Hungry Hungry Ramona

When I was little I used to love slamming my hand on the little lever of the Hungry Hungry Hippo game, screaming at the top of my lungs thinking it would make my little hippo eat the marbles faster than my brothers. Well that's how I feel today. I want to scream and eat, LOL. Can you tell I am still on liquids from my fill? :P

So my experience yesterday was interesting. Yes, that's the word I'm going to use because it wasn't bad, but not great either. I got to the hospital and it was pouring rain, thank god for valet parking (and the fact that they have it can be attributed to the abundance of older folks that come for treatments and such). Why the radiology department is on one side of the hospital campus (where dr does the fill under fluro) and the office is on the other is beyond me. But it's excercise so whatever. I got lost going down all the different hallways and arrived just in time for them to call my name and take me back. The cute little nurse in her full metal jacket (heehee) comes to get me and i go in and lay on the table. She shows me my band and port on the monitor and its super cool to see. Then my dr asks me how much I can eat. I said...A LOT! He says ok then, we will do 2cc's now and come back in 4 weeks for 2 more. :( :( :( Why not just do 4 cc's now? He says he doesn't want me back in a week for a unfill. Which makes sense, but come on people. I have a 17cc band. 17cc's. Does he really, honestly think I will be overfull with 6 cc's in it? Hmpf.

So anyway, he gives me the numby shot which burns like the pits of hell and pokes me with it again. OUCH! I actually said that and he kinda looked at me like, really? Whatever dude, it hurt twice and burned a lot. Bite me. As soon as my fill was done he said, see you in 4 weeks and walked away into the other room. I was like, um ok. Too bad if I had any questions for you, BUTTFACE. I was his last appointment of the day, I get that. But don't be like that to someone who hasn't seen your ass in 6 weeks. Ok, end of that rant. He is a good dr, I just didn't like being so discarded.

Anyway- then I hiked it over to the dr office and have my check up with the RN. Their scale says I've lost 26 lbs and she says I'm doing good. Um....k. Then I get my ass chewed for not taking my vitamins. She says I will lose more if I do, blah blah blah. Then I'm setting up my appt, excited that its for 4 weeks from now, when the secretary says "Honey, he's trippin, he's out of town till mid december". Good times. So 6 weeks is my new fill time. Blah!
Then I headed to Walgreens to spend $40 on vitamins. Calcium Citrate w/ D, Biotin and B12 sublingual. I already have a liqui-gel vitamin at home. I also bought one of those days of the week pill holders to keep in my purse. I'm officially a geriatric patient. LOL kidding.

I had mashed potatoes for dinner and snuck a little nibble of my moms chicken tender but it gave me a heartburn feeling so I stopped. I'm doing mushies today and hungry, but cest la vie. At least I will have restriction long enough with this fill so I won't partake in the abundance of chocolate Peyton gets tomorrow.

Is the rain here ever going to stop? It's rained for 10 days straight and they SAY it will be sunny and 60 tomorrow. Right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt! :P I just hope Peyton gets to trick of treat. He has talked of little else and seeing him so excited just makes my day. Not to mention the like 500 calories I will burn walking all over east Jesus with him. HeeHee.

Off to work I go. Have a great, safe, DRY Halloween weekend and don't forget to get that extra hour of sleep Saturday night. Muwah! :*

Fill #2 Day

Good morning everyone! I am feeling MUCH better from my episode the other day. When I called my surgeons office they said it was a "dumping" type thing that isn't super common for Bandsters, more with Bypass, but it can happen when you get too much sugar in your pouch, all my symptoms matched. So I slept for 4 hours and had some plain baked chicken for dinner to even out my blood sugar. Whew! I for sure will not be doing that again.

So today is fill#2 and from my prev post you all heard about me asking how much my fill will be cc wise, and the smart ass answers I got from the nurse. Well I'm hoping its at least 4 cc's to get this damn ball rolling because I'm 3 months out and should be rocking this band a little harder and with the right push I will be. My appt is at 315 today so I'm on liquids all day (minus the 2 mini chocolate donuts I relished early this am). I stopped and got a 20oz pumpkin spice cappicino and boy does it smell heavenly. Now if I can just wait to drink it so it doesnt scald my tongue :P

Have a great day ladies! I'll post again tonight or tomorrow with the update on the fill. Muwah!

Bad reaction

I'm pretty sure I'm either in sugar/food shock or something right now. I'm shaking, sweating, dizzy and having cramps in my stomach. My mouth is watering and my throat is burning.
What did I eat to do this? TOO MUCH CRAP!

I had some chinese food for lunch, followed by a slice of pecan pie. Within minutes of finishing the pie I began feeling this way. If it doesn't come up soon I'm going to have to go home because I'll be damned if I'm going to sit at my desk, shaking and sweating waiting to barf and being too far to make it to the bathroom.

Good lord I feel terrible. The food was NOT worth this pain. Ouch. :-(

Weigh in and rain

Happy Monday to you all! It's still raining here in St. Louis and it's getting on my nerves. We had to dress up today at work because the CEO is coming in for a office visit, so here I am in my nicest slacks and heels trudging thru the rain soaked parking lot trying to carry all my stuff. Ugh!

