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Family Reunion Today

Today was my annual family reunion. Daddy's side of the family. We all get together the last Sunday of June every year and just talk about the past. Eat lots of food (except me this year) and watch the kids play at the park and swim. It's always a good chance to see people that I don't usually see and talk to them about how my life is going. This years crowd was very very small. I can remember when I was kid it was HUGE! So many people. We've sadly lost a few of course, but it was still really small, even putting that aside. My mom went up yesterday and told certain people about the surgery and they were excited for us. At least my mom told me they were. To heck with them if they weren't. This is my life and my health anyway, not theirs. One of my cousins told me that I was looking really good and she's glad I was taking care of myself. In other news, things are going really well. I enjoyed spending that time. Got a little sun and hopefully won't blister. I don't take to the sun very well. Just a thing I have. That's why I hope when I have babies they'll get their hispanic daddy's skintone so they tan instead of burn. I went out with my hubby and his dad last night to get fireworks, always a good time. As you remember from previous entries, 4th of July and Halloween are big events in our lives. You gotta live for something I guess. We don't party anymore and lately I don't even have food, so I've got to have something. :cool: Well, I guess that's all there is for today. Didn't get to eat of the always excellent fair at the family reunion, brought baby food, but it didn't do much for me, so I'm going to have some baked potato soup. Talk to you all later.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Taking My First Steps

I'm finally able to start working out now that the physical therapist and my back doctor have released me to be able to work out. This is a good thing. I took my "first steps" as a bander yesterday.   Hubby asked me where I went and when I told him he said it was about a mile and half. And it actually felt good. Really really good. :blushing: Please excuse me whilst I toot my own horn and pat myself on the back. :biggrin:   Moving on from that. I went to the doctor about my voice since it still seems to be on vacation and the doc told me that I have severe allergies. :thumbup: What? I've actually never had allergies in my life. I was raised in Wyoming where it's actually too cold for allergies to flair up. This is even in the summer. Now I live in Missouri, and holy crap. I seriously thought I was actually coming down with some real affliction. Guess not. On the upside, weighed in at the doctors office at 212! Yay me! I go get another fill on September 21st and I'm hoping to be in Onederland by that time. Hence my first steps yesterday.   Well bandsters, it's time for me to go now. Need to get started on some homework for the day. At least try to do something productive with my day. Hope this finds you all well.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Back to Work

Warning: :thumbup: Well, yesterday was my first day back at work. Not much fun.......today wasn't either. It seems I'm at fault for everything that got screwed up beyond recognition while I was gone. Still haven't quite figured that out. :thumbup: And to put the icing on the cake, they screwed up my vacation pay, even though I requested it three weeks ago, so I won't be getting paid tomorrow. :blushing: They're going to take it on to my next check IN TWO WEEKS! So now I have to call the landlord and tell him the rent is going to be late. At least this is only the second time in over two years it's been late. But still, it's the principle of the matter. On the upside, however, everyone noticed that I lost weight and said I looked really good. That made it all soooooo much better. :crying: <---it's a llama, too cute. lol I guess it was just my day in the barrel. Who knows. Other than that, not much going on in my world. I have, however, lost a total of 25 pounds. :thumbup: Figured out last night that I can't eat tunafish anymore. Hubby and I went to a sandwich shop last night and I got some tunafish (no bread, not really a fan of sandwiches anyway, but didn't want anything hot) and it was didn't go down well. The tuna was really stringy though. It didn't taste fresh. Well, I guess that's all I have for today. Hope you all are well. And thankfully, I'm off tomorrow.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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You can't hide when you're four wide!

