188 and holding: my first goal number!

Nov 16, 2009

Yep, this 188 weight was my first goal, one that I had hoped to get to before my vacation last week. I didn't make it then but the day that I came home I was at goal! I'll take it no matter when it comes.

I was away in Calfornia for two days of the worlds greatest collection of horse racing for the Breeder's Cup. It was held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia CA for the second straight year. That alone is unprecedented in the BC history. It also was a bone of contention because Santa Anita is a synthetic track that a lot of horsemen (and their horses) don't do well on the surface. Withstanding that, still over 100 horses from all over the world competed and it was again, amazing.

But this is not about horse racing. Not directly. It is about me. And my weight loss. But my vacation was my first since my weight loss and held at a racing venue. So perhaps it is about racing.

I did a lot of walking. Sometimes painful, often bandaged toes. A girl's gotta have her heels, right? I tried to get shoes broken in prior to the trip but only some of them are hurt-free. It's my wonky toes that give me trouble. Anyway, I digress. Lots of walking, I thought I ate a bunch but in retrospect, nothing bad for me (other than some frozen yogurt) and plenty of good stuff. I managed to lose 5 lbs in those 6 days and that blew me away since I'd only been losing about 1-3 per week, per LONG week!! LOL.

I still havent' been hit back by the hunger and I'm hoping I never do.! Doesn't hurt my feelings one little bit. Eating is certainly a chore simply because since I'm not hungry, nothing sounds particularly 'good' or inviting. It's just something I have to do. And I usually go for fast and easy. The bulk of my diet is deli meat, string cheese, hard boiled eggs (or breakfast type eggs), good veggies, tuna and salmon. I do have chicken and steak from time to time if I'm also making dinner for my mom. But I could just eat cold stuff all the time.

I did have a couple bites of oatmeal one morning while out west and it was really, really good! Thinking I might want to start making some of that in the a.m.'s before work. I'm not the microwave lover of oatmeal so it has to be the real preparation. Still only takes a couple minutes. I had a lovely large shrimp coctail one day in the Turf Club and then another fantastic shrimp/seafood cocktail that was more like a soup but then again, not really. Very hard to describe and I think it was called something like a Champeca Cocktail......??? Chunks of calamari, albacore tuna, octopus, shrimp and one other fish (I think) with chopped onion and avocado, in this light base of tomato something that was UNREAL!!!!!!! It was sort of like a soup but obviously loaded down with the chunks of seafood and the nice crunch of onion. and perfectly ripe avocado. I expected it to taste like a salsa type dish but I was wrong. It was such a wonderful blend and since I am not a chef I have no idea how to describe it. But dang it, I wish I could order some right now!!

I drank alcohol a couple of occasions and I never experienced that 'quick buzz' and the 'quick sober' effect that I've seen people comment on here. I had a slight buzz, nothing like before surgery. Still a fair lightweight. Good to know. But I also didn't push it. No reason to.

Was able to chat and laugh with old friends and while the girls were constantly commenting on my weight loss, the men (with the exception of one or two) said NOTHING....which is okay because they never said anything to me about the fat either. I really appreciated it all! I'm sure things were said behind my back (not like I've never done that, right?) and that is perfectly okay with me.

People say "I'm just so proud of you" and it makes me happy to hear it but again, I've absolutely done NOTHING for this to happen, it's all the sleeve!
 
It's all the sleeve. I'm just along for the ride.

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