friend dilemma and the dreaded bounce!

Morning all,

I posted a couple of months ago about a dilemma with a friend, she was someone who I know had looked in to weight loss surgery and had lost about 150lbs on a very low cal diet, one of the ones with the food packs but the last time I had seen her she had gained a fair amount of it back.

I tried to call her for weeks before and after my surgery, I ended up catching her by e-mail on facebook, had a couple of replies as we were chatting, I told her about the surgery and didn't hear back from her and haven't heard from her at all since. I don't know why, I don't know if she's jealous or angry or she's had some kind some of surgery and is struggling, I just don't know.

I've sent her an invitation to George's party (she has a son) so I'll see if I hear back from her, I just don't know what the problem is.

Scale was horrible today, for some reason I was 16st 3, 227 lbs. Yesterday and the day before I was really good, my TOM is due soon so think it could be hormonal, i'm ok about it, i'm not going to rush out and eat as much junk as I can get my hands on which is a huge departure for me!

Isobel is loving Gloucestershire and is being spoilt rotten, she's apparently going to a business meeting tomorrow she just told me, have no idea?

George is still teething, poor thing, we're going to get his hair cut today, he has fully agreed to it but it normally is an ordeal. Wish me luck!

Have a lovely day all xx

Yay!!!

Good morning all,

Weighed in this morning after a fantastic day yesterday but didn't see 16st 2, I saw 16st 1!! which is 225 pounds! Total of 28 pounds lost, this is a big milestone for me as that's 2 stone lost since I started the pre-op diet.

I have an online friend, I know her through a forum, she is having a gastric bypass and starts her pre-op diet today, it's low carb/med protein and about 900 cals per day, the poor thing has to do it for 6 weeks! I just can't imagine doing that for 6 weeks.

Nothing at all happening with me today at all, will try and get George out for a walk, he seems to be ok, bit moany but nothing unusual there!

Have a good Monday, all!

She's gone!

Isobel has been despatched to the Cotswolds, I was really quite sad, she could hardly wait! I'm not going to see her for 11 days, although I have told her that if she needs me I will come to her, she told me not to bother, she'd be fine!

We met at Costco, we were early so went for a drink, Isobel had an ice cream, I had coffee, we had lunch after we shopped and I had a chicken salad with no dressing, I really wanted pizza! I bought some gummy bear vitamins, thanks for the heads up Linda! I bought some fantastic sun dried tomato's too and some quite boring stuff.

Scale was great today, 16st 3, 227lbs, this is a pound higher than my lowest, have been 227 lots of times but only 226 once! We're having a healthyish dinner tonight so am hoping to see 226 again tomorrow. Although I have spent most of the day driving and other than walking around Costco i've done nothing. Must try and at least walk tomorrow.

George isn't too well, seems to be getting a back tooth and its having lots of side effects, I won't share, it really would be tmi!

Lovely lunch

Not very band friendly I shouldn't think be there you are. I had a slice of fruited soda bread with goats cheese & salad (from the garden) with balsamic dressing, it was fantastic. I didn't eat too much, there must be lots of protein in the goats cheese and salad is good for me surely! I went to the gym this morning too.

There was a farmers market in our village today, the cheese and soda bread came from there. There was also a lady selling drawings and paintings, she had a small pastel drawing for sale of the house that we want to buy, I bought it, not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Nothing at all happening with the house, not a sausage. Got very hopeful today when a couple in their 50's appeared at the door, did the estate agent not let us know about a viewing? I thought. No, it was Jehovah witnesses!

Scale said 16st 5lb today which is 229 lbs. I'm ok with that, I was hungry yesterday, really hungry, I tried to make good choices and snacked on granola, I know that snacking is not good but I was very hungry.

I made a fantastic dinner last night, I think that it's quite band friendly, recipe here http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4251/chicken-cacciatore I used skinless chicken breast and reduced fat mascarpone, I also added some green olives which I think added to it but I am an olive addict and would think that. We had it with brown rice but to be quite honest, I don't think that it needed anything much with it.