Anyone who understands racing and the World of Outlaws will know what that means. For those of you that aren't race fans, or don't get it (which is ok. racing isn't everyones cup of tea). The World of Outlaws is a dirt track phenomenon. Here's how they work.....you take a car that has 800 horsepower, weighing 1800 pounds (with the diver in it and full of fuel), turn it loose on a 1/2 - 1 mile dirt oval and watch them go about 130 mph and turn left! WAY COOL! :rolleyes2: So that's where I spent my evening last night. With two of my favorite gentlemen, my daddy and my brother. It was great. So much dirt flying my skin felt gritty when the race was over. :rolleyes2: That's an excellent night at the races right there. On the Banding front, still holding steady at the 20 pounds lost. I'm on the mushies right now. I feel restriction with some things, others I don't. Pureed refried beans give me a lot of resriction, while other things like mashed potatoes or grits don't give me hardly any. I called the doctors office about that, they said that the fiber in the beans makes them more restrictive. Which makes perfect sense. I'm enjoying it though. When I was at the doctor for my checkup on Monday they set me up for the July fill clinic, which is the 20th. I'm going to start a work out regimen on Monday. Just some resistance band training and maybe some pilates. Not going back to boxing just yet. Although I wish I could. I loved it. Well, sorry for the long post, I guess that's all I have right now. Talk with you all later.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Lazy Day

Today was certainly nothing major to write about. I did figure out however that I can't eat boiled eggs anymore. I made egg salad in my magic bullet for dinner and there were a couple hard boiled eggs left over. I gave one to hubby and was going to eat one myself. Figured it would give me a good shot of protein. I took a bite out of it and that's the closest I've come to throwing up food since I've been banded. Needless to say hubby ate that one too. Thankfully I haven't experience any PB's or sliming yet. I'm doing everything in my power to avoid that. I also have been really listening to my band and I can tell when I'm full. When it's time for me to the "stretch" that's when I'm done. We've all done the stretch. Before I was banded I would always feel full then stretch just so I can get that extra few bites in. Now I stop at the stretch. So far it's working pretty good for me. The cookbook is coming along ok I guess. Still slow but sure. My mom is on vacation for the next three weeks and I'm hoping to have it done when she comes home. We'll be able to eat about anything we want by then anyway. Hopefully it'll be our "first fill present", the cookbook. Well, that's all I've got for tonight. Talk to you all later.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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To My Bandster Family

Thanx so much for all of your support everyone. Got home from the hospital yesterday afternoon, the three hour drive home was pretty rough. And to make it worse my hubby was driving and traffic makes him really nervous, and then he gets angry. We live in a smaller town so he doesn't deal with traffic much or very well, must be a guy thing. :thumbup: Everyone said I did great and looked great after surgery. The doc said I was a rock star. :tt1: That made me feel nice. The only thing I've come across that I don't like is my pain meds aren't working. So I called the doc and he called something else for me and my hubby is going to be that up when he gets off work. Unfortunately, my mom isn't doing near as well. They wanted to keep her in the hospital one more night cuz her blood pressure dropped really low. Apparently it always happens when she has surgery. And they had to physcially cut her open cuz she has so much scar tissue on her belly. She's had two c sections and a hysterectomy. (sp) So she was doing pretty crappy. Didn't get up and walk till right before we left yesterday. Well, that's all I have for today, just wanted to let you all know how I was doing. Thanx again for all of your support, you all are awesome and I love you all. *hugs* Talk to you all soon.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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"Weigting" Again

OK, so here I am at the hospital again. However I have heard the doc made it today and there are patiens of his going on and not coming right back out. :confused: Excellent sign. Today is my day. My Banster Birthday. I'm so excited. :w00t::w00t::w00t: I can't wait to go to sleep and wake up banded. This is truly the first day of the rest of my life. I know I've said this before, but thank you so much for all of the support I've received from my bandster buddies on this site. You guys rock! :thumbup::thumbup: Talk to you all soon, after I'm officially a bandster.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Heavy Jeans

Good evening bandster family. Hope you're all doing well and progressing on your journey.   Today I wore a pair of jeans that were TIGHT :eek2::yikes::eek2::yikes::eek2:(I was looking for a smilie that couldn't breathe due to wearing clothes so tight, but couldn't find one) when I bought them. The only reason I bought them when I did actually was because my boss was having a holy fit :incazzato:cuz I was wearing yoga type pants all the time. Well I'm fat, what does she expect? lol   Today I put these beautiful jeans on fresh from the dryer (still warm fresh from the dryer) and they almost fell off. :party: After ya'll leave the party at BG's house, come on over to mine cuz I'm wearing my heavy jeans today. :smilielol5: Meaning they are so big and falling off me so much they feel heavy. Literally feel heavy. They aren't even tight when I sit down. :hurray: This is an absolute miracle!   Last time I weighed I was down 28 pounds from when I first started my liquid diet on the 1st of June. This is so cool.   Well all, as I said, party at my house. Wear your heavy jeans. Hubby's making homemade salisbury steak. All of us together I'm sure could eat what I would have before.   Night all. Talk to you soon.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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3 More Days

