Tummy grumbles, coffee and elusive Doctors

Howdy Bandster Buddies.... (Did you hear my cowboy boots click together. Didja? Didja?) 

I have finally hit over the 10 kilo mark of weight lost. And a big, fat WHOOOOOO to me (Can you tell I'm happy? lol) That means I now have LESS than three quarters of my weight to lose overall, unless I decide I want to go lower. We shall see when I get there..... (does a little jig!!) 

I woke up this morning feeling ab-sol-uuuu-tely brilliant. My tummy doesn't hurt - no pain meds AT ALL for me today - I feel energised and I finally feel I'm getting back to the old self of me almost a week ago. I have to say, now I'm here, the time's actually gone pretty fast. And I want the next week to fly by too, cos I am now feeling HUNGER! Yep, you got it boys and girls, old munchy teeth hunger has reared it's ugly head and has firmly bit me on the ass! YOW!!

After dropping the kids to school this morning, I had an appointment with Doctor Dear - that wayward Doc that I managed to only set eyes on once through the whole operation procedure. He was friendly and open and it seems I'm just cruising now. He weighed me, lifted an eyebrow and grinned at me. "You have already lost over a third of the target weight I set you, so I don't see much problem with you actually surpassing that." Does "No Shit Sherlock" ring any bells? Sorry, that sounded a little mean but really. He set me a target weight of about 23 kilos for a year to lose and between you and me, I just knew I could do that standing on my head......IF !!! IF!! IF!!! I put my mind to it, which I have. Cross fingers I keep up this momentum as I know it's very early days yet and I have LOTS of ups and downs ahead of me. Oh bugger it... scrap that. I WILL SUCCEED!!!!!!!!!!! 

Apparently he also fixed a hiatus hernia - well, actually that's not entirely true. He said I didn't  have one per se, but that he could see in a few years it might rear it's ugly head...  I had a dimple showing (does that look as cute as the one on your face? hmmm) so he sorted it for me there and then. This is why I felt a little more under the weather than the average bear. All good stuff though. We discussed food for the coming weeks.... liquids ----- blaaaaahhh --- then thicker liquids, then food you can eat ONLY with a spoon (if it is able to be scooped up with a fork it's too thick) and then foods you CAN eat with a fork, then onto minced for week five then normal foods after that. All standard stuff. 

I asked him, okay, so right now, actually as of yesterday, I have this gaping hole in my stomach and it's a wee bit sore. He actually started at that. I then quickly added I meant hunger (my tum looks excellent. Everything's healing exactly as it should be with no soreness at all today except maybe a touch over the port, but again, that's normal.) So it's back to optifast for me with him adding I could drink as many as 6 or more small glasses a day. It's good for protein and should fill me up. Hmmm, lol I don't think so. Not as yet anyway. My tummy is rumbling away as I sit here, and I think it's going to be a semi-rough week or so as I try to conjure up ways to quell the beast in my stomach. Oh yeah, and I have my first fill appointment for a month from now. Very exciting stuff.

After the appointment with the good Doc, I headed over to our shopping centre to meet one of my closest friends. We sat and had a good catch up - she's been a bit ill with the flu too - so we haven't spent much time together in the past few weeks between me being out of action and her too sick to go out. I had an iced coffee - not one with whipped cream or anything decadent like that - just a cold coffee with ice cubes in it - and it was wonderful. Nice to get out and about again and even nicer to just sit and fill her in on the going on's of my new band. (She is actually only one of a handful of people I have told. I want to keep it to myself for a bit. I might change my mind as I become more comfortable with the whole idea but for now... it's kind of private and she's brilliant at keeping things to herself - thankfully.) 

Then I came home, prepared a huge meatloaf kind of thingee for the slow cooker - so that's dinner sorted for the feeding frenzy that will ensue when five hungry men decide to come looking for supper, and I feel chuffed that I have got quite a bit done today. Felt really, really weary about an hour ago, but now suddenly, I'm energised again. OH, AND I had my first NSV this morning. Had to mention that.

Since I hadn't seen my bestest since I started optifast - yes, she was THAT sick, poor girl - she said to me, "Far out, you look reallllly good, Cara." And then not a half hour later as we sat sipping our drinks, I bumped into a girl I haven't seen for about 8 months, and SHE noticed too. She actually commented on it. Nice, nice, nice. I left with a grin on my face. How bloody good is all this!!!!! Bestest and I wandered around the shops as she hunted for a new handbag with me drooling at all the stuff I wanted to buy but refuse to just yet. I think I might turn into some kind of cash-card monster when all this is said and done. It's like I want one of everything in the shops! 

Think that's it for today. I just want to mention that my Friday Banding Buddy Bec is feeling a little under the weather today. She was going great guns then all of a sudden she was struck down with feeling awful with a stay in hospital and fluids. Send positive thoughts her way so she is up and about soon, so we can eventually meet one another one day and give each other crap like only the Aussies can do! lol 

Kilian out.... (that's called doin' the Ryan Seacrest) 

Later 

xxxx