So I had the unfill last night taking me down to 3cc in my 10cc band.
Here's what's odd.
I have not had insatiable hunger pangs as I've had in the past with the unfills.
My capacity has not increased significantly as it has in the past with the unfills.
Eating does not hurt as it has for the past few weeks or so which is WONDERFUL!
This evening I was down to 140.2 on the scale.
That's 142lbs lost overnight. Ha Ha... can't believe I wrote that I weighed 242lbs yesterday. Old habits die hard.
Was at the physiotherapist again today and I had noticed that for the first time in a while my 'hip' wasn't hurting today. She could feel a significant difference in the muscles while doing the myofacial release and she did some strength testing and i was able to push back in ways I hadn't been able to do when I first saw her.
PROGRESS! She says if i'm like that on Monday then she'll proceed to strengthening exercises. YAY YAY YAY! Am cautiously optimistic that I'm on the road to recovery.
And, she suggested that I consider adding some yoga to my overall exercise mix. She says I don't have awful posture, but definitely improper posture which I shouldn't have considering I am strong. She said it has to to with not being aware of my body because of the rapid weight loss... that my brain hasn't caught up with my new body. There's some technical term she used to describe it and for the life of me I can't remember so I will make a note to get her to write it down when I go on Monday. I want to do some research on it and share it with you too!
How I'm Doing So Far
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
And then there were THREE
THREE cc's left in my 10cc band, that is.
Even though Betsy has definitely eased up on me this week, I pb'd on my campbells potato soup yesterday and decided I needed to go ahead with the unfill.
Dr D and I chatted about it and we're both concerned that with the teensy tiny amounts I'm able to eat that I won't be able to halt the weight loss and at 242lbs this morning and my size 6 suit pants looking like clown pants, I've cried enough.
Who EVER would have imagined that *I* would be asking for help to STOP losing weight?!?!?! lololol gotta love it.
Anyway, I had 5cc in - he'd already reduced it a wee bit since the last complete unfill a month or two ago and decided to try me at 3cc. He said he'll see me in a month to see how Betsy and I are managing.
This evening I know I should be on just liquids but I had a slice of deli ham and it was indeed a pleasure NOT TO FEEL STUCK. Also had a small ice cream cone for medicinal purposes.
Will let you know how things go throughout the weekend. My biggest concern will be managing the hunger pangs. SOOOOOOO.... hard when it's been so long since you've truly experienced them. But I can do it. I know I can.
Oh.... got home this evening and my new bike was waiting for me at the security booth. I walked back there and rode her home. I'm in love! I've called her Pearl since her official colour is 'pearly white'.
Will set her up tomorrow night in the stationary stand unless I can manage to get home early enough to go for a spin.
Even though Betsy has definitely eased up on me this week, I pb'd on my campbells potato soup yesterday and decided I needed to go ahead with the unfill.
Dr D and I chatted about it and we're both concerned that with the teensy tiny amounts I'm able to eat that I won't be able to halt the weight loss and at 242lbs this morning and my size 6 suit pants looking like clown pants, I've cried enough.
Who EVER would have imagined that *I* would be asking for help to STOP losing weight?!?!?! lololol gotta love it.
Anyway, I had 5cc in - he'd already reduced it a wee bit since the last complete unfill a month or two ago and decided to try me at 3cc. He said he'll see me in a month to see how Betsy and I are managing.
This evening I know I should be on just liquids but I had a slice of deli ham and it was indeed a pleasure NOT TO FEEL STUCK. Also had a small ice cream cone for medicinal purposes.
Will let you know how things go throughout the weekend. My biggest concern will be managing the hunger pangs. SOOOOOOO.... hard when it's been so long since you've truly experienced them. But I can do it. I know I can.
Oh.... got home this evening and my new bike was waiting for me at the security booth. I walked back there and rode her home. I'm in love! I've called her Pearl since her official colour is 'pearly white'.
Will set her up tomorrow night in the stationary stand unless I can manage to get home early enough to go for a spin.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Betsy has ears
I've never read it in any official medical literature, but I am CONVINCED that lapbands - or maybe just Betsy - have ears.
For TWO weeks I've struggled to eat just about anything and most of what did go down ended up coming back up. MISERABLE.
