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roeroe's Blog
 

Flu shot anyone!

Last night my husband and i went to CVS for our flu shot. i think november, december and january bandsters should make sure they get theirs. every year i seem to get the flu the week between christmas and new years and since i am getting banded on december 1st, the last thing i want is the flu. also if it is flu season think about how many people in the hospital and doctor's office could be spreading the flu. also you wouldn't want the doctor's to cancel your surgery date if you became sick. we have been waiting so long and it would stink to have to postpone your date.   i hate to throw up and i am sure after being banded, that is the last thing i would want to happen. i went to CVS and gave them my blue cross blue shield card and it didn't cost me a co-pay.   GET YOUR FLU SHOTS MY FRIENDS!!!
roeroe

roeroe

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JessIsTiredOfBeingFat's Blog
 

First support group meeting...

So I've teetered these last few weeks trying to hop up on that wagon and struggled severely with self motivation, time management and preparation. I let that damn food speak to me...I gotta get this straight in my head..."To loose weight, to improve my health, I CAN'T I WON'T EAT YOU!!!!!"   BUT Thursday, I had my fill FINALLY!!! Then tonight i went to my first support group meeting. It was pretty great. I haven't openly shared my weight loss surgery with friends, family, and co workers...and never thought much of it because I figured I didn't need anyone and I could do it myself...but then tonight, being surrounded by people like myself where I heard multiple things that I, myself, have said or done that no one but a weight loss surgery patient could understand...I realized 'wow! These people don't sympathize; they empathize!!!!" Support just got a whole new meaning tonight...   Off to bed I go with an optimistic attitude that tomorrow WILL be a great day, I will MAKE it a great day!!! 6 am...you'll be here soon and I'm gonna meet you with my tennis shoes and ready to head to the gym. Oh PLEASE let me wake up and get myself out of bed PLEASE!!!!!   Jess
JessIsTiredOfBeingFat

JessIsTiredOfBeingFat

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Sussysue's Blog
 

Waht a day :p

WHAT A DAY I went to bed with thoughts of my surgery date for 11/30/2011.   BUT today I get woken up when Terry called me this morning about 8:00am to say John went to the hospital during the middle of the night because he had a fever of 104.7 degrees with chills   You see, my brother-in-law, John, had his sleeve surgery on October 19, 2011. John is having a rough time with his surgery. They kept him until Saturday in the hospital because he was not getting enough drinks in. Once home he was only drinking water and warm turkey broth which turkey broth only has about 2g protein so not much that way.   As we were talking I asked Terry about her surgery date because with her being around John and the negative things happening I’m worried that that would scare her off from her own surgery (I was also getting a little nervous ). She said she didn’t know and I laughed with her about guys being wimps and all that and to not let that scare her.   Well, I get to work about 10 minutes later when I saw a patient and he didn’t look good (like death warmed over). He says to me – my GOD, since I had my surgery (ruen-y) I have lost so much weight (over 200 lbs) and I can’t stop losing. I would tell anyone looking who is having WLS to not ever do it. (he didn't know I was) As he was ranting about all the negative things with WLS I was trying to not get any more nervous then I was already (especially NOW) The patient was still ranting about his WLS and how he wished he never got it done and how he should of listened to his sister who was an RN and told him this would happen. As I was bringing in another patient who saw Ralph (not real name) and who heard him with his ranting as he was leaving say to me how he looked awful and that she was so glad surgery was nothing like his (so :Dsome good things after all okay, good) I was surprised by this (because she was heavy!!) and I said “you had WLS Mary?” (not her real name) and she laughed and said well yes, but after 7-8 years I only gained 50 pounds back which is only 2 sizes bigger, My head was spinning because within 30 minutes ALL this happened and now I don’t know what to think. Soooo, I had to call my sister Terry tonight when I got home to night to check on John and to tell her my tale only to be told that my sister Karen isn’t doing well with her Lap Band surgery because she eats a lot of slider foods.STOP THIS PEOPLE I was thinking.     I still would like the sleeve surgery but with a day like today I will need a few days to REALLY think about this. I have jumped every hoop giving to me just to get my surgery date and I finally get my date LOL and I wake up this AM for ALL the negativities regarding WLS surgery to hit me.   Hmmmm – I need to make a decision. I think, is this an omen or what? Or, is this to show what could happen if I don’t follow the MD’s advice when I get sleeved. Hmmmmm.   P.S. John has pneumonia and not getting the required protein also isn’t doing him any good. He said he is really hungry (because of the lack of protein). I told my sister that I have a starter kit from Unjury that I bought to try but have been sick (Sinusitis and Bronchitis) and I have no taste buds so he might as well try them when he gets home from the hospital (again)   Hmmmm – I still need to make a decision. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. Night all.
Sussysue

