My mouth is seriously still numb from having my cavities (yes, I meant it plural) filled this afternoon at 4:30. I know. It's taking forever. I just forgot for a minute and tried to drink out of a glass only to have water dribble down my chin.
First, let's examine how in hell I came to have a mouth full of cavities in my 30s when I haven't had a problem since I was like ten. Was it pregnancy? Was it being on the calcium-channel blocker for my post pre-eclampsia blood pressure? Did I eat too much junk food when I was preg? Do I just not floss my teeth enough. Is swishing my mouth with cola before I go to bed wrong? Just kidding.
Now let's talk about how I stopped to get myself a drink on the way home from the dentist thinking I would be ok to drink out of a straw. Not. So, I take a decent size slurp through the straw, detect a weakness in my lip seal on the numb side, try to clamp it down, and instead shoot an arc of tea about two feet away from me. That was the end of THAT! No dinner for me tonight, which is ok because I wasn't even feeling that hungry. I was also afraid that if I tried to chew anything I might actually end up chewing half of my cheek off. That would be gross.
Then... I know you'll love this... I went through the drive up at Walgreens to pick up a Rx refill, and the girl could not understand what I saying over the intercom! I had to go in and give her my license because it was simply impossible for me to properly enunciate the letters that make up my last name with my tongue and lip all numb and fat feeling.
Five hours later it is finally getting mostly back to normal. I finally feel like I can safely fall asleep without being in danger of biting off my tongue. That would be a bummer.
In weight news... I think my period is on it's last legs, and I peed about eight bazillion times at work today, so maybe the scale will be kind to me in the morning.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Good morning!
I hope everyone had a good 4th yesterday. We went up to my aunt and uncle's house on the lake. Weather was great, kids behaved. It was a good day. I was absolutely dying to go swimming, but I didn't think my daughter would want anything to do with the water, so I didn't bother even bringing my bathing suit. Wouldn't you know it... all she wanted was to get wet! Stinker. Luckily, the water right over the sea wall is only up to my knees, so I rolled up my shorts, borrowed a swim diaper and baby life jacket from my cousin, and in we went! She loved it.
I'll be honest with you guys... the other reason I didn't bring my suit was that my nether regions are so NOT bathing suit ready. I'm going to make some time to clear away the freaking jungle that has grown so I can perhaps consider the bathing suit when we go back to the lake in August. I don't think my bikini line has seen a razor since I got pregnant with #2. Sheesh.
My first week of unfill hasn't been too bad. I've noticed the food volume has gone up a bit, but the quality has gotten better. For example, this is what I ate yesterday:
B- one egg scrambled with a little cheese
L - A handful of raw veggies with dill dip.
D - 1/2 hamburger patty with bun, 5 olives, two bites of pasta salad.
S - Okay, so I had a piece of bumpy cake and a few potato chips throughout the day.
Not so bad though, really.
I was a little disappointed with my weigh in this morning (217), until I realized that I'm still down almost a pound and a half from last Sunday. I had that crazy drop from all my barfing early last week, and now I've bounced back. Plus, my period started this morning. So, a pound and half? I'll take it! I should probably adjust my ticker though. Boo.
Today, Mike and I are both off work for once, which is nice. My dad is coming over to hang a shelf in our bedroom. We had to get rid of our bookshelves when the little guy came along (no more room!), so my brilliant idea was to hang a shelf in our bedroom about 16 inches from the ceiling, out of the way of grabby little toddler hands. My dad said he had the perfect board for it, so this is kind of a late birthday present. I'm looking forward to unpacking all my cookbooks and knitting books again! It'll also clear up some space in the basement so I can continue the ongoing organization problem down there.
