Week 9 (May 2) – 280 lbs
Week 10 (May 9) – 278 lbs
Week 11 (May 16) – 276 lbs

Total of 9 pounds lost since week 8 (285 lbs). There was one mid-week weight gain of 2.5 lbs between week 8 and 9 because I used a packet of soy sauce to add a touch of flavor to some broccole. It took a lot of effort and crossing of fingers to lose that and I will never do that again.

Basic diet has been:
Breakfast – 1 cup of coffee with 2 servings of nonfat creamor (50 calories) abnd Extend Bar (protein bar, 150 calories)
Lunch – 2 servings of baby carrots (70 calories) and a little no fat dressing (50 calories)
Dinner is either 200 calories worth of fish or 300 calories of chicken (no skin) and a half bag to a bag of veggies (75 to 150 calories) depending on how hungry I am.
Calories range between 700 to 800 a day.

I had my cardiologist appointment this yesterday and he order two tests (a stress test and echo) in order to make the evaluation for the upcoming gatric bypass surgery. The tests are scheduled for June 26.

I will have my 5th appointment on Monday with the director of the gastric bypass surgery clinic. I am hoping that I don’t gain anything over the weekend. I am taking Angelgirl (my daughter) out to the mall for clothes shopping (it is what she wanted for her 13th birthday which was yesterday). I am keeping my fingers crossed that my knees and other joints don’t swell up too much and add a lot of pounds to the scale reading Monday.

We took Angelgirl out to eat on her birthday and my mom came along too. It was a nice time out together. We went to the China Buffet which is one of Angelgirl’s favorite spots. I managed to not gain anything from the meal out by just eating salad greens with a few tomato and cucumber slices, and a handful of pick and peel shrimp. At least by having the shrimp I felt I got at least some of my money’s worth for paying for a buffet when I was actually wasn’t eating very much at all.

The gastric bypass folks don’t believe me either that I can gain a lot of weight really fast (i.e. several pounds overnight) so I have to be very very careful not to show any weight gain. They are serious about weight gain and will cancel surgery if the scale goes up.

I see the gastroendoconolist next Friday – finally! It’s been over two months since my diagnosis and not one doctor has told me what to do for the gastritis and Barrett’s esphogus.

I still have to set up the second sleep test to get fitted for the sleep machine. I have had sooooo much going on I just couldn’t bring myself to call but I will call on Monday and set it up.

This is a crazy month. Angelgirl has started work on the Silver Award for Girl Scouts. I have a big crochet project for the Girl Scout troop for the Memorial Day Parade. I am making them all red-white-blue wrist warmers to wear. I’m not making them as long as an arm warmer since it is going to be hot – but just long enough to add a nice touch of color.

Teacherman (my hubby) will be away the last week of the month for a school trip. He is an acadmic advisor for his school’s Odyssey of the Mind club. They won second place for the state competition and are going to Iowa to compete in the national.

That same week Angelgirl has to attend Karate camp for three days – so somehow I have to drive her there Friday and pick her up the following Sunday by myself. I can barely find my way home from work sometimes, so the idea of driving by myself way way way up North somewhere is a bit stressful.

I am getting the last minute details done for my best friend’s 40th birthday next month. I have a big day planned for her and some special surprises.

I’ve been running around like a mad woman gathering up paperwork because we are also going to be refinancing our mortgage down to 4 1/2% for 15 years, which will save us a little over $100 a month. Since it is an FHA mortgage it doesn’t cost us anything. And if I keep doing what I’ve been doing which is paying half the mortgage payment biweekly and extra each month towards the principal the mortgage will definitely be paid off in under 9 years. We started out 6 years ago with a 30 year mortgage at 6 1/2 %; refinanced six months after we moved it down to a 25 year mortgage at 5 3/4%. It has been my top priority each and every month to keep paying it down.

My laptop is also dead – well not dead, but it is blackmailing me. So I haven’t had much access to the internet. I’ll write more about that later on.

I think that covers just about everything that has happened and will be going on over the next couple weeks. I’m a bit overwhelmed to say the least, but there is lots of exciting stuff going to look forward too so it makes it all worth while.

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