Sussysue

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eveokay's Blog
 

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eveokay's Blog
 

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hiahia's Blog
 

Sortie de Burberry

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hiahia's Blog
 

Récipient de Burberry

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hiahia

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Journeyseeker's Blog
 

Surgery Eve

So tomorrow is surgery eve I am not really nervous but then again ask me tomorrow and see how i am doing...... lol. I am ready to get this done ready to start my new life so speak......I think about it like this i have my birth date 5/12/81 my birthday in christ 1/6/2008 and ill have my banded birth date 10/27/2011 thats pretty impressive.
Journeyseeker

Journeyseeker

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mickp24's Blog
 

91 down, 10 to go to target, Nov 10 will be 6 months post-op!

I am putting on the full-court press from this point to get to 101 lost in 6 months. I have decided to go past it another 10 or so because I can see 218 will still be a little heavier than I want at 5 11 1/2. However, until November 10th it's going to be 700-800 calories a day again (down from 1000-1100 now) I truly want to grab the brass ring in 6 months! Anyway, follow me at my external blog: michaelwasfat. blogspot.com or friend me at FB: Michael Pickert
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daisy6962's Blog
 

Breath-tex postive

I just went this morning to do my 1st Nutrition visit and my Breath-tex test, it was postive. I could not beleive it! I still can't believe this! I have to take 14 days of Prevpac and have read that the meds do not work and that the side effects are terrible. I read that the test is not accurate and that after taking the meds for 14 days I have to wait for another 14 days after taking meds for accurate test. I have read a lot of crap online about this and how you get it and how you get rid of it. Dr will not do surgery with a postive test result, only good news that came out of this is that we do not have to have this test result sent to insurance to try and get approval. Has anyone else been through this? How did you handle it? Just got email from Dr office and I know have to take meds for 14 dyas, wait 4 weeks before re-testing. I was hoping to get this done be the end of year and everyone is was saying it is possible but I don't think so with this delayed! i am really bummed out today because of this! Thanks!
daisy6962

daisy6962

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Ted Blog
 

Mush and More Mush

I never thought I would love Cream Of Wheat or Cottage Cheese this much. Day 2 Of the Mushy stuff and my mind is racing to find ideas to put in my blender... Woo Hoo
Miller.ted

Miller.ted

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NYC Girl's Blog
 

From: Sept 2011 bandsters

Easy, pezzy!     Lisa's Jewish Mushroom & Barley Soup (Based on Zingerman's Classic Mushroom Barley Soup   Saute onion (one large, sliced), carrots (2 chopped small cubes), celery (2, chopped small cubes), garlic (as much as you want), and 1 lb mushroom (sliced) and 1/4 cup parsley (or even dill) (1 lb, sliced) in butter (2 tbls -- or you can use oil), and cook for about 5 minutes until veggies are soft, but not burned.   Lower heat and stir in 1 tbsp flour, mixing every 30 seconds or so for about 5 minutes until thickened.   Heat up 2 qts broth (beef, chicken, veggie or even water), and add to mushroom/veggie mixture a ladle at a time. Sir to incorporate.   Bring to boil and add 1 cup barley and season with salt and pepper.   Reduce to simmer, cover and cook for an hour or so -- stirring occasionally -- until thick.   Add more parsley or dill, and season to taste with salt, pepper.   PORTION INTO 1/2 - 1 CUP PORTIONS (so we don't eat too much) and freeze.   Vary the mushrooms, broth, veggies as you wish!!!   Enjoy,   Lisa in NYC             Source: Sept 2011 bandsters
NYC Girl

NYC Girl

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legnarevocrednu's Blog
 

I'm not crazy!!

