Friday Weigh-in Day...and the results are...

a loss of 1.5 lbs.  WOO HOO!

Starting weight: 256 lbs
Current Weight: 145.5 lbs
Total Lost: 110.5 lbs

BMI is now officially "normal" at 24.8.

0.5 lbs to go to reach my goal of 145 lbs.

What was your word for the year?

Remember back in January when we all chose our "WORD" for the year?  What word did you choose?

Well, if you look back on my January 3 post HERE, you will see that my word was CHOICE.

I think that I am still living with this word "choice" in my head on a daily basis.

Examples: 

1. Yesterday, I wanted a cookie from the cafeteria..yeah, the chocolate chip cookies were calling my name.  These are the large 5 inch cookies.  YUM.  So I chose to buy a cookie, break it in half, and give the other half to a coworker.  I enjoyed my half and therefore chose to eat less.  All I really needed was the taste of that cookie.
2. On monday when I went to my surgeon's office for the news interview, I chose not to take the elevator and walked up the three flights of stairs to the office.

I am hoping that the more I make these choices, the more they will be automatic lifestyle habits.

PS: Thank you all for your support and kind words on my TV news debut!  Oprah will be calling me for an interview any minute now!  LOL

News Link

Check me out on the local news HERE

I was on the evening news!

My 15 minutes of fame has come and gone.

While I was at work this morning, I got a call from the coordinator at my surgeon's practice.  "Did I want to be interviewed on the channel 12 news today?"

With all the buzz going around about the FDA approval for banding on lower BMI patients....the local news wanted to interview a lap band patient and lap band surgeon.

Stay tuned...I might see if the link is available and post it here for you all.

Sugar Addicts - Here's your proof!

No matter what language you speak or what country you live in....sugar is crack!  LOL

source: http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2010/11/22/engrish-funny-dried-crack/

Cooking Class!

Just back from a cooking class at THE LAST BITE Cooking School.


Totally fun!  It was the kind of cooking class where you watch the chef cook and then you eat all the foods as they're prepared.


Today's class was "Holiday Appetizers."  I enjoyed a few bites of each these yummy eats:

• Amaretto-Cranberry Kiss Cocktail (I only had a few sips...I'm a total lightweight now)
• Fig and Goat Cheese Savory Cupcakes with Fig Spread
• Coconut Chicken Bites with Gingered Ketchup 
• Crab and Wild Mushroom Cheesecake
• Beef Skewers with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce (my favorite!)
• Cookie bars with chocolate marscapone cheese topping (OMG...YUM)

I'm so glad that my band kept things in check.   No over-eating and I felt satisfied when I left the class.

YUM!  Can't wait to go to another cooking class.
PS: Did an hour-long Zumba class this morning....  :)

Weigh-in Day...and the results are...

....a gain of 0.3 lbs. Yep....to be expected.  I'm not stressing about it...to be expected this time of year.

Still looking to get to a goal of 145 lbs....just 2 lbs away! :)

Happy Friday

Thanksgiving Weekend Recap (A.K.A. Confession Time)

And so it began...

I flew down to my parents house on Thursday morning.  We cooked up a storm in the kitchen getting ready for the big turkey day meal.  If you scroll down a little, you will see pics from the amazing spread of tastiness.

As I have said before, my downfall is snacking between meals, not actually hungry, just eating because the food is available.  That is why I usually don't really snack and avoid having any snack foods in the house.

I ended up eating way too many candied pecans...WAY TOO many prior to the big meal.

At said big meal, I had:

• one bite of turkey breast
• two bites of stuffing
• bread roll with lots of butter. YUM

Then, three hours later:

• average sized slice of pecan pie with freshly whipped cream. YUM.
• average sized slice of pumpkin pie with freshly whipped cream.  YUM.

The weekend progressed and included:

• more of those bread rolls with butter, lots of butter
• more slices of pecan pie with the whip cream
• caramel sundae with nuts from McDonalds
• Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate from Starbucks
• In-n-Out Burger: half of a Double-Double (incl. bun) and 6-7 french fries
• 2 mini-slices of pizza

Oh yeah, did I mention no exercise...at all...!

I noticed that I was not drinking much water during the weekend (only a bottle a day) and by Sunday afternoon I was soooo thirsty and pretty much felt nauseous.  ICK.  Nice negative feedback :)

Today, I am back on the healthy lifestyle of lots of water and high protein eating.  Current calorie count so far for the day: 380.  Protein: 41 grams.  I feel better already.

Fun with Fat Photo...

Random photo find from 2007...260+ lbs

PS: Can't wait to tell you about all the poor food choices that I have made in the last few days..definitely a gain is expected this week...sigh.

What I ate on Thanksgiving

and I loved every bite!