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Paul11011's Blog
 

Pity Party Busters

Last night I was feeling irrationally down because I had a goal in mind to be at by 6 months out and I did not quite get there. I say irrational because had anyone told me on the day of surgery where I would actually be at 6 months, I would have bet the farm against it. So as a way to get over myself I looked back in my weigh-in log book ( I weigh once a week and record it). It was looking back at the hard numbers that made me snap back to reality. Other "tools" I've used to get over such pity parties are periodically taken pictures, measurement logs and my "progress shirt" experiment. Good lord this is becoming a long post. So my request of y'all is: what things you've done to establish reference points along your journey? I strongly encourage all "newbies" to take a few of the suggestions that will be given and make them your own. The primary reason for this is that we will all reach points where it will be helpful to look back and realize just how far we've came.
Paul11011

Paul11011

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ready4this' Blog
 

Weight loss left

I'm about 5 weeks post op. Happily I've shedded 30 lbs since surgery, but it seems that now that I'm able to add a more selective variety of food, (fish, chicken protein drinks, some veg) I have not lost a pound in over a week. Is this normal? Yes, I have incorporated walking and my tread climber. Also I have a hard time going to the bathroom. Any suggestions? Help!
ready4this

ready4this

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Andy's Articles
 

First Support Meeting

So the first support group meeting. First I go to the wrong place. I thought it was the auditorium that they held the orientation in at Ellis Hospital. So I get there. There is a huge buffet. I thought how cruel, what a way to treat the bandsters. Then someone gives see my strange look at tells me it is a meeting for the doctor's of the hospital. I think I have the wrong night after racing over. I then get back to my car and look at the paper work. The date was right, the spot was right. OOPS what is the Ellis Health Center. I forgot they merged with St Clairs, it turns out that is where the meeting was. I get there 20 min late, but the moderator was over 45 min late. The first meeting went well a mix of newbies like me, a few long time band people. Will be going to the one in August.
AMayo1

AMayo1

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Changed through grace...
 

Pre-op only 2 days away... and then onto 2week phase 2 diet on Friday! Almost there!!!

Well, my pre-op is on this Thursday! So excited! They called today, and my heart skipped a beat thinking maybe they were going to tell me it was cancelled or that there was a delay. They were just asking if I could come in an hour earlier for my pre op appt on Thursday... Whew!   I am so excited and scared at the same time for surgery. I really think this will be a good thing for me long-term and I can't wait to be on the loser bench. I am trying to prepare for the worse, but I am praying to God like mad that I have a smooth journey. I've been trying to read all the success stories and temper it with all the bad posts I read. I just want a healthy balance of info and a good reality of what could happen.   I am not gonna lie, the pre op phase one diet has not been easy for me and I had a couple slips, but I have lost weight. As odd as it may sound, I am looking forward to the pre op phase 2 (2 week liquids) diet. If I can only drink, I think the temptation of food will be less - for me anyway. It's when I have choices that I get tempted. If I know I can only have liquid... well I just think it will be easier on me - although not very tasty.   I need to pick up on my exercising more. I have been active, but life is getting in the way again of actual workouts like I would like. I need to come up with a plan. I am a planner and love making my little lists... I think it is time for a list! LOL   Well, I will probably blog after my pre-op on Thursday! I got butterflies in my stomach and I just want to have the surgery and get it over with at this point and start on my journey! I am sooooo close!!!!  
LonnieThatGirl

LonnieThatGirl

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Its Time for a Bite Out of Life!!
 

CURSE YOU LAST BITE!!!

