Did I talk about my first fill? It was done under fluoro 6 days ago. Eating is way different now. I have to keep it a bit squishy still. I tried some straight up chicken breast and had a huge PB. So I make everything a little saucy now.
The teachers came back from summer brake and have been full of praise. It' makes me happy. I say I've worked hard to lose this weight but it doesn't feel like work. I've just changed my priorities and it feels right. I miss biking when I don't get out there enough, like yesterday and today would have been biking days but I was too busy with school yesterday and today it was too hot to be outside at 5pm. I've got a ride Saturday morning planned. So there's that.
A wee bit funky about school but that's getting better. Work was stellar today and that's more rare than I can say.
Peace lovelies.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
1st Fill
Yesterday I got my first fill. I'm a little late to the game, typically they happen at 6 weeks and I'm at 5 months post op. Go ahead, call me a rock star. My surgeon does.
Yesterday, he said that he sees me dropping my next 50 pretty quickly. I hope he is right.
I've not had any issues with the fill so far. It's just as I expect. I'm not eating solid food just yet so I don't know really how it's going to go, but the mushy stuff is going down and that's really the bigger issue at this very minute. I'm able to drink enough while riding not to get dehydrated either.
My schedule is a bit crazy this session at school. I'm not traveling to see the GF until the end of the quarter. Though she is coming down here for Labor Day, probably. We have a giant bike ride to do that weekend too. Yippie.
I'm loving the biking. I'm glad I've found a sport that I can do and continually challenge myself on. You know I can increase milage, rates of speed or hills to constantely improve.
I'm going to be getting a trainer in November I believe. Then come February I'm going to start running. Maybe I'll start running sooner. I wonder outloud and to myself how running will mix with biking. It's just something I want to do and need to figure out benchmarks to reach for. CRAZY.
Off to get something squishy to eat then to the movies with Neal. :)
Yesterday, he said that he sees me dropping my next 50 pretty quickly. I hope he is right.
I've not had any issues with the fill so far. It's just as I expect. I'm not eating solid food just yet so I don't know really how it's going to go, but the mushy stuff is going down and that's really the bigger issue at this very minute. I'm able to drink enough while riding not to get dehydrated either.
My schedule is a bit crazy this session at school. I'm not traveling to see the GF until the end of the quarter. Though she is coming down here for Labor Day, probably. We have a giant bike ride to do that weekend too. Yippie.
I'm loving the biking. I'm glad I've found a sport that I can do and continually challenge myself on. You know I can increase milage, rates of speed or hills to constantely improve.
I'm going to be getting a trainer in November I believe. Then come February I'm going to start running. Maybe I'll start running sooner. I wonder outloud and to myself how running will mix with biking. It's just something I want to do and need to figure out benchmarks to reach for. CRAZY.
Off to get something squishy to eat then to the movies with Neal. :)
Saturday, August 11, 2007
hmmmmmmmm
Not feeling it too much right now.
The weight not moving for a solid month is frustrating beyond words. At first I think it was a natural plateau, but then added to it was the notion I could eat more because I cycle...well I got busy with my insane school schedule and I didn't exercise as much (though still around 4 times a week) and the weight wasn't budging.
Then just recently the vacation kept losing at a distance. Perhaps it was those ice cream cones and bottles of wine? Bagels every day at breakfast? Very few vegetables? The GF came out worse than me, she gained 6 pounds. Tisk, tisk...
Anyway, I get a fill on Monday and I'm getting my ass back on the bike tomorrow. Plus my schedule with school isn't nearly as demanding this session. I am in the class room for the first time and it will take away one of my biking nights, but I can still hit the gym everyday. And really, that's the key. Consistency.
Also, I'm going to get on here or somewhere and realign my thinking with my goals...got to do more than modify my behavior, I've got to engage the cognitive piece too.
Aside from all that the vacation week has been a blast and I still have one more day. And really, eating all kinds of shit that I wouldn't normally let pass my lips was fun and interesting. Fun in that it tasted good, but interesting because I felt like shit regularly and I used to feel like that all the time. I nearly forgot how miserable too much food makes one feel.
The weight not moving for a solid month is frustrating beyond words. At first I think it was a natural plateau, but then added to it was the notion I could eat more because I cycle...well I got busy with my insane school schedule and I didn't exercise as much (though still around 4 times a week) and the weight wasn't budging.
Then just recently the vacation kept losing at a distance. Perhaps it was those ice cream cones and bottles of wine? Bagels every day at breakfast? Very few vegetables? The GF came out worse than me, she gained 6 pounds. Tisk, tisk...
Anyway, I get a fill on Monday and I'm getting my ass back on the bike tomorrow. Plus my schedule with school isn't nearly as demanding this session. I am in the class room for the first time and it will take away one of my biking nights, but I can still hit the gym everyday. And really, that's the key. Consistency.
Also, I'm going to get on here or somewhere and realign my thinking with my goals...got to do more than modify my behavior, I've got to engage the cognitive piece too.
Aside from all that the vacation week has been a blast and I still have one more day. And really, eating all kinds of shit that I wouldn't normally let pass my lips was fun and interesting. Fun in that it tasted good, but interesting because I felt like shit regularly and I used to feel like that all the time. I nearly forgot how miserable too much food makes one feel.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Va Kay Shun
On vacation in P-Town. What a happy, queer place to be. Me and the GF are having a good time.
Eating could be better, we are having wine often and sweets here and there and simple carbs at breakfast at times but all in all we are doing okay. Yesterday we rented bikes and today we walked our asses to the gym to get a great cardio workout. We also walked a bunch...so I'm not to freaked about the food.
Well I can't step on the scale, but before I left home I was on a three week plateau! I was stressed with a rough session at school, taking two classes in stead of one, (One is full time as these classes are accelerated). And getting work situated so I could leave for a week....and I'm at about the peak of my ability to work this band without a fill....so I did what a smart girl should do. I called the doctor and made an appointment for Monday to get my first fill. It's been 5 months since my surgery. I believe it's time.
Eating could be better, we are having wine often and sweets here and there and simple carbs at breakfast at times but all in all we are doing okay. Yesterday we rented bikes and today we walked our asses to the gym to get a great cardio workout. We also walked a bunch...so I'm not to freaked about the food.
Well I can't step on the scale, but before I left home I was on a three week plateau! I was stressed with a rough session at school, taking two classes in stead of one, (One is full time as these classes are accelerated). And getting work situated so I could leave for a week....and I'm at about the peak of my ability to work this band without a fill....so I did what a smart girl should do. I called the doctor and made an appointment for Monday to get my first fill. It's been 5 months since my surgery. I believe it's time.
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