Life with an empty band is not easy!! I ate so much yesterday. I went to Braums and got a 1/3 pound burger and fries AND.ATE.IT.ALL. Burgers were the one thing that I just couldn't eat no matter how badly I wanted to with a half full band. It was really good and I love Braums. Then Dennis brought home pizza for dinner. I ate 3 pieces. Somehow I still managed 109 this morning on the scale. I don't expect that to happen for much longer at this rate.
I ran last night for the first time in probably a month or more. It was so freaking hot, my car said it was 86 on my way home. My original plan was to run after work with my friend Kim. Well I went to get my socks out of my bag yesterday and realized that I had 2 shirts and no shorts....and one of the shirts was long sleeved? Who knows what I was thinking. So I didn't run at work. I had pretty much talked myself out of running, then talked myself into running on the treadmill, then decided by the time I got to the gym I would be finished anyway and to just suck it up; it is going to get much hotter. I set my garmin for a 30 minute run instead of a distance goal. I ended up with 13:35 pace so it was a full minute under what my normal pace was. Starting over sucks. Towards the end my fingertips started to tingle a little so I took a few puffs on the inhaler and slowed down a little. I figured I had worked my poor lungs enough.
Then when I got home I decided I wanted to take a bath and soak before I took a shower to wash the ick off. I had been in the bath for maybe 10 minutes and I noticed I had clear little blisters all over my chest and stomach. I have no clue what it was from...heat? friction? The areas were covered by 3 different articles of clothing (sports bra, tank, and skirt) and I know they weren't all washed in the same soap so it wasn't a soap allergy. It looked like the blisters you get from a sunburn. Anyway, they are gone and it just looks like my skin is dry and pealing.
Tonight is ballet but I am really not in the mood for it. I sent my sister and email to see if she wanted to go. If she does I will go with her. Honestly I just want to go home after work, change into comfy clothes and read. I have turned into a lazy bum.
Tomorrow is supposed to get cold again so running shouldn't be as hard. I hope it isn't windy, I would rather have rain then wind. I started using Galloway 30 week training schedule for the marathon. I am kind of excited and scared. My first and only marathon was such a horrible experience that I swore I would never do anything over a half again. I hope the training schedule is gradual enough that I can maintain without getting bored or feeling overwhelmed. I will do the half if nothing else but I think I will register tomorrow for the full before the prices go up.
Oh, I went to the gastro doctor this morning. He was kind of creepy nice. He asked me how much I had lost since I got the band. He said that he couldn't imagine me at almost 200 pounds with my small frame. I told him it wasn't pretty. As I was in the hall paying my co-pay he walked by to his office or something and reached out touched my shoulder. I am just not used to doctors being that touchy, especially someone that works in a specialty. My UGI is scheduled for Monday at 2. I am going to take off work all day because it is clear fluid only that morning so I am going to try to sleep as long as humanly possible. If all goes well maybe I can start getting fills this time next week.
Two more days until my boss leaves!! I sure hope the new guy is the next great thing everyone swears he will be. Friday will be one of those days nothing gets done since we are having his party. We decided that the managers would all chip in and buy the food, which was $40 each. He bought food for us all the time so I had no problem with that. We bought him a crystal castle (the USACE symbol is a castle) and had it engraved. My supervisor is always stuck footing the bill so I went ahead and ordered the gift, another co-worker went and had in etched. Total the gift was like $120 maybe. I also asked my SIL to do cake balls because we thought we were going to have the party outside and a cake would be a huge PITA. The cheap bastards freaked out because cake balls are going to be $75 and a cake from Sam's is $40. REALLY? So, we pass around a card and ask for contributions towards the gift; when it got to me 8 people had signed the card and passed it off and there was $3 in the envelop!!! $3!! No I don't like the guy but still you would think that they would realize SOMEONE has to pay for the gift and by not contributing you screw that person, not the one who is leaving. These cheap ass bastards could throw a $5 bill in there I mean really, they aren't even paying for food!!! People never cease to disappoint.
