My New Thin Life

I am down again in inches.  The scale moved a little bit today for me.  I have given up on my 18s shorts I am now in 16s!  WOOHOO!  Ohh and we went to a chinese buffet last night with SILs and their kids and BIL & his partner.  I  didnt plan on eating much just sneaking food off DH’s plate. I ate pretty well.  The chicken on a stick stayed down ok– I wasnt sure if it was gonna stay down or not there for awhile.  The sushi stayed down too.  I liked sushi pre-op but last night it didnt do anything for me.  I also had some marinated mushrooms and a couple of bites of egg roll.  I ended the meal (after waiting) for some jasmine tea.  I LOVE jasmine tea.  i bought some to use at home but its just not the same!  I dont know how you can screw it up but its just not the same as in resturants.  I want a salad so bad I can taste it but I am scared to try lettuce right now.  I may just go ahead and try it to see if my pouch can handle it.  I have a little bit in the fridge if its still good, ill try it tomorrow for lunch! 

Never in my life have I worn shorts as much as I have been wearing them for the last few months.  I seem to buy a new size (smaller) shorts every other week or so.  Not bad– If it keeps up at this rate, Ill be in the Juniors section soon.  I have been stalling out this week.  Aunt Flo is here. YUCK!  Hopefully next week will bring a loss.  I know I am losing inches though because my shorts are getting looser and looser.  I figure the next pair I buy will be 16s.  I accidentally bought a pair of 12s back a week or two ago.  I didnt look at the tag on the inside of the shorts, just went by the colored thingy on the hanger.  I learned my lesson that time.  At least I will have a pair of 12s when I get there.  At the rate I am going that should be about 4 weeks give or take.  My prom dress from high school is a 10 so soon I will be able to wear that again! I dont think I will wear it in public but just to know that I can wear it (I weighed 140 back then) will be a definite WOW moment!  I will definatly try it on for old times sake!  LOL I might even take a picture of me wearing it!  that would be a hoot!

Today was a pretty good day.  I realized today that I havent vomited in awhile.  I guess when you eat cheese for just about every meal it tends to stop.  Its weird, my body HATES milk and dairy products yet I can handle cheese, pretty much any kind of cheese.  I am doing good on my weight loss.  I am stalled out right now but its because Aunt Flo is here.  Geez I want Mirena or some other kind of BC to make her stop coming.  I have been thinking about looking into Essure the new tubal ligation thing.  Its not a surgery and it takes a few months for scar tissue to grow over the coils but by GOD its not slice and dice surgery.  I think I will see if DH’s new insurance will cover Mirena first before I do something more permanant. 

 Anyway– I am into an 18 short now and a 12/14 top!  WOOHOO!  I am shopping in the normal people section.  Its an awesome feeling, believe me.  I love it! 

 DH says that I am becoming more and more girly with the more weight that I lose.  I think hes right. 

My dad goes off to the dr again today.  They checked his ankle/leg to see if the swelling has gone down enough for surgery.  It hasnt!  Bad Daddy!  You know you are supposed to keep it elevated. 

So, they admitted him for the weekend and have his leg elevated.  They are going to re-evaulate in the morning to see if its gone down any– if not he will stay over the weekend for surgery on Monday!    Hopefully this will be the last surgery.  They are supposed to take the “cage” off his leg for this surgery and keep it off.  I know he will be glad about that.  Momma says he has been doing really good.  Its hard being 600+ miles away from them right now.  This has been a very traumatic event for all of us and I think it has been even harder on me since I am so far away! 

Well I figured today would be good as any for testing my pouch on eggs again.  the last time I tried eggs was about 2 months ago.  They didnt stay down and pissed off my pouch all day that day.  I tried em again today and they didnt even get down my throat before I knew it wasnt going to happen.  30 minutes of retching later, they are out and down the drain.  I had some cheese for lunch that was good and stayed down pretty good.

Supper, well that was another adventure.  Chicken has NEVER and i mean NEVER stayed down.  Tonite i grilled chicken breasts out on the grill.  I marinated them in pineapple juice, low sodium soy sauce, and some lemon juice.  They were so yummy and they stayed down with NO issues or pains!  I am so happy!  i wasnt able to eat much but man it was good.  Well worth it.  I am hoping to save some for tomorrow for lunch.  That would be tasty!

Off to walk to the neighborhood with the family! 

OUCH! I just fell about 30 minutes ago and have huge bruises on both my legs and one shoulder!  I have never in my life bruised this fast.  The first bruise started appearing within 30 seconds (literally) of getting off the ground.  I have two lovely lacerations on my left leg and they are already turning red and blue.  My knee on my left leg is swelling up too.  My right leg has a nasy nasty bruise (this was the one that first appeared) and is swollen.  My shoulder isnt really swelling yet but its gonna be hurting in the morning I know.  My legs are gonna look so nasty in the morning. YUCK! I put ice on both legs and right now the only one hurting is my left leg with the cuts.  I cleaned the cuts really well and put some neosporin  on it and then a sterile guaze pad and wrapped it up in some vetwrap for the night. I am dreading looking at my legs in the morning.  I hope the swelling goes down tonite and the pain goes away. 

My legs are going to look smashing Sunday on the golf course!  Damn centipede grass!

One of my vendor contacts at work is having RNY done today.  I have been thinking about her all day and hope everything went well.  I cant wait to hear from her and see how she is doing. 

Karen, if you read this, I am thinking of ya!  Drop me a line when you get a chance!