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lalaj's Blog
 

Nervous And Anxious

As the day approaches to recieve my surgery date, I am becoming more and more nervous. These feelings are a bit overwhelming but I am excited. It sounds crazy, I know. I have waited for this opportunity for quite some time. However, I was never fully ready until now. I am grateful for this chance and I just want to be successful. Having lost 15lbs since I began this process in December 2011 has shocked me enough. I just hope the weight goes away and stay away--with my efforts and hardwork of course   My appointment with my surgeon is 3/28/12. I should know my date by then. Yippie!! I'll definitely post my date once I know it.     ~Lala
lalaj

lalaj

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Lyra's Canto
 

Sith Lords, Wallie, And Dinosaurs Taste Like Chicken

Yesterday was a day that would have made a SAINT fall to the Dark Side and become an evil Sith Lord. He and Darth Vader would have been bffs, I'm sure. Work was hectic in that everybody needed their hands held and a customer argued over a shade of pink I used on their cakes. But, honestly, I kinda expect that at work so it doesn't really bother me anymore. No, what made the day 'of the suck' was when I reached into my pocket to pull out Wallie (named after Wall-E), my Pantech Pursuit side-open qwerty keyboard phone and his touchscreen wasn't working! Wallie was probably my favorite phone EVER but the only thing he could still do was allow me to type a number on the keyboard to call out. Which was heroic of him, but who knows anybody's number anymore? Seriously, when I call someone it goes like this, "Wallie, call (fill in the blank with a name)" and Wallie calls. I can't deal with not having a phone. Seriously. Also, texting is a fact of life. So instead of going home to change from my work clothes before going to get my hair done I tried (and failed) to find a AT&T store. *sigh*   So off I go to my amazing salon where everybody always looks cute and hip. I already feel like a slob because I'm Lady Plumptious in the Land Of Skinny Cute Clothed People but wearing my work clothes (ucky T-shirt and jeans) I felt even worse. Luckily I had a pair of cute retro-shoes in my car and so was able to take off my just adorable (sarcasm) non-slip shoes. Yet even shoes do not make up for a sad, sad outfit. So, what does a Cool Chick like myself do, you ask? Well like any, er, 'big boned' lady I decided to fake it. Yep, I walked in all swagger and sass and thought to myself "Self, you are wearing awesome shoes. More awesome than THEIR shoes. See my delectable shoe-ware and know envy". Petty, yes, and I really do believe that people are more than their clothes and I really am a self-confident Goddess of Womanhood....but. Yeah, but. I kinda wanted to pretend to be a jedi and say "You see not my horrible work clothes, you see not my horrible work clothes. Oh, and you will give me a free mini highlight....". Ahh, to only have superpowers.   Anyway, the haircut is super hot and off I toddle to find my nearest AT&T store only to find out that my 'insurance' plan that I pay for can't give me a Wallie 2. That they don't even MAKE his type of phone anymore (poor Wallie, and he wasn't even 2 years old yet!) and they say that they'll give me 'X' instead. Well, 'X' is a POS and I'm not paying $50 for it. So low and behold I find myself a lovely iPhone 3 and now have Fyfer (from Fifer of "Watership Down") who rocks hardcore! I have joined the Legion Of Those Who Own Smart Phones And In Particular iPhones". So when do I get my t-shirt and secret decoder ring? They did give me poor Wallie's body in a box so I'm debating on burying him outside under a beautiful, pollen spludging Dogwood Tree. Poor Wallie.   Luckily my bffs called me to go out to eat that night (still in my ucky work clothes but NOW sporting professionally styled hair to go with my cute retro shoes) and we had chicken wings. Well, during the course of dinner I mentioned how I was watching a Dinosaur Documentary and that it said birds were the decedents of dinosaurs. So if that is true, and a chicken is a bird, does that mean that a T-Rex tastes like chicken? And that theoretically I just ate a T-Rex? Mmmm, T-Rex chicken is GOOD! So if you are what you eat, and I just ate a T-Rex does that mean I'm a meat-hungry Queen of Humanity? I mean, T-Rex was considered the king of dinosaurs....*grin*   Although I think my nobility should at least demand several hot cabana boys waiving pond fronds and rubbing my poor, tired feet. You see, cool retro shoes look great but walking for hours in them hurts!   Ah, what a day!
Lyra

Lyra

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desertmom's Blog
 

Portion Distortion,me Or Them?

