Friday, March 2, 2012

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss/weigh in/ lessons learned


I enjoyed being reminded today of the wonderful Dr. Seuss. I loved reading his books growing up and now reading them to my boys. Dr. S was a smart cookie.
I weighed in today at 180.5, I am down 2.1 pounds this week!! I can feel those 170's just right around the corner. Once I hit the 170's I will have officially lost more weight then any of my past attempts at weight loss the last 10 years. I will only be 20 something pounds away from my goal weight. Am I dreaming?? Is someone going to wake me up and I will still be obese?? Hell no, I have worked hard over the past 5 months. I remember one of my earlier posts that talked about "Earning your Body", I am realizing exactly what that means and what it takes. This band is a tool...plain and simple. I know when I am following the 10 golden rules and the times that I am not. It makes a difference. I have also learned to be kind to yourself but not too kind that you slip back into bad habits.

Tonight, I tested one of the rules and i made a mistake. We went to Chipotle for dinner tonight. I haven't drank soda pop since the night before my surgery and tonight I took a big swig of my husbands diet coke. Wrong idea.....instantly my eyes started to bulge and water, I got that terrible pain in my chest and knew I need to go to the bathroom and PB. Yep, I frothed at the mouth like a rabbid dog!! No fun. I felt so terrible I couldn't even eat any dinner. Good thing is I don't feel like doing that ever again..so I guess I am fully cured of my Diet Coke addiction.

Well I hope you all are doing well and have a great weekend!

6 comments:

  1. TOO FUNNY Kelli! Just last weekend my man and I were at Cheesecake Factory and out of the BLUE I decide to order a diet coke. I haven't drank soda since Dec 2010/Jan 2011, before surgery. And I used to be a diet coke ADDICT - had to have atleast 1 a day!!

    Needless to say, I took one drink of it and it tasted like CRAP. It was not the glorious reunion I had thought it would be!

    My fiance about fell over when he heard me order a Diet Coke. lol I told him I was feeling adventurous that day. :)

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  2. Wish I had that problem with Mountain Dew. I have only drank it once since surgery, but it went down smooth as butter!! Great job on the loss!!

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  3. Love that Dr. Suess quote! Good job on the loss this week!

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  4. I never have problems drinking soda, wish I did!

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  5. Given my Diet Coke addiction...I am hoping for a similar experience once banded. Maybe I will try to learn from yours. ;)

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  6. How exciting....why is it that we like to test our limits? Sounds like you are really understanding your body and what it takes to get the pounds off...That is something I have just started and don't know when I will ever master it!

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