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lovealways' Blog
 

Sorta Kinda Invisible

Hi, I'm Jenn I figured I'd start a blog to document my journey - the good, the great, the not-so-great, and the downright ugly side of things without an ounce of sugar coating.   Background:   I'm 27, from Long Island, NY, and a Social Work graduate student going to school in the city. I'm set to graduate in May of 2013. I work primarily with clients struggling with substance abuse disorders and mental illness. This is an incredibly exciting time in my life. I've worked so hard to get to where I am, mentally, yet physically...well, I've kind of disregarded that area of my life for awhile now. I've been through some very difficult times growing up, and have put my body through some damage. After all the work I've spent on recovering mentally from all that's happened, I completely neglected to take care of myself physically. This has become a problem now, because although I'm finally happy with where my life is heading, I feel like I'm carrying a huge weight on my shoulders at all. I guess I kind of am!   My BMI is 46. I struggle on a daily basis with 0 energy and horrible leg/knee pains. I have sleep apnea. I can't walk up a flight of stairs without breathing heavily. I hate being seen in public because of my weight. I'm 27, and I'm killing myself with food. I'm not going to wait around for it to destroy me. I'm ready to fight back.   I am in the process of doing the (horrible) extensive pre-op testing. I am also doing 6 months of a supervised weigh-in/diet with my PCP. When completed, I will be set to have surgery in December.   I am ready to feel 27. I'm ready to BE 27. And I won't take a "no" from anyone, nor will I tolerate any negative comments from people, I'm doing this for me
lovealways

lovealways

5
Taking Those First Steps
 

The View From Atop This Plateau Is Not Good

Well I've hit a plateau in a big way. It's oh-so-frustrating. I know that plateaus are normal. I know that everyone hits them every now and then. Does that make me feel better? Meh.   I've gone two weeks with absolutely no change. I know, you're probably thinking 14 days insn't bad compared to some who plateau for months, but this is very new to me. Last time I went on a weight loss journey (pre-band), I did fantastic until I hit a plateau 20 lbs away from my goal. I rode it out for a few weeks then slowly sunk into my old habits and gained ALL of the weight back. What's scaring me is that last time I stopped losing at 190 lbs. Very close to where I am now, and I can't help but wonder if my body just isn't meant to walk this Earth at 160 lbs. Maybe this is all of the good I can do?   I know that's the pessimistic side of me thinking, but I'm trying SO hard to break this. I tried increasing my calorie intake. Nada. Tried decreasing my normal by 200. Nothing. Tried upping my exercise and changing up my routine. Zilch. Even stopped exercising for two days. Nope.   At least I'm not gaining..but really, I'm putting in the hard work. What gives?!   I want so bad to be at a flat 193 when I see the doctor in 8 days. I've done so well at hitting my goals up until now.   A coworker asked me two weeks ago how much I'd lost (he didn't know I had Lap Band) and I told him I had finally just hit the 50 lb mark. On Friday, he made another comment about my amazing weight loss and how good it looks. I felt like screaming - I HAVEN'T LOST ANY MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO!! But I refrained, and gave him that smile and you're-making-me-feel-awkward face.   Okay, disclaimer: I'm usually NOT this negative (okay well I sometimes am but I don't say it out loud). I really am a glass-half-full person and am finally getting used to my "new" body. I just felt like I was on such a roll, and now I've stopped and am spinning in circles.   My NSV that keeps me going is that I caught myself all curled up in my office chair last week. Like, feet up on the seat, curled up in a ball (I really was working! Just computer stuff gets boring sometimes). I noticed it and I actually felt comfortable, not like I was pinched in half and couldn't breathe. So yeah...that's kept me going through the week.
jen_1381

jen_1381

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The Slim Down Journey
 

Really? Pizza Ads? Are You Kidding Me?

Are you kidding me? Why do we have Pizza Hut ads showing up on the home page of RNY talk? Saw it today on the site and thought: You know, this was the one place I thought I could go without being bombarded with food ads. And it's here TOO! I know the site has to support itself, but pizza ads?! Please don't put temptation right in front of us!
MsCook

MsCook

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reignoftara's Blog
 

I'm Off.......

