So even though it was at 6pm can I still call it Breakfast....

So yeah, did pretty good on the first day of the 5 day pouch test, failed about 1/2 way into my second day. I think I just wasn't prepared for it. Like you are supposed to drink as many protein drinks as you want to keep you satisfied & I didn't have anything for that. If I'd had had the Atkins Strawberry Protein Shakes it probably woulda been easier. Basically all I had was Jello, Pudding, and water mix ins. I had some cream of broccoli soup but boy is that gross!!!! I think I'll just count it as a blip and see how I do tomorrow. I'd really love to do it but I have to be better prepared.
Today was my first day of my garage sale. Trying to sell some of the hundreds of items of plus size clothing I have. Did already for a Friday. Tomorrow is the town wide sales so hopefully that will be an even better day. Hope so, would be nice to pay some bills & be able to get a couple new pieces of clothing. We will see I suppose.
Been doing my mood logs for my therapist, been going alright just so long as I remember to do them. Go to meet with her again in a week. Hopefully this time she'll have read my file first lol. Not her fault, she didn't know I'd already had an assessment. I really like her though, she's very nice.
Alright I'm gonna call it a night for now. Looking forward to grocery shopping on Monday to start Metabolism Miracle again. Imagine if I could lose another 50 in 4 months...before Christmas I'd be less than 200 pounds & will be able to say I lost 100 pounds in a year! Holy Hannah!!!!
Hope all is well with all,
~Raena

A little something new to try

I've been looking through Lap-Band blogs on here and I think I'm gonna try this out:

http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/days1_2.html

Basically it is to test and see how your band is. After being able to eat 4 pieces of pizza a couple times in the last week I wonder how my band is. But then I eat a 1/2 a piece of chicken & am stuck for hours! Weird, weird, weird. So I'm gonna try this and then going on to doing Metabolism Miracle w/my sister. Wish me luck!
~Raena

So today sucks

I know I've talked about this before, but I hate my medical clinic. I called at 8am, 12pm, and ended up going down there at 4pm. My knee is absolutely killing me, has been since Monday night. You think my doctor could call me & let me know that she received my call and wouldn't be able to do anything for me until "tomorrow morning at the earliest"? No, of course not. It's unreal, she's written me a prescription for meds for my knee before, what would be so hard about doing it this time?!?! UGH. If I don't start feeling better soon I'll go to the ER. Just been a crappy day. However, I put in an application for a Domestic Violence Agency, I hope, hope, hope I get that job, it would be the perfect job for me.
In other news, my sister and brother-in-law are moving back in in a few days and I've been trying to get ready for that. Of course the knee pain makes it nearly impossible. I really want to rearrange my room, gonna ice it for a bit and then hopefully that will help. Well I think that's gonna be it for now.
~Raena

Let's see if I can stick to it this time (Blogging and Weight Loss)

(In blue)Night before Surgery.
(In black)Minus 130 pounds!

So here I am again. Hoping this time I'll manage to stick both to blogging and to my weight loss efforts. I was stuck at minus 80 pounds forever, then this year I entered a weight loss competition with my family for a total of $400. Well let's just say, with the proper motivation, I kicked ass! I lost 50 pounds in 4 months. My competitors gave up after I lost 20 pounds in one month. I used the Metabolism Miracle, and boy is it a miracle. Difficult to do at first, very low carb, but worth it. Since the end of the contest I've been back up between 10 - 20 pounds. I lost my father and had a horrible break up at the same time and indulged in some comfort eating to say the least. My sister is moving in in a couple days and we're going on MM together so that should be good. Plus if I go back to school in the fall I'll have access to the school gym. We will see as I'm applying for my dream job, if I get it I may not be going back to school. Oh well, the job will be worth it. I think that's all for tonight. Keep ya posted!
~Raena