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Kim's Daily Food Log Journal
 

I made it through the weekend!

Well, I did it, no fast food, no going out to eat, plenty of cravings and plenty of time yelling at myself that I didn't need to go out to eat or grab some candy on the way home from school.   Saturday: I was so tight after the hurling on Friday that this day wasn't so hard.   Breakfast: coffee drink: 180 calories Lunch: Sour cream and chive baked potato: 280 calories Dinner: BBQ chicken breast, rice mix, very small salad: no calories (since I had a horrible PB that I didn't know was coming. After only a few bites of chicken and a few bites of rice and 1 bite of salad I was full, I stopped and sat for 30 minutes while all of this tried to get down. I thought I was doing good until I had to cough from a scratchy throat. That was no fun cough. I pbed into my hands and ran to the bathroom. Let's just say I had some cleaning to do once I was done!! So gross!!) Snack: 100 calorie pack cookies: 100 calories   Sunday: Still tight, so trying to be careful   Breakfast: 100 calories pack of cookies: 100 calories (although I made m husband eggs with pico and cheese and toast with butter and apple butter, that was tough, I think I had a bite of his toast!)   Lunch: 1/2 apple and 1/2 string cheese (I can't believe I made myself a healthy snack for lunch!!)   Dinner: Venison chili. Dollup of sour cream and sprinkle of cheese. I probably got about 10 tiny bites down before full. Then had 1/4 cup of vanilla ice cream with Tablespoon of caramel sauce-bad, thank god it was mostly freezer burned so I didn't get much down.   Snack: handfull of pecans-so bad, but oh so good   After all of this at least I kept everything down today and no pains or anything. Best part I have lost 2 more pounds. I am only 7 pounds away from Onederland!! It has been so hard taking this one day at a time attitude. Trying not to diet, just not to eat everything in front of me and keeping myself outside of the restaurants so I don't eat the crazy-bad things there. I work 12 hours today, but brought lo cal snacks because days like these I tend to indulge. I think as long as I can get a workout in tonight once I'm home I will do fine today. We will see tomorrow!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!
kimalicious

kimalicious

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Penni60's Journal
 

Feb 26

This is just a horrible battle. Head demons, cravings, no willpower, etc. And you know those are all excuses. I have the power to make changes. I have the power to get up and exercise. I have the power to eat healthier. I have the power to motivate myself. I have the power to occupy my mind with other things. I have the POWER!! I just need to recognize this and "just do it"!
Penni60

Penni60

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Dawg's Lap-Band Journal
 

2/26

Summary of the week:   Moderate success in increasing caloric intake. Did between 20 to 30 minutes on the traadmill 4 times in a week.   Weigh in: 265 (-3.5)
dawg

dawg

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Julie*'s Journal
 

February 26

I blended cream of potatoe soup today with creamy tomato verd... something or other and it was SO good. I ate more than a 1/2 cup but didn't stuff myself. I stopped when I needed and had a shake for breakfast and dinner so as not to make the band work too hard. This is hard work already and it's only just begun. I think it will better when I am able to eat and exercise like a normal person. This healing phase is pretty rough.
Julie*

Julie*

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My Journey
 

February 26, 2006

Reagan's surgery with Dr. Ortiz in TJ is scheduled for the 10th of March. We fly to San Diego on the 8th, and return to our respective homes on the 13th. I am hoping that everything goes well for her. It's very hard to see someone you love go through any type of procedure. I want this to work for her -- and myself. I am dreading going through the insurance approval process, but I know this is what needs to happen. I want it done now! I'm so ready.
omamoon

omamoon

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luvlif's Journal
 

You Know Your a Bandster When....