Man!! I need a personal hand slapper!! What is wrong with my head. My stomach says stop but those stinkin fingers go in for one last bite, then sure enough UP IT COMES!! How fun!! Lets start with breakfast...mmmm one more blueberry...CRAP!! Then lunch....come here little asperagas...DARNET!!...then snack..."you are so not hungery, you know this....POOP!!! Then dinner......ahhh just perfect, "oh wait, there is only a little peice of steak left....SH**...and bed...Lets do it agian tomorrow.!!   So here it is...   JOB POSTING....Hand Slapper....must slap hand everytime Kristi gets that "eat it" look!!   Drat, maybe one day I will get this....hop on, life with band can be bumpy!!! Yet, I wouldnt change it!!
kristipalmer

kristipalmer

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KathyD49's Blog
 

Active for Life

I just read somewhere that people who live long lives all have one thing in common, they are active. It got me to thinking, I have been (reluctantly) swimming laps with my roommate every day since I got back to California from having my surgery. I dread it every morning, cause she really spurs me on and encourages me to add a couple of laps to my total every day. I was almost to the point where I resented it!   But after reading this I got to thinking, Question: 'why did I have the surgery?' Answer: 'I want to live longer, I want to hurt less.'   Another question: 'what do I expect from the surgery?' Answer: ' to lose weight, to keep it off.'   Another question: 'How can I expect my body to do it all, without any help from me?' Answer: 'I CAN'T! I have to help my body make this change!'   Wow! Big revelation, I have to do more than just sit there and observe. I have to be a PARTICIPANT!!! I can't just sit around and watch (and hope that) my body changes for the better. I have to take an active role in this whole thing, by making good food choices, getting in all my protein and water, being active, and pushing a little, so that my body knows that I expect it to do a little bit more all the time. Sure there will be times when I can't get my exercise in, or can't make the best choices I should as far as nutrition. But the majority of the time, I am in Charge! I am the one calling the shots, and I have to step up to the plate and do the right thing.   I thought of all this while I was sort of floating around in the pool this morning (killing time), wishing I had my 30 laps in. As this whole thing started to unravel in my head, I started swimming for all I was worth, trying to get those 30 laps in! Because one thing I know, I want to live a long time. (I'm only 62!) I want to see my grandchildren grow up, go to college, get married, etc. I want to see my great-grandchildren (just not to soon!) I want to be like my Mom, 90 years young and still in her own home, doing all her own cooking, cleaning, laundry, driving, playing organ for church twice a week, teaching Bible study twice a week for the "old people" at the local nursing home, doing everything she wants. I want to be like that! Yeah life, I want to be there for a lot of it!   later......
KathyD49

KathyD49

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chriper's Blog
 

Lap Band in the news

In case you haven't seen it, CNN is running an article on Corey Harrison of "Pawn Stars" who loss 115lbs in a year after getting the lap band. Check out the article:   http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/11/pawn.stars.corey.harrison.ppl/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
chriper

chriper

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mickp24's Blog
 

NEWS FLASH----NEWS FLASH---NEWS FLASH---NEWS FLASH

50! FIFTY! 50! Fifty!   Yes I hit 50 pounds today on day 64!!! Even better, my Calorie-Wt Loss predictor is at 48.5 right now. No tightening and I do not plan one. No throwing up and I don't plan one. Thank you, Dr. Abkin.   Michael Pickert MD see me at my external blog: Michaelwasfat.blogspot.com
mickp24

mickp24

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jeepygurl's Blog
 

work

Nice to know people notice, 65 pds gone, my clothes are baggy, i dyed my hair back to brown, and I know I should be happy but I still have issues eating, I work out every day, one day off, swim 60-70 laps in the am, either spin class at night or the gym, and yet the scale has stopped, for 3 weeks now.....   Co workers have noticed, due to clothes that fit better but its so annoying the hard work, the way i am dedicated and not a pound is leaving the scale.................
jeepygurl

jeepygurl

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Kris' VSG Blog
 

Six Month Surgiversary

I just got home from Maui last night and was really interested to see what the scale would tell me.  During vacation I decided to not put any limits on what I ate or drank, so had many treats over the course of six days ... I really enjoyed my food at Maui, but restriction kept me in good control of caloric intake.  Plus, we were pretty active ... lots of swimming, snorkeling, and walking around in the warm Hawaaiian sun.  So I figured the activity would counteract the splurges at the table.   So ... my final weigh in was on July 5th (the morning we left for Maui) and I was 169.6 (just barely missed my July 4th goal of 169.0).  Today I got on the scale, and O Happy Day, it said I weigh 167.2 -- a loss of 2.4 lbs.!  Yay!  That was a happy moment for me!     I had a couple of NSVs this week too.  The biggest one was how easily I now fit in a plane seat.  I used to hate and dread flying, because I would overflow the seat and could barely close the seat belt, but now I have no problems at all with the plane seat or seat belt.  That felt great!  The second NSV came this morning -- my hubby went out to get the mail and saw one of our neighbors, who told him, "Your wife is the incredible shrinking woman!"  LOL!  I am now wearing a size 14 (or women's Large) and that is so cool!     Life is really great with my sleeve!  
Kris

