Bariatric Ball

31
Jan 2012

I was trying on dresses today. I have the floor-length velvet formal with the slit up the back, the very short little black dress that scoops across the chest and has two peek-a-boo slits on the long sleeves, or the spaghetti strap hankerchief dress in various shades of orange. I even tried on a prom dress that one of my daughter’s wore last year just because I could.

Why? Because I am going to a real ball. One that requires fancy clothes and involves dinner and dancing. I even have a date (my husband), and we plan on staying overnight at the fancy hotel.

It’s the 6th annual Valentine’s Dance hosted by my physicians. Last year, more than 180 people attended.

I am excited. I just have to figure out what I’m going to wear and what hubby is going to wear.

Do I want to wear something long? Or short?

What would you wear?

I think I like this:

But I am interested in wearing a little black dress as well.

I don’t know what I will wear yet, but I am having fun thinking about it. :)

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Slightly Sick (and Head Hunger)

31
Jan 2012

Apparently I am stuck in the Ss lately when it comes to blog titles. :-)

I am slightly sick. It is the first time I’ve been sick since I had my weight-loss surgery. And even then, it isn’t a serious sickness yet.

I have a slight tickle in my throat that comes and goes. I notice it most in the morning. The big thing is that I have a serious mucus problem and have been going through the tissues to try to keep my breathing passages clear. I am hoping it doesn’t get worse than it is.

I have not been exercising like I had been, and I know part of it is because I don’t have the energy. I am still exercising, but I really have to talk myself into it. Plus, I am choosing “easier” options like walking instead of Zumba.

The big thing is that I want something to eat, but I don’t know what I want to eat. I want something different. I am tired of my usual fare, but I can’t figure out what I want to eat. Everything that isn’t my usual fare is high in calories or carbs. Today, I had TWO cookies. Not at the same time, but I had two of them. That’s the first time I’ve had two cookies in a very long time. The first one was good, which is why I had the second one later. Then I logged them in, and I realized they were not worth the 300 plus calories not to mention the excess sugar and carbs. Those two cookies had more carbs than I normally eat in a day — almost twice as much.

I used to get this feeling of wanting something to eat before my surgery. I’m not hungry. I just want…something. I don’t know what. It leads to bad choices. I suspect it has to do with me being sick.

 

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Slip Sliding Away

30
Jan 2012

I wore my calorie burn watch today so I could get accurate readings about how many calories I burn as I hike across campus to class and climb the four-plus flights of stairs to the department office.

I don’t think my readings are going to be very accurate though. The sidewalks are slick, and I am unable to maintain a “very brisk” pace and still manage to keep from falling and breaking something.

In just the short walk from my car to the building my office is in, I slipped twice and fell once. When I fell, it was on a glare of ice and included grazing my knuckles, so I now look like I punched something.

I’m a bit disappointed in the condition of the sidewalks. I work on a campus where a lot of students walk from their dorms to their classrooms, so you would think the sidewalks would be taken better care of. I know that we’ve had nasty weather with lots of rain, snow and warming up and cooling down, but I thought conditions would be better Monday morning. It doesn’t look like much was done over the weekend at all.

It seems the sidewalks are in their worse condition close to buildings. You can tell where the “entrance” care stops. This is where the several feet of glare ice usually begins.

The weird weather we have been having can’t make keeping the sidewalks clear an easy job, but something has to improve especially for the early morning walks to the 8 and 9 a.m. classes.

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Six Months – Side by Side

24
Jan 2012

The picture on the left was taken during the Fourth of July holiday in 2011. The picture on the right was taken a couple of days ago, January 2012. I weigh 64 pounds less in the photo on the right.

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Silly Scale

22
Jan 2012

Today, I stepped on the scale to get my weight. It wasn’t an official weigh in because it was later in the day, and I had already had food. I normally weigh in before eating anything.

As I stepped on the scale, my husband put his foot on the back of it.

I pushed him away and jumped off the scale just as it finally decided to show me a weight.

It read (drumroll please) 184.5.

184.

But I knew it was wrong. There was no way I’d lost more than 5 pounds. It must have been because I jumped off just as it was reporting the weight.

I took it again, and the  scale was back over 190. I knew the 184 was wrong, but it was a great glimpse of things to come.

In other news, I haven’t been doing very good exercising this weekend. It seems everyone in my house is battling a cold, and I am no exception. My nose is running, and I am walking around with tissues in my hands and pockets. That’s my excuse. I shouldn’t have excuses. I should at least do some weight lifting. We’ll see. Maybe when hubby watches football.

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