You Know Your a Bandster When....   *I have a date" does not mean your going out. *You have baby food in the house and no baby. * "I'm a loser" is a good thing. * All of your silverware says Gerber. * "Welcome to the other side" doesn't include death. * New clothes fall off in a month. * You get excited about hand me downs. * The scale at Wal-Mart no longer says "one at a time please". * getting wrinkles is a good thing. * "Just water for me please". * Hitting the "Century Mark" is actually a good thing. * You can be touched by an angel and still not be considered crazy. * When your rear end no longer looks like a mudslide. * When the word lap has nothing to do with a strip club. * Other women are calling you "bitch" behind your back. * When you are glared at in the plus size department because you don't belong there". * When you really don't have a thing to wear. * You have to prove you are the person on the drivers license. * You start being in the pictures not behind the camera. * You want to hug everyone fat and hand them your surgeons card. * You are never parted from a bottle of water * When you order a doggy bag at the same time as your meal. * Being too small for your britches. * When the only way your nipples are where they belong is to roll them up, position them with your bra and secure with a ponytail holder. * When you go pick up your child at school and all the other kids say "WOW, your mom is hot!" * When you got to the mall a take the first available space instead of circling 20 minutes for one closer to the door. * You truly are a "cheap date". * When one drink makes you flipping floozy! * When you run to the door and don't hear a flapping sound. * You flip your shirt to show complete strangers your scar. * Vitamins feel like a meal. * You go from a 56DDDD to 32AAA in a year and didn't have a breast reduction. * You've just lost 100 lbs and run into a high school friend who asks "did you change your hair?" * You can cross your legs... both of them * Instead of a Wonder Bra you need a Wonder Where They Went Bra * When your obsession from food turns to your scale. * They no longer call 911 for the Jaws of life to extricate you from a turnstile. * No more velcro shoes * "Checking for leaks" no longer includes your panties * When your stairmaster is no longer used for drying your fine washables * Your mother says "You don't eat enough" * When your doctor looks you in the eye and says "I know you will have sucess with this." * Having sex your husband complains that your hip bones are poking him. * You can wear corderoy pants without igniting a fire * When you wave and your upper arms wave back * You safety pin your underwear * Someone phones and thinks your husband is sneaking around with some skinny mistress * Cannot blame the cat for shedding * The kids wonder what happened to the cake and cookie god..did he die???     Things I want to accomplish on this journey Cross my legs without having to tilt to oneside wrap a normal size towel around myself Have more energy-Check Work out in a gym Look at myself in the mirror and not crinch-Check Buy a Purple Harley Stop putting off tomorrow what I can do today Tuck my shirt in Wear a belt- Shop at MACY'S for my "You've Finally Made It Outfit"
luvlif

luvlif

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luvlif's Journal
 

DON'T QUIT

Don't Quit   When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,   And you feel like the biggest failure in town.   When you want to give up just because you gave in,   and forget all about being healthy and thin.   So What! You went over your points a bit,   It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!   It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.   It's learning the skills to get back in your range.   It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.   You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."   It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.   You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.   To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,   if you summon the will to get back in the race.   But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,   Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.   And learn too late when the damage is done,   that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.   Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,   but facing each challenge will help you grow.   Success is failure turned inside out,   the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.   When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,   If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit! - Author Unknown
luvlif

luvlif

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luvlif's Journal
 

NEVER GIVE UP!

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
luvlif

luvlif

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karenj's Journal
 

Karen journal

Well, today i have finally decided to begin this journal. i have never written a journal (except the required entries in school). I have decided to do this so that I can remember everything during my journey. Today is Sunday Feb 26, 2006. I am scheduled for surgery on Friday March 3rd with Dr. Spivak in Houston. I have been reading as much as possible on this website along with the Yahoo group Houston Area Bandsters as to what to expect from this point on with my weight loss. I have always struggled with my weight. When I was in high school, I was a huge size 9. OMG to be that size again! Anyway, I moved to Texas when I was 20 and came her at a size 7. That was completely wrong! With my bone size, my body should never be a size 7. It was the drugs that I was addicted to. With moving to a new state, came seditary and depression from not knowing anyone. Anyway the weight slowly crept up and now at age 36 I am a wopping 258 lbs. :help: After my marriage to my husband it seems like i gained like 60 lbs off the bat. Then came my beautiful son 5 years later :biggrin1: and another 60lbs. Anyway, I have decided that I have to do something. My father passed away at 49 of a heart attack. He was 6'4 280lbs, smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish. His cause of death... cardio myopathy. Basically heart disease. I don't drink much but do smoke. That is the next battle to conquer. I have been given eating instructions from the dr. office and plan to follow them to the "t". i am just a little nervous after that! I will keep posting in my joural as to the progression etc. bye for now!
karenj

karenj

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My Lapband Journal
 

5000 calories

I had a 5000 calorie day today   I had like 80 ounces of whole milk 60 ounces of grape juice 6 hershey kisses 25 almonds spegetti noodles, with butter sauasge, eggs and fried potatoes ketsup, mayo cocoa krispies cerial   :help:
Nykee

Nykee

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Kim's Daily Food Log Journal
 

The battle that was Friday!