I ran last night for the first time in probably a month or more. It was so freaking hot, my car said it was 86 on my way home. My original plan was to run after work with my friend Kim. Well I went to get my socks out of my bag yesterday and realized that I had 2 shirts and no shorts....and one of the shirts was long sleeved? Who knows what I was thinking. So I didn't run at work. I had pretty much talked myself out of running, then talked myself into running on the treadmill, then decided by the time I got to the gym I would be finished anyway and to just suck it up; it is going to get much hotter. I set my garmin for a 30 minute run instead of a distance goal. I ended up with 13:35 pace so it was a full minute under what my normal pace was. Starting over sucks. Towards the end my fingertips started to tingle a little so I took a few puffs on the inhaler and slowed down a little. I figured I had worked my poor lungs enough.
Then when I got home I decided I wanted to take a bath and soak before I took a shower to wash the ick off. I had been in the bath for maybe 10 minutes and I noticed I had clear little blisters all over my chest and stomach. I have no clue what it was from...heat? friction? The areas were covered by 3 different articles of clothing (sports bra, tank, and skirt) and I know they weren't all washed in the same soap so it wasn't a soap allergy. It looked like the blisters you get from a sunburn. Anyway, they are gone and it just looks like my skin is dry and pealing.
Tonight is ballet but I am really not in the mood for it. I sent my sister and email to see if she wanted to go. If she does I will go with her. Honestly I just want to go home after work, change into comfy clothes and read. I have turned into a lazy bum.
Tomorrow is supposed to get cold again so running shouldn't be as hard. I hope it isn't windy, I would rather have rain then wind. I started using Galloway 30 week training schedule for the marathon. I am kind of excited and scared. My first and only marathon was such a horrible experience that I swore I would never do anything over a half again. I hope the training schedule is gradual enough that I can maintain without getting bored or feeling overwhelmed. I will do the half if nothing else but I think I will register tomorrow for the full before the prices go up.
Oh, I went to the gastro doctor this morning. He was kind of creepy nice. He asked me how much I had lost since I got the band. He said that he couldn't imagine me at almost 200 pounds with my small frame. I told him it wasn't pretty. As I was in the hall paying my co-pay he walked by to his office or something and reached out touched my shoulder. I am just not used to doctors being that touchy, especially someone that works in a specialty. My UGI is scheduled for Monday at 2. I am going to take off work all day because it is clear fluid only that morning so I am going to try to sleep as long as humanly possible. If all goes well maybe I can start getting fills this time next week.
Two more days until my boss leaves!! I sure hope the new guy is the next great thing everyone swears he will be. Friday will be one of those days nothing gets done since we are having his party. We decided that the managers would all chip in and buy the food, which was $40 each. He bought food for us all the time so I had no problem with that. We bought him a crystal castle (the USACE symbol is a castle) and had it engraved. My supervisor is always stuck footing the bill so I went ahead and ordered the gift, another co-worker went and had in etched. Total the gift was like $120 maybe. I also asked my SIL to do cake balls because we thought we were going to have the party outside and a cake would be a huge PITA. The cheap bastards freaked out because cake balls are going to be $75 and a cake from Sam's is $40. REALLY? So, we pass around a card and ask for contributions towards the gift; when it got to me 8 people had signed the card and passed it off and there was $3 in the envelop!!! $3!! No I don't like the guy but still you would think that they would realize SOMEONE has to pay for the gift and by not contributing you screw that person, not the one who is leaving. These cheap ass bastards could throw a $5 bill in there I mean really, they aren't even paying for food!!! People never cease to disappoint.
Oh man, I can't even imagine life without the band now...I hope all goes well for you on the procedure!
ReplyDeleteI saw your run on Daily Mile...baby steps lady, you will be there before you know it!
I hope all goes well next week with your appointment!
ReplyDeletegood luck at your appointment!!!
ReplyDeleteI have like NO fill basically - I'm super sensitive so my surgeon is taking it uber slow - and i still feel really hungry and i don't know that I ever really feel full so I totally feel for you. I hope everything goes as planned and you can get back to your normal :-)