Two things

So, i've always been a snacker... and it has been a hard habit to break! So, I've tried to embrace it instead of beating the hell out of it (all the time.) First, I limit snacking, it isn't a free for all... but if I'm having one of those evenings that I know I'm going to snack... I hit ONE of my two stand-by pals.

First: Edy's Fruit Bars

Come one LADIES... Fat free, no sugar added, and only 35 Calories! Thats what I'm talking about! 

Second: 100 Calorie Pop popcorn... it is a crunchy, long lasting treat... YUMMY! 

They save me from myself... 

Thank-you Edy and Orville! 

Can I pack a picture?

Ladies... tell me the truth... do you ever have an urge to pack around a fat picture (or in my case a fatter picture.) Especially when I meet someone new. I just want to SHOUT you think I'm big now, you should have seen me a few months ago! Some people pack around pictures of their kids, dogs, and their lives in general... why can't i pack a fatter picture?

Now, come on, I know I can't do this but I seriously want to! I'm so proud of my accomplishment and I just want to show people how far I've come.... especially in this scary "single" life I live!

Maybe I'll just get it made into a t-shirt?

50 Pounds DOWN!

Today... for the official Monday weigh-in I'm DOWN 50 POUNDS! This is something to celebrate! Yahoooooooo!

Starting Weight: 277

Weight today: 227 (9/5/11) 

Nothing like a victory on that scale to keep me motivated to hit the gym! :) 

Single and banded...

There are a few things that I didn't expect to deal with when I got banded... things I just didn't think about. 

1. I'm a single girl... and I attend an LDS singles ward. (It is an awesome group of kids.) Well I'm not ready to share with them my journey using the lap-band, though I know most of them would be 100% supportive. The other night my new roommate Amber was moving in and a boy (for this post will be called JJ) helped her. Afterwards we went to dinner. Well I ordered the chicken salad and went about eating it like I always do. This salad is HUGE! So I only ate about 1/8 and was full. Well JJ decided to comment on how much I didn't eat... it was interesting, I didn't know what to say. Amber, the roommate, knows because I didn't want her to worry about what I was or wasn't eating. But I've never been in the position to have people analyze what I didn't eat. (I didn't get this size by not eating.)
2. People obsessing about you having a drink at dinner... case-in-point... I was asked multiple times at a BBQ if I needed a drink. Who knew people noticed? 
3. What does one eat at a BBQ? I usually try to make a lettuce wrap; once again, people comment about the lack of a bun! Come on, how do you expect a chubby to lose weight?
4. Dessert! Yes I would LOVE some, no, I'm not having any... i've got 85 pounds left to lose! :) Thanks though.

Do you think it is easier being married and banded or single? Pro's and Con's? 

~Rantings of a chubby single! 

Doberman's Lap-Band!

Zena is my Doberman, she is also one of my best friends: usually a very well behaved best friend. I can leave her home for 12 hours and she just chills, waiting for me to get home and hold her! (I don't leave her home that long often, so all you dog activists can just put your panties back on straight!)
Zena has been with me from the beginning of this Journey! Couldn't ask for a better jogging partner... and here are the reasons why:
1: She is always up to go.
2: She doesn't act like it easy and she has to "wait for you."
3: She is obese too... so the girl understands where I'm coming from (or going to: depending on how you want to look at it.)

Her problem started with a trip to the vet. She has pulled "something something something's" in her leg. Kind of like when an athlete pulls their ACL's and stuff. Anyway, the vet told me to put her on a diet. I explained to him that she only gets 2 cups in the morning, and 2 cups in the evening. He said to cut her back to 1 1/2 and NO running... DAMN IT!
This was a month ago and man is she acting like a BIG girl on a diet. I mean sneaking snacks... stealing food from her sister her VERY skinny sister... today she hit an all time LOW! I walk into the kitchen to find my typically well mannered dog with a 20 dollar brick of cheese between her big old jaws!

I couldn't be mad because I've been there! :) Feel bad for the girl and her grumbling stomach! Maybe my Dobbie can get a band?

2 carrots and a protein shake!

School started again... and with it came all of the CHOAS; and nuttynesssssss. WOW! Also came a serious craving for Pepsi (which I used to be seriously addicted to, but haven't missed... until now.)

This brought an entirely new outlook on eating!

Lunch is crazy! And therefore I've just been eating something that doesn't take a lot of prep time. It all went well until the day of I tried to eat 2 baby carrots and drink of protein shake.

AND UP IT CAME! GROSS! :( I hope this doesn't happen often!

I know I broke the rules and paid for it "Don't eat and drink." Got it... consider it LESSON LEARNED!

:) Thankful Thursday #2

Today I'm thankful for good gym shoes! Seriously, I am learning to like the gym (LEARNING).... and the only thing that makes it tolerable is good shoes!
I wear Nike FreeXT! I LOVE THEM!


I've had some interesting Bandster experience this last week... but I'm sick, and exhausted, so maybe Saturday!