One last thing for this day.   I follow a what have you eaten today threat on another forum and I must confess when I see the following I think they are lying....I am not saying they are lying,I am saying I think they are lying.I hope,hehe.   B: fatfree actimel. L: 1 saltine cracker and 1teaspoon phili D: beef-the size of a grape and quarter of a very small baby potato   This is at 3 months out and a sample only...not directed at a person,just an eg.   This is when I freak out at how little one can really eat and how on earth I am going to get mymind around that.I never had that kind of restriction with the band.Mostly it was all or nothing,like everything else in my life..lol   xxo
desertmom

desertmom

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desertmom's Blog
 

All Over The Place Tryin To Fix What Is "wrong"

Ok,so it is 22:00 now and I realize I am and have been all over the place trying to diagnose and fix the way I feel.   1.I have acid even though I am taking a PPI. 2.My brearhing is difficult most of the time even though it is not like asthma..just breathing with difficulty.I dont lie down or rest during the day and slept sitting up for max 5 hours a night before. 3.I know the tightness around my ribcage and pain in the back can be because of the acid.My left incision is slightly painful tonight. 4. Protein drink does not sit well at all....gas,pain,bloating. 5.the stomach is RUMBLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE especially on the left side where the left incision and drain was.   But all this can be normal.It is all the darn lucky people that says I dont even know I had the surgery,I went back to work day 5 that makes me so paranoid...LOL   With the band I had 1. The acid 2. The back pain 3. The rumbling tummy 4. The breathing issue. ..but only briefly   So I suppose this is just normal healing and a tummy that is angry and tryinq to cope with what I did to it.   And I will try to relax and endure this for a few more days....because this will get better very soon.Ok,upwards and onwards Christian soldiers.Tomorrow is another day. xxo Ps.a warm bath helps every time....I have been doing this at least 2 or 3 times every day...it helps for all the symptoms but the acid,which will be gone before I know it..hehehe!
desertmom

desertmom

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carlamcgrath's Blog
 

Mourning Food

Wow, it has been 4 days since my surgery and I'm doing okay. One thing I was not prepared for is that I feel like I am in mourning over food. The night after my surgery, the woman next to me got enchiladas. I wasn't hungry but the smell stimulated my saliva glands. It sucked. The first few days I felt like I was starving to death, don't feel like that now. I still have alot of pain as I had a hietal hernia repair. The doc said my hernia was the size of a large orange. That would explain all the pain. I can't believe I have finally gotten past this milestone. Now if only time would speed up and magically I would be thin...lol
carlamcgrath

carlamcgrath

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lkn412luv's Blog
 

Name Change

Not that this probably matter to anyone BUT..I thought I would let those that read my blogs about the name change... For ever!!!! I looked for that special someone! When I started my email account and needed to come up with a screen name, I figured on lkn412luv translation lookin for one to love...However now..this site seems to be the perfect place to change that! I have met someone..we are goin on 4 years in July and he has loved me FOR ME..even before I knew he did. We worked together and wernt really freinds..Lol I just tolorated him I guess you could say..one day he sent me a text message asking me out...all of me!..He has been very supportive in my journey and does everything possible to get me thru the rough times. SO needless to say the name changed from lkn412luv to FndSum12luvme... Just thought I would share!
FndSum12luvme

FndSum12luvme

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amencorner's Blog
 

Ambivalence

I read in someone else's blog entry (or maybe it was a forum post) that her overweight friend who had a lap-band procedure but didn't lose any weight seemed to be negative when talking to her about getting a sleeve. Then I thought about the way I've been feeling since I was sleeved. I honestly don't think a day has gone by that I haven't had some feeling of regret -- so I can't imagine how I'd feel if I'd had a WLS and not lost any weight. Now, don't get me wrong. I have my eye on the end game and I know that in time, and as I lose weight, I will be happier about my decision. But right along through here I am like a whiney baby. At this stage in my process I can't say that I would recommend it to anyone; not that I would purposely try to discourage anyone, either. But, if asked, I would be honest about my feelings of ambivalence. Of course, what's done is done and I have to live with the choice I've made. And I'd want to tell any friend of mine of the bad just as well as the good so they can make a well-informed decision. I do have faith that it will get better, though, and I will be happy with the end result.   Having said all that, I also must add that yesterday was probably the best day I've had since the surgery. Around mid-week I found that, that uncomfortable sensation of feeling food travel through my esophagus to my stomach had diminished greatly. Also, that nasty metallic taste is finally gone, which makes me less nauseous. With these improvements it is much easier for me to take in more fluids and protein sources. Thank God!   Speaking of protein sources, I had my first piece of fish yesterday. Tilapia pan seared with olive oil cooking spray and light seasoning. Talk about a welcome addition to my diet! It's amazing how much better I feel. Also, after almost passing out at work on Monday, I am paying much more attention to getting my fluids in, which also has made me feel a lot better.   Then I read a post yesterday about hair loss. Just what I needed. Something else to make me wonder if I should have done this. Aaaargh!   So, do I still have fleeting thoughts of regret? Yes. But the fact that I'm feeling better helps me to remain optimisitic that in the future (and not-so-distant, I hope) I will look back on the decision as being one of the best I've ever made.   Sleeved 2/27/12
amencorner