So yesterday morning I called and made an appointment for a slight unfill with Dr D.
For lunch today I had some fish and potato salad. Not a huge amount, but for the first time in a long time I didn't just feel stuck.
This evening I had a whole mini babybel cheese round and it all went down and stayed down.
How does Betsy always loosen up or tighten up when I make that call??? I bumped into Dr D outside the hospital this evening and had a quick chat with him about it and he said I should just wait and see what happens and if I'm still getting food down, no need for the unfill.
I've said it before and i'll say it again - Betsy is a fickle little bitch!
On another note, I went for a bike ride this morning with a friend on a loaner bike. She was on a racer. I was not. I worked 10x as hard as she did and still felt I was forcing her to slow down. I've decided I like biking and living in the area I do now it's a great option.
So today i went to the local bike store and invested in one. Not cheap, but an investment in me and my health. I also bought this fantastic stationary trainer thing that essentially allows me to turn my bike into a stationary one... I figure with the hours I'm working and time about to change, available daylight hours are going to be hard to come by so this nifty contraption eliminates that excuse!
For TWO weeks I've struggled to eat just about anything and most of what did go down ended up coming back up. MISERABLE.
So yesterday morning I called and made an appointment for a slight unfill with Dr D.
For lunch today I had some fish and potato salad. Not a huge amount, but for the first time in a long time I didn't just feel stuck.
This evening I had a whole mini babybel cheese round and it all went down and stayed down.
How does Betsy always loosen up or tighten up when I make that call??? I bumped into Dr D outside the hospital this evening and had a quick chat with him about it and he said I should just wait and see what happens and if I'm still getting food down, no need for the unfill.
I've said it before and i'll say it again - Betsy is a fickle little bitch!
On another note, I went for a bike ride this morning with a friend on a loaner bike. She was on a racer. I was not. I worked 10x as hard as she did and still felt I was forcing her to slow down. I've decided I like biking and living in the area I do now it's a great option.
So today i went to the local bike store and invested in one. Not cheap, but an investment in me and my health. I also bought this fantastic stationary trainer thing that essentially allows me to turn my bike into a stationary one... I figure with the hours I'm working and time about to change, available daylight hours are going to be hard to come by so this nifty contraption eliminates that excuse!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Apparently you CAN be too thin.....
Sorry I've been absent. Was in Schaumburg Illinois all last week and busy, busy, busy with the conference.
So anyway. Today I was back in therapy for my torn ab wall muscle (or so we think). And the therapist stops in the middle of her deeep myofacial massage in my belly area and says 'what is that'? I'm like.... uh..... i dunno......
turns out not everyone has a super strong pulse in their abdomen (who knew?) and coupled with the mystery pain that could be displaced groin pain..... she needed to alert my doctor because that pulse could have been an abdominal aortic aneurysm..... WTF?!?!?!
She calls the doc who says I should get an abdominal ultrasound.... they got me in today a) because I work at the hospital and b) the coordinator said whenever they hear the words aneurysm, deep vein thrombosis and the like, they make a point to get you in...... aye aye aye....
the ultrasound tech and the attending doctor were extremely thorough and could feel the pulse through the ultrasound instrument..... turns out my aorta is perfectly fine and although it's pulsing super strong, there's no dilation and so nothing to worry about. just need to watch it in case it gets stronger. they checked ALL my organs and said I'm ideal to scan because everything shows up so nicely because I have so little fat.
the doctor... a new one from the philippines who is tiny herself admitted that she too has a strong abdominal pulse and that mine is showing so strong because I'm so thin and only have a thin layer of fat and tissue covering the aorta.
Who woulda thunk it?!?!?! So MUCH relief that there's not a huge medical problem and glad the physiotherapist reacted the way she did because I'd rather have that then the alternative.
And now that I've given you my Halloween scare, I leave you with a few pics from Saturday night's Halloween dress up. I was Hoochie the Clown. - so much fun shopping for a costume when you're this size!!!!!
So anyway. Today I was back in therapy for my torn ab wall muscle (or so we think). And the therapist stops in the middle of her deeep myofacial massage in my belly area and says 'what is that'? I'm like.... uh..... i dunno......
turns out not everyone has a super strong pulse in their abdomen (who knew?) and coupled with the mystery pain that could be displaced groin pain..... she needed to alert my doctor because that pulse could have been an abdominal aortic aneurysm..... WTF?!?!?!