Like a crack whore on meltdown from coming off her high that was I yesterday. Here is what I ate:   Breakfast: tall caramel frap, no whip: 210 calories Lunch: small cup chicken salad from Chick fil a: 270 calories snack: 100 calorie pack of cookies: 100 calories Dinner: roasted chicken thigh, no skin, handfull of salad with pico de gallo on it and TBLSPN of vinegar and olive oil dressing, 4 strips of low carb tortilla that I toasted for salad. Calories: none.   I got sick sick, not just a pb, but real hurling after the chicken. I let it sit as long as possible as it kept trying to go down, but after 30 minutes I hit the bathroom and everything came back up. So much for trying to cook a nice meal. I hardly ever cook and especially not a low fat good for me meal. I made pico from scratch and dressing from scratch and chopped lettuce and made tortilla strips for the salad. Make sme mad, I actually worked on a meal and couldn't even get it all the way down. Oh well, a few hours later I had another:   100 calorie pack of cookies: 100 calories.   Total: 680 calories   I also did 30 minutes on the Gazelle! Yeah me!! 270 calories burned.   I actually made it thru the day. I don't think it would have been possible without the 100 calorie Right bite keebler chocochip cookies. I almost picked up and went to the store for some reeses minatures, then almost talked my husband into dinner at the Roadhouse for chicken fried steak. I fought and fought with these thoughts all day long. ALL DAY LONG.. I have also been fighting them all morning. I know this sounds bad, but that god I threw up last night. I am tight tight this morning and know not to even try something bad. I am drinking some international coffee mix stuff for breakfast and will stop by Wendy's after work on the way to school and get a sour cream and chive Baked potato. I have some 100 calorie packs in case I get to starving during my Physics labs later and won't see the house again until 7:00 tonight. So if I can just make it through Dinner tonight with being this tight I will be fine for the day. So I am going to work on another 30-40 minutes on the gazelle today to keep my metabolism up!!   I am going to my lab today!! I have to tell myself not to reschedule, because if I go to my lab I will have my mind on school and not food until 6:00 tonight. That will take up a big portion of my day. If I were to reschedule I will surely hit the Wal greens for candy and the Roadhouse for Chicken Fried Steak dinner. I WILL GO TO LAB TODAY!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!!
kimalicious

kimalicious

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Julie*'s Journal
 

February 25

I had my first full liquid this morning and it went down just fine. I am feeling even better today though my abdomen is still very sore. I am 261 this morning:clap2: and quite pleased. Yesterday was a really rough day for me and I didn't realize how bad it was until I woke up feeling better this morning. I think I was really scared about not having food as the same crutch anymore. I felt incredible urges to eat and I wasn't even hungry. It was awful. This morning I feel better and just want to keep healing. I have 2 days of full liquids and then I go onto mushies for 2 weeks. Yesterday I was scared I made the wrong decision. Today I don't feel that way. Phew.
Julie*

Julie*

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My Lapband Journal
 

MILK

I drank a half gallon of whole milk this night   I am high on steroids and of course cant sleep and I am wide open.   I find that the gallon of new milk in the fridge is whole (a kid musta made a BIG mistake, NO one likes whole in this family)   I been up watching the movie RENT.. (I think its 4 hours long!!!!lol) WOW WOW WOW by the way WOW WOW I never knew what rent was about.. WOW   and I been pissing all night (I pissed myself 3 times... thats sad but true, just a bit, I cant make it to the toilet when I get the urge.. its FATTIE incontinent leaks)   I just went to fill my cup... again ... and its half gone.. and I opened it. And here I am on the computer again and watching the commentarty on RENT.   Dilema Dilema.. I cant BE wide open like this.. LOOK WHAT I revert to doing. I will NEVER lose weight.   I cant be as tight as I have been, having pains on my saliva till 4pm or its abusing my band. (and its causing me to drink sugar, not have meals)   oh well.. what ever   In case I forget.. (my food log is not in here) I ALREADY drank like 40 ounces of nesquick and 30 ounces of 1% milk...   MAYBE I WILL TOP IT ALL OFF AT A GALLON.. if there was any nesquick left GUAREENTEED I WOULD.   Friggin solumedrol.. I shoulda let that chex mix sit there for ever. (I had a little at 7am and it wouldnt go away, I didnt PB, but I could feel it.. obviously swollen.. I am too tight and tHIS TIME I CANT SEEM TO COPE WITH IT)
Nykee

