Monday Weigh In - Pushin' 40

Starting weight: 261 lbs
Surgery day: 234.4 lbs

Todays weight: 221.4 lbs

-3.8 lb loss this week

-13 lb loss since surgery
-39.6 lb loss overall

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Yep, your peepers are not decieving you that's 3.8 lbs lost this week!!! Can I get a "HELL YES!"?!?!?  I'm so super stoked about that loss! That sure was a great way to start a monday!!! 

 Do you see my overall loss?!?! 39.6 lbs! I'm pushin' 40 folks and I couldn't be happier! Hopefully next monday we will be celebrating my big four-oh!  

I thought FOR SURE I was either going to maintain or actually gain because I went out on Friday night to get my party on for my birthday. Went with a couple friends and a work buddy. Got a little crazy, got a little drunk (on like 4 drinks total, i'm such a lightweight now I love it!), made it rain on some ladies at the strip club (yes, I am fiesty... I have been known to party hardy at a boobie bar a time or 2 lol  don't judge! )  When we got back to my friends house we made breakfast burritos... I was drunk and must have forgot I had the frikken lap band cuz I just started chowin' that down...big bites...not chewing very good... WELL, that only lasted 1 bite! All of sudden I just froze... I felt my first "Stuck" episode coming on... Nope... it went down...just...slooooowwwllllyyyy.

PHWEW! dodged that bullet. My lap-band was like "HELLO IDIOT! Forget about me down here?!?!"  I got the message loud and clear and took a couple more small bites and called it quits. 

 I heart my band. For real.  

Saturday I went to a baby shower and I did partake in cake and it was delicious. 

 Sunday was my birthday lunch at the in-laws. She was nice and cooked grilled chicken breast with pineapple slices. But I had cake there as well... cake 2 days in a row...oops  







 I think the reason I still saw a loss is because the band helped my portions ALOT and the bad stuff I ate was very small quantities.   Sunday night at family dinner we had tuna salad..one of my faves! I opted for crackers instead of bread (yay me!) I was only able to eat 5 tuna salad topped crackers and just a few chips! HOT DIGGITY DOG! That was exciting.. I just kept saying to everyone "MAN, I can't believe I'm already full!!" 



What I think I look like eating cake...



What I actually look like eating cake...





  I am finding myself taking a couple more bites even after I get the "STOP" signal. I don't go overboard, I just take a few more bites after I probably should have stopped. Maybe I'm just "testing" my band? Did you guys do that at first too? I know a lot of it is just still my food demon telling me it tastes sooo good, eat another bite, don't you dare waste that food, one more bite won't hurt...  I'm slowly learning how to be ok with leaving food on my plate. Today for lunch I got a southwest grilled chicken salad from mcdonalds. Immediately I removed almost half the lettuce and half the little chip strips. Used about 3/4's of the sauce packet. I did push myself to eat my whole portion but I was better by taking a lot off the top before I even started eating. I know I will get there...my food addictions will get better, they already are. I just still have a ways to go.    



 OH! I FINALLY started exercising last night! Woot woot! I did a short Zumba class on the Xbox Kinect. It was a 5 song class, about 20 minutes. I didn't want to over do it and be so sore today I couldn't move. It was AWESOME! I probably could have kept going but it was late and I wanted to be able to move today. I'm really glad I stopped there because boy i'm feelin' it today! I'm excited to knock out another class tonight. Maybe I will add a song too to start rampin' it up!  

Good Monday my little cupcakes...good Monday indeed :)