Happy Bandaversary to me … one month ago yesterday I was banded! This also marks my entry into week 5, which allows more foods and textures. We celebrated with baked salmon and some roasted, Tuscan veggies at Bertucci's. Of course half of it came home with me, but that is one of the perks of healthy eating that I seemed to have deprived myself of all these years. If you enjoy a meal so much that you're willing to dig in and devour your plate, why not separate it into half, ask the waitress for a container before lifting the first bite to your drooling mouth, and take it home so you can enjoy it again the next day! Genius, right?
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!
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!
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