She calls the doc who says I should get an abdominal ultrasound.... they got me in today a) because I work at the hospital and b) the coordinator said whenever they hear the words aneurysm, deep vein thrombosis and the like, they make a point to get you in...... aye aye aye....
the ultrasound tech and the attending doctor were extremely thorough and could feel the pulse through the ultrasound instrument..... turns out my aorta is perfectly fine and although it's pulsing super strong, there's no dilation and so nothing to worry about. just need to watch it in case it gets stronger. they checked ALL my organs and said I'm ideal to scan because everything shows up so nicely because I have so little fat.
the doctor... a new one from the philippines who is tiny herself admitted that she too has a strong abdominal pulse and that mine is showing so strong because I'm so thin and only have a thin layer of fat and tissue covering the aorta.
Who woulda thunk it?!?!?! So MUCH relief that there's not a huge medical problem and glad the physiotherapist reacted the way she did because I'd rather have that then the alternative.
And now that I've given you my Halloween scare, I leave you with a few pics from Saturday night's Halloween dress up. I was Hoochie the Clown. - so much fun shopping for a costume when you're this size!!!!!
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| I had to add black leggings.... there was NO way I was traipsing around with my derriere hanging out of the leotard and tutu! |
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| Just noticing my breast bone is now as prominent as my collar bones.... need to get a bit of an unfill so I can stop this weight loss.... who ever would have thought *I* would be saying that!!?!?! |
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I have Abs. I have proof.
Not sure if I've blogged about this, but some of you know I was suffering from a weird hip pain even when we were in Chicago. It's been about 2 months since it first came on. A month ago I broke down and went to an osteo and he said it looked like trochanteric bursitis. He prescribed rest and Arcoxia (more on that in a bit).
I rested. And I rested. Then after 2 weeks I went back to boot camp and ended up being in excruciating pain for a day and a half. Since then, the pain seems to be progressing to the point where even just daily walking about hurts.
So I decided to go ahead and get the cortisone shot which is the next step in treatment if rest and meds don't work.
Well that doc is off island until October 31st so I managed to weasel my way into another, figuring I'd sweet talk him into giving me the shot and I'd be on my merry way.
He didn't think it was the bursitis.... the spot I'm now definitely feeling the pain in is too high up. He thought it might be the muscles around the hip flexor being too tight and sent me to a physiotherapist for an evaluation and pilates style stretching.
I met with her today and after a lot of pushing, poking, pulling and prodding, determined that there is absolutely nothing wrong with my hips. amazing flexibility and range of motion and the ball is gliding effortlessly in the socket.
Her diagnosis - a torn abdominal wall muscle of all things!!!!!!!!
But makes sense when I told her I feel pain when I sneeze and when I do push ups or burpees.
She says we've been doing all the right treatments, just in the wrong place!!!!
So the orders are more rest (no running, no pushups, nothing, basically, that engages my lower abdominals). Ice 1 or 2x a day and ultrasound while in an extreme ab stretch position involving a stability ball.
I cracked up when she said it was abs, because I always swear at bootcamp that 'i ain't gat no abs'. well, she said, 'clearly you do, because you've torn one!
She seems to think I'll be ok to run the half marathon in February, it will just be a matter of whether or not I can actually train for it.... because as we all know, I am NOT a RUNNER!!!
On the matter of arcoxia.... it's a pain killer and anti-inflammatory. She asked how that was going down.... I said it's been iffy because my stomach has been very irritated of late..... she seems to think the arcoxia could be the culprit because she says it tends to be very abrasive on the stomach..... She gave me some excellent advice that I pass on to all of you..... she said whenever another doctor prescribes anything, I should consult with my lapband surgeon before even getting the prescription filled because he may want to change it or prescribe something I can take along with it to ease the irritation..... she said other docs prescribe assuming a normal physiology, but I no longer have that. Mine has been compromised.
Word to the wise.
I rested. And I rested. Then after 2 weeks I went back to boot camp and ended up being in excruciating pain for a day and a half. Since then, the pain seems to be progressing to the point where even just daily walking about hurts.
So I decided to go ahead and get the cortisone shot which is the next step in treatment if rest and meds don't work.