My little girl is going away tomorrow, she's going to the Cotswolds to stay with my Aunt and get spoilt. Izzy can't wait, she's gone out with Paul to get some books to take with her, not story books, she loves exercise books, sums and words, I sound like a boastful mummy but I try not to be, she is incredibly bright, in fact she won the form award to school this year but she is extremely challenging! George has a much more laid back and sweeter personality. Tomorrow i'm meeting my Aunt half way at Costco of all places, if anyone can think of anything that I really must buy there pls let me know (you never know, exciting US products might have made it over here!)

Off to pack for her! Have a lovely weekend all.

Estate agent moan

I hate estate agents, I always hate them but its only when I deal with them that I remember how much I really really really hate them. Long story which is very dull and I won't bore you with but the crux of it is that they have now decided that our house is worth £20k less than then valued it at, amazing that the house has devalued that much in 2 weeks!

I will apologise in advance, I feel that this might be the first of many posts about how much I hate estate agents!

Have been good since Monday and as of this morning i'm down to 16st 4 lbs (228lbs) Its great that its come off so quickly but I am bored of being this weight, I really want to be 15st something, i'm going to be this weight when I go for my fill, that's 12 days away, if I don't sabotage myself I should get there easily.

Took George to the zoo yesterday with my Brother in law, we were there for 4 and a half hours and we spent at least 3 hours of that marching around. My BIL is so different to my husband (not in a good way) it was ok but i'm glad that I don't have to do it often. I also went to the gym last night which i'm pleased about, might try and go tonight too if Paul gets home early enough.

Good news! George just did a number 2 on the potty! But has insisted on having a nappy on now, will this boy ever be toilet trained??????

Off to catch up on your blogs, hope that everyone is well x

Thank you

Thanks for all your supportive messages yesterday, i'm just so frustrated. I'm not very good at dieting, thats why i'm fat! I know that its going to take a while to get the band adjusted correctly and my circumstances dictate that I just can't get to the Dr's often enough but I will get there eventually.

Taking the kids to the fill with me is a no go. Actually, Isobel would be fine, just very nosey and would want to talk to everyone. If I could drive to the hospital George would probably be ok at a push but the journey there and back is long and I need to use public transport as its in central London and it would be a nightmare.

I am thinking that straight after this fill i'll book another for a month's time and sort out how i'm going to get there after that, Paul is really good and will take time off if possible but he's busy so its tricky.

Despite saying that I wouldn't, I did stand on the scales today, i'm down 1.5 pounds but i'm not celebrating it at all, i'm trying not to care what the scale says at all.

George has been quite ill this last day or 2 so we're stuck at home, poor thing has had a really upset tummy, it was so bad that I had to hose the garden down yesterday, this was despite him wearing a nappy! Awful.

Anyway, sorry for my grumpiness, thanks for your support!

Failed bandster?

Its dawned on me that i've been loosing and gaining the same 7 pounds since the last week in June, I'm begining to think that I might one of the percentage who fails, I don't know what is wrong with me.

I do have a problem with getting fills, Its so far and unless Paul is off I have no one to look after the kids, I had my last fill on the 8th of june and my next is booked for the 17 of August, I have 6 cc's in a 14cc band and can't imagine that i'll be at my sweet spot for at least another 2 or 3 visits as they don't like to give me more than 1cc at a time, I have to fight to get more than a half on my last visit.

Needless to say that i'm up again, 16st 9lbs this morning, thats 233lbs again. I'm bored of it. I think that i'm going to try and stay off the scales, they just depress me.

In other news, Izzy is still being a bit of a pain but she's attending a summer school from 9 til 3 every day. George was up half of the night last night, he seems to have a cold but has a croup type barking cough and was covered in sweat, i've had to wash everything today, even his pillow. Alison with not enough sleep is not a happy girl.

Hope that everyone else is well.