Weeeeeeee!!!!!

After being at a small stall for a few days I am back on my way down..........19 pounds gone!! I am not really all that hungry and I am having a hell of a time getting my protein.........I have the whey powder that I mix with skim milk and I have to make a conscience effort to get it in!!

I am on pureed now and even chew some things. There have been a few times I forgot to chew real well and the food got stuck briefly in the band. It's a feeling of strangling and not being able to breathe, kind of terrifying. There is some pain with it too. Right now the band is not even filled, it is wide open and my first fill will be on December 10th......then it is on to liquids for a couple days afterward. Weight loss escalates in the days after a fill they say. WOOT!!

I am neck deep in helping plan my High School class 30th reunion back in Sheridan, Wyoming. We are thinking it will be in July 2009 some time. I have done up a webpage and entered about 260 plus classmate names on the site. People are fired up and I am busily trying to scrounge info on the web on people in the class. It's tough!! I have appealed on my chat board site for places that I can go, and even pay to get more info on people. I have been using ZabaSearch.com and Intellius.com to narrow down locations and addresses.

This banding all comes at a GREAT time......my plan is to go to the reunion and "wow" them with at least a 60 plus pound loss. Maybe even more!! Gooooood timing Keely!!!

My scale better be right!!!

I am down 15 now!! I have a "Weight Watchers" brand scale and so far it has been within a pound or two of Dr. S's scale.........I am mostly on liquids still and of course I am a a realist, this weight dropping will slow down to 1 to 3 pounds a week right soon when I start eating normal foods.

I am going to make a conscience choice to eat less fatty things when this does happen. More fruits and veggies. Right now I am craving a veggie stew in my crockpot---probably without meat. Carrots, potatoes, corn, green beans, tomatoes. I could live on that stuff!!

I am also not doing any big walks yet......just really don't have energy to do so, and all the people on my bandster Yahoo groups say this is a time for "healing". I agree with them. :) I do park a bit away from stores and walk that little extra into the store from the parking lot. I am also in a size smaller jeans. These are jeans I put away some months ago because they were cutting into my waist. It feels GOOD!!!

I did get a call from my sister in Utah. She was just calling to see how I was. I like the fact that we have gotten closer since this surgery and I appreciate the fact that she sacrificed time from her really busy Mormon Tabernacle Choir schedule and her two busy kids who keep her hopping and her husband who took the reins while she was gone so graciously. I was glad to show her around work, and show her a little about Atlanta. it would be fun if she, Jeff and the kids could live down here!!!