Nykee

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My Lapband Journal
 

BANDVERSITY

My bandversity was Feb. 14th   I weighed in today, alittle late (cuz I was being so lazy, its in another town)   AND I am 335 pounds..   THATS 80 pounds.. LOST.. in a year   I CANT beleive it.. but its all true..   My life is really happening..   I HAVE NOT weighed this little since I was in college in 94-96   THATS ten FUCKING years (this does not include yo yo dieting of course)   I AM FUCKING AMAZING.... (not really, I am SUCH a BAD banster.. I cant even imagine how much I coulda lost if I was a good badster)   I am realy motivated now to be a better bandster.. we will see..   I was hoping all along this kind of thing would transform me into someone who can Do something right with my body for once and MAYBE IT can!   I LOVE ME.. I DO. :clap2: P.s... (as if this is a small thing) He checked my blood sugar and it was 160 I asked "is that ok" (yes I am a very nieve diabeties patient) HE said "its great, i exspected alot worse frankly" This wasnt my Regualar docter, he was kinda a dick.. SO HA HA.. he had mentioned maybe giving me some insolin since the solumederal is not a good idea to give someone with high sugars. I NEVER take my metformin (THATS A secret.. I NEVER take it.. I havent like EVER took it.. I mean ever regularily and SO WHAT IF I DID?? I would BE NORMAL blood by now (under 100) I SHOULD really take it and BLOW their freaking minds!
Nykee

Nykee

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ljones4521's Journal
 

Exercise & Food

Went to the gym today and actually walked away feeling really, dare I say it, good.   I walked 2 miles (45 minutes), kept the incline at 10 for most of it and for about a total of 15 minutes walked at a 15 incline.   Did about 4 steps on this machine where you step up and do curls at the same time. I am not coordinated well enough to do two things at one time, so I stopped and moved to the shoulder press.   Did 3 sets of 10 shoulder presses. I think it was 15lb or 25lbs.   Leg extenders (works on quads). Did 3 sets of 10 at 55lbs. *This exercise machine is the one where you are lifting your legs or something.   Calf -- did 3 sets of 10 of these. You sort of bend your knees, extend and then press the paddle thing with your feet.   Hip extender - Did 3 sets of 10 25lbs. These I can feel. A little sore.   The next machine worked the back of my thighs and buttocks. Did 3 sets of 10 at 55ls.   After all of that I went and took a shower, washed hair and then sat in the aromatic steam room. This was rally nice.       Food for the day ----   Breakfast - Jasmine Dragon tea Lunch - 1 walnut crusted chicken breast (thin & flat like smothered fried steak), spinach (a couple of leaves) Dinner - 2 over easy eggs Snack - EAS Chocolate Fudge Protein drink Water - 50oz or so 1/2 of Mr. Goodbar 1oz of VIBE
ljones4521

ljones4521

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Bostongurl's Lap-Band Journal
 

Goals for February

1. loose another 10lbs 2. get control of evening snacking 3. edjucate myself to diet and excersise SMARTER - get the best possible workout and diet results from what I'm doing 4. get a new scale 5. short term goal, get under 250 6. get my BMI below 40
Bostongurl

Bostongurl

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Bostongurl's Lap-Band Journal
 

February Update

So on 2/15 I had my appointment with the dietician (Dr. Isfan): He and I know eachother well from previous vistis, so there wasn't really any surprises there. The good news is that he backs me getting the surgery totally. Then on 2/21 I had the full abdominal ultrasound, which hurt a bit more than I had expected, but was fine in the end. Then later that morning I had appointment with the Nutritionist (Wendy Anderson). She is a funny woman, but very nice, and very knowledgeable. She was very happy with the things I was already doing and basically said keep up what i'm doing and I'll do great. I called to schedule my MMPI and Felicia said that they don't have the calendar yet, but that they are now booking in MAY... that was a real blow that that test wont be until May, then the results for that don't come back for 2-3 weeks. Then you have a couple more appointments and have to submit insurance, wait to get a response, etc. so we are now basically looking at July, August, or even suptember.... So I emailed Hr. Hess on 2/22 just to ask if it were a possibility to get in sooner, and he said he would look into it. So hopefully he will follow-up on that. As of now, I have to call felicia again Monday and at least get a date on the calendar. So for now, I'm just going to continue with my diet and excersise (i've lost about 10lbs) so that is excelent, but I'm just going to keep on going with that and be in the best possible shape before surgery so that it goes as well as possible. we'll see
Bostongurl