amencorner

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lkn412luv's Blog
 

This Seemed To Help Me!

This is day one of the soft foods after my unadjustment on Wednesday..I have to say..it feels good to sleep without the acid reflex! One of my biggest problems is that I eat too fast. My Dr suggested I start a food diary..what I eat when and how long it takes me to finish.. I thought ok? I'll write I ate in 5 minutes..lol how is that gonna help? My best friend suggested I read a book while I eat..IF I enjoyed to read, that might work... Walking around the Dollar Tree yesterday I found one of many word search and crossword puzzle books...Hmmmm! I bought a Large Print (lol i'm gettin old) book and started with page 1. At the top I put the date, time and what I was eating in this case Oatmeal ( I found an active living weight control brand..180 cal 40from fat, 1gm sugar, 8gm protein 7gm fiber..and it was actully pretty good). I finished the 1st page faster than I did my Oatmeal but just continued to the next page and carried over the times only this time I recorded what time I started this Puzzle.. When finished I recorded the time I was done eating and all in all how long it took me to eat. 18 minutes...pretty good for someone who last week would have ate the bowl in 6mins. This is just a small step to my better eating Hopefully someone else can benifet from my tool.
FndSum12luvme

FndSum12luvme

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disneynut1969's Blog
 

Trying To Make The Up My Mind What To Do.

I sit here trying to decide what journey I need to take. I have been overweight for more than half my life. I can't remember what it was like to walk into a store and be able to really buy something that I truly like. I usually just say it will cover me and go.   Right now I feel like my life is falling apart. My youngest Quinn just had surgery to remove a tumor from his chest. Two weeks ago, he doesn't have cancer and the surgery saved his life. I felt myself running to food the whole time that he was in the hospital. Not because I was hungry but for comfort. The food had no taste and I just found myself stuffing it in. As of yesterday I have found out that my favorite Aunt is going to die. I find myself again going to food to fill in that need of comfort. I have tired to loose weight in the past but get to the 210 mark and is just stays there. Since my son was born I have gained 28 lbs. BTW he was adopted so I can't blame it on pregnancy.   I did start this journey once before only to find out that I was not fat enough for my insurance to pay for it. I was so ready to jump on the table in 2009 and say cut me open. Now I find myself worried that I'm going to die on the table. At the same time I think you are going to die if you don't do this. I want to be around to see all my children graduate from college, marry and enjoy grandchildren. I'm scared to death that it will not work for me. I have a sister in law that had it done in 2009 and she has not lost anything. Will I have the will power to not eat more than three meals a day. Can I do this??????   I look at myself in the mirror at least once in awhile. lol avoid mirrors and pictures. And think how can my husband love this body, because I don't. I long to be 150 lb or less. I want to walk into a store with my friends and be able to buy the clothes that I love to look at. Will this happen for me. I want to wear a beautiful nightgown for my husband and knock his socks off. He says I already do, but I want to feel like I am.   THE BIGGEST PROBLEM..... Is my family everytime I bring up that I want to do this for myself I'm told don't do it. You can just diet. My best friend is the same way. My husband says he will support whatever I want to do. How do you deal with no support except your husband?   I have to go now have a five hour drive ahead of me to say goodbye to my Aunt. Not ready for this.
disneynut1969

disneynut1969

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desertmom's Blog
 

Day 4.up Days And Down Days.