My flight leaves @ 6am tomorrow. I am nervous but excited. I am on all liquids and believe me it gives you a new appreciation for food. I have been grumpy and I don't know if it's cause food has been my outlet for so long that now I don't know what to do with myself. I also just quit smoking which is so hard. I try to remember that this is what I want for myself and that it will get better. Surgery is tuesday so it's almost here. Off to the unknown..........
reignoftara

reignoftara

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Kekeboo's Blog Menu
 

Computer Is Fixed...back To My Menus. August 5, Todays Plan.

Breakfast: 2eggs scrambled with 1 wedge laughing cow cheese and a 1/2 cup scrambled turkey sausage.   Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna fish with1 hard boiled egg, 2 strawberries   Dinner: 1/2 c. Quinoa and black bean mix. 1 chicken thigh, bonesless/skinless and baked. 1/2 avacado, 1 tbsp FF sourcream.   Snack: 1 Lipton diet green tea (mango/pineapple) and 1 scoop unflavored whey protein. 1 chiobani greek yogurt FF.   Multivitamin 2 tums with calcium
Kekeboo

Kekeboo

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Gijane2012's Blog
 

Marriage.......sleeve I Promise To Love, Honor & Obey.....

I am in divorce proceedings with the Lapband. As a matter of fact, the same day the divorce becomes final, I will marry The Sleeve. The Lapband didn't hold up to its promises, often time having me dehydrated, slimming, or plain vomiting. As committed as I was to it, it wasn't commited to me. Eventually it couldn't even hold its own..................got a leak. When I went to the dr. for counseling, he told me he could repair our relationship or I could go in another direction. I told the doctor, there was no repair, The Band failed me and it needed to leave as soon as possible. He said he could replace The Band, the doctor wasn't listening to me. I told him I gave The Band 3.5 years of my life. The Band made me think I was the problem and all along it failed me and often made me sick than healthy. When the doctor told me about a new Beau in town, I immediately became excited. I wasn't sure if I measured up but the doctor told me he wouldn't fail. He told me the new Beau called The Sleeve was making a lot of women happy........................hmmmmm, and some men. I thought, "Shut the front door." He told me he hasn't met anyone who divorced The Sleeve.....as a matter of fact he said the marriage is permanent. Before I decided to move forward with this marriage, I asked a bunch of questions and researched my soon to be permanent partner. After my due diligence I set the date.....we are getting married on 8.23.12. I know this is a marriage made in heaven, I keep hearing about others who made the same commitment and they have nothing bad to say. As a matter of fact, they said it is a little bumpy a for a few days in the beginning but they couldn't understand what took them so long to see Mr. Right. Yep, so yes, in sickness, or health and until death do we part.......................I am commiting my life to Sleeve.
Gijane2012

Gijane2012

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vinnyfan's Blog
 

25 Gone!

It's been a little over three weeks since my weight loss surgery and I'm finally starting to feel like I've lost some weight. I've lost 13 pounds since surgery, which isn't fantastic, but it's pretty good. The two weeks prior to surgery, being on nothing but a mostly liquid protein diet, I lost 12 pounds. So in just a little over a month, I'm down 25 pounds. Not a bad start! It's so hard to keep a positive outlook, though, when one has so MUCH weight to lose. I find myself starting to feel great about what I've accomplished so far, then I inadvertently see my silhouette in a store window, and see just how fat I still am! There's a tendency to think "What's the use? I'll never be able to do it." But this is different from a diet, I tell myself. I have help this time. So I try to put blinders on and forge ahead. I'm finally at the stage where I'm able to start adding more foods to my diet, as long as they are soft and not chunky. I've been tracking my calories almost since the day I got out of the hospital. Since I'm adding foods with a little more substance to them now, my daily caloric intake is increasing and for the first time since surgery, I hit 600 calories. I freaked at first! "Oh no! I'm eating too much!" I had to have a little reality check about not going overboard (like I have a tendency to do). I just hope the fairly rapid weight loss doesn't stop as I continue to increase my calories to a reasonable amount. One thing I'm really hoping is that as I get used to my smaller stomach and my new diet, my mind will turn to something other than food and weight loss. These topics seem to take up about all of my waking thoughts and it gets tiring. This is what I've found with diets in the past, too. I'm hoping since this is a forced lifestyle change, more so than a diet, that eventually eating the right things, in the right amounts, will become second nature, and I will quit thinking about it. Well, that's enough rambling for now. I've got so many thoughts and feelings running through my head right now, I thought I'd start a blog.
vinnyfan

