Hi folks,

I just realised it was last Wednesday that I posted. Where did the time go?

Well, for a start it's school hols here which is always a mind bender. Keeping the kids occupied sometimes feels like a full time job in itself. That's between trying to find time to sort this house to get it to a sellable condition (seriously, how does one family manage to accumulate so much crap... the workshop now looks like a one stop shop), fit in time to somehow make it down to 'the farm' two and half hours away to check in on the place because MIL is in Europe, find a weekend to go camping because Mitchell has suddenly decided he wants 'real family time' before he himself flies off to Europe in just over six weeks time, and, and, and......well the list just keeps growing longer. Sometimes I just want to run away and live a peaceful existance! Does such a thing actually exist?

I think I have been going okay with my diet. I have been paying attention to the food list I was given and for the most part have been trying to be extra careful since I don't have any restriction. That said I did stray today and for the first time in months I had a sausage roll as a very late lunch. And not a small one either. Hmmm... did I say straight and narrow? I'm not really getting the whole 5 small meals a day as yet either as I tend to sleep in a bit now I don't have a proper routine which means I'm all over the place with my food times. I know once the kids go back to school (over another week yet) I will start to put things into place - and action - again.

On the plus side, I have begun a downward trend, weight wise again. It's not much, but at least I seem to have jump-started it. I have a couple of pieces of clothing sitting folded at the back of my wardrobe and I tried two things on... a pair of black jeans in a size 16 that I managed to pull straight up and over my hips but couldn't do up yet (I have had these for about five years and I've never worn them). I think I have quite a while 'till I'm able to zip them...I figure maybe another five kilos. Same goes for the size 16 cute little trakkie daks I own in galah colours.. grey and pink lol. Sausage skin ring a bell anyone? So back they go to the dark depths of the closet until I have another brain fart and try them on in maybe another month.

I sat down tonight to try and figure out where I'm at with the whole weight loss scenario. I went back on the calender (I really am hopeless at figuring this stuff out so I muddled through until I got my dates straight.) I started optifast three weeks and three days before the date I was banded and this was where I dropped the most weight - and the fastest too. Shame I couldn't keep that up.

5th May - Friday - Started optifast - 113.3 kilos (249.2 pounds)

29th May - Friday - Day of Banding - 105.0 kilos exactly (231 pounds.) Loss of 8.3 kilos or 18.2 pounds.

So as of today which is the 11th July - Saturday (which is exactly 6 weeks and one day from date of banding) I'm 97.9 kilos or 215.3 pounds.......I finally got out of the 98's yayyyy ... I was there forever ...... which is 15.4 kilos down (or 33.8 pounds).

I worked out that I have lost 7 kilos since the date of banding which makes it just a little over 1 kilo or 2.2 pounds per week loss. I guess - even if the loss has slowed down - I'm on schedule with the normal weight loss. I will take it.

I will aim to put up some pics when I hit the 20 kilo loss mark. I should be able to see a good difference by then.

Shhh, can you hear that? OMG everyone's in bed and asleep. Sheer bliss...............

Night from me.

Cara