-5.4 pounds-- What?? :))

last night was a rought night, Acid Reflux was bugging me when I went to bed. I had drank a lot of water before going and also had those 100 calorie cookies I had mentioned and I don't think its a good idea to eat and drink a lot just before bed when I'm feeling so tight. (Note to self) It was wierd because, if I layed on my stomach (which I feel most comfortable), I'd nod off and then something would come up into my mouth and wake me up (I know disgusting and TMI) and then if I lay on one side, it did the same and then the other side, my stomach would make this kind of growling sound way down deep and then it would travel up through my pouch and make this strange girgling noise. Over and over and my husband kept making comments. I mean, it never stopped and kind of kept me awake. Does this happen to anyone???

I finally fell asleep sometime last night and woke up feeling quite good and particularly thin, so I decided to weigh on the Wii and it said I lost 5.4 pound since the last time I weighed in (i think i had gained a little since last time) and I'm down to 187. Can't believe it I'm officially in the 180's. I'm thinking if I continue the way I'm going and continue to loose, I might just make my goal. I don't know, once I'm feeling back to usual and can eat more, I'm sure my weight loss will come to a stand still or even put a couple back on, but that's okay. I'm just estatic to have lost so much. I guess the complaining worked J/K.

One more thing...

I had to go back and read some older posts because I couldn't remember if I already posted on this, but I found this great product the other day at Target (i'm sure at most grocery stores too). Remember when I blogged about eating a whole row of Girl Scout cookies back when I had no restriction??? I felt so bad, but I love those darn Thin Mint cookies. Well I found this Keebler brand of 100 calorie packs that tast very similar to those Thin Mints. They are the Grasshopper ones and I'm hooked. I'm goint to start buying 100 calorie packs of sweet treats for myself. I just love a sweet here and there and if I have those on hand, maybe I will make wiser choices.

I also ordered a bunh of Vitamins online today. I've been getting email of special offers from a websit called Puritan's Pride. The website is www.puritan.com I believe, anyway they are always having great deals on vitamins. They sent me an email with an offer (ends today) of $20 off $50 or more and free shipping. They are having all kinds of specials where you buy one get one free. So, I bought 2 bottles of B-12 Sublinguals, 2 bottels of chewable Adult Vitamins, 4 bottles of Papaya Enzyme, and two bottles of some other liquid stuff (for digestion my hubby said) and my total was like $31.00. Good deal huh??? Check it out . If you end up ordering today the code is TE5PP4D. But if you don't get a chance today, sign up for their email because they are always having deals like this.

I finally decided to order these vitamins because I can't take any of my pill form vitamins and I've been feeling so tired the last few days, I'm feeling dizzy at times, and my hair is falling out!! I usually can cut my B-12 pills in 1/2 or 1/4's and get them down, but I've been afraid the last few days, so I need to get myself set up with the proper vitamins so I can take them regarless of how my band is feeling that day. I have been continuing with the children's chewable vitamins, but was really happy to find the Adult Chewable vitamin's that this website had. You'd think they were paying me to advertise huh??? No, just excited to find this great deal and thought I'd share.

Feeling better...

So, I've been uncomfortable all day and that dreaded reflux started this morning. This is the same thing that happened to me last month after my over fill. I know I keep bringing this up, but I have figured out the problem. I get extreemly bloated like a week or so before I start. My breasts hurt and get swollen. My body really reacts before I start and obviously my band gets tighter. It won't last, I know that now, so I need to try to figure this out. I'm a little miserabe, but can't go get an unfill and then need a fill a week or so later. I went to the store to get some chewable Ibuprofin because that helps with swelling. I also read this advise in another post or blog. So, I got some this afternoon and it seems to be helping a bit. I was able to eat a chicken drumstick and 1/2 of a small salad. It seems like the reflux has subsided a bit and I think I'm just going to have to deal with this for a week or so a month. I think of it this way, I'll definately loose weight during that one week a month or should I say HOPE!!!

I did track my calories so far for today and I'm at about 950 calories and I haven't felt hungry at all today. I find that I'm constantly thinking that I need to eat and wondering what I might be able to get down. I feel like I've been eating constantly today, but when I sat down to log my calories, I really didn't eat much. I haven't been able to drink much either. It seems like when I'm this tight, the food stays in the pouch a lot long (or at least feels that way) and I'm afraid to drink because it will make me get stuck. I need to work on this though.

Anyway....I'm so glad the reflux is feeling a bit better.

Tighter...Tighter & Tighter...

So, it seems that each day that goes by, I seem to be getting tighter and tight (pre-menstral). I know what it is. I did track my calories yesterday and I was at 1185 calories. I do think I splurged a little yesterday, so maybe I'm not eating enough. The reason I say I splurged is because we have cousins sleeping over today and we ordered pizza. I ordered thin and crispy meat lovers pizza for me and hubby. I ate almost a slice and got that full feeling. The hard part is, it tasted so good, I really wanted more, but I guess I went overboard with the almost full slice I ate because I ended up in the bathroom PBing and was having little issues the rest of the night. I had trouble with just about everything yesterday. I usually do fine with cheese and crackers and they are my new food of choice. 1 slice of cheese, about 4 or 5 crackers and I'm full and feeling good. Well, yesterday, I even had trouble with that, but no PB episodes. I had chicken noodle soup for lunch and that was good. I tried cereal and two bites and had to throw it away (i guess liquid with solid doesn't go down so well). So, this morning, I had my usual protein drink in the morning and took like several big gulps and felt some discomfort, so I guess I'm super tight this morning and will have to take slow sips until I loosen up a little this afternoon.

