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I promise!

Updatey Goodness

I headed to the doctor’s yesterday afternoon with a shortened day at work.  I arrived a little early so Nikki and I hung out in the car while listening to satellite radio.  I am glad that I did since they played some stuff from the Star Trek the Motion Picture.  Sorry….as we digress…

I was sitting in the exam room and my doctor comes in and she pauses and smiles.  Should I be concerned or am I just her favorite patient?  She remarked on how I looked and using her terms “amazing” made me feel good.  She has been getting after me for years to drop some weight and when she told me a year ago it was either Dr. Poon or gastric bypass I chose the first!  She is happy with what I have done so far and is expecting more results when I go back in October for my physical.

After a little chat about Poon we got to the real reason I was there, my melon.  I told her about the fall etc and how I have been since and she doesn’t think that it is low BP or dehydration since she had me shakes my head around like a wet dog with my eyes closed and nearly fell off the chair!  AT this point she thinks that it is an inner ear thing and has me on some pills to start the process.  As these are kicking in I am off to get a CT scan done of the brain……*insert brain jokes here * to see why I am still having concussion type symptoms.

I have been given the green light to do walking but as soon as I feel dizzy I am to sit.  So I guess we are a lapping the circle a few times instead of the treks to the mall or McD`s for a treat.  With that being said I am going to have to stick to Phase 1 even closer so that I don`t deviate on my weight loss since I can`t expend my little bites of cheating (like the red velvet cake at P wedding) ha ha

More news as I get it.

Doin' the happy dance......

This is me this morning.......

We had the work weigh in's and I am the proud winner of 2 lunches (or the equivalent there of)!!!!!

Princess is down 2, F is up 1 and I down 6!

Everyone had their own way, and I stucked with tried and true Poon.  Gotta love Poppa Poon :)

Wow really?!?!

It has been almost a week since my last post? Noo....... I guess so.

The DH is home and brought me a bunch of sugar free chocolate for me to snack on while he was stateside..... :)  There is enough here to last me a while considering the heart shaped box is for Valentine’s Day so is this a challenge to eat all the rest before then?  Gosh I hope not……I have only eaten the white packet of the coconut bars that you see below.  Yes this is all of it.

 

On Saturday was a spaghetti fundraiser and I tried my best since I was the cook.  I have to admit I did have a noodle or 2 just to see how it tasted with some sauce since I really didn’t want to serve 6 other folks food that wasn’t tasty since they were paying for it.  I did make ceasar salad and garlic bread to go with it and due to pre planning I was able to stay away from most of it.  I have a food allergy and I used a product on the bread that I can’t have and I made the salad that was “light” and I have my version of the salad without the croutons :)

Sunday P got married and I was thinking in the morning how was I going to get through the reception until I realised that she was a Poon’er too.  So I was glad to go to the reception to find mushroom medley, prime rib, seasonal veggies and an omelet station.  The chefs at the omelette station were very accommodating so I was able to have a second round of food that was an egg white omelette.  I even joked with P eyeing her plate and mentioned that tomatoes weren’t allowed on phase 1.  That is when I found out that she had been bumped to phase 2.  YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!! 

I am still not running and I really like to get back at it.  I have been walking at lunchtime, but it just doesn’t seem the same.  So I am seeing the doctor tonight (Tuesday night) to get the noggin checked out so hopefully I get myself straightened out……so that brings you up to date for now and I will let you know how the work weigh in challenge goes.

They're outta here!

 

Well after 3 visits of goose eggs I can kiss 2 more pounds walking out the door!  I am not going to move my ticker until I am sure that they are definitely gone in 2 weeks.....I don't want to jinx it :)

My head is getting better and if it isn't raining I might snag the girls and the DH who is finally back, for a walk tonight around the block.  Believe it or not, I miss the activity.  QUICK CALLED GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS!!!!  LOL

Ups and Downs

What a weekend!  Sorry for the long post but there was a lot going on!

I had a blast with C and her hubby at Nicholston Dam for the Simcoe Day weekend....I really enjoyed cooking some new recipes for her to expand her Poon experiences and I was able to include her vegetarian hubby in my cooking as well.  I would like to thank the fellow Poon'ers that have posted their tried and true faves that I made.  They included the taco salad, lettuce wraps,  curry cauliflower and the white egg omelets in Eggies.  Once I figure out how to add more than one file to my recipe I will make sure I pop them in there for you reference.

I was especially proud of myself when I got myself out for a run over the weekend around the tent sites of the campground!  I was looking for a place to that was a little secluded since I think I have figured out my running form so I didn't want to give some a morning running freak show ha ha.  But I found an area that had a looped driveway so I used that to my advantage and my used songs on my radio as my timer.  I don't think Melodie knew what hit her!

It wasn't until 4:30 am on Monday the weekend had a twist.  I headed to the bathroom in the RV and I remember flushing the toilet and then I hear C asking me if I was okay.....I was in the hallway flat on my back looking really pale, no colour in my lips and I was clammy but sweating up a storm.  To make matters worse, I smacked my head on the counter on the way down while I tested gravity in the RV.  Geez, that stuff is everywhere!!!!!  C helped me back to bed and that I is where I stayed for the night.  I bump on the back on melon caused me to stay home from work on Tuesday.

After all is said and done, I found out that I have low blood pressure when I sleep and I am severely dehydrated as well.  The counter gave me a concussion and I am not allowed to run for 2 weeks so I think that I am going to just reset my schedule and start again later in the month when I get the go ahead from the doctor.  And I am hoping that my weigh in tomorrow won't be undo with my day at home of sleeping and bored eating......

This is how I fell right now......

Detox

I am looking forward to my long weekend away in a few hours since 1) I am going camping with the dogs 2) it is in a coach motor home with C a fellow Poon'er and 3) I was asked to show some new poon-friendly recipes with C. 

With not a single thing to be eaten that I can cheat on my body is going to have a hard carb detox and hopefully ketosis will kick in!  I have the sports bra and sneakers packed so there is no excuse for not running! I mentioned to Ohio that it is going to rain on Sunday and I have had a stern "if it isn't any lightening you can still run in rain."

I will post pics from the weekend and I hope everyone else has a good one too!