starting over, so soon

Wow, it has been a really long time!!  Hopefully I am back in full force now.

I am walking proof that the band will not work if you don't put in the effort.  I had my second fill today and I was up 2 pounds....well 1.7 to be exact but seriously WTF!!  Of course I knew things wouldn't be easy but being sent out of town for 3 weeks working 10-12 hour days made it impossible.  It was pretty much work, eat, sleep.  The work was so monotonous that eating was the only thing we had to look forward to.  I had really hoped those days were behind me.  My appetite was almost back to normal, I only had 2cc in my band so there wasn't a lot of restriction there to begin with. I am not making excuses, I could have made better choices and forced myself to wake up (not a morning person here) early and do at least some exercise, I didn't and I am paying the price.

BUT, I am back now, the weather is beautiful and it is re-commitment  time.  I had another 2cc put in my band today so I am up to 4cc.  The doctor said I should really start to feel some restriction at between 4 and 6.  He said I would have to pay more attention to chewing and the types of food I am eating because play time is over.

On the exercise front I am getting back into the habit.  I had a nice hour and a half workout on Sunday, the plan was to ride the bike yesterday but there was a lot of smoke in the air from all the dang wildfires.  I am going to go home and either walk, run or a combination of the two as soon as I get there.  I need to call and get the rest of my groupon pilates reformer classes set up too but it has been too nice to think about.  I need to move my dang body or this weight will never come off.

I am going to have to go out of town again for at least a week the end of this month but at least I get to go by myself.  I will be able to make better food choices and hopefully I can work some from my room so I can take 30 minutes to exercise after I get back to the hotel.  I will make it work somehow.