You've probably gathered from that last paragraph that I have a small house. It's a cozy 900 square feet. Now consider that when we got married we combined two households (I had previously owned my own house). My mom likes to say that we have "nine pounds of shit in a one pound box." We do. We are both collectors and we're both prone to being pack-rats. Now consider we have three cats and have added two kids to the mix. Yikes! Over the past couple years, we've been working hard to purge and downsize the junk, and I think we've done a pretty good job. We donated TONS of clothes (I had been hanging on to clothes I wore 12 years ago) and TONS of books (that was hard for me -- I love my books). We also have a giant pile of kitchen stuff that needs to go. Now that we're done having kids, I can slowly get rid of baby stuff as we finish with it. I have three or four things that are going on craigslist today, as a matter of fact. My ultimate goal is to have one half of the basement cleared out so we can make it an exercise/game room. We'll probably never actually "finish" it, but I'd at least like to be clean and neat.
Anyway, that's what is on my mind this morning.
I'll be honest with you guys... the other reason I didn't bring my suit was that my nether regions are so NOT bathing suit ready. I'm going to make some time to clear away the freaking jungle that has grown so I can perhaps consider the bathing suit when we go back to the lake in August. I don't think my bikini line has seen a razor since I got pregnant with #2. Sheesh.
My first week of unfill hasn't been too bad. I've noticed the food volume has gone up a bit, but the quality has gotten better. For example, this is what I ate yesterday:
B- one egg scrambled with a little cheese
L - A handful of raw veggies with dill dip.
D - 1/2 hamburger patty with bun, 5 olives, two bites of pasta salad.
S - Okay, so I had a piece of bumpy cake and a few potato chips throughout the day.
Not so bad though, really.
I was a little disappointed with my weigh in this morning (217), until I realized that I'm still down almost a pound and a half from last Sunday. I had that crazy drop from all my barfing early last week, and now I've bounced back. Plus, my period started this morning. So, a pound and half? I'll take it! I should probably adjust my ticker though. Boo.
Today, Mike and I are both off work for once, which is nice. My dad is coming over to hang a shelf in our bedroom. We had to get rid of our bookshelves when the little guy came along (no more room!), so my brilliant idea was to hang a shelf in our bedroom about 16 inches from the ceiling, out of the way of grabby little toddler hands. My dad said he had the perfect board for it, so this is kind of a late birthday present. I'm looking forward to unpacking all my cookbooks and knitting books again! It'll also clear up some space in the basement so I can continue the ongoing organization problem down there.
You've probably gathered from that last paragraph that I have a small house. It's a cozy 900 square feet. Now consider that when we got married we combined two households (I had previously owned my own house). My mom likes to say that we have "nine pounds of shit in a one pound box." We do. We are both collectors and we're both prone to being pack-rats. Now consider we have three cats and have added two kids to the mix. Yikes! Over the past couple years, we've been working hard to purge and downsize the junk, and I think we've done a pretty good job. We donated TONS of clothes (I had been hanging on to clothes I wore 12 years ago) and TONS of books (that was hard for me -- I love my books). We also have a giant pile of kitchen stuff that needs to go. Now that we're done having kids, I can slowly get rid of baby stuff as we finish with it. I have three or four things that are going on craigslist today, as a matter of fact. My ultimate goal is to have one half of the basement cleared out so we can make it an exercise/game room. We'll probably never actually "finish" it, but I'd at least like to be clean and neat.
Anyway, that's what is on my mind this morning.
Friday, July 2, 2010
By the way...
I was just noticing my ticker is almost at the halfway point. Shit, people! That means I'm almost halfway to goal!!! And that gin and tonic I just hammered was probably not necessary.
BYOC
1. Seeing that it’s a patriotic holiday of sorts I thought of this one: Where were you on September 11th?
I was at work. My office-mate had heard it on the radio, and we all tried to get on cnn.com to see what was happening, and it wasn't loading. So we headed across the hall to the breakroom to catch the news. Pretty soon, almost all 50 people who were in the office were piled in there. Some were crying. Most of us were in shock. Our boss told us to take the rest of the day off, so a bunch of us went to the bar and hung out together for an hour trying not to watch it over and over again on tv. When I got home, my roommate was home early too, so we grabbed a six pack and walked over to another friend's house. This is what sticks with me the most: there we were, sitting on their porch on an absolutely gorgeous Indian summer afternoon enjoying a beer and taking comfort in being with friends, all the while knowing something horrific beyond imagination was happening a few states away. I'll never forget what if felt to look up at the clear blue sky empty of air traffic and wonder about all the people in NY. It still makes me feel weird to think about it.
