My kind of town, Chicago is....

Razzmatazz!

Heading out tomorrow early afternoon to Chicago and I am pretty excited about this trip.

We are staying at a gorgeous hotel with an amazing James Beard awarded restaurant which has a ton of history.  Pair those together, it's my style!

I technically postponed my 2nd fill because of this trip because I will be with a big group of people who do not have a clue about my band.  Oh and I also want to eat!

At this point, I can eat ANYTHING. I don't have to chew to shreds, I can eat pretty fast and I have never been stuck.  I still eat smaller amounts and stay full for long periods but let's face it....   I am not losing fast right now and can eat like a champ at this point. 

With that said...  as I was packing yesterday and today - and after looking at the COLD temps for Chicago... I had to drag my massive under bed storage bag of all my winter items out. Here is Florida, we did not have a winter - at -all - this year.  So I basically didn't buy many cute new winter clothes because I didn't need much.  A few pieces here and there.

So I pulled out what I have and tried on all my outfits and everything looked big and frumpy and two sizes too big.   Utter freak out as I am leaving in a few hours...  what the heck was I going to do??!! 

I ran to a close department store and managed to find a few cute Michael Kors XL sweaters and was able to pair with a couple turtlenecks I have.  Sweaters were el cheaparooney since all the Spring wear is out.  Oh well - I didn't really want to buy anything but at least I will look cute.   That's all that matters in my world of chubby vanity!

Anyways - weather is up in the air but we are planning museums, The Art Institute, Frank Lloyd Wright house, architecture tour and 3 absolutely foodie-heaven dinners.  We are attending a close friends birthday and all of Z's best friends and college buddies are coming in for it with their spouses and sig others. I know a few of them and they are all a lot of fun so this should be a great trip with a lot of memories after.

I will post a full picture blog when I get back.

On the home front, it's been TOM but weight is still between a loss of 29-33 pounds.  Not nearly enough. I see changes in my body but I need to kick this into high gear with fill #2 on the 19th.   I have SO much going on this month and next and so much entailing dinners with friends, events, travel etc that I have been paranoid about getting filled.  I need to wrap my mind around it all and move forward and not be so afraid.

I have also been going to Zumba twice a week.  I LOVE this instructor... she is the lady who I went to for about a year before I re-fatted and quit it all.   I went back, and the class didn't kick my ass but I kicked IT'S ass! I walk out with about 10,000 steps, drenched and a MASSIVE smile on my face. 

I am glad to at least enjoy something that entails moving. 

I hope my banding sisters have an excellent rest of the week! I will be back next Tuesday.