So my psych eval went like this-I sat down, he asked where I worked and what I did, signed a paper, and out I went. 80 bucks for that??? Actually, I don't mind because I know a lot of people pay more and often have to go to more than one session. I'm thankful that it was painless. I guess I looked and spoke like a normal, logical person. Now I only need to get my primary doctors approval and I'm finished with all the insurance requirements. Yay!! Only 26 days left until surgery!! Tonight I have my second to last Nutritional class. Getting so excited now that I'm nearing the end.    
legnarevocrednu

legnarevocrednu

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Agnosco
 

This is why I need the sleeve!

I have a very active job and am expected to wear jeans to work for safety reasons. Since we found that I have a blood pressure problem I have been put on medication. Problem is, the medication makes me sweat like a polar bear in the desert. Doesn't matter what I am doing, I sweat for the first few hours after I take it. I found that this weekend at work I developed horrible chafing between my thighs that made it painful to walk by the end of the day. I get all of my hours in 3 days, so this meant I had 2 more days to go like this! I tried powder, but it didn't seem to help. Today, since I was not working (which believe me is a heck of a workout most days) I decided to ride my bike. It was so painful! I am up to a half mile (which is an achievement from where I was two weeks ago) and I completed my ride. However, I am now in so much pain it is hard to walk much less consider working out tomorrow. At the rate this is going, I can clear up the chafing by Friday which is just in time to do it all over again! I'm trying really hard to get into the proper lifestyle and get my exercise daily. I have done it before, and know that I easily get addicted to the endorphins and quickly miss it if I don't work out for a day or two. This time it is really hard. It is already hard trying to get yourself back into shape carrying more than 100 lbs of extra weight (what is that, like a whole backstreet boy I carry on my shoulders every day?). I just don't know how I am supposed to do this when a work out causes excruciating pain. Seems like reinforcement NOT to work out. I just don't know what to do!!! First the skin condition and now this? I feel like I am blocked at every turn towards a healthy lifestyle.
LadyIvy

LadyIvy

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LovetheNewMe's Blog
 

Positive Energy

I sit here tonight after a long day at work, reading blogs and watching "Dancing with the Stars." As I am watching these people 'stars" put them self out there doing something that pushes them out side their comfort zone it came to me, "Is that not what each of us are doing?" We are putting ourselves out in front of everyone and allowing ourselves to be judged for our progress in our journey. I would like for all of us to give ourselves a "10" tonight. A "10" for being willing to admit we are not perfect. A "10" for taking each day, "one day at a time." A '10" for each new healthy habit we embrace and enculturate into our daily routine. We are all individuals and each of us has their strengths and weaknesses that we need to highlight. If we collectively added up all the weight each of us have lost over the past 6 months or a year, would we not be the "biggest losers." And guys being a loser on this site is a WONDERFUL thing, we need to stop thinking, I only lost a half of a pound, I only lost a pound. Instead we need to be saying, "WOW, I lost another pound. After all we are not the gainers we are the losers. For the first time in our life losing is winning. Now how often can you make a negative a positive. We may stall occasionally, we may stumble, we may even fall, but we will pick ourselves up, we will admit we strayed and we will get back on track. So I challenge each of my cyber friends in this weight loss journey to pick one positive affirmation to post for the week and embrace the positive energy it will instill in your life. I am posting a web site that I think may help us all if we could just allow ourselves to believe in our selves and open our minds to some positive thinking. http://www.vitalaffi...ons.htm#example     When I chose my name for this blog I used the positive affirmation theory. LovetheNewMe. Honestly when I started on this journey I did not love anything about me but now after a year of logging into this blog and signing on everyday with my user name "LovetheNewMe." I do love me, I love the person I am becoming, part due to weight loss but even deeper than what you see on the outside. I love the person I am on the inside. It is hard to love yourself, we are our toughest critique, we judge our selves and we always see our failures not our successes. Each time we loss an inch or a pound or make it through a day always choosing healthy foods is a successes. We should celebrate every success we have, big and small. We are learning to lIVIT not dIET, we are learning to Love ourselves.   My affirmations for my journey are:   1. I choose to make positive healthy choices for myself   2. When I believe in myself, others will believe in me also   I say my affirmations every morning as I am getting ready for work, I look in the mirror and yes I talk to myself. and no I am not wacky.   So my challenge to all of us is we put our best foot forward and and get the positive energy flowing on this blog, love your self, support yourself and most important believe in yourself, why you ask, why because you are WORTH IT.   Have a great week all.  
♥LovetheNewMe♥

♥LovetheNewMe♥

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NJGirl32's Blog
 

Finally ventured back on the scale!