Bostongurl

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ReneBean's Journal
 

Two Weeks+ Post Op - 2/24/06

Well, I must have been the luckiest bandster ever, or the doc just managed to deaden some nerve in my tummy - because I have had so little pain that it hardly bears mentioning. The gas has been present - occassonally a little pressure, but not painful or problematic. I have been reading about new bandsters with pain for a long time and I was quite surprised NOT to be one of them.   I am generally such a wuss!:knockedou   I went on Tuesday (2/21) to my two week post-op visit with Doctor Fox. While I haven't lost any weight officially, I know that my measurements are still catching up to the 16 pounds I lost on the pre-op diet. My clothes fit again - and my face is visibly thinner. I forgot about that pointy chin I have...   While this makes me happy, I still need to get up and get back to the gym. Work has been so crazed lately that I have been very bad - I haven't been to the gym since prior to surgery! This weekend - it's the Treadmill or Bust.   I have not been very compliant on the food side, either... I started eating things consistently a day or two prior to when the doc's diet said I could... Bad me. I have currently eaten everything except steak - including bread. I had a fish sandwich for lunch.   I have the Vanguard band - and while I have some limited restriction during the day, I have little or none at night. So far, though, this has not distressed me too much. I am practising my chewing skills. Knowing how much I have to concentrate on this act, now, I guess I spent the last 40 years swallowing my food practically whole. Considering how fast I used to eat, that's not impossible. :yuck:   I have to guard against getting hungry - since that is when it is very difficult for me to get the food fully ground up before swallowing. There have been several times when I knew that some not-quite-well-chewed bit got past me - and I was waiting for the pain - but it never came. The big band means that the food is pretty much just Pausing - and then moving right by. So far, I haven't had any major portion control issues - maybe just slowing down is enough that the stop signal gets hit.   I am on the fence about getting a fill. My doc says I can have one after my one month visit on the 7th - but I am afraid. I mean, geez... I have no pain and I can eat anything I want if I chew it well. My bathroom scale said I was down a couple of pounds today - so do I really want one?   But, on the other hand - I have already said that the food is only pausing - the big band is mostly worthless without a fill... and the danger of being able to eat anything is that I will eat everything. No restriction is too much temptation. I think I will have to get a small fill - whether I want to or not. I got this surgery for a reason, and no matter how nice it is to be spoiled, I better take the next step. *fear* I hate pain and I don't want any PB's!!!   I really am in this for the long haul, though. I don't want to lose weight so fast that my whole body sags and I get that big wattle under my chin.   I am doing what I can to stave off the panni problem - I wear a girdle 24/7. A comfy one to sleep in and a tougher one during the day. I started wearing it about 2 days after surgery. My belly flopping around was way more uncomfortable than wearing the girdle! I wish I had started doing it 10 yrs ago when the panni first started to hang!! I know I will have to have PS if I ever want to have a flat belly. It's just a fact. I am wearing a sports bra to lounge and sleep in, too. I don't want the girls getting bruised on my knees!! It's an adjustment to sleep with garments on - but I guess it will be nicer if I ever have to run from a fire in the night or anything. LOL!   Thank goodness for Bestform. They make a lovely cotton-spandex sports bra that slips on over your head in big-girl sizes. No tags, no hooks, just soft support. Again, I should have started sleeping in one when I was 14. Oh well... I will never mess with the girls - not even if I have to roll them up to get dressed in the morning....   So far, this thing is working... I have evolved a little bit now that I have the official ok to eat real food. I was eating yogurt & cheese and soft things all day at work and then eating a little bit of whatever DH cooked for dinner. These last couple of days I have just been drinking my breakfast shake (min. 40 grams of protein + vitamins & calcium) and eating some small thing for lunch. Yesterday, I had a cup of Chili. Today I had the fish sandwich. I am pretty sure that my calories have gone DOWN by doing this... I was parcelling out about 800-900 calories worth of protein shake, SF pudding, cheese, yogurt, etc and just nibbling all day long - which was GREAT for keeping me from getting hungry - but with just the shake and one thing for lunch, I am probably at 700-800 calories instead - depending on the day and the phase of the moon. But DANG - you could eat a lot of stuff, if everything comes in under 70 calories!   I think that I will never properly count calories - I mean, I hate that crap - but I need to keep in mind what the calorie counts on my food are. I imagine after my fill, everything will evolve again - which is fine, too. Ruts are bad. I don't ever want my body to "get used" to anything, except for exercise! I think I will have to boil myself up some chicken breasts and do like I used to do when I did Atkins - low carb during the week, anything on Saturday. Maybe banded, I can carb on Sundays, too. It's hard being pure around my beloved. But, I do lots better when I don't have to worry that I have the right foods. Chicken & cheese sticks with dipping sauce were a staple during the Atkins days. I just need to make them up again. If the food is here, and easy access, I will eat it... most of the time.   I also know that, even with no fill, exercise would make the difference. It takes A LOT of calories to move my beautiful bulk... Now, if I could just get work under control again, so that I could consistently get to the gym, life would be good. The biggest problem is that before I was banded, I would work until 7 - get home at 8 - run to the gym, come home and eat at 9:30 or 10:00. That won't fly any more. Not only will I drop from low blood sugar; but I have to eat before 9 so I can go horizontal without a pouch full of food. I *might* have to try going *GASP* in the morning before work. (ICK!!! Did I just type that?!?)   I am going to have to do SOMETHING - cause I have to get to the gym at least 3 times a week - and there are only two days in the weekend! LOL. Maybe a snack in the late afternoon and coming in a wee bit earlier to work. Hmmm. A little earlier to work seems easier to accomplish than actually working OUT before work - and the whole showering in public thing has never really worked for me. Yeah, that's the ticket. If I get in earlier, SUPPOSEDLY I can leave earlier. We'll see how that goes. I got here just after nine today. For me, that was early - by almost an hour!   If you are not me, and you have read through all this blather, I love you too. I figure you must love me to read through all this personal sorting out. Hope you are having a great day, and that something more exciting than this entry happens to you, soon. (in a good way.)   :]
ReneBean

