Too Much

My last post was on the day that has changed everything.  I went to bed that night and was woken to hear some terrible news.  My brother was in a motorcycle accident.  I flew to Florida to be by his side.

My diet was not really on my mind.  When I got home I worried that I would not have lost any weight.  I did.  I lost 2 lbs more.

This past Wednesday I had my first fill.  I was surprised by how little I felt.  It was quick and quite painless.  I definitely feel more restriction than I had.  I have an appointment for 4 weeks for my 2nd fill.  Maybe I'll be lucky enough not to need it.  The doc said that I have to wait a couple more weeks before I can do any abdominal exercise.
My personal goal is to head back to the gym next week.  I want to give my port a little more time before I start lifting the kids in/out of the car at the gym.  So, after this week is over I'll be at the gym at least 5 days per week.  Wahoo.  I'm excited to start adding a workout.  I've lost 24lbs since surgery and can't wait to see how my body reacts to adding cardio.  I'm going to wait another 2 weeks for circuit training, only because it is the new year and the gym is packed.  In a couple of weeks I'll be able to really have a good exercise regime going.  YAY!

We did end up getting a dog.  We had planned on getting a girl but this little boy pup just wanted to come home with us.  Yesterday was an unseasonably warm day.  It was in the 50's in NY in January.  I took the kids outside with the dog and we just ran around for quite a while.  It was great fun.  My pants were falling off.  :-)  That's a good thing.  The only problem is that I'm still not quite ready to go down a size.  In between sizing is annoying.  It's a problem that I'm happy to have.

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