You will not believe this...

Yesterday....I drank a Dr. Pepper. Not only did I drink one can of Dr. Pepper....I drank TWO cans of Dr. Pepper. I know, I know I said no more Dr. Peppers, but I had to. Because I gave blood!!! HA HA HA! I had all of you fooled. You thought I fell off the bandwagon. Nope, I did a good deed and needed some sugar and fluids. That was my first time to donate blood, and it was particularly fun either. I kinda had a, not really reaction but thing maybe? Basically I lost all my color started to sweat like a pig and was about to pass out. The ladies at the lifeshare are good though, they immediately knew I was lying when I said I was okay and put ice packs on me. They put a fan on me and gave me a Dr. Pepper. Bless those sweet sweet women. I sat there for some time after and talked to them. The one who actually did my blood draw was a pretty lady in her late 20's to early 30's who had seen me several times before when I came in and got my iron checked to see if I had a high enough level to give or not. Finally this time after taking iron supplements for two weeks my hematocrite was at 38 which is there limit for cut off so I could donate! Well I was telling her how I might go next door and get a quesadilla from Dilla's when I felt up to it and she said she had never eatten there before but she heard it was suppose to be healthier for you than other place even though one time a co-worker of hers got something from there and it looked greasy. So from that I guessed she was into healthy living and talked to her about my cooking WW meals, and she said be sure to drink plenty of fluids and I told her about my 2 liter bottle of water in the car. She drinks a lot of water too, because she had gastric bypass in October of '07! Crazy! She was telling me how horrible it was. She gets sick all the time even though she eats the right foods. She can't throw up when she gets sick so she just dry heaves for half an hour. Then she told me about all of her loose skin that was suppose to be removed and they had to cancel the surgery because she won't stop losing weight! I wish that was my biggest problem! She also told me about how she had to have an iron infusion because she doesn't use a large portion of her intestines which is were all the minerals and vitamins and nutrients are obsorbed into the body. And she said most people who have bypass surgery lose their gal bladder. Can you just imagine? I've heard about what happens to you after you lose the gal bladder, it isn't pretty. Nobody ever tells you about the bad parts of gastric bypass until it's too late. Well I am SO glad I met her. Even though I'm getting this weight off the right way it would've been so easy for me to take the easy way out and get lap band or bypass. Man did I make the right choice.

Needless to say after giving yesterday I did not work out. I did however want to work out today because I feel fine but my hubby isn't comfortable with me doing that just yet. I might sneak in some home workout before he gets in. No cardio though, I'm not that crazy. Last night I weighed 304.5. I can't believe it. That is so AWSOME!! Maybe I can make it to 300 before February's over. That's pushing it I know but a girl can dream can't she?