Well that doc is off island until October 31st so I managed to weasel my way into another, figuring I'd sweet talk him into giving me the shot and I'd be on my merry way.
He didn't think it was the bursitis.... the spot I'm now definitely feeling the pain in is too high up. He thought it might be the muscles around the hip flexor being too tight and sent me to a physiotherapist for an evaluation and pilates style stretching.
I met with her today and after a lot of pushing, poking, pulling and prodding, determined that there is absolutely nothing wrong with my hips. amazing flexibility and range of motion and the ball is gliding effortlessly in the socket.
Her diagnosis - a torn abdominal wall muscle of all things!!!!!!!!
But makes sense when I told her I feel pain when I sneeze and when I do push ups or burpees.
She says we've been doing all the right treatments, just in the wrong place!!!!
So the orders are more rest (no running, no pushups, nothing, basically, that engages my lower abdominals). Ice 1 or 2x a day and ultrasound while in an extreme ab stretch position involving a stability ball.
I cracked up when she said it was abs, because I always swear at bootcamp that 'i ain't gat no abs'. well, she said, 'clearly you do, because you've torn one!
She seems to think I'll be ok to run the half marathon in February, it will just be a matter of whether or not I can actually train for it.... because as we all know, I am NOT a RUNNER!!!
On the matter of arcoxia.... it's a pain killer and anti-inflammatory. She asked how that was going down.... I said it's been iffy because my stomach has been very irritated of late..... she seems to think the arcoxia could be the culprit because she says it tends to be very abrasive on the stomach..... She gave me some excellent advice that I pass on to all of you..... she said whenever another doctor prescribes anything, I should consult with my lapband surgeon before even getting the prescription filled because he may want to change it or prescribe something I can take along with it to ease the irritation..... she said other docs prescribe assuming a normal physiology, but I no longer have that. Mine has been compromised.
Word to the wise.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Deep Thoughts
I still have more Chicago photos and memories to post, but as I said, I'm dragging them out so that every so often you all get a pleasant surprise and a chance to reminisce.
I do have a more serious topic I promised myself I'd blog about following Chicago.
****disclaimer -- this is NOT intended as a judgment of ANYONE. Just my personal thoughts on a topic that interested me.
If you've read my blog from the start, you know that before my surgery, I told very few people about my decision to have surgical intervention. I had done my research. I was satisfied that this was the right choice for me. I didn't want to deal with negative comments from people who didn't really know what they were talking about at that point.
The night of my surgery, I outed myself on Facebook.
I've not once had a negative comment from a friend, family member or a stranger about my decision. I am on a local lapband commercial and in advertisements and strangers stop me to congratulate me and ask questions, but never to judge me.
I guess that's why I was fascinated to learn that so many of the wonderful women I spent time with this weekend are in the closet about their decision to get a lapband.
I realise that there are a million different reasons for telling or not telling. I was just surprised to realise that it seemed I was in the minority.
I am so free about my life and my experience that I guess it would seem to me like a helluva heavy burden to carry around such a big secret.
Also, I get SUCH a high out of talking to morbidly obese women about the surgery and my life with the lapband. Every time I do, I feel like maybe, just maybe, I've helped to make a little difference in their lives.
It really hit home on the weekend when I got a message on FB from a primary school classmate. He is now considering getting lapband and reached out to me for my thoughts and answers to those burning questions. I gave him my blog url and am hoping he's reading mine and finding many others.
I guess if anyone's in the closet because they're afraid of what other people will think or say, I think you might just be surprised. People have told me they're proud. They think I'm brave. They now consider me a role model. But not once have they said something cruel.
I do have a more serious topic I promised myself I'd blog about following Chicago.
****disclaimer -- this is NOT intended as a judgment of ANYONE. Just my personal thoughts on a topic that interested me.
If you've read my blog from the start, you know that before my surgery, I told very few people about my decision to have surgical intervention. I had done my research. I was satisfied that this was the right choice for me. I didn't want to deal with negative comments from people who didn't really know what they were talking about at that point.
The night of my surgery, I outed myself on Facebook.
I've not once had a negative comment from a friend, family member or a stranger about my decision. I am on a local lapband commercial and in advertisements and strangers stop me to congratulate me and ask questions, but never to judge me.
