Ok, i just gotta say, I LOVE MY BAND! I'm sooo happy that I made this choice. I'm still in a LOT of pain, (only 4 days out) but it's getting EXPONENTIALLY better every day. The pain meds help a lot too. :-) I think I'm taking 4 weeks off work. I'll never have this chance to heal and to re-train myself, so I might as well take advantage of it.

The difference I feel is AMAZING. I feel virutally no hunger. I know that this will pass, but for now, it's wonderful. I can really feel the difference between "head hunger" and "belly hunger." It's actually been harder than I thought I would be. I cried on the way home from the grocery store the other day. I wasn't HUNGRY, but I wanted food.

I ordered a new protein powder from Unjury, and I got it today. It was for 30 scoops! YIKES! Soo expensive, but when you consider that it's unflavored and you can add it to ANYTHING, it's worth it, i guess.  I am so tired of chocolate. I never want to eat chocolate again.

Today I ate the following:

3 oz of soy yogurt (4 g protein)

4 oz strawberry yogurt mixed w/ 1 scoop propowder (24 g pro)

5 oz runny mashed potatoes w/ 1 scoop propowder (22 g pro)

2 oz chocolate ice cream (major cheating here!! I don't even know why I did it, but it's over and I'm not going to beat myself up about it)

3 oz  strawberry slimfast high protein (5 g pro)

I've notice that late at night is the worst time for my cravings. After nathan's gone to bed and I'm just sitting up. This is when I would normally eat something, anything I wanted. Now, I'll just pace back and forth in the kitchen, since this is no longer an option for me.  I actually stuck my finger in a jar of queso for a taste, because I miss it so much! Then I decided that is was borderline nutty, and put it away. 

i weighted myself, and I've lost 11 pounds! I'm soo happy! But I know I'll regain a little bit of that when I start back on solids, so I'm not getting myself too worked up.

I'm pretty happy right now. Things are really starting to fall into place in my life. Luke is coming around a lot more. Nathan is starting to like him, and I can tell Luke loves Nathan- or at least, he's starting to. Nathan cried for him when he left today, and I thought it was really sweet, even though he never cries for me! But that's because he loves his aunt molly sooo much, and that makes me really happy.

Anyway, I'm starting to feel better, and I think I'm going to make a trip out to toyrus tommorow to return a b-day present for nathan.

Night!