Welcome to Onederland!

In the lapband world, there is something called "Onederland". This means that you no longer weigh over 200 pounds, but your weight starts with a "one". This is a huge milestone and I have obtained it! Over the weekend, the scale dropped quickly from 203 to 197! What a since of accomplishment.

Another feeling of accomplishment, is that I bought a pair of jeans yesterday that is more than two sizes smaller than my "fat" jeans. I use to wear a 18W size jean and the new pair was 14 - short. YES!

I am feeling great. Meals are going better and I have gotten better about chewing. Occasionally I will eat something that irritates the lapband and it will be very tight for a couple days. But it will eventually relax and I am back on track.

My journey to a new me is in full swing and reaching this milestone is a wonderful feeling of accomplishment.

I've lost a bag of dog food!

So, as I was carrying in a 30 pound bag of dog food in the house the other day, it hit me that I am no longer carrying that much weight on my body. Think about it, I have now lost 34 pounds that equates to 136 cubes of butter. Thinking about the loosing weight in terms like this is very gratifying.

Last Friday, I went shopping for undergarments. I was surprised that when you are not in the largest size that Macy carries, you have so many more options. That alone was exciting, but then I purchased an undergarment, that was 4 inches smaller than my last one!!!

Then to further feed my ego... I went to a family birthday party last night and members of the family were there that I haven't seen for a couple of months. They were amazed at the transformation.

I saw my surgeon yesterday and he is also pleased with my progress. We elected to leave the fluid alone in the band.

So, I think it is obvious that I am excited about my weight loss. This journey has been amazing and is so exciting. Today I'm wearing pants that I have not worn in probably 10 years and then when I wore them 10 years ago they were too tight and uncomfortable. They fit perfectly now.

I feel great and am enjoying this journey to a new me!

A weekend at the Cabin.... Why is it about food?

So, we left for the cabin on Wednesday night after work. We had a great time, but I never realized that going to the cabin was about eating. Our last stop before getting to the cabin was at the grocery store. As we walked through the store, we kept putting all this food in our cart. Trying to figure out what we wanted for meals. We are talking sausage, eggs and pancakes for breakfast and huge dinners with lots of snacking in between.

So, I basically spent 4 days at the cabin cooking meals for the family, both immediate and extended. I ate a few bites of each of the meals, plus a little grazing in between meals. I did loose 2 pounds over the weekend. Here is a picture of me with my new standard poodle puppy, Roxanne. I am 30 pounds down in the picture!

I still think my band is too tight, if I don't chew well enough, or over eat or drink too fast, it come right back up at me. I go in next week and if things are not better by then, I think I will have him take out about .2 cc's of fluid.

Over all I am feeling good, I put on a pair of jeans yesterday, and could not believe how baggy they were. YES!!! I need to go through my closet and start weeding out the clothes that are too big.