vinnyfan

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Blog 295
 

3 Year Anniversary!

Lots of ramblings... It has been so long and I actually forgot that today was my surgiversary. This morning I received an email from another site congratulating me on being 3 years out so I thought I'd come here and check things out.   Life really has changed over the past years, but that was inevitable with or without the sleeve   The ugly... I am up 20 pounds from my goal weight and 30 pounds from my happy weight. About 25 of those pounds have been put on since the birth of my beautiful daughter who is now almost 16 months. I am not happy about this, but wow, being a mom really cut into my exercise and sleep time;-) I have now begun a consistent exercise routine again (after an inconsistent year), am trying to get the food choices under control (it's hard to make healthy choices on 5 hours of sleep) and hope by my birthday in October to be down at least 10 pounds.   Ugly (pt. 2)-my body!!!!! I'm sitting at a size 10 and get so many compliments about how much better (healthier) I look compared to my size 4 body, and I'd have to agree to an extent, but boy do I miss my muscle-toned body:-(   The bad... A big reason for having the vsg was to help our chances of getting pregnant. Unfortunately after a year out and steady for months below my goal weight, I went back to my RE and attempted to have some tests run. Long story short, it turned out that my only chance at pregnancy was to have my tubes removed, due to severe scarring, and go through IVF. I was VERY depressed for about a week. I'd figured out how we could afford (mentally and financially) IUI, but IVF??? And then I realized I could either be sad and upset or I could make a new plan, either way life was going to move forward. It's reflecting on times like this that I'm reminded how little is truly in our control, but fortunately God is at the helm and, at least in my experiences, has a more awesome plan for my life than even I could imagine.   The good, great, fantastic... About a week after getting the devastating news and posting to this wonderful board about it, I read a reply from someone who opened my eyes. She probably doesn't even realize it, but after reading through all my posts she made a comment that changed my life. She said "I know that you would like to have a biological child but there are sooooo many many many children that need a loving home..." At first I was really offended, but then I reread all of my posts and realized that of course she and everyone else would assume that getting pregnant was very important to me, I mean look back at everything I'd posted about the drastic steps I was taking, BUT it wasn't about being pregnant to me, it was about being a mom and my husband being a dad.   So... At that point, we half-heartedly discussed adoption, but that post really made me examine what we wanted. Shortly after that I we began the home study process and before our report was written we were matched with a wonderful young lady due in April. And the rest is history...although life wouldn't be life without a few issues, but it all worked out.   Lastly... A big part of the struggle for me with food, exercise, and sleep this past year or so was the fact that I still was working outside my state about 40 miles each way. If you know anything about the Washington DC area, you know a commute like that can be horrendous AND it usually was. Well, in October 2011, I made the decision I wouldn't be coming back to this current job another school year and let my principal know. It was kind of scary with this economy and teaching jobs near my home very competitive, but I had to make a decision that was good for my health and family. In December I happened on a job fair and was offered a contract. In March I was offered a job in my own district for the remainder of the school year, but my current principal would not budge on the 30 days notice thing and they needed the position filled immediately, so I had to turn it down. That was a hard pill to swallow, but in the end, like most things, it worked out for the best. I ended up with a lot of possibilities and took one at an independent school near my house that begins at age three and goes through high school, which will be great as my baby grows up.   I'm now laying in bed with a little girl curled up at my side because she thought 4 AM would be a good wake up time this morning and I was afraid she'd hurt herself jumping in her crib if I didn't get her out.   So there's the good, bad, and ugly. Getting sleeved three years ago was an excellent decision for me and I know it's helped me get to where I am now. It sort of reminds me of the Robert Frost poem...and I took the road less traveled down and that has made all the difference. Who knows where the other fork (non-sleeve) would have led me, maybe somewhere just as great, but I'm happy to be where I am today!
deedee