I guess that's why I was fascinated to learn that so many of the wonderful women I spent time with this weekend are in the closet about their decision to get a lapband.
I realise that there are a million different reasons for telling or not telling. I was just surprised to realise that it seemed I was in the minority.
I am so free about my life and my experience that I guess it would seem to me like a helluva heavy burden to carry around such a big secret.
Also, I get SUCH a high out of talking to morbidly obese women about the surgery and my life with the lapband. Every time I do, I feel like maybe, just maybe, I've helped to make a little difference in their lives.
It really hit home on the weekend when I got a message on FB from a primary school classmate. He is now considering getting lapband and reached out to me for my thoughts and answers to those burning questions. I gave him my blog url and am hoping he's reading mine and finding many others.
I guess if anyone's in the closet because they're afraid of what other people will think or say, I think you might just be surprised. People have told me they're proud. They think I'm brave. They now consider me a role model. But not once have they said something cruel.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
BOOBS part 2 of however many it takes....
Here's part 2. I was holding out in part because I wanted to keep the reminiscing going and going and going and give you lovelies something to brighten up your weekend.
Also because I can't access blogs from the office and every day forgot to bring my laptop home!
Had a great day Friday shopping and sightseeing along Miracle Mile with Angela, Fluffy and Stacey - was introduced to the incredible Charming Charlies accessory store by the Dallas contingent.
I *think* this was the day I inhaled a molten chocolate cake at Grand Luxe.... the days and desserts are now all a blur.
It may also have been the day I bought the pink argyle socks that represent my (foolish?) decision to join Angela and Fluffy in the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February!!!!
I'll let the rest of the evening be told as they usually are best - in pictures!
Also because I can't access blogs from the office and every day forgot to bring my laptop home!
Had a great day Friday shopping and sightseeing along Miracle Mile with Angela, Fluffy and Stacey - was introduced to the incredible Charming Charlies accessory store by the Dallas contingent.
I *think* this was the day I inhaled a molten chocolate cake at Grand Luxe.... the days and desserts are now all a blur.
It may also have been the day I bought the pink argyle socks that represent my (foolish?) decision to join Angela and Fluffy in the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February!!!!
I'll let the rest of the evening be told as they usually are best - in pictures!
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| I love this photo of Angela and Stacey being tourists as I was being paparazzi |
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| It was like my heros were transformed into 3D The lovely Karin and Angela |
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| At Pizzeria Uno on Friday night with Karin and Angela |
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| Can't believe how close Stephanie and I live. Well kinda. |
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| My roomie for the weekend Stacey |
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| I love that Joey scored Boobs wine for all of us. Apparently Angela felt the same way! |
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| The Friday night meet n greet was WILD. so many absolutely incredible women all with incredible stories to share |
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| In the way background, I think it's Stephanie playing paparazzi. Then in middle, Angela chats with Dawnya and the anonymous Fluffy. Such a shame I can't show her face because she's Beauyooooooteeeeeful! And up front we have Krystal on the left and Read |
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| Angie and Barb, Thelma and Louise |
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| More beautiful ladies. Jenn and Amanda |
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| The weekend planners scored amazing stuff for goodie bags and even had a dreyload of prizes. I won a filtered water bottle. More on that in a later post |
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| Stephanie, Draz, Joey and Linda part of the planners extraordinaire team |
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| Barb models her basket from Stephanie's company http://www.joyful-gift-baskets.com/ |
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| Oh to be able to read Krystal's mind right about now. Ronnie (in purple dress), Stacey and Angela |
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| Draz lends an air of drama to the evening |
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| Two band rockstars - in real life. in the same picture! Nicole and the absolutely delightful in person as she is in her blog Catherine |
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| Jen and Angie |
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| Barb gets a "special" gift. You figure it out yet Barb> |
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| Stephanie was on top of things with all the housekeeping notes and updates |
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| Nicole, Jacquie and Linda |
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| LapBandGal (another band ROCKSTAR) and Betthan (has to be said with Dawnya's accent btw) taking pics of Maria and Jen |
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| Itty bitty Lapband Gal and Betthan who rocked outfit after outfit all weekend |
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| Stephanie, me, Catherine, Nicole and Joey - can you believe even ONE of us EVER had the words morbidly obese written on a medical chart?!?!? |
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| Tina, Catherine and Justine who flew in all the way from England for BooBs 2.0! |
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| Nicole and Joey |
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| Joey: Gimme more lip Nicole puckers up Joey: Less lip All taking place at the very packed karaoke bar |
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| Angie, Stephanie, Sandy and Grace |
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| So we left the karaoke bar because it was HEAVING with people and a small group of us went to a very bizarre nightclub to dance to 'bad 80's music' (hey, that was Maria's sales pitch!) Angela, Barb and I left and were just steps away from the hotel when Maria called Angela to let us know Barb had picked up her handbag! Turns out Barb owns the same bag! Did I mention it was FREEZING and our feet hurt?!?! |
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| Angela gets us all sorted out and we ended up hanging out in the hotel lobby with Barb until the others made it back. |
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Betsy's pissed at me
Well if you dined with or near me last weekend in Chicago, you may have noticed I managed to leave Betsy my band at home. I wasn't out of control eating by a long shot, but definitely found myself able to eat much more than I usually can.
