Today is class night; I don't get home until 9:00 p.m. from woork, school.

So I have to be prepared when I go to work to take something for two meals. This is a challenge. Now that the truck visits our place, I can order something from the truck. Today I bought a grilled chicken salad. Healthy except for the dressing. I need to find an alternative for the dressing.

Breakfast: 3 slices bacon, cup hot chocolate

Lunch: a few bites of the salad, can Sprite

Dinner: most of the rest of the salad from above, can Mountain Dew, bag Cheetos

Snack: cup Cappaccino, one serving cookies

Stress still causes me to eat. I know that chips go down very easily. So I use them to "destress". It's a long night, so the Mountain Dew gives me the energy I need to stay awake and alert.

What I need to do is find other energy-giving foods that are acceptable, rather the chips and soda. I'm not sure what that will be at school, but I will think about it and see if I can find something healthier.

Band adjustment is scheduled for April 12 @ 8:45

Now my doctor is changing the way he does band adjustments. Before he used barium and x-ray to determine where the port was and how much to fill. Now he will no longer use x-ray or barium. He'll use water, and the sense of feel to find the port and figure out where to put the needle. Then after I drink some water, I'll tell him if I can "feel" the water going down. If so, I guess he'll take out some. Somehow this seems less exact and less scientific. I like the other way better.

We'll see how it works. Another lady at my support group meeting said that she received a huge bruise from doing it this way. I'm afraid that this will happen to me as well. I think I bruise easily. We'll see.