deedee

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CrazyCatLady's Blog
 

Still Struggling

I was hoping to be singing a different tune by almost 4 months out. Monday will mark week 16 since surgery. And today, I was back in Urgent Care....again.   I still haven't been able to intake over 600cals most days, with my max protein at about 45-50gms. I have not yet found a protein shake that doesn't give me horrific and immediate diarrhea. I still have trouble staying hydrated.   I work a job that frequently requires 13 hours+ shifts, and I am getting dizzy, lightheaded, and exceptionally fatigued. Today, My muscles felt like they were going to give out - my knees kept involuntarily buckling when attempting to walk to the bathroom and kitchen. I couldn't stop the world from spinning. It sucked. So I went in...but didn't stay (though they wanted to admit me).   I am protein-calorie malnourished. My potassium is terrifically low, and I'm anemic. UC doc ordered a psych consult... I still have no health insurance (doesn't kick in for a few weeks yet), so this will be yet more bills I can't afford. I'm so frustrated.   The worst part of it is, I did it to myself.   I fear eating. I avoid it whenever possible. Yesterday, my intake was a cup of coffee (with a splash of cream), a string cheese and some iced tea. If I could never eat again, I would be happy. I go days without eating sometimes. Part of me fears that anything that passes my lips will make me hideously fat again. I feel zero hunger ever, so I have no cue to eat any more. After years of being ruled by my hunger, I am at loose ends.   I don't know what to do at this point. Maybe I'm depressed, I don't know. I have to continue soldiering on somehow, but here I am...still regretting. Unable to adapt and make it my 'new life'.
CrazyCatLady

CrazyCatLady

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Shoshanna's Grand Weight Maintenance Adventure or Life After Reaching Goal
 

The Fat Angst Of The Long Distance Lapbander

What made me think that maintenance mode would automatically result in freedom from fat angst?   My husband thinks I am too thin by several pounds. When I went shopping for jeans today and asked for a size twelve in Cruel Girl, the store clerk suggested I start with the nines since "you are quite slender." The scale tells me I am at goal but the mirror reflects what appear to be fat deposits clinging to my hipbones and upper thighs. I've spoken about this with the health coach my insurance provides me with and I am wearing a pair of size nine Wranglers, but... my head is still in fat mode.   Is it a matter of chanting an "I'm not fat ohmmmmmmm" mantra several times a day? Perhaps I'm afraid if I start to feel thin I'll get overconfident and back the weight will come, especially since in the last two weeks I've had 1.75 cc removed from my band. My band tightened over the course of the summer, perhaps due to a series of mild stomach upsets that caused some swelling. For a month almost everything I ate and drank came back up in short order. Removing .75 cc made it possible for me to drink liquids comfortably, but I still struggled to keep solids down so opted for another unfill.   What a challenge this last 1 cc unfill has turned out to be. Dr. B tells me it is easier to adjust up than down and he’s not led me wrong yet, but I have essentially no restriction on what I can eat right now. We were supposed to begin fills next week but he will be out of town, making my next fill appointment ten days away.   Can you say “trepidation,” Dear Reader?   Now, no doubt practicing self-control without physical restriction is good for my character, and I realize that if I gain a few pounds in the next ten days I can lose a few pounds in the ten days immediately following. I did gain a couple of pounds which I know logically was water returning to my dehydrated tissues, but- GAIN? Did I actually write GAIN?   All of a sudden the ghosts of the ninety-five pounds I lost crowd around me, trying to find a place to reattach themselves to my body. Fat angst.   In retrospect, I wonder how much fat angst contributed to my overnight stay on the hospital’s telemetry floor this week? Here’s the story of that:   Wednesday afternoon, I sat on a hill above the creek, watching my sorrel mare graze on one of the last semi-green patches of grass in the pasture. My knees were drawn up to my chest, a position I love and had not been able to achieve during the years I hauled around almost a hundred extra pounds. I thought perhaps this position caused the dull cramp across my chest. I straightened up but instead of loosening, the cramp grew worse and wrapped itself around my back as well. More position changes and a few stretches later, the cramp tightened into a sharp band of pain that took my breath away. I eyed the distance between me and the barn, took Star’s lead rope in my hand, and started up the hill, thinking surely the walk would release the pressure on my lungs.   It took me far too long to cross that expanse of pasture; I must’ve stopped a dozen times to bend down and will the knives to quit stabbing me. I thought about calling out to the two women riding in the arena, but suspected I couldn’t make a loud enough noise for them to hear. Besides, who wants to cause a scene, hmm? By the time I reached Star’s run and fumbled open the gate for her, I was ready to cause any scene necessary to get myself some help. I made it to my car, found the cell phone I almost never turn on, and lay down on the ground to call 911.   The next twenty-four hours of my life were blessed by medical personnel who were kind, compassionate, and competent, from the dispatcher who stayed on the phone with me until the ambulance arrived to the CNA who walked me to the door of the hospital when I checked out the next afternoon. The ambulance driver was an acquaintance who used to keep his horse at the stable. The EMT who hooked me up to an ambulance IV and a heart machine apologized for his own wheezing as if his allergy to horses (activated by the horsiness of my clothing) was more inconvenient to me than it was to him.   When an ambulance hauls a 57 year old woman with chest pains into a hospital, things happen fast. Preliminary tests determined that I was not having a heart attack, but the ER doctor told me he was concerned enough that he wanted me to stay overnight for observation and a stress test the next day. To make a long story short, subsequent tests determined that I have a fine healthy heart. The hospitalist discharged me with a caveat from my internist to make an appointment for next week to determine what had actually caused the attack. Suggestions ran the gamut from blood clot to esophageal spasm to panic attack. Panic attack? I didn’t feel panicked. There was that fat angst thing, but… surely not. How completely embarrassing would it be for fat angst to simulate a heart attack?   Sitting now at home in front of my computer, I must relate something in which I take intense satisfaction: not once did any health professional lecture me on the health risks of obesity or relate my weight to the attack. To them I was simply a normal sized person who needed to spend a night on the heart floor. It’s time to make the same commitment to that normal sized person as I did to her hugely overweight sister two and a half years ago. She needs- no, I need to treat myself with patience, compassion, and firm kindness and go into this new phase of my journey with the same determination and hope with which I entered the initial phase.   I am not fat, ohmmmmmmmmmm.
Shoshanna