2. What is your idea of fun? If given the chance to skip work/life for an entire day, what would you do? (assume you’d be by yourself)
Fun for me these days would be having a chance to work on anything that has become impossible with two babies around. My perfect day would be watching a few movies, working on some knitting, reading, taking a walk, sitting outside in the sun, and basically doing what I want, when I want!
3. Suggestion from a follower. Some blog questions.
How many blogs do you follow? Just counted 83... that's just lapband blogs. I follow about twenty to thirty other random sites/blogs in my google reader.
Do you read them all or just your faves? I read everything that shows up in my Dashboard.
Do you comment a little, a lot, on all? I want to comment more than I do. Sometimes I don't feel like I have anything interesting or valuable to add, so I refrain, though sometimes I drop a note just to let someone know I was reading and cared. Sometimes I read at work (though that is becoming impossible), and I definitely wouldn't comment from there.
Have you ever unfollowed someone because of something they said or you didn’t like their blog? Nope. Though I did decide not to follow someone in the first place because I just didn't feel like I could relate on any level.
Do you routinely unfollow and why? I haven't "cleaned house". I don't have that big of a list yet, so it's still fairly manageable. However, the whole discussion does have me curious about who I'm following that's not really active.
4. Repeat question. Pick one day and one healthy thing you’ll do for just that day next week.
I totally failed last week's BYOC promise, so I vow to do better this time. This week, I will work on going to bed earlier. I've been staying up way too late, and this really hurts when the little guy gets me up at 1am!
5. Repeat "Make someone a superstar" question. Whose blog or blog comment stuck with you this week and why?
She's already a superstar, but Amy's coming out post was great.
I was at work. My office-mate had heard it on the radio, and we all tried to get on cnn.com to see what was happening, and it wasn't loading. So we headed across the hall to the breakroom to catch the news. Pretty soon, almost all 50 people who were in the office were piled in there. Some were crying. Most of us were in shock. Our boss told us to take the rest of the day off, so a bunch of us went to the bar and hung out together for an hour trying not to watch it over and over again on tv. When I got home, my roommate was home early too, so we grabbed a six pack and walked over to another friend's house. This is what sticks with me the most: there we were, sitting on their porch on an absolutely gorgeous Indian summer afternoon enjoying a beer and taking comfort in being with friends, all the while knowing something horrific beyond imagination was happening a few states away. I'll never forget what if felt to look up at the clear blue sky empty of air traffic and wonder about all the people in NY. It still makes me feel weird to think about it.
2. What is your idea of fun? If given the chance to skip work/life for an entire day, what would you do? (assume you’d be by yourself)
Fun for me these days would be having a chance to work on anything that has become impossible with two babies around. My perfect day would be watching a few movies, working on some knitting, reading, taking a walk, sitting outside in the sun, and basically doing what I want, when I want!
3. Suggestion from a follower. Some blog questions.
How many blogs do you follow? Just counted 83... that's just lapband blogs. I follow about twenty to thirty other random sites/blogs in my google reader.
Do you read them all or just your faves? I read everything that shows up in my Dashboard.
Do you comment a little, a lot, on all? I want to comment more than I do. Sometimes I don't feel like I have anything interesting or valuable to add, so I refrain, though sometimes I drop a note just to let someone know I was reading and cared. Sometimes I read at work (though that is becoming impossible), and I definitely wouldn't comment from there.
Have you ever unfollowed someone because of something they said or you didn’t like their blog? Nope. Though I did decide not to follow someone in the first place because I just didn't feel like I could relate on any level.