I get like this bubbling coming up in my throat. Does anyone experience this? It doesn't hurt, It's just like my band is reminding me that it's there and to think before I eat. I'm not in any pain, unless I eat too much, too fast, or the wrong things, so I'm not complaining just putting down some of the thoughts that have been going through my mind. I am definitely feeling in much better spirits today. I didn't weigh in, I'm just going to try and focus on eating well today.

One other thing that I ponder as I have been stuck for a while is that when you loose weight you feel so good about yourself and want to get dressed up and go out with friends or spouses and those occasions usually include alcohol for me/us. I guess maybe lately, I've been having wine or some type of alcoholic beverage just about Evey weekend. I know I've read before that alcohol kind of plays around with your system and maybe just when my body is ready to let loose of some of my weight, i drink some alcohol and it messes everything up. Just a thought. I think I'll try to refrain from alcoholic beverages for a couple weeks and see what happens.

Hi

So, i haven't blogged in a while. I guess there is nothing new to post. I'm kind of in a funk again as my weight has not changed in almost 2 weeks. I've done a couple days where I gain and then loose again, but no real change. I get very discouraged when this happens. I don't need a fill. I do still have a ton of restriction and can't imagine it being any tighter. I am not eating very much at all, so that just makes the no loss worse. I don't see how I can't be loosing eating what I'm eating. I've been drinking tons of water and managing to exercise at least 2-3 times a week, so what the *?#@ is the problem (pardon my french).

The tightness of my band seems to be in a good place. I would say sweet spot, but doesn't that mean it's tight and your consistently loosing weight?? which I'm not. But to give you an idea of where I'm at. As you know, I don't eat breakfast, just a protein shake. Lunch has been something like this and egg or cheese and crackers (about 5), 1/2 and apple. Dinner is like 1-2 oz meat, 3 bites of corn, 1 slice of pizza (thin crust). I find I can't eat much before I get full and have had several PB episodes. I had a little steak the other night and it sat there for hours. We took the kids out to get doughnuts the other night and I couldn't resist, so I started to eat one and about 3 bites in I got that stuck slimming feeling and was in the bathroom. No more doughnuts. You're probably saying, perhaps this is why you're not loosing, but honestly, I only had like 3 bites and threw the rest away after my kissing the toilet. I find events like that good, because now I don't think I'll be eating anymore doughnuts in the near future, especially the one's sitting in the box that I'm about to throw away because they are getting old. In my pre band life, they wouldn't have made it a day. I find the same thing with bread. I don't even try much anymore, because I know I don't do well with it. We have a loaf of bread that I'm going to have to throw away because it's going bad. I love that because bread is my carb of choice, next to cake and cookies.

I know I won't make it to my first goal of 180 by the 15th now. That would mean I would have to loose like 10 pounds in two weeks and seeing as the scale hasn't moved in two weeks, I don't think that is going to happen.

So, I'm going to try not to weigh myself until Monday and see where I'm at. I need to stop focusing on the weight loss, but it's hard because I love to read the blogs and you all are doing so well and passing me by. I wish I was doing as well as you all. Have a good day!

Fun Weekend and No Weight Gain!!

So, this weekend was a lot of fun we spent two days at a friends house swimming in the pool, eating and having coctails. I still find that I can't eat much, but I had several glasses of wine over the long weekend and was worried a bit as to what the scale would show this morning, but it stayed the same, so I was a happy camper. I still find that I can't eat too much, which is a good thing and the food we ate over the weekend wasn't entirely bad. Last week, my weight was yo-yoing again, so i'm glad it is on the down swing today. It would have been nice to hit a new low, but I won't complain.

TGIF

I'm so glad it's Friday and a long 3 day weekend. We have a lot planned for the weekend and, of course, food surrounds all of these activities, so I'm going to try to be good. On the weight loss front, I haven't lost anymore weight, but I haven't gained either, so I'm grateful for that. I feel like I'm not eating much at all, so kind of disappointed that I'm not loosing. I've been getting in protein and have been exercising, so hopefully it's just a little plateau and I'll start loosing again.

Tonight we are going out for Chinese food for my mom's birthday, then Saturday, nothing major planned. For Sunday and Monday we have two different pool BBQ's to go to. I'm looking forward to relaxing and doing a little sun bathing.

All of my shorts are starting to get too big, so I went out today and bought a couple pairs of shorts. Size 14. I'm loving that size 14 is now my regular size and most everything in that size fits me (on the bottom). I'm still like an XL or 1X on the top. I also bought myself a few tank tops. I don't usually wear tank tops because they don't usually look so good on me, but they are not looking so bad these days, so I bout a few to get me through this hot summer.

Bunco was fun last night. I tried to eat shrimp, which I love, and it started to feel like it wasn't going down well, so I stopped eating it right away. I had a couple hot wings...yumm and some fruit and a couple glasses of wine.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.