Shoshanna

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Lauracat's Blog
 

Scard For Nothing

Well I did it I saw my brother the frist time in a year. Not sure i want to be freinds with him or even like him as a person but I did eat dinner with him. Frist thing is he did not say anything on how i looked. Part of the reson i wanted a band is i was tired of pepole making the fat jokes. Well no fat jokes tonight. He gained the 50lb i lost. He looked awful he had a ripped teashirt on and ripped jeans and looked like he not showed in a week. He smelled funny too. He ate all his dinner then he looked at my left overs about 1/2 of the small plate and said are you going to eat that. I said no i am very full with what i ate. He then ate my plate pluse he got desert and Becuse then my husband order a desert for both of us that i ate one bit and he ate about half then my brother fisehed that and my moms.   My mom was telling him about my zumba stuff and all i do now. I in the end said Roger I had weight loss sugery I was not going to tell you but my Dr. Dr jones is amazing with what he can do I think you need his number.   He said yea we see who gets the last laugh lets see you keep this up
Lauracat

Lauracat

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A few questions...
 

Please Help...

So here is a quick retell of where I am today. Was sleeved on July 11. Was in the hospital for 2 days due to pain from gas. Came home on a Friday evening. Felt pretty crappy the first week. Pretty much had water, broth and jello. Moved to full liquids one week and one day post op. Now onto creamy soup, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, protein shakes. Still am feeling weak. No real energy and my larger incision is so painful. (Have yet to go to the bathroom up until this point.) Then finally went and of course it's liquid. Okay since that seems to be all I am "eating"... Make a drive from PA to KY. I was a passenger in the car so it wasn't too bad and I could sleep. Rested while I was there for a week. Finishing week 2 post op, I am still exhausted. Realizing i am not getting nearly enough protein. I am drinking my water but not eating enough. Pain in my incision finally is much better! 16 days post surgery I have to make the drive back home, alone. 9 hours. Get home and HUGE set back. Exhausted still and now pain is back in my incision sites. They have all healed beautiful on the outside. So now I am going into week 3. Adding more and making sure I am eating every couple hours. I have gone from 4 oz to 7 oz of shake, 1/2 of a container to full container of greek yogurt. So I am thinking more energy, right? NOPE... Start to drink ISOPURE. Liquid protein. I am hoping this helps. Instead of just sipping on water I sip on that. I have no idea how people have gone back to work after 2 weeks. I am not sure I could make it a whole day. I am a teacher so I am blessed with having another few weeks before school starts. So why the blog?? Here are my questions. I want to make sure I am doing things right. And if what I am feeling is "normal". I know everyone is different but...   1) When I am lucky to be able to go to the bathroom, it is always liquid. (Sorry don't mean to talk about bowels but this has me so nervous.) I have not had a solid bowel movement since July 9th.   2) How many g of protein are people averaging during week 4? I am trying to push 50 - 60. Anything I put into my mouth I make sure has protein. I don't want to waste the small amount I can eat on something that won't help me.   3) I started making changes prior to my surgery and dropped almost 30 lbs before July 11. Since surgery I have dropped another 22 lbs. My heaviest was 256. I am at 204. Is the 22 lbs good for 3 weeks? I don't want to not eat to lose weight, just wasn't sure how it works. I am 5'8" and I don't know really what number I want to get down to. I would be thrilled to be around a size 10.   4) Anyone still feel scared about their decision almost 4 weeks out? I don't want to do anything wrong, don't want to hurt myself. I just need to know I am doing things okay.   Sorry I have rattled on but I am kinda scared with all this...
DelongH

