52 days and counting...

Well today is officially the 52nd day of my journey. I had my much anticipated doctor visit today, they sure scheduled me to get a lot done in one day I love that they are so efficient that way! I had my ultrasound done, my psych eval, my nutritional assessment, and my very first B12 shot! So it was a very exciting day that I have been counting down to. I went in and first had my psych eval done, which I didn't know which appointment was first so when I was brought to his office he said "don't worry this will be painless" then I realized who he was LOL but since I wasn't expecting him first I didn't even have a chance to be nervous about it so I thought that was funny. He was super nice and said he didn't see any need for change in meds, as I have been taking Wellbutrin prescribed by my PCP and he didn't feel I needed any additional counseling so he said he will write my recommendation letter for my insurance so that is another check off the list towards my surgery! :) Then I had my ultrasound she said there are mainly looking for stones and general health of the gallbladder, pancreas and liver. Another check off the list! Then I met with Mike, who is my favorite person so far in this process so far he is just so awesome. I joked about is the scale going to match the one at the Estrella office (my appts today were in Tempe) and he said I'd weigh more which at first I didn't know if he was joking or not haha So by my calculations I had lost another 7 pounds! Which I was so excited about but then we sat down in his office and he said to match up with the other office take off an additional 5 pounds, so I actually lost a total of 12 pounds!! That puts me down 22 pounds so far, so I am a quarter of the way to my goal so I can be eligible for surgery! :) I am so happy I swear that just put me in the best mood all day. Then I got my B12 shot and bought some PB2 and I was all done. I had taken the day off in case my appointments ran late and since I still needed to pick up the kiddos. But I was all done in just over an hour! So I took advantage of some time to myself which never ever happens and went to Target. I got the boys Easter baskets and a bunch of goodies. I tried to not really do much candy since I want to help them be healthier too. So I got some little goldfish cartons, and some fruit snacks, some active toys like balls and a little mini plastic bat and ball and a cool Frisbee. Stuff we can play with at the park or outside. And my amazing Mom said she would go in with me to purchase a FitBit for me. Because its something I have really wanted to help me get a better idea of the activity I am getting each day and helping me know when I need to do a little extra to be more active that day. It tracks sleep, activity, calories burned, you can also enter your food and water intake. Its pretty awesome and I love technology so this is like getting the toy you really wanted on Christmas LOL She ended up getting it for me, thank you Mom!!, and I picked it up at Target today and am proudly wearing it right now! LOL Then I picked up the boys from school and we went to the dollar store, Payless (since Joshua broke his shoe this morning :\) and then to our new favorite spot the Pita Kitchen. Now we are home and getting ready to do the crafts with the supplies we picked up at the dollar store and watch a movie. But I wanted to hop it here and share my happiness from today. I plan to finally meet my goal and sign up for my gym membership as soon as my tax return comes in I can't wait, I even ordered myself a new workout outfit and cute headband\sweatband to get me extra excited! Haha Well as always thanks for reading!!

Xoxo
Emily

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Amen!