So,I actually slept quite well for about 5 hours,which is a lot for me anyway.Woke up feeling not to well.Nothing specific but nevertheless....I have a little bit of pain and tightness in my stomach area all the time.   Now,I think I may have been a bit busy yesterday.I went for a walk with my restless friends(who said we would just walk a block and then kept on saying there is a bench just around the corner) and climbed the stairs of my house too many times.   The PPI I am taking does not last 24 hours.I am taking it in the morning as that is when they started me on it in hospital but will have to change it to the evening at some point.I wake up in the morning with a very terrible taste in the mouth and breathing as if I have reflux.   The drinking was ok.I need protein and I can feel it.But I cannot take anything that is even slightly acidic as it causes acid so even the Isopure premade drinks are out.I am not sure which protein to take.I read about unjury and nectar and wish that I was in the US or UK ,we just do not have the products to make life easier at the moment.Like the sugarfree popcicles.I am even trying to find a non acid forming sugar free drink that I can make ice cubes with but alas...havent found any yet.The sugarfree jello did give me heartburn when I had the band and I am scared to eat that,even though that would be so great to just pretend to be eating.   Today I had 2 big cups of tea (my friend make me these big cups that have to be reheated all the time as they cool down way to fast to finish...LOL) 2 cups of chicken broth mixed with a lot of water, a actual popcicle with 12 carbs,high I know but I really needed something else and now I am busy drinking a protein drink with another 8 carbs.The total volume of drinks is about 1200ml (40 ounces I think)but I will try to do more for the day as there is quite a few hours left.   We went to the mall to see if I could find a protein drink.I found a protein shot called six star pro nutrition energy shot but unfortunately it had caffeine in it,and quite a bit too.I will drink this somewhere in the future as I actually bought a few of them.   So all in all a frustrating day as I really would like some sugarfree popcicles,and some protein drink that would go down well and something different to drink.Looking at the dr's program I am day 5 tomorrow and am allowed to go onto liquids from clear liquids and at the bottom it says "puree vegetables,puree potato and low fat labneh" .This makes me believe I can start having soups tomorrow.For now I will still do soups that do not have solids but like mushroom soup seems to be fine.   Now,as far as the weights concerned I have decided to just keep saying I expect a BIG loss at some point.Seeing as I am not allowed to obsess about the scale I started using some ketostix I had in the house and man,no low carb diet have ever given me the amount of ketones in my urine the way I have now....and that is exciting (not obsessing, am I?lol)   I expect this week to be a lot better and I expect to feel a lot better.See,the power of positive thinking.   xxo
desertmom

desertmom

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ChaChaBurch's Blog
 

Day 5 Of Pre-Surgery Liquids

I weighed this morning and lost another pound! That's a total of 5.2lbs in 4 days!! Wasn't as hungry as I had been the first few days. Last night aroud 9:30pm I started getting a little weak and feeling faint, and I realized that I hadn't had anything (except water) since 1pm. So I drank a Myoplex shake, that has 42g of protein. That really helped. I need to remember to eat more often!   Today I'm working at the Food Pantry - giving away food to those who are in need. It's such a blessing. Only 5 days to my surgery and I'm still really excited. I continue to look through this forum, and only just discovered the "photos" tab. Seeing all the amazing before and after shots are really inspiring! Everyone looks so great. I think I'll keep a photo journal, but I don't know if I will be comfortable enough to post it. But, we'll see.
ChaChaBurch

ChaChaBurch

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newlife4nekaylyn's Blog
 

Short And Sweet

Ok im going to make this short and sweet because i had a four hour drive today and then a big basketball game that was a real nail bitter so i am a little sleepy. Any ways i kinda want to talk about sweets tonight. Ok now even though i have done really good with my lap band I still sometimes eat sweets. I still eat cookies and ice cream and very rarely do i ever eat candy but sometimes. I don't really like candy all that much. Any ways i have lost a total of 80 something pounds since i have been banded and i have eaten cookies and ice cream since the fourth month of my surgery. And guess what i am still loosing. i dont take it to any kind of an ext ream like i don't just eat and eat and eat. I control the amounts that i eat but i dont think that just because we have had lap band that we should just eat healthy food i do feel like its ok every so often that we can eat something like cookies or ice cream. Idk maybe i am wrong but i have told my doctor about my sweets eating and the nurse said that she has gone through the same kind of things. I know that we are not supposed to eat anything like that but i am still loosing so i dont see a probably. Ok now that i am off that little subject i also want to talk about loose skin real fast. Its driving me crazy!! I feel like i should look better but this loose skin is getting in my way. Dont get me wrong i dont have as much as some but i still have it and its still there and they tell me well you are 25 and it should go away. But will it ever go away??? OK like my legs everything is pretty much bone now but my inner thighs are gross nasty with loose skin! and its not going away no matter what i do and im not saying that you know i want it to go away so that i can wear the shorty shorts but i do have to watch what kind of shorts i get because of it. And sorry to say this but sometimes it gets in the way my special time with my husband and i just knowtist this like last week it has gotten really bad! and my arms they are getting bad too and it really doesn't matter what i do they are still like that. maybe someone can give me a little help on what to do about this any thing but surgery. Ok so that is pretty much all that i have to talk about tonight! Good night all.
newlife4nekaylyn

