BACK ON TRACK: WEEKLY TUESDAY WEIGH IN!!

OK well it is 7:30am so let's get down to business! I weighed myself today and I am DOWN 4.8 pounds (2.18 Kilos) this week! That is a total of 31.6 pounds(14.33 kilos) in 8 weeks! I have one hypothesis for this AMAZING loss from my last weigh in which was less than one week ago! The doctor's have told me how important it is for me to get both my protein and water in daily and Frank and I have just discovered a new eating establishment. The Muscle Maker Grill (www.musclemakergrill.com) is a take-out place started by body builders! Every entree is super high protein and low carb and I must say the food is DELICIOUS! I highly recommend it! So That could be the reason as we ate there 3 times this week, which was 6 total meals for me because I can no longer eat a full size portion! My clothes are falling off of me but I am holding off on purchasing clothes for as long as possible. My entire life has changed, I cannot even describe how much my relationship with food is different since surgery. I realize now how unhealthy my outlook on food has been all these years. I can now say that NO ONE will ever be able to tell me that having this surgery was not the best decision for my life...

My mom is not doing very well, she was rushed back to the emergency room yesterday with some kind of infection. She is so weak, it literally breaks my heart each time I am in her presence. I am leaning on the Lord to the best of my ability, but I have to be honest..I am ANGRY...Don't get me wrong, I love the Lord and I KNOW that He is in control, but if anyone has read the Psalms, David was pretty pissed at God too!!! She is too young and it is not fair that she might miss out on so many of my future milestones...We are hoping that this specialist we were planning on taking her to will still see her considering her weakened state...Pray for her, and my whole family...I do know one thing, my mom would love nothing more than me regaining my life back and now more than ever, I am dedicating this journey to my mom...Thanks for reading...

Post Orlando Weigh In!

Well, good news...I weighed myself this morning and I am DOWN 1.8 pounds while being away (2.2 kilograms) for a total of 26.8 pounds or 12.16 kilograms in 56 days...Orlando was great, well sort of...Spending time with Grandma was wonderful..She is a lovely Sicilian woman who is about 4'11" tall and speaks Italian and usually has a wooden spoon in hand! We decided to drive down there because of several reasons, the terrorists who have made checking in at the airport REALLY ANNOYING, and the biggest reason is that I would not have had lap band surgery had I had a swimming amount of room on an airplane seat...I did not want to have a Kevin Smith experience and be escorted off of the plane! So the drive started off with a major bump...we went to pick up the car with our Expedia confirmation in hand and were told that the quoted price was actually void and it was really $125 more than what we confirmed...I had a Seinfeld moment in that I was like "so you know how to take the reservation but you don't know how to hold the reservation!" Anyway, we stayed on the phone for 2.5 hours at the Budget Rental Counter arguing, screaming and speaking to 3 levels of supervisors before we got Expedia to HONOR WHAT THEY CONFIRMED!!! So we were all stressed out and decided to start the drive..We made it to Virginia and checked into a hotel...the next day we continued our drive and got to Orlando by 11:45 pm....a total of 15 hours and four minutes! YUCK!

The first day of our vaction consisted of Frank'a office calling him in a panic and he worked the whole first day we were there, so we extended our trip for a day...Next day we went to Universal Islands of Adventure where I was salivating at the roller coasters only to discover that I could not FIT IN THE FRICKEN SEAT! Soooo upsetting...Again I had to compose myself and say, in time, in time I will be able to ride all the roller coasters I want..Although, I will need to go with a friend because Frank does not go on ANY RIDES, not even the ferris wheel! So if you want to be my coaster buddy, let me know!

The following day we got up to go see the Space Launch of The Atlantis...and needless to say it was HORRENDOUS! I mean the actual 2 minutes that it took off was very cool but waiting 9 hours to see it and another 3 on a cramped smelly bus was OBNOXIOUS!!!! The rest of the time we spent with Grandma and that was great, she is an awesome woman...

Went to see mom today and unfortunately she is not doing that well..I mean she looks great but is very weak..She cannot walk and is very tired all the time..We take her to another doctor next week...even in her current state she is a blessing to me..She took my hand today and wiped my tears away and said "You must trust God, Jesus is the Way!" She asked that I never forget my promise to her which was to never give up on the Lord and not be angry with God if she goes home to be with Him...I ask that during this time, you continue to keep me in your prayers and my mom as well...I need all of you more than you know! That is all for now....I promise to be back on schedule next Tuesday..Thanks for reading!

Weekly Weigh In

For any of my loyal readers, I apologize for not updating last week. I was just insanely pissed because "AUNT FLOW" paid a visit and the bitch that she is, brought a weight gain and irritability! However, she has kindly LEFT and I am now in a right frame of mind...LOL... I weighed myself today and I am down another 1.4 lbs for a grand total of 25.4 pounds (11.52 Kilos) in 6 weeks! I did go back to the gym last week but in a completely unrelated incident, I had a major muscle spasm last Friday! I literally could not move at all and I was on a pain killer, a muscle relaxer and I wore a back patch with even more medicine! This lasted for about a week so I have not worked out in a while. Today, we are driving down to Florida to vist Frank's grandma so I will definitely be walking a lot at the parks but I will not return to the gym unil I return. As far as my diet is concerned, I am eating whatever I want but just in small quantities. I was told prior to surgery that sometimes people have food intolerances to bread. For those who do not know me well, I am a CARB ADDICT and this worried me. However, I have had NO INTOLERANCES and have been able to eat bread which is really exciting! I am learning to cook for the band as well as enjoy evenings out. I usually order one meal and have it for 3 meals. I have finally realized how INSANE American portions have truly become! I never believed it before...I am looking forward to the next few months and I cannot wait to go shopping, most of my clothes are falling off me!. I am trying to hold off for as long as possible. Oh and mom is doing REALLY WELL, Thank God, she is going to see a specialist next week and we are just trusting God that all of this is in HIS hands! That's all for this week..Thanks for reading!