Including copious amounts of crack.... I mean garrett's Chicago mix!
I managed to come home just 1.5 lbs up. Normally a 5 day vacation in a food capital like chit an would guarantee a 10 lb gain!!
Well apparently Betsy wasn't happy about being let out and the bitch lives for pay back..... I've had a couple of pb episodes including the lunch I went out for upon arrival home.
I've barely been able to eat..... Not hungry and have that sense it's gonna come back up anyway!
Today my new dear colleague brought me a lindt choc bar that his wife brought back from Switzerland. And my almost sis in law brought me homemade coconut tartlets and an empanadas. Havent touched the chocolate, had a lick and bite of a tart and for dinner had the empanadas.....
Weight is about 1/2 lb off my lowest ever!
This band is a fickle lil bitch
Including copious amounts of crack.... I mean garrett's Chicago mix!
I managed to come home just 1.5 lbs up. Normally a 5 day vacation in a food capital like chit an would guarantee a 10 lb gain!!
Well apparently Betsy wasn't happy about being let out and the bitch lives for pay back..... I've had a couple of pb episodes including the lunch I went out for upon arrival home.
I've barely been able to eat..... Not hungry and have that sense it's gonna come back up anyway!
Today my new dear colleague brought me a lindt choc bar that his wife brought back from Switzerland. And my almost sis in law brought me homemade coconut tartlets and an empanadas. Havent touched the chocolate, had a lick and bite of a tart and for dinner had the empanadas.....
Weight is about 1/2 lb off my lowest ever!
This band is a fickle lil bitch
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
A very special BOOBS pic. And they're NOT Barb's....
First of all, let me say that the glow stick lick and stuff in bra was perhaps one of the funniest moments of the entire weekend.
Second of all. I was NOT going to post this. I kept this one out of the mass photo blog last night and emailed it to Brandi for her own personal viewing pleasure and trip down memory (and Oh My God What Was I THINKING?!?) lane. And she emailed back saying 'oh my oh my, post away! lol! but thanks so much for checking first! '
Second of all. I was NOT going to post this. I kept this one out of the mass photo blog last night and emailed it to Brandi for her own personal viewing pleasure and trip down memory (and Oh My God What Was I THINKING?!?) lane. And she emailed back saying 'oh my oh my, post away! lol! but thanks so much for checking first! '
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| I think 'Just a Wallflower' may just be THE most misleading blog name EVER! Love ya girl! |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Where to begin - BooBs part 1 of however many it takes to tell the story!
I had such an incredible time in Chicago that I'm not even sure where to begin!
Started out with four roomies and due to an unfortunate set of events, there ended up being just two of us and I must say, I hope you all took some time to get to know Stacey - she's lovely and SUCH an easy going roommate. AND she let me FORCE her into buying UGGS.... not because she NEEDED them, but because she WANTED them! Yay!!!!
Spent lots of free time with two spectacular ladies from Texas -- Fluffy and Angela are as amazing as I knew they'd be and then some. Honestly, at some point in the weekend as we were sharing yet another laugh and planning our outfits for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in late February (sweet Jesus how did I get myself into THIS one?!?!) it dawned on me that I'd only met these lovely women a couple days earlier, yet it felt in so many ways, that i'd known them (and loved them) forever!
