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I thought the first time was worthy of a blog post...I guess I have a bit more restriction than I thought I had.
Last night about 10:00 I decided that I need just a little something to snack on....first mistake.
There were less than a handful of Sweet Potato Chips that we had taken with us to watch the fireworks on Sunday. Still a chip, not as bad as a regular chip, and there were much less than a serving left so I went for it.
Crunch Crunch Crunch....these are really good....Crunch Crunch...Oooh Crap. I instinctively grabbed water to wash it down...second mistake.
I felt like I couldn't breathe for a second. Very very very tight feeling in my my throat/chest.....I got up and walked around and it took about 5 minutes but I managed to get it down without sliming or pb'ing.
The water made it much much worse. I have to remember not to do that again...or each crunchy kettle cooked type chips, or pasta, or couscous come to think of it....those felt really heavy going down the past few days.
I did a weigh in this morning even though it's not my recording day - 281.6; I hope to officially be out of the 280's by Monday.
I finally showed a loss this week, so I was able to update my ticker. Only a small loss, but i've worked pretty hard at it. I currently weigh 282.4 down from my pre-surgery weight of 304.5.
My first fill was June 30th and while it was a pretty agressive fill, it has not provided me with the restriction that I had hoped for. I'm still able to eat way more than the guidelines tell me I should. I've been making pretty smart choices, but my meal sizes are way more than 1/2 cup and I've snacked in between. I'm going to call again tomorrow and beg to get in sooner for another fill.
Fourth of July was fun. Our neigborhood association hosted a float in movie night at the pool - so the kids were able to stay up really late and watch movies and eat snacks while they floated around in the pool. Williamsburg had another great fireworks display this year - my kids LOVE the fireworks. We camped out in Colonial Williamsburg with snacks and watched the show.
My blog updates have not been very frequent because for the past 3 weeks or so my husband has actually been HOME! This doesn't occur often these days - so we've been enjoying it. However, it's about to end as he will be leaving again on Sunday for an 11 day training in Los Angeles. Then it will be back on the road every week. He'll be travelling to Dayton, Ohio for a project. We will get a bit of respite though because we have a week long beach vacation scheduled the first week in August. YAY!! I need the beach in the summer....NEED IT!!
Have a great week everyone! :)
I'm taking a 6pm Jazzercise (yes, that phenomenon from the 70's) class at 6pm tonight! I don't even own any hot pink spandex or leg warmers - I wonder if if I'll fit in!
On the fill front, I have that familiar post surgical tightness in my throat when I drink something. I doesn't hurt, it just feels like it goes down a bit hard and sits there for a second.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the shoulder pain I was experiencing before is gone now. I thought it might come back after the fill (and it still might of course) but so far so good.
