So, this past week I had my brother and his family visit. I took the week off work so I could spend it with them. I have really enjoyed my visits I have had this year! First my Dad came to see me, which it had been a LONG time since he had been to Kansas City. His visit didn’t last long enough, it was just for a weekend, but it was still WONDERFUL to see him. Then my sister came over Spring Break with her family. We had a good time, despite a lot of our plans being cancelled due to rain that week and our plans being outdoor plans. Then this past week my brother and his family.
It had been about two years since I had last seen them,when I went down to Orlando to see my new nephew. He is now two years old and FULL of personality! It did not take long to bond. He warmed right up to his family. Wasn’t shy at all with us. They stayed at Grandma’s and her dogs would bark, loud, in his ear, and he was un-phased. He was a steady flow of questions and comments and hugs. I feel a little void now that he’s gone. I wish all my nieces and nephews lived nearby. We could have outtings and play time.
When my sister was here, there was one night that the nieces spent the night with me. We stayed up late, watching movies. That was a lot of fun too. I even had a successful outting with all three to the toy store!
SO – needless to say, had a lot of eating out this week. I’ve tried to stay under my calorie goal every day though, and I think I have, even though I have not eaten the best. Grandma had tons of sweets sitting out at her house, which is my weakness, and we went out to eat at all the BBQ places and the greasy dive, In A Tub, which is so good. 🙂 Depsite my bad eating habits though, I lost weight this week. About 3.75 lbs, which puts me at 10.3 lbs to go until I reach my 100 lbs lost mark!!
We did a 5K together while my sister and brother were in town. I know my sister had wanted to do one too while here, but I didn’t know of any at the time. NOW that I’ve started doing some 5K’s (this was my third one), I get advertisements for all the upcoming one’s at the registration…..so maybe next time she’s in town we can do one together, with the kids. We did the Colorstorm 5K with my brother, sister in law, nephew, cousin and her husband and best friend and her daughter. There were 4 stations around the route and we got colored powder thrown at us. 🙂 It was nice to be able to do it with so many family and friends. It ended up being short of a true 5K, because they claimed at the last minute they were doing construction and had to cut the route a block short. So I couldn’t really compare my times to my other races, but again, was fun to get out and walk.
Now it’s back to work, trying to catch up before we go out of town in two more weeks to Canada! We’ll be off work a week and a half and I’m not looking forward to the catch up at work, this week or when we get back from Canada. This will be my first time up there though, so I’m looking forward to that. My step daughter will be going with us. I think the last time I saw her was when our niece, Jasmine, graduated. That was the last time we were in Alabama.
One of the side effects of the Gastric Bypass surgery is thinning hair. It doesn’t happen to everyone, but it DOES happen to a lot of people. Several people say it starts around 3 months out and lasts for 3 months before starting to grow back. This has been happening to me. My hair was thin to start with, but now it’s VERY thin. I have gotten to where I just pull it back every day. It doesn’t look pretty, but it makes me really self conscious to have patches of skull showing through my hair. When I pull my hair back, it’s pretty pathetic, the little ponytail I have, because it’s sooooooooo small and pathetic. This is caused by vitamin deficiency, I think. Because of the rerouting of the intestine’s, some vitamins just don’t absorb like they have always before. I won’t get checked for my vitamin levels until my 6 month follow up appointment, which has been moved back two weeks, after we get back from vacation.
So – when I had lost weight before, with Weight Watchers, I had several capri’s that I had kept, and I’ve been able to wear them this summer, which has been great. This is the smallest size I have in anything. NOW those are becoming lose, and of coarse, I don’t want to buy any more since summer will be over soon, so on vacation I will be having to just wear lose pants. I have a few long pants that should fit OK, I’m just in an awkward stage….wearing lose clothes that make me look a bit sloppy. When I complain about that though Tommie says to me in a whiny voice “Oh Boo Hoo, such a horrible problem to have!” Ha ha. Speaking of Tommie though, he’s been losing weight like crazy right along with me! He’s been a wonderful workout and diet companion to me.
Well – It’s time for me to get back to work and play catch up before being off again!!! Running a bit late this morning, I still have breakfast to make!! This week I will have to get my routine back and have my daily walks back and twice weekly visits to the gym for the strength training….hope everyone has a nice week!