I was the only one to get in Wednesday night so Thursday morning I ventured out to a RUNNING store and was fitted for shoes. Then did a bit more shopping before freshening up for the initial meet n greet.... Ended up running into the organisers in the hallway and helped lug all the stuff Lynne had driven up with. That truck bed was JAM packed with all sorts of goodness.
After meeting the first batch of lovely ladies, a crew of us headed out for a pizza (chicken wings for me) dinner. Thanks again Stephanie. I think you may just be one of the most generous women I've ever had the pleasure of knowing!
And then it was off to the Drag Show (I wanther His body!!!!!) Loads of laughs even if most of the girls guys looked like they really wanted to be anywhere but on that stage!
I found myself falling asleep during the show but am sooooooo glad my fear of missing out on a single moment (you can sleep when ya dead) made me turn right instead of left and took me to the karaoke bar. First of all..... Angela can BELT! Well she could before she lost her voice and left it somewhere in Chicago. And Dawnya, Joey and Brandi had me in freakin hysterics! One of these days I'll learn to cut loose and just get up there and sing or dance like nobody's listening or watching even though I know perfectly well they are!
And Brandi - I know i solemnly promised to cut you off if you started dancing, but then how in the world would I have gotten to see the splits routine?!?!?!
And now for some pictures before I close this post.... to be continued
Ok - bedtime. More to come. I promise!!!!
Started out with four roomies and due to an unfortunate set of events, there ended up being just two of us and I must say, I hope you all took some time to get to know Stacey - she's lovely and SUCH an easy going roommate. AND she let me FORCE her into buying UGGS.... not because she NEEDED them, but because she WANTED them! Yay!!!!
Spent lots of free time with two spectacular ladies from Texas -- Fluffy and Angela are as amazing as I knew they'd be and then some. Honestly, at some point in the weekend as we were sharing yet another laugh and planning our outfits for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in late February (sweet Jesus how did I get myself into THIS one?!?!) it dawned on me that I'd only met these lovely women a couple days earlier, yet it felt in so many ways, that i'd known them (and loved them) forever!
I was the only one to get in Wednesday night so Thursday morning I ventured out to a RUNNING store and was fitted for shoes. Then did a bit more shopping before freshening up for the initial meet n greet.... Ended up running into the organisers in the hallway and helped lug all the stuff Lynne had driven up with. That truck bed was JAM packed with all sorts of goodness.
After meeting the first batch of lovely ladies, a crew of us headed out for a pizza (chicken wings for me) dinner. Thanks again Stephanie. I think you may just be one of the most generous women I've ever had the pleasure of knowing!
And then it was off to the Drag Show (I want
I found myself falling asleep during the show but am sooooooo glad my fear of missing out on a single moment (you can sleep when ya dead) made me turn right instead of left and took me to the karaoke bar. First of all..... Angela can BELT! Well she could before she lost her voice and left it somewhere in Chicago. And Dawnya, Joey and Brandi had me in freakin hysterics! One of these days I'll learn to cut loose and just get up there and sing or dance like nobody's listening or watching even though I know perfectly well they are!
And Brandi - I know i solemnly promised to cut you off if you started dancing, but then how in the world would I have gotten to see the splits routine?!?!?!
And now for some pictures before I close this post.... to be continued
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| Donna, Jacquie and Kristin get acquainted |
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| Krystal, Justine and Gilly. Justine was soooooo jet lagged and tired. Can't believe she came all the way over from the motherland! |
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| Love, Love, Love this woman. Keeps it real every moment of every day. Mwwwwaaaah Dawnya |
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| Waiting in the hotel lobby to go to the drag show |
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| picking the RIGHT song! |
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| Barb. And the girls. |
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| Joey stepped up to help her get through the enotional ditty |
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| Looks and SOUNDS like she was born with a mic in her hand! |
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| I KNOW I'll get flack for this one, but she YELLED at me as I was taking it :) |
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| Dawnya was feelin someone up throughout the weekend. Joey was the |
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| At which point I was SUPPOSED to threaten the bartender with sudden death if he served her any more adult beverages..... oooops! |
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| I hate how Blogspot always gets at least one pic out of order! |
Ok - bedtime. More to come. I promise!!!!
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