Friday Night at the aloft we got RECHARGED

Friday night the Jacksonville Weight Loss center did a recharge event for all their patients. It was a good time, nice hotel and lots of vendors! The picture is of me and a few other patients that help with the event. We passed out some goodie bags and signed up some for a buddy system if they wanted some help.

We really had a good time. Kathy (one to my left) and I passed out the goodie bags. It was great to meet each of the patients as they came to the event.

Everyone is on this weight loss journey, just in different stages you could say. The support I get from this center and everyone there that is a patient I am very thankful for!

I found my DREAM exercise machine that night! Even Phil fell in love with it. It is a seated elliptical by Octane Fitness Oh how I wish we could get one of these! Two in fact! I can just see Phil and I sitting on these watching a movie!

Phil gave blood that night as they had a blood mobile there. Fashion show, a Q&A panel and don't forget the food by Chef Kitty!

Good night! Wish I didn't have to leave early do to not feeling good.

After a Rough weekend I am still Thankful!

Yes, it was a very rough weekend. The pain in my side came back! I went to my PCM (Primary Care Doc) and got a referral to see my GYN Doc. I did this on Friday.

Friday night I went to the Recharge event put on by my weight loss center. It was a good time, good info but, I had to leave early because I started not to feel good. Phil and I went to get a bit to eat, and I could not eat. :( But the picture is me at the aloft hotel for this event!

Friday night was a tough night to sleep. By Saturday morning first thing, double over in pain and Phil took me to the ER where I spent a good part of the day. Good News....this pain has nothing to do with my band! It is in place where it needs to be and looks good. Bad News is what I expected all along. I do have a ovarian cyst! Good thing I started working on that referral to see my GYN doc! I am calling my PCM first thing in the morning to let them know that is what it is and to make sure they turn that referral over to tricare.

So after this weekend, I am still thankful for my band and my family. They are so supportive of me! I will get though this! Just is going to take time.

I hope I can walk some tomorrow. So I can keep up with the 5k for the the Gate Run in March. I am looking forward to that as my goal for the following year is the 15k Gate River Run!

Why is it somedays so hard to work out?

Today is raining and my back is really hurting today. Needed to walk 2-3 miles but I would have to do that at the gym because of the rain. I think after I type this out, I will work out with the xbox or something.

But, I got up today doubting myself. I have come about half way on this journey to my goal. Now I feel I am hitting the brick wall! I eat the right things, but at the wrong times. Don't want to work out but I do go or do something to fix that. Not dropping the weight as fast as I was and the start of this. I knew this would happen sooner or later. I now have to start setting more mini goals I guess to reach for. Gees listen to me...must be the rainy day making me feel this way as well as my back.

I really wish I had the extra money for a treadmill for our home. I know over time I can get one, but I wish I had it for days like today. Yesterday I did 30 mins on one at the gym and it really did feel good!

Rain, Rain go away come back another day!

eek! Have not posted in almost two weeks!

Life has been busy and stressful. I have to say, I am feeling much better, and the pain in my lower right side seems to have gone away. I hope it is for good! Been told a few times that this pain is not related to the band so that is good right? Bit of lower back pain but I am working though that.

So lets see, went to the Doctor last week and had lost 16 lbs from my last visit with him in December! That I was happy with. I did get another fill in my band so I have like about 5cc in my 10cc band. I noticed this weekend a bit more restriction with this so I have to be careful and chew, chew and chew some more on my food. This weekend I had the worst stuck with my band yet! (Not that I have had many) I am thankful I had not eaten to much but I ate to fast! I walked for a bit and it did go down after about 10mins. So lesson learned! Small bites and chew!

Changing my plans on walking the Gate River Run. The 15k is a bit much right now and with the set back from my lower right side pain made it hard to train for that. So I am for sure doing the 5k for Charity walk/run that same day. Never the less I am out there doing something! Just think a year ago I so would not have been able to do this 5k and now I can. I have come a long way since August 2010 even!

This Friday the Jacksonville Weight Loss Center is doing a Patient Appreciation and Recharge Event. This event will be held at the new aloft Jacksonville Tapestry Park. I offer to help during this event too. The best thing about offering to help at this event is that I had to go buy some clothes for it. So I got a size that I have not worn in YEARS! So excited! They are giving away a xbox 360 and Kenect. Chef Kitty will be there making some great low carb meals and much more! Should be a great night.

I will close for now if you have not looked at my weight loss ticker on my page..take a look. Remember, this is from my heaviest in August to now! I am so happy, the Snoopy Dance is done every time I can update it!

It is cold in Florida!

And because it is cold, I find it harder to get out of bed! It really started last week when I was not feeling the best. I seem to have that lower right pain again. Not really dealing with the band, but I guess due to the weight loss, some other body changes are taking place and UGH! I am now going for testing and some other things. But I will say again, it not because of the band, but because I am loosing weight!

The cold makes it hard for me to walk outside. It is just so cold it hurts my foot. For those who don't know the history behind my foot I will give you a quick run down. I had my big toe joint replaced 13 months ago. But almost 18 years ago, I also had two screws placed in the same foot. So my right foot is full of metal! When it gets cold I find it hurts. Other then that, it good. I am so glad because prior to having the toe joint replaced, it would have made walk/jogging impossible!

Now to talk about my band for a moment. All and all seems to be going well. Today, is the first day since my fill almost two weeks ago, I find myself hungry between meals. So I know I have to control it a bit more this week until I go in next Tuesday for my next fill on the band. Also, it seems I have a inside stitch that seems to be coming out a tiny bit on my top incision. I am not worried about it and I do go back in next week, so I feel it is all going to be just fine.

I realized last appointment I didn't post a picture of me. So I am going to go back to that post and post the one we took later that day. It is great loosing all this weight, but hard to keep up with clothes I can wear! My friends say that a good problem to have...it is but not when you are a bit short on cash for now! :)

Difference between New Years Resolution and New Years Commitment

Happy New Year everyone! Last night, we stayed in. It was all good, got some rest, read, watch some movies and was with my family.

Early in the day I had posed a question on my Facebook. The question "What are you plans for the New Year? Then I went on to say I had set a mini goal of 30 mins at least of exercise for the first 100 days of the New Year. Some days it might just be walking for 30mins but it will be something. I got some comments like good for you, I am doing the same etc. But one comment made me think last night and led me to posting this on my blog.

The comment was "Good Luck, it is hard to keep those resolutions. So this got me to thinking that this was not really a resolution but a commitment. Then what is the difference between resolutions and commitments?

Resolutions are best defined as promise made by an individual to oneself most often for the elimination of a negative habit or maybe to loose weight or save money. What ever it is it is a promise to oneself that will begin on New Years Day. Commitment is much the same, a promise to oneself but the main difference is that a commitment is a promise made towards a course of action or a very definite set of goals.

So my commitment is to exercise. I defined it by doing this during the first 100 days of the new year for 30 mins a day. As a commitment I have a plan of action.

New Year's resolution

• Traditionally made at the beginning of each year
• Is a promise that an individual made to oneself
• May involved changing oneself or maybe stop bad habits

New Year's commitment

• A promise made to oneself to achieve a particular goal
• Needs a plan of action
• Defines a goal
• Has a due date and documented
  

So my commitment is that I promise myself to exercise each day for at least 30mins. I will do this via the gym, xbox 360 Kinect game "Your Shape", walk/jogging, or doing some form of exercise at home as defined by my trainer. The goal is to do this for 100 days and will end on 10 April. But, I know I will continue to exercise beyond that date! ;)