Feeling sunny again :)

So I tried to take a picture of my 99.8 kilo weight this morning... and boy didn't I have fun!! As you can see, there's no pic posted here. I jumped on the scales this morning... hello!!!!.. I had gained a bit (and here I was thinking.....yay no gain so far..but as usual I spoke too soon .. or did I? lol) I went, oh bugger, but wasn't annoyed or anything, after all I am on mushies and after consuming just fluids for weeks on end, I though it was bound to happen. Then I got curious.

I went to the loo... jumped back on the "scales of doom" and what the??? I was 99.8 again... so all was good in the world (BTW I'm limiting my scale jumping to every few days now... I am going to get MOTH to hide them for me and drag them out once a week. I don't mind not getting on EVERY day but by day three or four, yeah, I'm itching to see a difference.. fairly does my head in lol).

So...... I then tried to get a pic to put on here. I would lean down to get the shot, bugger! The reading would shoot up as much as a kilo to a kilo and half. Ok, that wasn't going to work.. then I roped Jake into taking the pic. Only it took us a few minutes of manoeuvring to realise that he wasn't going to get the shot standing by my side in the small robe area where I keep my scales and do the weigh in. Try again..... we take the scales out to the bedroom. He does well.. except every shot he took was badly blurred lol (I didn't tell him when I checked them after, just said thanks babes).... and of course through helping me out he also saw my weight ... something only MOTH and the whole blogging world knew (sheesh lol) ... AND being the quick thinker he is... DAMN HIM!!! lolol he was able to work out my start weight. Instead of being horrified like I thought he might be, he was super proud of me. Ahhh kids, gotta love them. Anyway, so all this means is no pic. Might try again tomorrow.

As the two younger kids were sitting eating breakfast before school this morning, Jake asked me, "Mum, do you regret having the band? Is it, like, better to help lose weight or was it better before you had it put in?" I didn't hesitate. I told him that I had never lost so much weight in any other time of trying and that when I look back on it, it actually hasn't been too hard, and that I would do it again in a heartbeat. That said, I also added he should ask me again in six months because right now, I'm only on mushies and it's all still new to me. I might think differently in the future.... but I highly doubt it!

Another thing I love about the weight loss so far is how much lighter I feel. I went for a walk yesterday - twice!! As I power along, I can really feel the difference. I don't feel sluggish and I walk really fast. It's just the best feeling.. love it. That said, I have noticed in the evening, I seem to want to conk out about 9pm. What's with that? I think it's because I have so much more energy right now, I'm doing more and I'm busier. So I get tired in the evenings. The sleep I sleep is wonderful. I am back to a nice heavy dreamless night (I am usually a light sleeper) so all in all, not a complaint this end.

This eating of mushies phase with the band is a little harder than I anticipated lol. It means thinking a little more about whats going in my mouth. Breakfast is easy. I have a coffee with hilo milk while I sort the kids for school, and by then enough time has passed that when I get back, I can actually eat. It's usually one weetbix or plain porridge. Lunch is all over the place, but yesterday I cooked MOTH and I scrambled eggs (he was on a day off) and I put his on toast, while I had mine plain. I had a cup full with a little tomato sauce on top but OMG I would have eaten more if allowed. It was SO delicious (I threw a little lite grated cheese in, not something I normally do but I don't want the calories to drop dramatically). And for dinner I defrosted a meal I had put aside earlier when on optifast. It was a mild chicken curry (only tiny pieces of chicken) and rice and I blended it within an inch of its life. I served a cup but was stuffed after half of that, so the dog got the rest. (I'm a dill though. Though I read and re-read my diet sheets somehow I conveniently forgot no chicken or meat of any kind till week five. Duhhh!) A half hour later I had a half cup of Cookies and Cream ice cream in my little bowl. Don't know what's with that. I don't even normally eat ice cream except maybe once in a blue moon, but it was actually really nice. Now I have to re-evaluate my mushies thinking - again. Gawd. I have been on two blogs - thanks Nola and MrsWooFarkingHoo (LOVE that name lol). They both posted a series of stuff they ate when on mushies, so I raided their eating plans and will try again. It's harder than I first thought.

Getting dressed this morning I had a NSV. I stuck this purple top on.......(yeah, another purple top lol) that I haven't worn for several weeks and it literally fell off me!! Too funny. It's one of the kinds where the neck sits at the edge of your shoulders right near the bra strap and has a big scooped neck. Anyway, I threw it on as I was hurrying out the door to drop the kids to school, and it went... whoosh... and landed halfway down my arms. I just stood still and cracked up. Gotta love the feeling though.

Okay, think I'm done for today. Sorry it was such a long post but you know me, I do like to rabbit on. For those wondering, Mason is doing just fine. He's sleeping well and recovering like only a fifteen year old can. Fast!! Thanks for your good wishes xx

MUSHIES:

Day 14

Breakfast: Coffee with hilo milk, hour later one small lite iced coffee

Lunch: One poached egg on Tblsn spreadable ricotta and tom sauce

Afternoon Tea: Coffee - hilo milk and added 10 mls vitamins

Dinner: (Eaten on the run - sick child had to get to hosp) one half a cup of KFC potato and gravy. (Anyone notice MOTH is in charge of dinner lol)

Bolted to Freo hospital so nothing more that night.

Day 15:

Breakfast: Half a sachet of plain porridge, 1 tblsn honey, 1/2 cup of hilo milk

Morning Tea: Maccas skinny capp - no sugar

Lunch: One slice of quiche - from the kiosk - no pastry all egg (though had tiny bits of bacon and tomato in it. Chewed furiously into liquid..

Afternoon Tea: One kiosk cappuccino - skinny milk no sugar

Dinner: Was actually still full: but had 1 pce of tuna sushi, 2 small potato wedges and a one very mushy chicken nugget.

Later that night I had half a small lite mars bar and a flat white

Day 16:

Breakfast: 5am - 2 small styrofoam flat whites - no sugar

8.30am: One middle of piece of toast ... no crusts...with jam (was very soft and I chewed like mad.. naughty!!! But was all that was on offer at the hosp. and I was hungry!

Lunch: Quiche again - small slice (Then felt super full and uncomfortable - prob the toast. Pains me to write that I ate this.. but gotta be honest.)

Aft Tea: 3.50pm - One poached egg with tom sauce on 1 tablespoon of spreadable ricotta

Dinner: Nothing. Was not hungry at all. Though had a flat white later in the evening.

Day 17:

Breakfast: Flat white - threw 10 mls liquid vitamins in. Half an hour later one weetbix with hot water and 1/2 cup milk and 1 tspn sugar.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with cheese - one cup. Tom sauce.

Dinner: 1/2 cup of mild chicken curry and rice - finely blended 1/2 cup Cookies and Cream ice cream - half a cup of coffee later that night - fell asleep on couch lol