I'm going to do my darndest to get there.

It sounds like the BOOBS event was a resounding success. I still have to catch up on all of the posts of those that attended plus all of your other posts!

Hope everyone is doing well and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians.

BYOC Friday - a day late

Thank-you for your comments on my previous post. It's very easy to get caught up in the weight loss/rate of loss continuum. 

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BYOC

1. If a major newspaper wrote an article about you today, what would the headline be?

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  Managed to remain calm despite all the chaos around her. 

2. Name one thing you like about being an adult.

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    Being able to do whatever I want, whenever I want and not having to ask permission.

3. What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon when you were a kid?

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  I loved the Smurfs. My sister, brother and I would get up early on Saturday and get our cereal ready for an hour and a half of entertainment. I thought Papa Smurf was so kind, but I had a special fondness for Gargamel and his cat Azrael.

4. When is the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt about them?

• One of my closest friends. We haven't seen each other in a while, most of it my doing and I sent her a note to let her know how much I miss her. Distance is a factor, but we're making plans to get together soon.

5. Repeat question: Summarize your week in life and in blogland.

• I've been working on increasing my running speed and it's been tough, really tough. I'm sticking with it though because I know this body of mine can handle it.
• I tend to work long days so don't get much time to post or to visit blogs during the week, but I try to keep up on my mobile phone. Unfortunately,  I can't view many of your blogs or comment that way but know that I'm cheering you all on.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Ramblings

The fill I got last week is really doing its job and I am now down 70 pounds. I haven't been doing my daily workouts this week as I've been battling a summer cold (those are the worst), but I've been keeping track of my calories. 1,200 or so seems to be the magic number. I'll bump it up a bit once I start working out again but it seems to be doing the trick.

I need exercise and really miss it when I don't. I'm not nearly as congested as I was a few days ago and plan to start running again tomorrow. I've set a goal of running my first 10K in the fall, just need to sign up.

I have been searching through photos to find some of me at my heaviest and so far no luck. I was really good at avoiding the camera. In the age of digital photography I aslo made sure that I deleted any that had me in them. I did save a couple of pairs of trousers from my heaviest and try them on occasionally when I need to remind myself that I am making progress. I would highly recommend it as it seems to make it more real - at least it does for me.

A couple of days ago I found the negative self-talk slipping in - some of the chatter: I should have lost more weight by now, I still have over sixty pounds to lose, why can't I just stick to 800 calories and exercise 2 hours a day and get it done ... and on and on it went. Then the voice of reason chimed in and reminded me that I have lost a significant amount of weight. That I am exercising. That I am living my life, I'm happier, more at peace with  myself and all the while I continue to lose.  Sometimes we need to be our own cheerleaders.

Fifth Fill

I finally bit the bullet and had my fifth fill yesterday. My last fill was almost 2 1/2 months ago and I had good restriction for maybe a month of that. I didn't want to get another fill because I was worried about being too tight. I also thought I could just do it on my own and stick to one cup of food. Uh, hello? Isn't that why I got the band? I've been able to eat pretty much everything and it's very difficult to exercise restraint when I was still hungry after my meals.

My clinic doesn't tell me how much of  a fill they're giving or how much I have in my band because they've found that people get fixated on the number. I have a pretty good idea though as I've been keeping track and can figure it out based on how much liquid is in the syringe (aren't I clever ;)). I'm somewhere between 6.75 & 7ccs in my 10 cc band. I'm already feeling the difference.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Half-way there

I didn't realize until today that I'm half-way to my goal. I've been too busy eating and not exercising to notice. After my last post where I said I was going get stricter with my eating plan and exercise I've done the absolute opposite. The interesting thing is that the scale is actually moving down, but I know it won't remain that way if I keep this up. I've signed up for some spin classes with the first one on Saturday. The last time I took a class was a few years ago. I'm looking forward to it but not how sore my tush and the rest of me will be.

I want to but I don't want to

First, thanks for your posts re my food poisoning. I’m feeling like myself again. I just wish the darn hair loss would stop *sigh*.

I’m picking up on a theme  Amy over at  Babbles of a Bandster started. I’ve actually been thinking about this for a few weeks now after reviewing my weight loss stats and how I’ve been progressing over the last 6 months. Based on my review, it takes me about six weeks to lose 10 pounds; the last ten pound increment took me almost 8 weeks.

Note: I am happy with all the weight that I’ve lost. I’ve never been able to lose this much in any of my past attempts. It hasn’t been fast but I’m maintaining what I lose, I may bounce around a pound or two but I don't worry about it.. Having said all that, I know that I could be losing much faster if I changed some things. Those changes would mean working out 5 – 6 days a week instead of 3, keeping track of calories and forgoing the treats. I want to, but I don’t want to. Why? Because so far it’s been relatively easy. I have made changes to my diet, I move far more than I used to and the band does its job by helping to limit my portion sizes. Of course I’ve had my moments of frustration but overall it hasn’t been hard. I’ve been absolutely miserable in the past when I’ve tried to stick to a strict regime and I don’t want to relive that kind of experience. I do however want to pick up the pace. As I type this I think that I need to makes those changes I mentioned. I feel like I’m getting into a bit of a rut and seeing steady losses will help keep me motivated to push on. I’ll keep you all posted on how it goes, I may set up a separate page on my blog for this “get my rear in gear” plan.

I'm on the disabled list

To borrow a baseball term. I had a bout of food poisoning a few days ago and it was just awful. I haven't worked out all week and frankly I haven't had the strength to. Not eating can do that to you. The interesting thing is that as sick I was I didn't throw up at all. During my research pre-band some people mentioned that they've found they don't after being banded. I was very nauseous and  knew I would feel a whole lot better if I was able to, but no dice. I spent quite a bit of time on the loo. Enough said.

Hope everyone is doing well. I think I'm going to be out of commission for a few more days. I'm trying to catch up and comment on your blogs, it's hard to keep up!