Do you routinely unfollow and why? I haven't "cleaned house". I don't have that big of a list yet, so it's still fairly manageable. However, the whole discussion does have me curious about who I'm following that's not really active.
4. Repeat question. Pick one day and one healthy thing you’ll do for just that day next week.
I totally failed last week's BYOC promise, so I vow to do better this time. This week, I will work on going to bed earlier. I've been staying up way too late, and this really hurts when the little guy gets me up at 1am!
5. Repeat "Make someone a superstar" question. Whose blog or blog comment stuck with you this week and why?
She's already a superstar, but Amy's coming out post was great.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
July plans... I need 'em!
The last few days have been interesting. I've made some poor food choices, yet I got my workouts in. Don't even ask me what I had for breakfast today (Egg McMuffin). The scale is holding steady right around 215.8... less than a pound away from my next milestone of 60 lbs off. It's so darn close, and it's feeling like even more of a challenge because of the unfill. It's very frustrating because I know I've been "testing" my band again. Ever since I read Band Groupie's SOB story, I have vowed to stop that. She wrote, "The point is not to see how much you CAN eat after each fill, rather it's to see how LITTLE you can eat and still stay satisfied until the next meal" This really grabbed me, and after three and half years with this thing, that one little sentence changed my entire way of thinking. So thank you, Band Groupie!
Back to my bad habits. Because of this little backslide, I feel like I need to set some really good goals for this month, especially with surgery coming up. And because of the surgery, they need to not be all weight-related.
Gall bladder eviction is scheduled for the 21st, so I have twenty days to make the most of. After that, I will concentrate of maintenance for the last 9 or 10 days of the month, since I probably won't be able to exercise. My next fill is scheduled for August 2.
Goal 1: Workout at least 4 days per week, with at least two of those including weights. I did my 1 rep max workout yesterday, so I have my program all set up. I'll do Zumba/Pilates on Saturday mornings too.
Goal 2: No Sonic drinks for breakfast. I'll allow myself a treat now and then, but I really need to concentrate on good breakfast nutrition.
Goal 3: Okay, one weight goal. On 7/21, I will weigh 210 or less. Gives me chills just thinking about it!
In other news, I need to get my butt in gear and study for the second part of the EEG registration exams. I passed the written portion last October, and I would like to take the orals this coming October. I'm so NOT feeling it though. I know I need to suck it up and finish it (finish ANYthing), but most of the time I feel like it's either about my kids (they're still babies) or about losing weight. A person can only focus on so many things at once, ya know? On that note, how about...
Goal 4: Read over my board prep materials for at least 10 minutes a day, each work day. Even if I have to do it during lunch.
With that, I bid you all good night.
Back to my bad habits. Because of this little backslide, I feel like I need to set some really good goals for this month, especially with surgery coming up. And because of the surgery, they need to not be all weight-related.
Gall bladder eviction is scheduled for the 21st, so I have twenty days to make the most of. After that, I will concentrate of maintenance for the last 9 or 10 days of the month, since I probably won't be able to exercise. My next fill is scheduled for August 2.
Goal 1: Workout at least 4 days per week, with at least two of those including weights. I did my 1 rep max workout yesterday, so I have my program all set up. I'll do Zumba/Pilates on Saturday mornings too.
Goal 2: No Sonic drinks for breakfast. I'll allow myself a treat now and then, but I really need to concentrate on good breakfast nutrition.
Goal 3: Okay, one weight goal. On 7/21, I will weigh 210 or less. Gives me chills just thinking about it!
In other news, I need to get my butt in gear and study for the second part of the EEG registration exams. I passed the written portion last October, and I would like to take the orals this coming October. I'm so NOT feeling it though. I know I need to suck it up and finish it (finish ANYthing), but most of the time I feel like it's either about my kids (they're still babies) or about losing weight. A person can only focus on so many things at once, ya know? On that note, how about...
Goal 4: Read over my board prep materials for at least 10 minutes a day, each work day. Even if I have to do it during lunch.
With that, I bid you all good night.
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