All weekedn people were telling me I looked thinner so today I did it-I stepped on the scale! When I started this journey I was 248 and as of today I was 202.6!!!! 3 pounds away from Onderland!!! WooHoo! Tomorrow will be 5 months since my surgery and I am so glad I did it! I am losing slower than some but at least the scale is moving in the right direction!    
NJGirl32

NJGirl32

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KayyyBeee's Blog
 

Things I've realized since being sleeved...

Disclaimer:  These are strictly my opinions and in know way mean to deter anyone from pursuing VSG.   I was sleeved on October 18, 2011.  In addition to my new stomach, I've got new realizations about things and would like to share... This sleeve thing is MAJOR surgery.  I knew that when I was going in, but you dont fully understand the magnitude and seriousness of it until you wake up with that pain in your gutt.   I was not mentally prepared for this surgery.  Yes, I had the psych eval.  Yes, I researched every possible thing I could think of to make sure I was prepared.  I read posts from people who were newly sleeved and complained of pains and troubles during their recovery, but I definitely lived in that "That wont happen to me" world.  I figured those people had to be doing something wrong to cause them so much grief.  Boy did I get a wake up call after my surgery.   Getting sleeved removed 85% of my stomach.  My desire to eat for no reason in massive quantities is still very strong.  I wish I could sleeve that part of my brain.  I havent stopped wanting to have some steak and fried chicken since my surgery.  If only they made lobster flavored ice pops, I might find some of my desire to eat real food quelled.   "Sharting" is no joke.  Dont take your gas for granted, it may be more than just air in that bubble.   You will question your decision to get sleeved.  You will feel trapped when you realize that there is no turning back.  Unlike conventional diets where you can cheat just a little and get back on track; if you try and cheat with a new sleeve, you could kill your self.   There are an awful lot of food commercials on tv.  No wonder our country suffers so much from obesity.  While in the hospital most of the commercials I saw were about food, cars, and Kim Kardashian's wedding.   Learning to read my new stomach is still kinda hard even after 6 days in.  It gets frustrating, and at times it makes me angry.  My old stomach would growl, I'd overfeed it, and all would be well.  This new stomach is so picky...sometimes what I think is a small sip will piss new stomach off, and new stomach will give me the worst spasm ever.  New stomach dont take no s***.   Coughing, sneezing, and laughing are tools of the devil.  Boy do they hurt like hell.   I thought my couple of days in the hospital would be good for me because I'd be able to get some rest.  WRONG!  I didnt get more than 4 consecutive hours of sleep at a time because there's always an injection that you need to get, or some kind of medication, or a doctor needs to see your incision sites, or the nurse needs to check your vitals, or they need to deliver your nasty fluids for you to try and ingest, or someone needs to clean your room, or they want you to walk, or you gotta go to the lab and drink that nasty stuff so they can check for leaks, or you gotta go pee, or someone wants to offer you communion, or your roommate's family comes to visit and is loud and smells like cigarette smoke and cabbage and stays until visiting hours are practically over in addition to that hospital bed being hard to get totally comfortable in.   I cant stop thinkin about food and what the first real spoonful of food I'm going to have is.   Someone asked me if I would do this again.  I havent had any weight loss yet, so I'm not totally sure.  I'll have to revisit this post and answer once I see the difference in a couple of months.  I just hope this pain and discomfort and food craziness in my brain is all worth it.  I think my biggest problem is that Im throwing a tantrum because i havent had real food in over 2 weeks.  I know restriction is the only way i will lose weight, but I really resent not being able to do what I want to do - be in control of what I want to eat and when.  For now my sleeve is calling the shots, and that's a harder pill to swallow than the Prilosec the doc prescribed for me.            
Sleevie WonderLand

