Special Delivery

Yesterday I received a nice sized box filled with beautiful dresses that were sent to me from a very sweet, kind and supportive person....Nora the Traveling Bandita.  I could not have ask for a more lovely act.  Thank you so much Nora your gesture will not go unanswered. 


I head out for Chicago tomorrow to my friend's wedding.  I would like to join the B.O.O.B.S. challenge I am just not sure what the rules would be with me out of town for the first 2 weigh ins even tho I would still weigh and email in but it would be two different scales.  We shall see.

Hope all have a great holiday weekend.

A sigh of relief

As some of you know I am a travel nurse or a contract nurse and my contract her in Dallas is over and is time to search for a new contract.  Well this part of the job I don't like very much but I don't usually have to many problems.  This time I am going on two trips and would like to have it done before I leave.  Whew its over and I have made a decision.......wait for it, wait for it, I am headed to Vallejo, CA.  Now this little area isn't to well known, but the areas around it are.  I will be just north east of San Fran, south of Napa, and north of Berkley.  I love Napa and San Fran so the area pleases me to no end, however I hate having to pay CA state taxes which are the highest in the country.  The pay isn't great, but that will work itself out.  So knowing all this and having made this decision I can now breath easier and enjoy my trips....oh and I think the stress of looking for my next contract is what was keeping me so tight.  I did much better for lunch today.  Thank you to everyone who commented and your concern!

Anyone near the area?  Look me up!

This and That

No real title.....
I thought that if you were tight that meant you ate less, consumed less calories and therefore lost weight.....WRONG.   I have even gotten tight at lunch and eating less.  I have been going back and forth with a few pounds and this needs to stop.  I mean I have a goal to meet by the end of this week or at least by the 6th and this yo yoing isn't gonna get it.  I was fairly bummed all last week trying to get work straightened out but that too went in the toilet, which means I was too bummed to go to the gym......yes I skipped all last week.  I am making up for it this week and will even exercise on vacation as I am bringing my new, easy to pack gym shoes and gym clothes.  I am only bringing one set of gym clothes so don't stand to close after the first day......I am determined to get to my goal lets see if my body will cooperate.

Off to the gym and do some running around.......

New size excitement and other things.......

Ok so yes I went shopping again just to try things on and see.....well I have always had problems with not being able to fit into Kohls 3x clothing.  Well that is no more people...... I tried on  1x yesterday and it fit perfectly....yay!  I also got into a size 20 at LB.  I did buy a swim suit for my HI trip and I think that will be all that I buy.  It just felt so good to be in smaller clothes.

My weigh in for the week was today and I am still down five pounds for this week and I will take it with both hands.

I have mentioned this before but here it comes again as it is very hard for me to believe.....I am still tight in the mornings.  Silly I know.  So anyway I made a protein shake this morning and here it is...

2 scoops of max protein powder
1 tble SF vanilla syrup
1 tble SF banana pudding powder
1/2 banana
ice
8 oz water

around 250 cal
30 carbs
51g protien

I add the powders first to the mixer even tho the instructions say to add the eater first.  Then I added the water banana and the syrup.  Mix well.  It was so thick and I didn't even add milk.......I should be full most of the rest of the day.

Enjoy your Sunday.

BYOC

It's FRIDAY so that means it's BYOC - Bring Your Own Crazy! Brought to you by the one and only Drazil! We answer a couple of questions in an effort to get to know each other better and to give our blogging brains a break! Copy and paste and answer in your own blogs if you'd like!! ENJOY!!

1. What’s your favorite room in your house?
   Being away from home so much for work I had dilemma with this question.  Do I give my fav room at home in FL or a fav room while on contract.  So I will give both.  My fav room at home in FL is the living room.  It's not fancy but that is the room with pictures of family friends and places I have visited.  It has the big screen TV, the sliding glass door that if we faced the right direction we could see the beach, it has a great view of the kitchen which is where I love to cook and make great things for my family.  While on contract my bedroom is the best place.  I work a lot and sleeping is what I do most when I am home.
2. Picture question (or describe if you don't have a camera). Show us a pic of your current favorite earrings!
   Just my diamond studs.......love them. 
3. What’s your dress code at work? If you stay at home and went back to work outside the home, what dress code would you prefer?
   Scrubs and sometimes when I am not careful blood or amnio fluid.  TMI I know. 
4. Summarize your week in real life and in blog land.
   In real life, I had a fill on Monday, my second and wow what a difference and you can see that difference in my weight loss which so far this week is five pounds.  I haven't worked since Sunday due to a paperwork problem which sucks because when I don't work I don't get paid.  Next week  I am set to go to Chicago for a friends wedding and to the Taste of Chicago then when I get back on the 5th I am off to HI on the 6th.......both should be great. 

OMG Please Tell Me It's Not True

I forgot that today is my 12 week bandaversry or 3 months.  Wow where has the time gone?  So how about some three month numbers.....

Start weight on 3/21/11  280
surgery weight on 3/31/11 265
four weeks on 2/28/11  252
eight weeks out 5/26/11  242
twelve weeks out 6/23/11 is 232
Ht is 5'6 my BMI no is 37 which might I add is not morbid obese
I haven't done any measurements.
My next goal is 50 lbs by HI on July 6.
Goal is 100lbs by Dec , that's 180 by Thanksgiving and to keep it off during Christmas.

Thanks to all my friends family coworkers and my folks from blog land for all the support.

Pills, Pills, and gummies....

I am referring to my daily regimen of vitamins and supplements.  It seems I am on something for everything.....but we do what we must to keep our health up and feeling great.  I mostly take everything at night.  I take 2 gummy multi vits, 2 gummy fibers, 2 chewable calcium chews, 2 gummy probiotic, one biotin, one vit D, one clairtin, and an anti gas pill.  I have read " Weightloss Surgery for Idiots".....I know I am not much of a reader when it comes to something not a cookbook or not fiction, but this did have some recipes in it.  LOL.  I did read a lot of good information in it.  Like  you should take your calcium chews all during the day as the body cant absorb all you need at once, so now I take some to work in my lunch bag and have a few during the day.  I also learned that alcohol is the only substance that is absorbed quickly through the stomach lining and into the blood stream, which is why we lap band patients are now even cheaper dates than before.....lol.  Awesome.....

I also take once a week a B12 injection and that is for energy and other stuff I am sure.  I just know I feel better after.  When I need it I will take Miralax, but I try not to need it as it is not nice to my body. 

My exercise this week has suffered a bit.  I did go yesterday and plan to go the rest of the week so that I will get four days this week. 

I am also happy to report that since Monday I am down four pounds.....can I just say I love my Gerty.  I am also happy to report that I definitely know what being tight in the morning is.....I am only able to drink a protein shake before noon and that is very slow going.  I am very very happy about all of these things.

As we all like pictures here are a few.

These are chips that I love as I am a big fan of crunchy things and these have 14g protein 120 cal 8 carbs and 3.5g fat per 1 oz......love them!!!!!  I buy mine at The Vitamin Shoppe as the bag says in the background but I have also found them online.

Enjoy your day....