DelongH

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jld2012's Blog
 

Ortho Changes

I've noticed with the my exercise program, and as the weight has been coming off I feel very unstable and wobbly around my hips and low spine. I have even gone to physical therapy to gain some insight, As it turns out I am pathetically weak in my pevic girdle form sitting so much and not exercising for so long. Big surprise huh? anyone else experiencing this and how long does it take to get things to firm up so I can walk normal?
jld2012

jld2012

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Melissa's Blog
 

Worst Nightmare Came True... Infection :(

I need help-- I am more scared now than I was before getting sleeved. I had my stitches removed this week at an urgent care setting in TN, since it is my new home and I do not have a primary care doctor at the moment. Three of the five incision sites look pretty bad- all full of puss, red and refusing to close. The incision site where my drain was has closed but is pink/red all the way around and one end is sore when I push. Then the incision near my bra line isn't severe but isn't in the clear either. How did this happen? I made sure to clean them, put coverings on, took all my antibiotics, etc.   While I would hate for someone else to have infectons like me, I really need your support. What did you do? What happened?? I was given an antiobiotic cream and was told that if I don't see a difference in 48 hours (Sunday night) then we need to go forth with plan two. I'm not sure of the next option but the doctor did say if nothing works, it could be internal infection meaning I need to make a trip to the OR to get recut and cleaned. I'm really hoping this isn't the case. Please say prayers for me. I'm so scared :'(
~*~ Melissa ~*~

~*~ Melissa ~*~

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desertmom's Blog
 

Pain!

For 4 years I had constant pain in my hip and upper leg.Since buying my tempur bed and 3 months post op,no more pain!I sleep so much better and well,no pain.   Every time I exercise my "bones" ache so badly that I just want to quit.Execised again today and now the sides and front of my lower leg has this deep ache.I hate drinkng pain killers but for a while at least I suppose I will have to take 2 panadols to help me with the sleeping at night.Since I have started sleeping better for the first time in years,I am not prepaired to give it up,no way!   But exercise I will.No more cop outs and excuses!None!
desertmom

desertmom

2
Hurry Up and Wait
 

4Th Weigh In & Our Special Day

Sorry for the delay!!!   I weighed 239 and change this last time... I have to weigh in again on Monday! Im excited about the loss but I wish it was more like 3lbs a week instead...   So funny because every time I think about updating my blog because I know im behind on tracking my weight I keep saying 139, hahahaha...I havent been that low since I was about 19!   Anyway...I was trying on clothes last weekend because we ELOPED!!! YAY!!! We ran away and I wore a dress similar to what I wanted. It was more about the moment, the meaning of the ceremony...and then I saw my pics!! WTH, I look like I need to be making tortillas in a mexican kitchen, lol (I am Mexican, BTW) hahaha.. I will post my most heinous pics when I am at home since I am doing this from work (oh oh) :ph34r:   So I keep saying that I have some nagging little support issues from my partner... I will post about it on my next weigh in on Monday. I promise.   Also feeling fuller this last week. Ive had some serious stuck issues twice in the last two days when I was eating my protein. Once with chicken breast yesterday at lunch and this morning with my eggs and sausage at breakfast. It might have happened some other times but I cannot remember past these last two. It was pretty painful. Trying to avoid mushy slider protein like the tuna w/mayo and melted cheese that I have been eating in a pinch.   Getting too long- let me start another blog entry!
RahRahRah