Sleevie WonderLand

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mscarla123's Blog
 

Update

Hello all fellow LP members,   It’s been a whiles since a post a blog. A lot of changes have taken place since my last post. One of the most important thing is I am still losing weight. AMEN! I am working very hard for every little pound that drops off. It may not be much but I am counting every ounce. LOL     I have people asking me all the time how much have you lost you look so nice. I am trying not to let it go to my head. But BABY it feels good to look at yourself in the mirror and say WOW is that me. I look better because I feel better. My friend status has risen since my weight has dropped on Facebook. LOL! Not sure just if that’s a good or a bad thing. My friends tell me that I am a different person and more approachable. I didn’t realize that my weight made me so angry, I guess I will label it misplaced anger. Since a label is required in my daily life while not label myself. LMBO   I have found a new love, Working out! Crazy right? I started out walking now I am running the running is like a rush. When I have the time I would like to run in a mini marathon. I am not going to say there haven’t been bad days but, the good days out weight the bad. The only regret I have is not getting the lab band sooner.   I am not tight but I have just enough to help me control my eating habits.     Until the next time!     Start weight 274   Current weight 222    
Determine-Gem

Determine-Gem

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mscarla123's Blog
 

Update

Hello all fellow LP members,   It’s been a whiles since a post a blog. A lot of changes have taken place since my last post. One of the most important thing is I am still losing weight. AMEN! I am working very hard for every little pound that drops off. It may not be much but I am counting every ounce. LOL     I have people asking me all the time how much have you lost you look so nice. I am trying not to let it go to my head. But BABY it feels good to look at yourself in the mirror and say WOW is that me. I look better because I feel better. My friend status has risen since my weight has dropped on Facebook. LOL! Not sure just if that’s a good or a bad thing. My friends tell me that I am a different person and more approachable. I didn’t realize that my weight made me so angry, I guess I will label it misplaced anger. Since a label is required in my daily life while not label myself. LMBO   I have found a new love, Working out! Crazy right? I started out walking now I am running the running is like a rush. When I have the time I would like to run in a mini marathon. I am not going to say there haven’t been bad days but, the good days out weight the bad. The only regret I have is not getting the lab band sooner.   I am not tight but I have just enough to help me control my eating habits.     Until the next time!     Start weight 274   Current weight 222    
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"I see a lot of cursing in your future."

Yeah, well, in my head anyway! Vulgarity is regulated here, so you may see a lot of asterisks in my posts until I'm over a few hurdles....I started my 2 week pre-op diet today. Such a good little student.....no really, I started it two days early. I woke up this morning and was like, "F*ck it, start today!" I think because I've been totally dreading it, it was just easier to start than to deal with two more days of anticipation. It's definitely going to be a test of will. You see, I like real food-healthy food. I don't mind the challenge of counting calories, protein, carb and fat grams. Of exercising on a treadmill and obsessively maintaining a 70% max heart rate for x minutes.....I think it's the OCD in me (which I think everyone has- have you met your inner OCD child yet?), but I like a challenge and proving to myself, or whoever, that I can do something, even if it's wicked hard (ok so wicked may come up here and there too- what can I say, I live in Boston!). Anyway, the problem with this liver-shrinking diet is that other than the "free" foods (carrots, cukes, peppers, spinach, etc), there is no wholesome, non- (or at least minimally) processed food to be eaten for 3 out of four meals per day. Let's see what the label of the protein meal replacement bar I ate this morning says: Whey protein, palm oil (ok), enriched flour, sugar, palm kernel oil (the oil must be extracted from the pit with a gasoline-like hydrocarbon solvent. In short, palm kernel oil is a cheap, unhealthy fat!-Dr. Weil), cocoa, fructose, soy lecithin, caramel color, salt, stevia. Actually, that's not too horrible. I can't wait to see what's on the label of the high protein Ensure shakes in my pantry. Yuck!   I'm not a big sweets eater and am hoping the "unflavored" whey protein that's coming in the mail will work when I add it to some chicken broth.   So I was across the street from my temp job at the grocery store to get a salad and was overwhelmed briefly by the thought that I couldn't do it, and then, my inner Bob Harper roared to life and said "F*ck you, hunger!", and I headed to the salad bar, got my allotted veggies and a fresh protein drink and was on my way. Yes, I realize I'm only on Day One, but the title of this post didn't mention anything about rainbows and unicorns, did it?
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