Marie Antonette can shove the cake!

I am slaving away making a wedding cake for tomorrow. When you decorate a big cake.....well it isn't unusual to nibble on the cake you trim off to level it.  I can nibble a bit without even realizing it. Well no more. Cake and the band do not get along at all. Even the smallest nibble plugs me up like a rubber stopper in the drain! I know that I shouldn't touch cake anyway, but darn!

cake is my ultimate weakness.  I am kinda glad to hear that it may "plug" me because I won't touch it. 

One of my biggest fear is to vomit.  I know a lot of you are like what?  but it's true.  All of my life, it was one of my fears.  When I'm about to vomit, I get really scared and I HATE it.

I think that that's gonna be "one" of the main reason that I am going to be successful with the band.  Trying to avoid the type of food that could potentially make me throw up will be gone forever.

Simple enough?!

I up chucked 3 times today I missed lunch so I had a muffin....make that I bought a muffin at Timmy"s. It took 2 up chucks to get rid on 1 bite. Then at the wedding I took a bite of chicken......a regular bite. That was a no go too.  But the kind of vomiting that gors with the band, is more like spitting up. there are no stomach acids so no bad taste, no heaving- dry or otherwise. You throat does not do that closed feeling thing, so no smothering feeling.

 So, how did the wedding and the wedding cake go?  I must say I am a bit surprised that you can't eat even a nibble of cake.  I can still eat anything or at least I haven't tried anything that won't go down.  I will have to rely on good old willpower until I get my next fill I guess.  I am going to try to have one around the middle or end of August.  I wouldn't want to ask for a day off after just having 2 months vacation.  I went to donate blood the other day and they seem to think that my iron was a bit low.  I have an appointment for Aug. 5 to have my iron and my cholesterol checked.  Hopefully I can stop my medication for the cholesterol.  

Anyway, hope you and yours had a wonderful day!

The wedding was very nice, though I missed the actual nuptuals because I was delayed with getting the cake there and my daughter wouldn't go in after it started. I am going to post a few pictures of the cake in a couple of minutes.

Do you take an iron supplement? I have to. I know I don't eat enough to get the iron I need. I had an appointment with a lower GI surgeon last week and she said that I need at least 20 mg of fiber in my diet.....how the...can I do that? There is only 2mg in a bowl of Cherrios. I told her that I usually eat oatmeal with Bran Buds for breakfast- not good enough she said.