RahRahRah

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Christy.Lynn's Blog
 

3 Days After Banding

I got banded on Wednesday, and today (Saturday) I'm having a hard time consuming much of anything. I just might die if I look at another protein shake, and I don't want anything... but I'm hungry enough that I don't feel good. My mind has me thinking I'm sick because my stomach doesn't feel good, so all I want to eat is toast or spaghetti noodles (things I would eat if I had the flu).   On a positive note, I'm down 7 pounds since Wednesday morning! I didn't throw up yesterday! Funny how the little things mean so much . And I still haven't had a moment where I wish I wouldn't have done this. Sure, there's lots of things I *want* to eat right now, but nothing that has made me want to take it all back.   I knew the emotional aspect of this whole thing would be difficult, but it's been a little more intense than I thought it would be. I'm having quite the pity party right now, and would like to knock it off. I did this for my health, my future, and for my self-esteem. I'm 24 years old and tired of fighting with my weight for my whole life. 4 years ago, I lost 50 pounds all by myself, and now I'm about 70 pounds higher than that. Mom had a bypass in 2006 and dad just got a sleeve 3 weeks ago. I'm really looking forward to a month from now when I'm into a rhythm, back to work, and losing weight steadily. My fiance and I are going to get married this winter once I get the majority of my weight off (I wanna look half way decent lol) and I'm looking forward to moving out and developing new eating habits with my husband. Thankfully, he's much healthier than I am, and while I don't want to rely on him for strength, it will be nice to move out of my parents house where I've lived for 16 years and it's become my haven for eating...   I'm gonna try to drink a protein shake to get this "hunger" feeling to go away. I've heard of this hunger thing before, but never knew what it mean til now lol
Christy.Lynn

Christy.Lynn

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newlife4nekaylyn's Blog
 

Back To College Monday!!!!!!

Monday i will be going back to school, I am so scared and excited! My life didn't really turn out like i thought it would leaving high school in 2005. Sure i went to college just like all my friends and i did the classes but after a while i realized that i had no clue what i was going to do and while i knew i had a good job i was content with not going back after two years. I always had the intention on going back but i wanted to go back when i was sure i knew what i wanted to do. However my intention's got lost somewhere between gaining weight and life. I didn't want to go back to school because the thought of sitting in a desk at about 300lbs was just to much for me. Not only that i didn't feel like going to classes everyday. I thought that i would go back to school to do hair and nails but again i wasn't sure and it felt like i was always stopping myself. When i got the job as a dental assistant at my fathers dental office he told me that i should start doing the billing and the insurance so i was told and shown how to do it and i started. I was a little tricky at first but once i got it i realized just how much i really loved doing it. So why not make that my job right? Why not go back to school because now i have no excuses. I am healthy i am fit and i have the drive to do it. I have had many colleges call me and once they talk to me they have told me how much drive i have is amazing. I know what i want and i know where i want to be in the next five years. I honestly had no clue that i had that in me. I have the drive to do what i want and i have to want to, to get it done. For the first time in a very long time i am taking my life back into my hands and not letting myself stop me. I have placed so much pressure on myself that at times i thought i was going to blow my top but really all that pressure seemed to move me in the direction that i needed to be going. I looked at my kids and i thought if they are working their butts off in school right now why cant I? And if i am telling them they have to go to college and i quit and didn't go back what kind of a message is that sending to them? I feel like i have to prove myself in order to prove to my children that just because you make a few mistakes that you can fix your life to be what you want it to be. If i can go through lap band and get to a healthy me and make my kids healthy along the way then why cant i show them that i can also go back to school at 25 and make something more of myself. I have shown them that it is ok to ask for help when you need it and to reach for the stars and find something that makes you feel like your on top of the world and go for it. Here is my main point i am a smart person, I have done things backwards and forwards, and i have made it this far. But with out the step that i made to start my second chance without lap bands help i would still be sitting on my coach drinking my sodas and eating like crazy and being an unhappy person with all these i want too's. So i want to say thanks to my Doctor and thanks to everyone at Bariatric solutions for giving me this second chance with my life! I couldn't be any happier then i am right now with myself and my choices.
newlife4nekaylyn

newlife4nekaylyn

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Hardly Hannah
 

The Greener Grass..