newlife4nekaylyn

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sweetsoutherngirl's Blog
 

Lack Of Energy

I have felt really run down the last couple days since my fill. I took the kids to the carnival and it was super hot outside and I had to sit down before I passed out. I drank two bottles of water in the four hours we were there. Once I could sit in the AC I felt better but I needed a nap before I could do anything else. Today was much of the same, after having family pics taken, picking up our new dog and cleaning the house, I was drained!! My hubby said he noticed that I get worn down really easy lately. I did increase my vitamin intake, but I am really concerned because summer is going to be here in a few months and if I can not take the heat, I am going to miss out on quite a few things with the kids this summer. So I am looking for any suggestions on how to give myself a energy boost!   BTW my mother is driving me nuts!! But that is another blog for another day...
sweetsoutherngirl

sweetsoutherngirl

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lkn412luv's Blog
 

Late Start Today!

Last night I was trying to swat a mosquito and of course threw my back out AGAIN!! It was soo hard to find a comfortable position to sleep in last night! Getting up this morning was not on the top of my To~do list. I managed to crawl out about 11...shower...lite cleaning and I don't feel as bad as I thought I would.. Protien Shake and off to Walmart for a new Microwave!! Ya!!! I am gonna look for some flavorless protein powder too..These shakes arent so bad just limited to Vanilla and Chocoalte ( thats what I have). Happy Saint Patricks Day everyone!
FndSum12luvme

FndSum12luvme

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Phoenix Rising's Blog
 

Bye Bye Slippers

Being super cool and organised I thought I would get my case packed. Got it down the other day ready to do that. Washed a variety of old nighties and my dressing gown so they were ready. Decided that my slippers could really do with a freshening up. Big Mistake! I bunged them in the washing machine which promptly decided to eat them!!! Arrrrrrrrgh!   Luckily for me my lovely husband went straight out and bought me a new pair to wear in hospital (ain't love grand). He really is a wonderful husband and he looks after me so well.   I am still doing the milk diet, but it is getting really boring now. Oh well, only two more full days then I get my op. Hooray. It really can't come quick enough now. I have also been changing my 'tracker' as I have lost another pound, and realised that this year I have lost more weight than ever before in my life. WOW! I did a double take when I realised that I was nearly (well 5lbs off) under 300lbs. I have not been that low for twenty years. Ok, I know 300 is not low by any means, but when you have been as big as I have for as long as I have it is amazing. All this even before my op. I have been walking around with a stupid big grin on my face all day. It also means I have less to lose after my operation which just makes me soooooooo happy. Today I feel invincible. I am trying to memorise exactly how this feels so later on if things get hard and difficult I can boost my morale with the memory of this feeling. Yay me
Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising

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On My Weigh Down
 

Week 6 Down! I Exhale...

