Weigh in day and up a pound....Not bad!!

Okay, so today was my weigh in day and I weighed in on the Wii and it showed up a pound. Not bad...I'm totally thrilled. I mean, not bad for an eight day cruise!!

I went walking yesterday and plan to go again today. I hope to get through Thanksgiving and my birthday without gaining.

I'm going to try to sit down this week and go over the cruise details. Just wanted to post on my weight status.

I'm Back....

Hi everyone. I'm back from the cruise. We got back today and had the best time. My band cooperated and did it's job while still allowing me to indulge in the delicious foods they had on board. It did tighten up a couple times, but relaxed a bit fairly quickly. I'm not going to weigh in today since it's so late in the day. I'm going to see what I weigh in the morning and then I'll do an official weigh in on Monday. I hope it's not a lot, although I feel a little bloated at the moment, so we'll have to see.

I'll tell you more about the cruise later.....I need to catch up on every one's blogs. Hope everyone had a good week.

The Good News ....and The Bad News!!!

I thought this was funny, but it should read after the cruise you turn back into a dieter!!!

Anyway, about the title of my post!! The good news is my restriction level is great and I loosened up and hope to stay that way until the 19th at least. The bad news is I didn't reach my goal of being 165 by the cruise. I weighed in this morning and was still 167 ( point something gained .5 pounds), so if I gain my allotted five pounds on the cruise I'll be above 170 again. I'll need to try real hard not to do that. Also Aunt Flo is scheduled to come any day now!! Can you believe that??? Oh, well, at least I can count on loosing a little excess water weight huh??

Have a great day....I probably won't post again until I get back......Have a good week ladies (I don't think I have any gentleman looking at my blog) and keep focused!!

Pictures...

Okay. So you know I want to stay completly annonymus, however, I wanted to post my progress because I enjoy seeing other's pictures, so I decided to cut my head out of some before and after pictures so that I could show everyone how far I've come in 55 pound. So here it goes...

Some of my before pictures.....my larges 222 pounds and I'm 5'6" tall.

And some after pictues. I'm almost to my goal of 160 pounds. This is about 170.

3 days and counting and feeling loose.

I'm so glad my band is relaxing a bit. Sorry if I keep posting about the cruise, but I'm just so excited!!! Can't wait!! 3 more days.

We had a birthday sleepover for my now 9 year old son this weekend and had two little boys sleep over. It was fun, we took them to the movies, had pizza and played video games. We all went to bed at about 11 p.m. and then they woke up at 5 am. I was so exhausted yesterday. Tried to nap, but I can never seem to nap during the day unless I'm sick. So on Saturday and Sunday I was eating real good and not feeling tight at all. It was a relaxing birthday party for a change with just two additional kids. I'm a stresser and that is probably why my band tightens so easily with emotional changes as my doctor says. So, since this was so low key and stress free, it seemed my band was doing good. I had some popcorn at the movies and felt like I could eat endless amounts, had a candy bar and a slice of pizza for dinner. I was even able to eat a slice of birthday cake. I know, not a good diet for a bandster, but like I said, when I'm not tight, I really enjoy eating like a normal person, so I go a little overboard.

So yesterday after everyone was gone, I had to run some errands for the cruise and was feeling a little stressed and hadn't been drinking enough water that day and tons of coffee and all of a sudden I felt my band tightening. I can't really explain what it feels like, but I do get a little bit of pain in my back and sometimes at my above my ribs at my bra line. I always have to undo my bra when this happens. Anyway as I was driving home, I realized this was happening and I was stressing myself out thinking about everything that needs to be done before we leave and so when I got home, I drank a glass of water made a cup of tea and drank hot tea and relaxed on the sofa for a bit and tried to destress and it worked. My band loosened up a bit. I decided to have Chicken Noodle Soup for dinner just to give my band a rest and to make up for all the junk I had been eating all weekend and it was fine from that moment on.

I just mention all this because, maybe it is me doing this to myself. I think I need to work on relaxation and maybe meditate daily or do some Yoga classes. I really don't have a very stressful life, it's me, I'm a stresser. I stress over the smallest things. Always have.

So after that long analogy, I've decided I should be loose on the cruise because it is definitely a stress free vacation, that is, I hope excitement doesn't tighten my band. If I tighten, I'll try a massage and that should relax me huh?? I'll have to tell my hubby if I don't get a massage, I'll not be able to eat!! LOL!!

Loosening up....yeah!!

Well, today and yesterday were good days. I seem to be loosenging up a bit, or I should say enough. I was able to eat with good restriction yesterday and today. This gives me such releif. I have been a little bit stressed out and feeling less stress the last few days, so hopefully that it.

Tight Again!

Uuurhhhh....I'm tight again!!! How can that be??? I had two unfills in a row at -2.5 cc in total and I'm still tightening up!! It's not unbearable, but I can't eat much at all, a few bites and it's all over. I might call in today and see if my doctor will be in the office during the next week before we leave and make an appointment just in case. I hope it loosens up!!

With this restriction, I'm sure to get to my mini cruise goal and and maybe not gain during the cruise. Good, but certainly not fun!!!