Oh boy, today is my second full day home from the hospital. Everyone and everything was so nice. I didnt get released until around 8pm the night after my surgery. I wasnt putting out enough urine and they were thinking about catheterizing me. Thank goodness I was able to force myself to go, as nice as it was I was ready to go home.   But now that I am home my stomach is speaking to me in a foreign language. I dont know exactly what I should be eating/drinking. Water and decaf tea have been working fine with me. But the thought of something more consistent like broth or creamy soups make me not feel so good. Even the thought of the protein shake makes me feel bad. It doesnt help that I got a post op diet plan from my surgeon, a nutritionist and the hospital... ...and they all vary slightly. So here I am putting out the bat signal. What did you post opers do the first week after
hannah

hannah

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Mybella's Blog
 

New To Website And Sharing Info To Be Banded Aug 6Th

I am happy I decided to get the surgery. I have lost 25-30 easily in the past many times and regained it again. I started at 282 and am now today 259 on my second day of clear liquid diet and completed 10 of only protein shakes. I have lost a total of 22lbs. I am very excited and I am getting my Hiatial Hernia fixed as well. During my journey they discovered my Hiatial Hernia and Sleep apnea. I found out that sleep apnea can contribute to weight gain because your body is tired and you snack to compensate for that. Maybe that is why I have not been able to stay on the diet long enough to reach my goal along with stress and lives other events.   I have been so excited about my journey that I have purchased some things to help me along the way after the surgery and these things I have been using now to keep me on my pre diet. I found an intelligent water bottle that keeps track of your intake and it has a straw that does not let air in your stomach "Hydracoach.com" also 2 different plates with covers that help with measuring your food consumption. They are Baribowl at "bariware.com" and EZ Weigh Plate at "store.ezweightplatestore.com". The baribowl is a tubberware type which is good for taking your lunch because it has 2 side that separate for hot and cold food so you can heat your food separately. On each side there are demarcations marks where you can slide these little plastic thin sleeves in to separate and measure 1oz sections and the whole bowl is 8 oz. A baratric surgeon invented it. It makes you feel/look like you are eating a lot, but is not deep at all. The other is a plate with cup like compartments that you can measure your food because the plate is semi-transparent and is also microwave safe. This I would use at home and especially when my husband cooks it will make it easier for him as well, he likes to cook and likes to make me a plate.   Hope to connect and share ideas and accomplishments.   Mybella
mybella

mybella

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virtualbutterfly's Blog
 

Fearful

Hello Everyone ,   In April of this year I went to my first Kaiser Bariatric class where I weighed....299.9, I am 5'7 medium build. I wanted to cry infront of everyone, I hadn't weighed myself in quit a while. Needless to say I have been taking what they teach and utilizing it since and my last weight was....268.7 = the 10% they requested me to lose pre-op. This is where the fear sets in, I have been on a 1200 calorie diet for 3 weeks and I hear that 1 year post-op your suppose to be at 600-800 calories. Really..how does this happen? The second concern is that I am a complete Vegan and I don't know of one person that has been Vegan that has gone through the surgery. Does anyone else? I have a million dietary questions which the dieticians seem not able to answer very well for me. This creates a lot of fear and anxiety. I'm just really scared and feel so alone in this journey.
virtualbutterfly

virtualbutterfly

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kijohns3's Blog
 

My Stats

start - 4/11/12 - 297.4 surgery - 4/24/12 - 282.6 14.8 1 month - 5/24/12 - 258.8 23.8 2 months - 6/24/12 - 246.6 12.2 3 months - 7/24/12 - 228.4 18.2 4 months - 8/24/12 - 217.6 10.8 5 months - 9/24/12 - 205 12.6 6 months - 10/24/12 - 196 9 7 months - 11/24/12 - 190 6 8 months - 12/24/12 - 181.6 8.4 9 months - 1/24/13 - 177 4.6 10 months - 2/24/13 - 172 5
kijohns3

kijohns3

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The Slim Down Journey
 

Day 12 Of 17 Of Liquid Diet

Whew! Day 12 of 17 on my liquid diet. Surgury date is one week from today. It's almost surreal to think I'll be parked in a hospital bed one week from tonight. It's been a rough week but I've done pretty well. Total of 13.5 pounds lost on liquid diet. Not as much as I anticipated in the last couple of days, but I think I might not be getting enough water. Tried to up that intake today and hope that will help the numbers drop again tomorrow. I would love to hear from anyone who is post-op about what you recommend taking to the hospital. That is, besides a healthy dose of optimism and patience. LOL!
MsCook

MsCook

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