Wow...I feel so happy

Today is a great day....Its the end of the month and so a weight record day....And after a hour and Half(that's right an hour and a half in the Gym yesterday, biking 25 miles and burning 850 calories) and a day golfing this morning in 40C heat , I weighed in at 12 noon at 159.7kg..thats 17.8Kg loss in less than 12 weeks and 9 day ahead of my target...Im in another world at this moment...I feel really really happy...If I was a lady I would even be doing a happy dance... :-)

The band is giving me a new life already..I wish I had done this years ago...once again :-)

I have not been below 160Kg for around 7 years , my daughter has never seen me at this weight...

Have a good week end everyone

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Week 11...A small loss...

Well official weigh day is here again, and as of this morning , I am 15.8 Kg down (Just) - in fact at 5.30am this morning when I got up, the scale showed no loss for the week...I was however not having that ...No way...So I decided to hit the streets before light and see what a power walk for 45 mins would do , I had  my ipod banging out my tunes to build up a good head of steam ,then back into the villa , straight up the stair and re-weighed myself and BINGO... 0.8 Kgs sweated away just like that...I will take it :-)

The loss is 0.8Kg from last weigh day but only 0.3Kg from last wednesday , which is a little disappointing since I  once again hit the Gym 4 times last week...I know I can hold a lot of water and the weight can swing a good 2 to 3 Kgs sometimes in the same day..I also know I should not weigh myself every day, but I still do, morning and night...My own worst enemy..

At 15.8 Kg I will convert that to 35 lbs and 2.5 stone...A little short of what I had hoping for at this stage , but OK I suppose.. I have 2 new targets...The first short term target is to reach 17.5 kg to break below the 160's by my 3rd month bandiversary (1.7 Kgs in the next 12 days..possible but a little tricky) and a more long term target of below 150 (a further 12kgs) by mid August when I return to the UK for vacation.

Not much else to report , I hope to catch up with Roo in Dubai in the next few days and grab a coffee, and I have an old friend I met whilst working in China in the early 90's visiting me on Saturday night , I have not seen him since 2006 and it will be great to catch up...Headache on Sunday me thinks....

Ciao

Weigh Day Week 10

Weigh day week 10 today and down 1 Kg again to make it 15 kg  in 10 weeks..slow and steady.

Good restriction (I don't think I'm quite at the sweet spot)  3 meals a day and NO snacking at the moment     :-)... I am eating whatever I want most the time , keeping portion size down and I do drink during the meal.....As long the losses keep coming I think I will keep on with a little of the same.... I am also in the gym at least 3 times a week now..

I'm sure I will need to change my tactics as I lose a little more and start to plateau....but not yet...

Ciao

Andrew

Volcano's.....

I AM NOT HAPPY :-(

Tomorrow morning I was due to Fly to Germany for a Trade Show in Munich...Planned to be out on Sunday and back on Wednesday - it was going to be a bit of fun...However that is now scuppered due to the lack of flights in north Europe.... Boo Hoo

On the weight loss , I do not think I will  lose anything this week , the weight is up and down at the moment , even thought I do have restriction and I'm not eating that much.... I am now an official 100% BANDIT as I have been stuck..... it was painful and horrible - we had a small party on friday, and whilst running around and preparing for everyone to arrive, I grabbed a small sausage roll  and wolfed it down to quick and BANG stuck , it took me a good 20 minutes to clear it - I WILL be taking more time and be paying more attention from now on..The kids were very interested why I was locked in the bathroom for such a long time heaving away....

Week 9 - Weigh Day

Today I weigh 14 Kilos (31 Ibs) lighter than Surgery day - 9 weeks ago.

0.9 Kg loss for the week , and 2 Kgs for the month so far... I suppose thats a nice healthy 1 kg ( 2.2lbs ) a week....

I'm not eating much at the moments , but what I am eating is not  good enough , I need to start to think a little more of the quality of the food not just the quantity....But.... the scales are moving downwards at the moment...A big smile from me....

Have a good day

Andrew

The weekends events and fill number 2....

The weekend is over and I'm pretty glad to get back to work....I'm so tired, but it has been a really great weekend..

Thursday is the last day of the week here, and Thursday morning started with a session in the gym and in the afternoon I also managed to squeeze a game of golf in, it was very hot out again , it was a good day considering it was a work day :- )

The following morning I went fishing with some friends on one of their boats just off the coast of Abu Dhabi, we had a really fun time catching big barracuda , this was however a very early start , being on the boat at 6 am ( on my day off - no lie in).... It's the first time I've been fishing in the UAE and really enjoyed the experience , this was followed by a nice lunch with friends and the family outside one of the hotels in the city with a beer garden.

