The Scale Doesn't Lie

My first gain since pre-op.  Up one pound over the Thanksgiving holiday.  I knew it would happen someday, but it bothers me.  Looks like I won't hit my short term goal of a 75 pound loss by December 1st.  


Welcome home, Amy.  Where the fridge is nearly empty and the tempting food just simply isn't here.  Back in the boat, and start paddling like heck.  I guess I should be glad that it was *only* a pound, considering it was my first holiday being banded.  Still, it sucks.  


Okay, pity party over.  Let's lose some more weight and get healthier, ladies!!  Who's with me?

B12 Injections/Supplements?

I had my B12 level checked and it was fine, but I've heard that a lot of people supplement.  I've never been one to have a ton of energy, but haven't really noticed that I'm more perky after losing 70 pounds...thought I might try it.  
Any thoughts? 

Dear Scale: I Miss You!

Dear Bathroom Scale,
     I know that many people said not to use you every day, but I do.  Every morning, I have a nice trip to the potty and then I step on you to see how things are going.  Sometimes I glare at you, curse, whatever, but I didn't realize how much I would miss you when I was gone!  
     The last time we saw each other was last Wednesday morning.  I'm out of town now and won't be back until Monday, but it will be after weigh-in time, so I'll have to wait until Tuesday morning.  Scale, I'm not sure if you realize this, but we've never gone this long without seeing each other.  I miss you.  I would never use another scale, I'll always save myself for you.
X X O O
Sincerely, 
Amy

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm blogging via mobile, but just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Sure is different with the Lapband. Temptations everywhere. Hope everyone held it together today! :)

Freebie: Atkins Bars!!

I thought I'd share this with you guys - I found this on a freebie website a few weeks ago and just received it today in the mail.  You get 3 full size bars and some other info, including a carb counter book.  Not bad for free!  There were coupons, too!  

Click here to fill out the form to get the free bars mailed to you! :)

Another Goal Update :)

Current Weight: 245
Goal Weight: 241
Current BMI: 39.5
Goal BMI: 38.9
To be reached by:  December 1, 2011

Holy Protein!

I've never really been much of a granola bar person...but decided to try some from Trader Joe's.  I can't have Whey Protein Isolate (bad reaction), so Soy it is.  Each full bar has 20g of protein.  That's the highest Soy content in a bar that I've seen so far.


One bar is H U G E (I only eat half), but if I have a craving for sweet stuff or need an emergency dose of protein, these things are yummers!  They're $1.49/each at TJ's, but they're available lots of other places, too.  So far I've tried the Mint Chocolate and Peanut Butter flavors.  Did I mention YUM?