Plan Ahead

Hi. Been a while. Been a bad blogger. I've still been reading.. just don't feel I have anything earth shattering to report. I have a new job, same company, different department. It's going well, but I'm having a hard time with meal prep. I am out the door by 7:30 and just don't have the time to eat breakfast in the morning. And well, with how tight my band is in the morning, eating on the fly is not an option. Sometimes at work things calm down enough for me to grab some oatmeal from the cafeteria, sometimes they don't. And then lunch, well.. I get 1/2 an hour to navigate that caf line and find a table and get my food cut into small enough pieces so I won't chew forever and end up stuck. Oh wait.. how will I talk to coworkers if all I'm doing is focusing on chewing a million times in my few brief alotted minutes to inhale my lunch. Ah, see the problem? So this week I am setting goals. I have a new lunch bag that I got at the Bariatric Support group this week. Yay, I love free stuff. So I simply must use it! I'm going to pack it full of stuff I can eat. Yogurt. cottage Cheese. Maybe some protein powder in case nothing else sounds good or I'm having a particularly tight day. Plan ahead. Thats my new mantra.
I finally made an appointment to see my Band surgeon. I'm way overdue for a checkup. I want to check my blood labs and make sure I'm getting enough of the important stuff. I'm 2 years out. The novelty of going to see him has worn off. I'm not losing weight anymore, although I'm hoping my new "plan ahead" mantra will kick things up again. I'm still torn about whether to get a fill or not, but I'm leaing towards yes. I do get stuck occasionally but I'm not staying satisfied with 1/2 cup of food. If I'm honest.. its really about a cup and a half. Unless its meat.. then it's 3-4 oz, which is optimum. But life isn't always just meat. So I think I'm going for that fill. I know my husband will fuss about it, but that scale is just not budging despite my best effort. I have a lapband for a reason.. I need to fill it if I want it to work. Heading out with the family. Will try to be a better blogger. Promise.