Life on the Ocean waves..with a smile :-)

The One that didn't get away.

Now on Saturday , I was up early again this time for a golf lesson (boy do I need them) and in the evening, I was invited and went to UFC 112 ... UFC is the Ultimate Fighting Championship , this is mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting , commonly known as anything goes "CAGE FIGHTING" and  was  broadcast all around the world live, for the first time at an out doors arena at the new Ferrari World on Yas Island Abu Dhabi right next to the F1 track..... The fighting finally finished at 12 midnight and the event was not really well organized at all, it took me a further 1.5 hours to catch a taxi home , I  hit the sack around 2 am only to be up at 7 am today for work....Looking and feeling like a zombie..... A very busy weekend with not enough sleep.

Inside Ferrari World Arena.

Now the good news and the bad news ... when I went to the fight , I was weighing a new low with a 14.8 Kg loss (WOW) , however this morning, after once again drinking beer , I was 2.5 Kgs up... Blah....message to self - DON'T DRINK BEER

It is now 4 days since the second fill , and I'm not sure if I like it.... I have very nearly been stuck twice, bread has not been chewed enough and only just went down , I think I can understand what being fully stuck must be like , and after the close shaves in the last few days  I have been chewing like mad...I do not want to be stuck - ever ...

 The down side of this fill is that at the moment I keep feel a little sick, no matter what I eat , I do not feel comfortable.....I'm not sure why this is? I'm hoping if I have a more relaxed week the band will settle down and we can become friends again, I'm certainly a little tight at the moment and I'm only eating very little. I was happy with the band before the fill, restriction when it came was comfortable and did not make me feel bad...I will have to keep a close eye on this as it does not quite feel right at the moment...Should keep losing this week though , so thats Ok ....

Ciao

Andrew ( Sandy its always Andrew and never Andy)

A Half Centuary......

Thank you all for following me...Today I noticed follower number 50.....This is more than I ever expected when I started this...

Thanks again...

Andrew

Number 2 Fill.

Fill number 2 today...2 CC .....I now have 5 CC post op and about 1.5 CC during the Op....

On liquids till tomorrow lunch......I am very aware that it might be a little tight....I'm yet to experience being stuck , slimming or PB....AND I don't really want to......

This is not a diet..Live your life and take your time...

Today I have been out all afternoon playing golf with one of my Sub Contractors...Work related of course ;-)...Thanks Naboodah (John)...

We teed off at 2pm and I was so tight on time that I missed my lunch , not that I was really that hungry ...The weather today has been a little warm around 35C and quite humid , and I really did "glow"...a lot... whilst playing...We played in Dubai and I live in Abu Dhabi so I declined the after game drinks and dinner and headed straight home, this is about an hours drive... I zipped through the front door and up the stairs , stripped off and ...and ...I should have showered first , but the scales were all that was on my mind...so I weighed my self and WOW what a great sight......A new low....BUT NOW comes the craziness....I had a real dilemma..should I eat my dinner ( fantastic pork chops) or ...not eat or drink anything until the morning as I know the minimum I will weigh in the morning is  0.5 to 0.7 KG lighter still....

I have been fighting myself for an hour with this decision , and have finally given in and ate the chops and drank a load of sugar free squash...I was clearly dehydrated....

What a complete Nutter I must be to even consider not eating or drinking because I wanted to see new numbers on the scale... I'm getting a little pre occupied on getting those numbers lower and lower and this is not good...I need to take this journey slowly...It's not a race...The loss is coming any way and I do not need to force it....

Lessons to be learnt here I think....

On a different note , I have attached a photo of the first tee with the ever expanding Dubai sky line in the back ground (note the cranes as none of the buildings are complete yet)..and 2 photos of guests that were visiting at one of the sites I visited this morning...

Mini Goal 1 - Achieved and Happy Easter.

Very Very Quick Post...Weighed in today and the scales show that I have reached my first mini goal of 2 stone in 2 months...2 days early as well......All the 2's today.....I will not show this on my stats until Tuesday morning weigh day.

I'm of to the Gym now, early Easter morning with a smile, leaving the Kids eating their eggs ( at 7am Yuk) and then its off to work... we do not officially celebrate here :-(

Happy Easter every one......

Stiletto Award or Football Boot Award

Ladies , I have very kindly been nominated for the Stiletto award for bloging by Amanda from Amanda's weight loss journey... I appreciate the award very much but I feel that I can not possibly post a red Stiletto award on my blog, so instead I have "manned" it up , and changed it to a Football Boot , I have kept the red colour...I hope no one minds...

I will be posting my Sunshine and football boot awards soon :-)