Three more days till I get banded. I'm so excited, I almost can't stand it! I'm doing the best I can to stay busy but nothing seems to be working. The liquid diet is getting a little old. I'm glad that part is almost over. At least after surgery I won't be as hungry and have to choke down a protein shake all the time if I want to eat something. Any new and creative ways to make them are welcome. I'm always open to suggestions. Well, not much going on here. Just wanted to post that it's 3 days away. I'll let you all know how things are going. Hopefully I'll remember to take the laptop to the hospital. If not I'll get with you all as soon as I get home. Have a great day. :thumbup:
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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2 More Days

Two more days to go. Then the liquids won't be so bad cuz I won't be so hungry. It's getting to the point that I almost can't do these liquids anymore. Went to the area Relay for Life Cancer Walk last night, we go every year. This year was a little rough, for a couple of reasons. We lost our team captain this year to cancer, so that was the hardest part. And on a lighter note the guy at the camp beside us was grilling steak and we were four camps away from the people making funnell cakes. That was rough. I overpowered though. Didn't cheat. I threatened to like the powdered sugar off my hubby's funnell cake though. lol This is almost over. Tomorrow I make my way to Kansas City, the first leg of my trip, then I'm off to Columbia Monday morning for surgery. Then this liquid stuff won't be as bad cuz I won't want food. Usually in our family after we have any type of surgery we don't really want to be around food for about a week anyway, so this works out great for me. Well, as always, hope this finds out all well. Enjoy your day and I'll keep you all posted about Monday.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Playing the "Weighting" Game

Sitting in the waiting room waiting to go in for surgery. It's supposed to be at 11:00. My mom goes in at 10:00. I'm super excited. My husband and I brought our car and I drove up here and it POURED DOWN RAIN! Driving in the rain makes me terribly nervous. :thumbup: I've been in a few wrecks involving really bad snow and rain. So it doesn't bode well for me to drive in it. Hubby would have if he would have known where we were going. Interesting morning already to say the least. So we get the hospital and check in and now I'm waiting. They said to be here at 8:00, and it's a little after 8:30 now. I am so terribly thirsty. Everything sounds great right now. lol Hubby is next to me drinking coffee. Well, I guess that's all I have for now. The next time I talk to you all I'll be a bandster. Thank you all so much for the support you've given me on this site over the last few weeks. You're really like my little bandster family. Talk to you all later. Hope you all have a great day. :mad2:
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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First Fill

Got my first fill today. Wasn't near as ugly as I thought it would be. There was also someone there to hold my hand though. That always seems to help. AND I'VE LOST 28 POUNDS! Party, party, party. In a little over a month, 28 pounds down. I can't believe it. And that's without working out. Because I tried a couple of times and it hurt, so the doctor told me not to do it if it hurt. Then I just never went back to doing it. I know, bad Erika. :thumbup: Things at worki are getting much better. I've received a little more power to do what I wasn't allowed to do before. At least now if I get in trouble for not doing something, it is actually for something I was supposed to do to begin with. That usually makes a difference. Well, that's all I have. Talk to you all later. Good luck to you all.
dirttrackdiva

dirttrackdiva

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Three Days Post Op

So here I am three days post op and still going strong. My stomach is a little upset today, but other than that I'm doing fine. Discovered something today........I don't like the taste of coffee much anymore. :eek: This is such an oddity because I've lived on it for the last few years while trying to get through school. Don't know if it's the meds or just the fact that it tastes different. A lot of people have said things taste much different after surgery. You can't eat stuff you used to be able to, and eat stuff you never would have dreampt of eating before. :tt1: Kinda confusing if you ask me. Everying else is going great though. Hubby and I got our anniversay present to ourselves today. A new LCD TV (32") from Offide Depot. Which is where hubby works. So we got the sale price of 299.00, pluse our 20% discount on top of that. Might have to breakdown and get cable now. :thumbup: See if I can talk the hubby into that. We'll see. Well, I suppose that's all for today. Talk to you all soon.
dirttrackdiva

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