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Not sure what day it is, I haven't updated in over a week!

Christmas great. Really, really, really great. First great Christmas in a long time! It was so nice to see family I hadn't seen in a year and to get so many positive comments, which frankly, I was not expecting. I overate. Big surprise. Christmas Eve especially, I just could not get away from the sweet table. I paid the price the next day though...I felt cranky and definitely gained at least a pound for my weekly weigh-in. Christmas day was better and the rest of the week was too.

For some reason I was sick twice this week after eating. Both times it was beef and my pouch has always been somewhat sensitive to beef. 

That's all I can really type right now because I fell last night and broke my tailbone. What a way to ring in the new year! Oy. Seems like I'll be stuck in bed for the next couple of days at least. I have a lot to be thankful for though, so this should be good!

More updates in 2008, I promise!

Day 237

I would just like to start by thanking all of the readers of my blog for their enormous support over the past year. It has been quite the roller-coaster ride and I wouldn't have gotten through it without the comments and messages you all have left me! So best holiday wishes to you and yours :)

I have nothing to report so this is pretty much my plan for the next few days. 

The holidays need to be over because I am going a liiiiiittle bit crazy. Yesterday was my mom's birthday and we went out for szechwan. This restaurant we went to is famous for its peanut butter dumplings. Pre-op me + peanut butter dumplings = major love. I tried preparing myself mentally to only have a couple and hope that my family finished the rest. I ended up having 1 veggie spring roll, 4 dumplings (sounds bad, but 2 of them were very small), 1 piece of spare rib, a couple of forkfuls of cashew chicken, some string beans, and a forkful of these not-so-yummy noodles. Could have been worse. Stupid irresistible dumplings. 

This morning I came downstairs to a big box of banana chocolate muffins. I was going to have half for breakfast, with a yogurt...but then I checked the nutritional info box and saw that each muffin had 540 calories. I passed those up and had 1/2 a bagel instead. Lots o carbs? Yes, however, I still should be able to keep under 100g for the day.

Tonight is our big italian feast and that's going to go well because I'm going to stick to the lamb (because we're weird and don't do the seafood thing) and some soup. The desert part will suck, but I'd rather not suffer the consequences, so it should be easier to pass up.

Tomorrow, Christmas day, I'm not worried about either just because I'll be seeing a lot of family I haven't seen since last year, so I'll be spending the night talking about my surgery and stuff. Food won't be the main focus of these holidays like it was in the past. The part that I hate is coming home with leftovers and being bored at home for the days following Christmas. Oy.

So that is a preview of Loser's first Christmas! Once again, thank you all and I wish each one of you the best of holiday wishes! Recap to follow on Wednesday!

xoxoxoxo

Day 233

I hopped on the scale this morning and I am glad to say that things *seem* to have gotten back to normal. I'm eating better, feeling 1000x better and I cleaned my room last night, so I'm happy! I just got home from work not too long ago and I'm exhausted. Good thing about my work though is that they serve us our meals. Good thing it's a gym too because I get some really nice, healthy meals! First day was crustless quiche, then it was roast beef, then lemon grilled chicken, and tonight we had lean burgers with steamed veggies and salad! 

Breakfast - Yogurt, SFNF caramel latte

Lunch - 1/2 whole wheat pita, 1.5 slices bacon, 1 egg, feta cheese, lettuce, sauteed onions and peppers, 1/3 tblsp mayo. YUM

Supper - A little bit more than 1/2 beef patty, at absolute most 1/4 cup of rice, and some steamed veggies.

Snack - 3 meatballs, 1 SF cookie 

Not too shabby! Tomorrow is another day, one day closer to Loser's first Christmas! :)

Day 232

My first official day of doing nothing had turned into me cleaning my bedroom from top to bottom! I went out and bought clear plastic storage bins to store all my books and school papers and it's looking so much better already.

Even eating is going better today.

Breakfast - Protein Express bar, yogurt

Snack - Around 8-9 soy crisps

Late Lunch - 7 beef meatballs, 1 bocconcini, 1 tblsp parmesan, 1/4 cup marinara

Snack - 1 SF cookie (buying these was a big mistake I admit), 4 whole wheat melba toast, 1 tblsp FF peanut butter, 1 tblsp RS strawberry jam

As for tonight, I will probably have a latte, maybe another yogurt or some cheese. If I get really hungry, I'll have egg white with veggies.

I feel a lot better physically today too, eating like crap sure makes you feel like it.

Anyhoo, back to my cleaning!

Week 32?

I have been a terrible blogger in these past few weeks. I promise to be better now that school is DONE. Done, done, and done. Not only have I been a terrible blogger...but I've been an even worse eater! I had my first post-op gain this week, +0.5. I feel like crap about it. I'll need to work on stress eating a school next semester!

Other than that things are good. I've been getting ready for the holidays, can't believe Christmas is in just 1 week. What a crazy year 2007 has been! It only gets better, right?

Better update tomorrow, I'm exhausted!

Noideawhatdayitis

All I know is that I have my first final of the season in 8hrs and counting. AHHHHH!
Just taking a quick break from studying because I've spent 25 of the past 48 hours sitting in this freaking cubicle, I figured I deserved a break. This week needs to be done like 12hrs ago. I've been so hungry all the time this week too. I don't know if it's the stress or my pouch failing on me but it's been the hardest thing ever to control. I've been rushing back and fourth from home to the library so my food choices haven't been the greatest. Today for example, I've had 5 large coffees, about 1/2 ziploc bagful of cereal and raisins, 1/3 ziploc bagful of whole wheat vegetable crackers, 1 chocolate chip waffle, 1 chicken burger patty, 1 protein bar...and I have some more snacks which I'm sure I'll be needing before the night/day is done. School sucks balls.

Back to the books. Oh yeah...lost 1oz this week. Woo-freaking-hoo.

Day 217

Century club + 1! I won't be able to get the whole screen in next week unless I make my font a whole lot tinier!

Holy loss this week batman. I really hope (and I say this every week, ha!) that this is the start of my body doing what it is suppose to be doing again because I was getting pretty frustrated!

I am a happy loser this week folks!

Day 216 -100!

It was a weekend of milestones in Loserland! First of all, my scale had been acting weird all week so I hadn't weighed myself at all until yesterday. I had been stuck between 175 and 177 for what seemed like an eternity...and with finals just around the corner, I thought I could use a break from the scale for a couple of weeks. Yesterday afternoon I was telling my dad about how the scale was acting weird, so I jumped on and not only was it working (argh) but it marked 173.7. I was FLOORED. For me BMI to be considered overweight (as opposed to obese) I needed to get under 174 and I made it! For the first time in my life, I am no longer obese. I laughed, I cried, I jumped up and freaking down.
Aaaand this morning when I hopped on the scale, I was at 172.8. EXACTLY 100 lbs below my starting weight back in April. I have lost 100 pounds. I can't even wrap my mind around it. This is just the push to get me going again.
Last but not least, I got a new job on Friday! I really wasn't happy doing retail anymore, just wasn't my thing so I had been applying at a few places here and there, not really thinking anything. I got a call back on Thursday for a receptionist position at this private/exclusive squash club downtown. Very fancy shmancy. I didn't think I would get it because it isn't like I'm the model of perfect help. Who ever thought I of all people could get a job at a gym? Well I did get it! I start on Thursday. I'm so excited, I get a free membership at their sister club too!

All that excitement and I must start studying for finals!