Ok, so the first weekend went much better than I thought it would. Especially considering all of the hurdles I needed to jump to get to Monday. I NEVER thought I would look forward to the work week like I did this past weekend.

Friday night, I went home and made chicken breast with green beans. Very simple but still good. My roommates were home so we watched "The Woman in Black", good movie - creepy but good.

Saturday, I woke up and hung out for a bit before deciding to go to the gym. Brief aside, I've been a member of this gym for oh 2 plus years(?) and have never gone with any real consistancy. My cousin was interested in joining so the front desk guy took us to an office where he looked me up and asked, "How can we get you to come in more often?" Now, outrightly this is not a pushy question. This is their job, I know, I recognize, I understand. But I've also heard it a hundred million times over the many years I have been struggling with my weight and regularly with the three different personal trainers I've had in the past ten years. So I told him the truth, "Nothing. You guys can't do anything to get me in here more often. This is something that I'm commiting to and I need to do on my own." He didn't like that answer very much. ::shrug:: oh well. My cousin and I then had a very enjoyable 45 minutes swimming laps in the pool.

After the gym on Saturday, I went to my friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party. Complete with hot, delicious pizza and sinfully sweet cake. These are among my favorite things to devour but I was strong, I abstained. ::pats self on the back:: I left promptly after cake was served and presents opened - no sense in torturing myself by being around things I cannot have. I kept busy the rest of the evening to ensure no boredom hunger/eating.

Sunday was best friend day - self explainatory. We met for breakfast, I had an egg white (crepe, which, I didn't know was a crepe until it was served) and I was unable to remove it without destroying my meal so I guess I cheated. I had a 2 egg white omlet with bell pepper, spinach, and avocado wrapped in a crepe, a side of fruit and two turkey sausage patties. I know this seems like a lot of food, and it probably will be once I get banded; but for now, it was delicious and healthy. Yay Me! I made it through my first restuarant meal with only the smallest of deviance.

Sunday afternoon was my niece's 11th birthday party, again with no food that I could munch on. Sub sandwiches, chips and dip, cake and ice cream. Again, I am left sitting on the side lines, unable to indulge even the smallest bit because I'm going to make certain that my liver is the smallest and least fat laiden as possible so I can have a healthy, uncomplicated, grossly successful surgery. But I digress, after the party. My friend and I left to pick up her wedding dress - so much fun for realsies - but first we stop for a drink at Sonic. Hmm, what to get here? I can't have carbonation... I opt for a diet cherry limeade. Probably still has a small amound of carbonation but not a whole lot and it is calorie free. I decide that this is truly the best option for me at Sonic and realize that Sonic may be on my X list moving forward. After doing wedding related stuff, we ended Best Friend time at Yogurtini, I had cookies n cream yogurt, only 110/serving. Only later did I realize, that I had about 3 servings Guess I'll need to be more careful about that in the future.

My day, although full was not over yet. I managed to get a phone call that sent me reeling. I'm talking anger so white hot that you could spit fire, if only the obsenities would stop spewing from your mouth. Needless to say I was emotional... which as I've stated before, emotions lead to eating for me. Before I walked into the kitchen, I made a conscious decision to go to the gym. Thank goodness I did, it took every bit of 25 minutes on the treadmill before the evil was leached out of me. After my 30 minute treadmill jaunt, I decided to work out my arms. Clearly, I have not done this in some time because after 3 sets of 12 reps using itty bitty 5lbs weigths, my triceps are sore today. I'll need to make sure that I work out with weights more regularly and ease into it so I don't hurt myself.

The good news is, after all this the hunger from the inital few days has subsided. I still get hungry but I'm learning to ignore it now. Food still smells amazing (dirty look at my co-worker who just made popcorn ) But it's nothing that can't be managed with a piece of minty fresh gum.

Thank you everyone for your encouragement, I know this is a tough journey and I'm glad that I found this site.