Shakes and Pounds

I am so tired of protein shakes. No, seriously. I need to get some SF Torani flavored syrup so that I can mix these puppies up. Right now I have: chocolate, vanilla, Chocolate PB. Tomorrow, husband is going to get me some of the Premier Salted Caramel to try. The Premier strawberries and cream is pretty good. But with the Torani syrups, I can add awesome flavors, like Raspberry, Cherry, Strawberry, Mint. And since I'm doing two of these puppies a day, I'll at least get some variety in my life. *sigh*

Well, I know in a previous post I mentioned briefly the Nectar shakes. Well, I'm finding that I'm not a huge fan. Of the ones I've tried so far: Twisted Cherry, Apple Ecstasy, Roadside Lemonade, Crystal Sky, Caribbean Cooler, I've only liked the Lemonade and the Crystal Sky. And that's only if I mix things with them. The Caribbean Cooler isn't bad, but it tastes SUPER watered down, and that was mixed in the normal 8 oz. water. The Apple Ecstasy tasted like... to be honest, I'm not sure. Not apple. LOL. I won't be going back to that one. Twisted Cherry isn't bad, but I mixed it with 20 oz. water like I have been mixing the others, and it was super watered-down tasting. I would recommend slowly adding more water to the flavor you want. Also, it has a funny aftertaste. I ended up mixing in a Meijer Lemonade "Crystal Light." The Roadside Lemonade and Crystal Sky aren't bad, as I said, I just have to have things mixed in with them. But, if you're having issues stomaching the milky protein shakes, these are a good substitute. Nectar also has a Wild Grape flavor I'd like to try, and a Dragon Fruit Fusion flavor I'd like to try. The other flavors they have I'm not interested in, but you might be. So check them out. :)

So, in other news, the doc said that the 12# is fine. I should not compare myself to others as we all lose weight at different levels, and as long as I'm following the program, it will happen. So, #PatienceIsAVirtue I guess. LOL. I'm going to stop weighing myself every day like I did pre-op. As I said, that was more to keep an eye on my water intake. Now I keep a super close eye on my water intake, because I don't want to end up in the hospital with an IV in my arm. No, seriously. So, I'm going to start weighing-in once a week, on Wednesdays. Why Wednesday? Well, I took the idea from Michelle Vicari, aka, Eggface. She weighs herself on the same day of the week she had surgery on. So, since I had my surgery on a Wednesday, that's when I'm going to weigh myself. So, I'm sitting at 267.4# as of this morning. I gained a pound back from what I had lost from surgery. Which is probably the stupid water weight crap. That's another reason that I'm going to only weigh myself once a week. I only want to see actual results. I'm not going to drive myself crazy over every little pound. So, yeah. There's that.

How's your week going so far?

~♥~
Lady D