The people there probably thought we were nuts. Both TJ and I were looking at the menu and then plucking menu ideas into our phones decided what and how I could eat. Needless to say, a simple portion of baked salmon is not on the menu, but the kitchen was more than accommodating! To dress it up a bit, the chef topped it with a small handful of freshly diced tomatoes, which I didn't eat, but it was the thought and creativity that counted!
So now the answer to the question most people ask on your one month anniversary of being banded … "How much have you lost?" ((((drum roll, please)))) Thirty-four pounds!
That would be 20 pounds before surgery and 14 after, which ain't too shabby!
To further celebrate this awesomeness, the girls and I are going shopping today! Mama needs some new pants! Some how when I was gaining weight, my fat ass jumped from size 14 to 18! I have no size 16 pants! So my choices are to wear the 18s and keep pulling them up so they don't look like one of my homey-students, squeeze into my 14s and bring the phrase 'muffin top' a whole new and disturbing meaning, or the obvious … go SHOPPING! See, easy choice!