This has officially become easy... yes I said easy! I raise my heart rate for a few minutes and lose weight! My appetite is virtually non-existent, my growlies in my stomach tell me when to eat and now it doesn't take much to satisfy them! Even water does the trick when I'm out of calories for the day. I can eat what I want in 1/2 cup portions. Still try to use my calories wisely though. I drink at least 40 oz of water a day and eat an average of 800 calories. I did PB eating a piece of chicken wing the other night and I can tell you I used to do it like almost every day before I got my head in the game, and it was never as near painful! Even have to allow water to take its time going down right now. So right now I'm on cruise- control and my 15k investment is finally allowing me to do what I should have been doing years ago.....     Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... I exhale....   I am no longer worried that the weightloss is going to stop. I weigh myself everyday just to get the rush when I see it go down. If it goes up (cause there are days it does go up!) It doesn't phase me cause I know I need to eat 3500 calories to gain 1 lb of fat and there' s no way I'm eating any way near that amount, so it has to be water or something else. After doing some research on the basal metabolic rate(bmr), I think that many of us are being advised wrongly by using the calculators. The calculator told me I needed over 3000 cals for my bmr, having a somewhat sedentary lifestyle. But the body weight analyzer scale advised that I only needed 2200! So now I don't have unrealistic expectations about losing tremendous amounts of weight when I only need 2200 cals to maintain my current weight. I now realize that even if I starved myself and didn't do any exercise whatsoever, I would only manage to lose 4lbs per week! Also I find myself questioning the starvation mode theory. Afterall bypass patients have to eat way less than 1200 cals and they still lose weight. So if I can get in enough of my important nutrients such as protein in under 1000 cals, that's what I'll do. I find the scale sticks for long times whenever I try to go over 1000. Below 1000 works for me, it might not for you.   I am no longer worried that my loose cothes will start to get back tight! I wore a 22 jeans today and the legs have space!   My greatest joy comes from hearing my sons' and husband's remarks about how much they enjoy watching me shrink! lol   I have more energy now to actually get out of bed and make them lunch and they are thoroughy enjoying the healthier meals the're now getting, plus I'm getting in exercise by being out of bed an hour earlier. Win-win!   To my weightloss.... This morning, beginning of my 7 week, I weighed in at 310 lbs. That's 25lbs in the 6 weeks, 5lbs this week and 42 lbs down from my pre-op weight.     I am estatic! My BMI is exactly 50! So I know by next week it will be below 50. ESTATIC! Till next week......
ovahkummer

ovahkummer

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chriper's Blog
 

Sugar!

The past week I have consumed so much sugar its scary. I actually felt my body reacting to it as if I was in a trance or something. I mentioned it to my WLS therapist as I know my sugar consumption was sabatoging my efforts. With Easter approaching, I said I was going to go back on the liquid diet for a week prior to rid myself of the toxins and to get back to starting point. She felt I may not need to go back to liquids but that I should try a fast of refined sugars. I know, I know, I shouldn't have been eating them to begin with, but if I am going to do better, i have to be honest and I can honestly say I slipped back into my old habits with sugar. So today's my last hurrah. No I won't be binging but I consumed so much sugar that I cannot just stop otherwise I'll have a migraine like I did last weekend. So wish me luck. I will no doubt be blogging through this process as I know it will be a struggle.
chriper

chriper

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ChaChaBurch's Blog
 

Day 4 Of Pre-Surgery Liquids - Morning

I weighed this morning and have lost 4.4lbs so far on the liquid diet. With all of the "necessities" out of the way (doctor's visits, tests, sleep study, etc), now it's just down to me focusing on staying on the liquid diet. Somehow it seems sorta "anti-climatic" now. I have this sort of "let down" feeling. Not in a bad way, but just that there's nothing in the immediate future for me to focus on, other than my surgery. Down to 6 days now (yayyyy). I'm afraid they will pass really slow, or really fast! I'm looking forward to getting this done, and feeling healthier, but I'm not very good at being patient, so I have no idea how I will be feeling over the next 6 days.
ChaChaBurch

ChaChaBurch

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Xrystyl's Blog
 

Saw The Nutritionist Yesterday And...................

So, I saw my nutrtionist yesterday and she says I am doing fabulous and that I am a poster child for the Sleeve! How awesome is that. All my blood work came back great, im deficient in anything and Im keeping my weight stable YAY!!!   She asked me about any loose skin and I told her that I have been using It Works products and that I lost 9 inches around my belly. She said that was awesome! She told me to bring information about it to our next support group to share! Thats so cool, she said that she was impressed that I have had minimal skin issues I am too!   Im so excited to go shopping these days too I love being able to try on the normal size clothes. I weighed in still at 143. I am 4lbs from my goal and am going to step up the exercise a notch to try and hit that goal Have say tho, going from 240 to 143 and from a size 20-22 to a 6 is amazing for me to see. I hope all of you are having a wonderful journey like me. Im here to chat if anyone has any questions or would like me to share anything from my experience.
Xrystyl

Xrystyl

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desertmom's Blog
 

Where Did It All Start?

