Back to Solids… Woohoo!

I flew home to Texas yesterday to visit my family and been having a great trip so far. I swam laps with my Dad and the pool was perfect temp (I usually visit later in the summer when the pool is way too hot). I swam for 40 minutes and completed my swim with a 3/4 lap of butterfly! Felt great and it was really nice to have company… My Dad swam with me even though he had already cycled 100 miles that day LOL no big deal :) I have been on liquids and then semi-solids the last 3 days since I had my fill on Thursday and was eager to get back to solids today. My first solid meal was at a great BBQ place my Uncle took me to today called Hard 8 BBQ. I had probably the best beef brisket I have ever had and it was neat because at this place you choose how much of everything you want, so I was able to get just about a fistfull of chopped brisket with no bun. Perfectly delicious and perfect portion. I ate it with no problem (chewing more than usual to be careful since first day back to solids) and felt full and sated afterwards.

Here is some delicious TX BBQ food porn for y'all :)

I know that I said I was not going to go out to eat often while I am here, so I think this will probably be the first/last/only time I eat out here. I am meeting my Uncle again tomorrow so I can see my little cousin and it is around dinner time so we are meeting at Macaroni Grill, but I am going to eat beforehand at my parents house and sit with them and enjoy some ice tea while they eat out. Of course I would rather eat out and I LOVE Italian food, but it is eating out so frequently that got me to where I needed the lap band in the first place. It's just not worth it in the end. Will power must conquer!! Still journaling again which is helping.

I am going to swim again with my Dad this afternoon and will up my swim to 45 minutes today. I hope you all have a great day and happy father's day to all the Dad's out there.

Warmly
Caroline