ReneBean

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PhotoNut's Journal
 

Feb 24, 06 (Friday)

The 21st (Tues) was my six weeks follow-up appt with Dr. Cahn. I had lost 39 pounds. Got my first fill (1cc) and went on two days of liquids again. The first day I managed to drink a protein shake with the Slim Fast in it, and also a can of pureed Bean with Bacon soup. The next day I couldnt face the shakes so just had a can of soup. I was so hungry by Thursday that I could have eaten a house, but well.. no, I couldnt! heh   Today I've been tired and really fighting the head hunger. It seems that just the idea of being off of the restricted diet has my brain working on overtime. It's almost like someone said, "Ok, youre diet is over. Go do what you want now." Wow, the brain is a crazy thing to deal with.   Paul is doing just great too. 38.5 pounds down as of last Sunday.   Dropped out of DeFelcha's challenge, but will be joining Heather's on March 1st. Will track the weekly loss there.   Have been walking on the treadmill more. Can do about 15 mins, on a really good day I can do 20, at 2.2 - 2.4 mph.   Seeing the nutritionist next week for food ideas. Need to eat more, not getting over 700 calories per day.   At 50 pounds, we will update our pics.
PhotoNut

PhotoNut

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"The Journey of Many Miles"
 

Feeling encourage...thank you Lord!

:clap2: Today is 2-24-6 on a Friday. I received a call from my surgeon's nurse today about the next I'll be taking. She reviewed my old psych evaluation from a couple of years ago and said that the psych doctor had not cleared me for surgery. I remember how devastated I was at the time.:think However, looking back...it was probably for the best because I was in the middle of a divorce and was separated from my husband at the time. But now God has brought me through yet another huge obstacle in my life(that I probably help create) and has blessed me with a husband who is understanding and supportive of my efforts to lose weight and have the lap band surgery. :clap2: Now that I have insurance again, I am trying this again. I have my walking/running shoes on this time and I'm feeling very encouraged. Anyway, the nurse Melissa, said she would get me in to see one of their psych doctors who is very good and very supportive of this lap band idea for his obese patients and she told me they would do whatever it takes to get this approved with my insurance company. I thank God for the people at the Gastric Band Institute in Chattanooga--they are God-sents. I told Melissa that I would call back at the end of next week just to check on the progress of my approval. :tired God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change; Courage to change the things I can; And the wisdome to know the difference; Just for today. Amen.
Mona