Weigh in day: 0. Nothing gained, nothing lost down to the ounce. I'll take it. I have my 2nd fill this thursday at 3 in the afternoon and am really excited about it. I'm hoping it will give me some restriction and get this ball rolling a little faster. I meant to start doing my walk away the pounds dvd's at home, but I've been going to bed early to try and get my little man into a routine for the wintertime before the time change this weekend, so I've been in bed by 10 or so lately and that doesnt leave much time for working out. It's not a excuse, just a reason ;)

Gotta go, work is calling. Love ya's!

Delish!!!

I found this recipe on another blog...amazing! All protein and hardly any carbs at all. You can also make them with turkey or another lunchmeat.
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Eggs Florentine


Step 1: Preheat oven to 375. Fill greased muffin tins with deli sliced ham (to form little cups) and place fillings in bottom of cup. We tried the spinach and tomato they suggested on their site and also threw in some hashbrowns and broccoli. I think next time I'll add some diced onion

Step 2: Break 1 egg into each up and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Step 3: Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees, then top with cheese and bake 5 more minutes.

Step 4: Let them cool down and enjoy. We all really like them...the tomato and hashbrowns were the favorites!

Workout

Happy Hump Day!

I'm starting my workout program today. I've decided to start slow so I don't aggrevate my pneumonia. I got the Walk Away the Pounds DVD's that I can do in 20 minutes at home while my little man is playing nearby. My sister did them before her wedding and toned up a LOT so I'm hoping they work. Have any of you used them?

I noticed the tops of my thighs are getting saggy and that is not cool. I was hoping to only have to do a tummy tuck and boob lift once all of the weight loss was over and not a thigh or arm lift. Any tips on how to tighten those areas? (the bat arms and the flabby top thighs)

Gotta get back to work. Toodles

I'm driving the wagon Ms. Daisy...

Did you read that? I'm in CHARGE of this wagon. I'm taking CHARGE of my life one step at a time, starting with the only thing I can actually control 100% and that is my band. I can't make people do what I say, I can't change how people feel, I can't control the weather. But damnit, I CAN control this part and I'm doing it. YAY!

Today was weigh in day and I lost 3 lbs this week! :-) I'm at 28 since surgery and just went into another number arena. I'm almost to the weight I was when I had my son 3 1/2 years ago. WOOHOO!

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Food today-

B-1/2 roasted chicken breast, 4 cubes cheese, water
S-coffee w/ splenda
L-salad w/ protein & vinnegrette
S-candy (im letting myself eat a tootsie pop each day, curbs my chocolate craving!)
D-pork roast, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli
Bedtime-milk
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My weekend was full and fun. My sister's bday was Saturday so we had a family BBQ, then went out that night. I had a few mixed drinks for the first time since surgery and was very drunk. We had a good time and yesterday was a relaxing day for the most part, minus the cleaning the house. LOL.

I'm going to start actually doing work now, LOL. I'll check in on everyone later today. Love ya's!

Their loss, not mine...

I didn't get the new job :( They didn't say why, they just said they chose someone else and would keep me in the mind for the future. Why do they say that? Its not true and just not fair to give someone hope when you wouldnt choose them then either. Oh well. I'm trying to recite my thought of "Everything happens for a reason" over and over in my head. But I'm just ready to go to bed, my head hurts and I'm bummin.

Toodles

Well excuuuuuse me...

I called my surgeons office today to ask how the Dr bases the amount he does for the fills. My 2nd one is Oct 29th and I was hoping to get more than 2cc's. Well the nurse asks me a bunch of questions about my eating habits and tells me I'm eating too many carbs, drinking during my meals and not having control of my portions. Um, excuse me? Did I call and ask you to tell me the things I'm doing wrong? Nope. I called to see how he bases how much fluid he uses for the fills. She then said he does it under fluro and will ask me about how much i can comfortably eat and base it on that, normally 2-4 cc's per fill. Well thank you miss smartypants, thanks for FINALLY answering my question after 10 minutes of being grilled by you on my habits.
Not to mention she asked if I had a journal, so I say yes I have a blog online. She then proceeds to talk about how only people who are struggling blog or journal about their band because the ones that are succeeding don't need help from others, therefore don't blog.

Um, WHAT? :(

I've never had any problems or experiences like this with the surgeons office, so I'm hoping I just caught her on a snippy day or something. Sheesh.

Well I'd like to tell my blog readers that I appreciate you taking your time to help me and support me on my journey. All of you are success stories and she can bite me BIG ASS!

Ahh, I feel better now. Love you's! Muwah :*

NSV

I'm pms'ing big time and also craving ice cream and cake. We have both of those things in the house right now, but I made a great choice tonight by having grapes and a peach as my bedtime snack, with water as my drink! :-)
I know it doesn't seem like a big NSV, but if you knew how out of control my cravings are at this time of the month, you'd know why I'm posting right now. Yay!!!!