In 2004 I had the lapband done and suffered with it for 7 years before I had it removed.I lost weight gained weight,found with therapy what I thought was normal...lost that again and regained it all back.   After having the band out in 2011 it took a while to get brave enough to do the sleeve.With the bad experience I had with the band I never really thought I would actually do the sleeve.   The thing was that diet and not dieting took up all my mental energy for way too long.I have been thoroughly stuck for the past few years.It was just time to get unstuck and the sleeve seemed to be the only to do it.   The surgery was done on the 13th of March and today is the 17th,day 3 after surgery.   Today I have been drinking tea with milk,chicken broth,consomme,yakult light and hot water.It all goes down great.The only thing I cannot drink is any kind of juice.It falls hard into my stomache and I realized that it makes acid as my chest tightens and I struggle for a while to get it to open every time I had some.I must confess the yakult (drinking yogurt) did the same just now...maybe I will just give this a pass for another day or two.   The only Thing I am not sure about today is the headache that keeps coming back every 6 hours.I am drinking enough,have slept enough not done too much today....just not sure why Im getting this terrible headache.   O,one more thing.Every time the dr stops my blood pressure meds before surgery I come out of the hospital at least 5kg's heavier...10 pounds...(the tablet have a very powerful diuretic in it) And this time is no different.My weight is not even back to what it was before surgery so I have to be patient and wait until I can start drinking it again,which seems to be a week after surgery.   This sleeve is really going to be a prosess of changing my habits and make me more patient...as I have decided to learn to go with the flow and to not sweat the small stuff so much anymore.   Cant wait to see what the next few days bring. xxo
desertmom

desertmom

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The First Week

I am doing this blog so that when newly sleeved patients ask me questions some time in the future when I have forgotten all the details,I can use this as a reference.   Us humans have the amazing ability to remember things,lets say in a more positive way,rather than the way they actually happened.I have found this a few times this week when asking some questions.Somehow we either make things worse than they were or so much easier/better than they were.The drama queens make them worse and the "can do's" makes everything seem so much easier/better than they were.   This will be a true reflexion of what I experienced and experience as time goes by.Another thing that I will try to do is update every now and then....long after the prosess of losing the weight is over...also so that people who is doing research can see how Im doing years into the future...good intentions right?LOL   Having surgery is always hard for me.Either the aneasthetics makes me nauseas or the pain meds does.I had pethidine when I came out of surgery and that caused some of the most agonizing moments of theday...the dry heaving was terrible.Moment number one when all I wanted was to undo what I've done to myself...and I couldnt.The rest of that day and night passed like a nightmare..but it passed.   The next morning at 11 they took me to the x-ray dept for the fluro leak test.Number two moment I wanted to just go back a few days....and couldnt.It was just one big swallow of fluro (unbelievably bitter) that I had to take..and it fell like a lump of clay going down a few centimetres down my throat and got stuck....they kept on saying swallow,swallow,swallow....and the next moment some of it just came back up.The radiologist then said to wait as it was delayed...whatever that meant.I waited for 15 minutes and had to go back for another x-ray....we repeated that about 3 times till they said,yes,its moving....you can go.So result: delayed but normal,again,who knows what that meant.   So now they told me to start sipping....and the nightmare started.I was very nauseous since surgery but the drinking just made it worse.the pain was crazy whenever I tried to swallow anything.And that is the way day 2 passed as well.   At this point I started thinking that this is it...as good as its going to get because this dr cut off too much of my stomach or I am one of the unlucky people with some crazy complication and my life was ruined...hehehe!It is really scary when things just dont live up to ones expectations and you dont know if the way things are happening is exceptable for where you are at that moment.And no one seems to be clear about things at all.   I was discharged on day 3 thinking my life is over...and battled all day to swallow even a few sips of hot water.   And then,in themiddle of the night,after I slept for a few hours,everything changed.All of a sudden I could swallow and drink.The pain disappeared and I could drink.  
desertmom

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Almost 9 Months Since Banded.. Only Have Lost About 48Lbs...

Almost 9 months since banded.. only have lost about 48lbs...I have had 4 fills. I'm about 7cc in a 14.5 cc band. I'm still feeling hungry, especially in the evenings. I exercise 5-6 times a week. Any ideas? Get a little discoraged when I see others banded around the time as myself are much further along in their weight loss. Guess i thought it would be much quicker. Some weeks a lose nothing others 1-2 lbs. Currently in a slump. I have only lost 5lbs in the last 10 weeks. HELP!
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