Mona

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Julie*'s Journal
 

February 24

Today is day 4 and I'm feeling alot better. I had a bad bout of vomiting the first night home and was sure that I ripped my band right out. No more pain meds for me and I'm feeling much better. I removed the outer bandages today as well and the cuts don't look that bad. I can't wait to be more healed though. Tomorrow I start full liquids and I can't wait b/c today I feel pretty weak and tired. I did put a bit of peanut butter on my tongue and that tasted pretty good but I certainly don't want to overdo anything.   I just hope that I made the right decision and this band works well with my body. I kind of miss food right now- it's head hunger talking and just something I have to work through. Being home for the past few days has made me realize how much food takes me through the day. Weird.
Julie*

Julie*

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Kim's Daily Food Log Journal
 

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

SO, Ok, I have not posted a new food journal in exactly 2 weeks, since my downfall I have gorged and snaked my way into oblivion, so I won't have to write out every calorie or meal I will just list some things that I ate over the past 2 weeks:   Fried fish and tatar sauce from Luby's brownies cookies popcorn with butter reese's peanut butter cups peanut butter fudge bars from Mrs. Field's Peanut M&M's Peanut M&M's Fried Chicken sandwiches Chicken Nachos Chips and Hot sauce Taquitos with sour cream sopapillas Chicken Fried steak Fried Onion blossum lasagne peanut butter pie more Peanut M&M's chocolate cake with ice cream     just to name a few. I feel better writing it all down and I decided after my tall caramel frappachino I had for breakfast: TODAY IS THE DAY. I know it is Friday, which is the day I am usually starting to be lax on my food through the weekend, but I need to force myself to start today instead of saying, MONDAY, I will start Monday. Then Monday gets here and it's just another fat eating day. Well, I drank half my frap and threw the rest away sickened by my actions over the past two weeks. I am always sickened AFTER my stomach is full and I am satiated. Why can't I be sickend before I go in a trance? Like last night sitting in front of the TV with my Luby's take out and take an hour to eat Fried Fish with tons of tartar sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing with gravy, a roll with butter and sweet tea to push it down. Of course I couldn't eat all of the portions but it was bad enough that I sat there an hour eating to get that damn fish down. From 8-9 pm after I got off work, stuffed myself while my band was open and as I got stuck after 5 bites had my husband get me the sweet tea it would take to slowly push it all down so I could shovel more in. God I am disgusting.   I am worried because I am one of those people that can make myself throw up if I don't like the taste or smell of something. Like anything that would remotely be good for me. Any veggies and fruit I can't handle the consistancy of the food and I gag on it. Like green beans or oranges. ANY vegetable that is not salad covered in ranch dressing. But not fast food salad except for taco salad because it tastes really dry and is hard to chew for me. I am so freakin weird, but I have been this way since I was at least 2 years old. My mother told me that she would cook these fabulous meals and I would cry and barf if it was any veggie or non fried food. My father would drive and get me Churches chicken legs and corn on the cob!! At 2 years old. Now bear in mind my father and mother divorced when I was 2 and this was my "step-mother" who raised me whom I love dearly. So he was just feeding me to make me happy through the changes in my life. 2 years old it started for me. How do you break something 25 years in the making. My bio-mother who was 98 pounds when she got pregnant with me has eaten junk food her whole life and stayed thin on her 5 foot frame. It is just now catching up to her in her 50's the cupcakes and DP for breakfast and the popcorn for dinner. I'm sure the sugar thing runs genetically, I just got fat from it and she didn't until later in life. BUT TODAY IS THE DAY!!   I have a plan. I am writing down everything I eat including calories, fat, carbs and proteins! Everything! I am exercising every day, Every Day!! I will not give up the entire day because I had a frap for breakfast.   Frap: 210 calories, 2.5 fat grams, 43! Carbs, 4 grams of protein   I have planned for my lunch to eat a chicken salad cup from chick fil a and I will do this!! I WILL DO THIS!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!!!   Luckily even though I have pigged out for 2 weeks straight, I have not gained any!! Thank god to this band o mine! I love my band and need to start working with it! TODAY IS THE DAY!!
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