No Change in scales

Hi All, Its been a week since my last post. I don't have much news in the way of changes but I have no problem just burbling on regardless. The scales are unmoving this week so I am swaying between 107 and 108kg. I have a heap of problems eating healthy food and if I could live on hot chips I would (and try to quite often). I can only eat about 10 or so normal size chips or a small packet from macca's but its still enough to affect my state of mind and the scales. I know its a case of just staying away but saying and doing are of course two different things. I am now a regular loo goer so am glad that the constipation faze has passed but the wind is still a massive problem. Now, this might not sound like a big deal but when I have to keep getting up and down from my desk to exit the building so I can fart it starts to cause some looks from people. I am the windiest person I know and its caused much more from milk, fruit and veges than anything else (woo hoo all the excuse I need to eat hot chips - bugger that's potato) . I emailed my dietitian about it but still haven't heard her views on it. Andy and I are walking daily. We manage between 4 - 8 ks per day which I am thrilled with. Mostly we hover around 5ks but then we do a biggy. I can eat a small portion of food now (about entree size) so my vitamin and mineral intake is heaps better. I can eat just about anything I want except sushi. I ate 1 sushi in the car the other day and it was so painful as it got stuck and so gross as I bought it back that I have decided as much as I love it, it is gone from my menu forever! When I see my surgeon in Dec I will have another 1 ml fill which will tighten up the band some more. That's about it on the band front but I will close with a story from my friend who read about my JUST SPECTACLES glasses debacle. The other day she went to a shop to look at some shoes. She found a nice pair of wedge heel shoes for $40.00. The sales girl (and by the sound she should get try hard sales girl of the year) bustles over and says 'oh those ones are reduced to $10.00 a pr. The bottom of the shoes are different but as my friend thought she was talking about the soles she didn't care because as she said 'why would I care if the pattern on the soles are different, no one sees them when you are wearing them'. Of course when the lass returns with the box and my friend opens them up she is a little shocked to find two very different looking shoes with the only similarity being they are both black in colour. Even the height of them was different! Well they were only $10 I guess and she could borrow my glasses to finish off he look! New post next Sunday, Have a groovy week xx

What's with all the flies

Summer has arrived today. It wasn't here yesterday or last week but today we clocked 36 on the thermometer! And of course, today we took our walking to a whole new level and decided we would walk in the sand dunes (where there is no breeze) and sometimes snakes cross the path. So, off we set out at 10.30am and into the dunes we head. We walked for an hour but at least Andy didn't get weak from lack of food because he managed lots of protein in the form of 3 flies one via his nostril. I managed to blow out my meals before they headed south. Oh they are so gross and so persistent. We got back to the car and headed straight for the sports shop where we purchased two real prrrreeety nets to put over out hats to keep the flies at bay. Have I told you all how flippin gross they are?
The scales that I decided not to get on last week are down to just under 108kg yay!!!! Can eat lots that I couldn't before so the stomach band has adjusted and swelling has gone down I guess. Still feel full after meals though so that's fantastic. I see my surgeon on the 3rd Dec for another fill which will be great and get me through the festive season with a fair amount of cheapness. Andy has his hernia operated on in Dec so hopefully he will be right for the new year too. No more news from me. Will post again on Sunday the 18th Nov. xx Dianne

Rough week

We went away last weekend and I indulged in foods and beverages I knew I shouldn't but I just chucked caution to the wind and thought 'lets just enjoy the moment'. Well the moment has past and I don't think the moment is worth the rugged week I had following the weekend. I think I need them to band my brain cos I have continuously beaten myself up especially as the scales are + 1kg. We ate out three times in two days and no matter what is on the menu it's the bloody chips that get me every time. I could hardly ask the kids not to have chips with whatever and they could never finish them so I just had to help, after all waste not, want not . Well, that's a load of shit actually I just cant help myself when it comes to good chips or average chips or even crap chips for that matter just so long as they are deep fried it seems they'll do! I can't eat many but obviously it doesn't take many to get the scales heading north. I also have called into the lolly shop three times in the last week as they have kiwi licorice and from one who gets constipated which is a literal pain in the arse I have taken to buying Black Knight licorice which seems to work a treat however.................................they also sell kiwi buzz bars, toasties, toffee milks (a personal favourite) and rashuns so I inevitably stock up on them all and then nibble my way through it. I know mum I know ( she will be reading this at some stage and I can hear her tut tutting me) I just cant seem to get past the fact that I need to leave it alone and not buy it or else I will eat it. Many things have been bought then thrown in the bin at home to stop me eating it. Still tempting to pull it out and wipe it off but I haven't resorted to such desperate measures........yet! I went to the dietitian today which was a help as far as getting portion control advise because I have gotton a wee bit confused especially when it comes to drinking water which I can and have always drunk by the litre but I was stressing that the 3 or 4 litres I drink throughout the day will stretch the new stomach but she says just sip my way through whatever I can do and that is ok. I started walking yesterday! End on that story lol. Nah, I went today too so who knows maybe I will do another one tomorrow. I freaking hate exercise but I am going to try and find 30 but I do wish that sitting on my ass in front of the computer counted. The good news this week is that I won $150.00 on the Melbourne cup yesterday. I was a TAB virgin and some girl at work helped me place the bet and I won!!!! Was a very cool feeling. I am going to try not to replace my co dependency on food for gambling but its going to be hard lol. Well no more news from me. Will update again soon. xx for now Dianne