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Fair warning, this will be a rambling non-sensical post. For those of you looking for something that goes directly from point A to point B I suggest you stop now. 

First of all, forgive me BOOBs it has been nearly a week since I have blogged. I survived the last week of the school year with kids- bad idea to have the last week of school be a full week. The kids were nuts by Friday! Anywhoo, I survived and worked on Monday. I still have some things to go back in and get done in my office, but I don't really have to complete the task until August 15th so I am going to enjoy myself for a few days at least! I'm on my summer break- whoooo hooo! That means it is time to make my summer to do list. Last year it included things like getting new carpet installed, putting laminate flooring in our office, making a patio outside our back door, etc, etc. You get the idea. I'm already formulating a plan of attack for summer projects, I just have to get my list down on paper before I start getting lazy. 

It has been nearly 1 month since my band was taken from me. :( My infection is finally almost completely healed, I had my last follow up appointment last Friday with the PA who was taking care of my infection. He said it looks great, and I will have no problem doing my triathlon in August- so I've been back at exercising for 2 weeks now.  I've done some bike riding and some walking. The last two days I've been doing cardio and strength training- around here that translates into moving and stacking wood. Not my favorite chore, but not the worst either. It is an excellent workout, I can feel the burn in the back of my thighs and my arms. My hubby was so sweet to tell me where the weed eater is today (hint, hint) and said that the yard really needs to be trimmed! Um, hold on- I mow and YOU weed eat the non mower areas! I do not do both!!! Or maybe I will, more good exercise. I'm easy. I also have made a deal with Maria that I am going to the gym with her 5 days a week. Well, I'll either do a training session for my triathlon or be at the gym 5 days a week. I feel like I got a better workout the last two days than I could have if I'd gone to the gym so I am counting Tuesday and Wednesday as workout days this week. I'm going to check the schedule for tomorrow's classes at the Y- maybe I can make one this week. I also want to go on another nice long bike ride. 10 to 12 miles this time. So I have a few things to accomplish still this week. Scale was nice yesterday, down a little to 190.8

I'm so excited- Amey (aka Donutt Butt) is going to be visiting soon! I hear that planning has commenced for our fun weekend... can't wait to catch up on the details. I'm also so excited about BOOBs 2.0! I know I don't have a band anymore but I've heard once a boob always a boob... I can still relate to what so many are going through- I did have mine for nearly 2 years. July 9th would have been my 2 years anniversary. bummer. I do have an appointment with Dr. Julie on Friday. She is a doctor who specializes in women's health and working with bariatric patients. I hope she can help me make a plan to continue on my losing streak. I've lost 5lbs since March. That just doesn't work for me. I know I can do better! I've noticed in the last two weeks that I'm missing the sense of being full that my band gave me- even though I didn't have restriction I was able to feel full. I'm craving lots of things that I haven't thought about for a long time. I ate a damn cheeseburger from McDonalds on Monday!  yikes. I feel like I am constantly hungry- I'm not feeding the beast, I know I only need a certain amount of food and not to give in to my own mind games, so it is a tough place to be in and I'm really hoping Dr. Julie will be able to help me overcome some of my demons and some of the things that keep popping up to derail me. I'm thinking I'm in for the BOOBs challenge- I need to get some more weight off like now. After I meet with Dr. Julie and we make a plan I'll be going back to see Dr. Billing (my lap band surgeon) to find out more of the details about my band removal and what my stomach looked like and what he recommends for my future (I'm hoping sleeve). It may seem strange to some people that I still want to have him for a surgeon- I had erosion for Pete's sake and that "never" happens, but I trust Dr. B completely. He is an amazing doctor, I can't imagine having anyone else take care of me the way he has with such compassion and kindness. He is a leader in the industry (he helps train new lapband doctors) and his practice is a bariatric center of excellence. So yeah, I know it is different, but I still completely trust him and look forward to seeing him now that I am healed and feeling better (and by feeling better I mean physically, not emotionally). I'll have to get into the emotional part later- it is already a long and windy post. So I'll try to take some photos to post to my blog to spice it up a bit, other than that I'll just be making my list and exercising! 

toodles- 

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