Kris

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MsAnn6550's Blog
 

July 11, 2011

Well, made it back from B'ham without problems. I did cheat though. Hubby and I went to CheeseCake Factory for supper Saturday night. I did well for supper. I only ate a piece of steak, rwo onion rings,and 4-5 french fries. My downfall was the chocolate brownie cheese cake I ate for dessert. I ate half of it Sautrday night and the other half Sunday night. Sunday night was bad. I am going to remember how bad I felt after eating the cheesecake that night. Being in the car driving home Sunday I did not drink enough fluids and I am trying to make up for it today. I can tell when I have pushed my eating limit. The burping becomes ridiculous and the flatulence that comes later is also bad. I would like to promise that I will be good eating wise, but I know I can't. I know that I will slip again. It is the nature of an addict, which I am a food addict. But I am going to be extra aware of what I do and eat. Am going back to B'ham in two weeks to care for daughter after she has procedure done. I hope hubby will stay home. Since daughter does Paleo diet, I think it will be easier to stay on a good diet at her house. If he's not there, I will cook better. Will write again later .
MsAnn6550

MsAnn6550

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LovetheNewMe's Blog
 

Keeping a Commitment to Yourself!

Hi, everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend and is doing well on this beautiful, hot summer day. This past weekend I have been doing a lot of soul searching about commitment and why I seem to be stuck for the past month when I felt I was doing everything right. The first 6-7 months after surgery I did well with my weight loss, I lost 1-2 lbs per week, had 2 fills, 1 unfill. I failed to exercise regularly as my doctor told me because I was not motivated, so basically the weight in the beginning dropped at a fast rate. But I weighted 248 lbs, 5'1" tall. (check out my photos I was quite the little butter ball) I ate around 800-1000 calories a day and tracked what I ate. I used the lap band web site, watched the videos, logged my foods, read everything I could get my hands on and participated in the forums. I was committed. I thought. Then I got comfortable, I looked better, felt better,and like I said things were going well. Then the weight slowed down, but I was still losing, so I started using the expensive treadmill I bought for Christmas, 2 or 3 days a week. I had pretty good restriction after my first fill, I had too much restriction with my second fill and they removed less than .4 of a cc. Some days I feel restricted, some days I can eat what ever I want. So over the past few weeks I asked myself, " Diane are your really committed to this journey, are you in it for the long haul" Boy is that an eye opening question. My answer is yes! So I had to recommit to why I started this journey, I look a lot better now, but seriously, I am still obese. Just not as obese as I was 8 months ago. I can wear a size 14 but a size 14 today is probably not what a size 14 was years ago. Let's face it guys as a society we have all gotten larger and so the designers have made the sizes fuller to growwwwwwww, with us. Sorry just a little play on words there. But honestly, I was fat so I feel I have the right to talk about myself and have an opinion. So how do I make sure I can keep this commitment to myself, because honestly in the past at about this time I start getting Bord with things and fat Diane would seem to resurface. I cannot let this happen this time, or maybe I should say I WILL not allow this to happen this time. So this is what I did this weekend to try and figure out why I seem to be sorta stuck, lose a pound, gain a pound, loss two pounds, gain one pound, loss nothing. What I committed to a month ago. 1. 2 weeks ago I joined curves, and I am proud to say I have went 4 days a week since I started. I got my curve smart key today and boy I thought I had been working out, well now I am really working out. 2. I committed to blogging and being honest with all of you, I have kept that commitment also, I make every attempt to blog my feelings at least weekly and I read the other blogs and comment to lend encouragement and honesty to others. Many of you have encouraged me, some directly and some indirectly. I find even though I have never met any of you formally, we all share so many experiences and we can learn so much form each others successes and failures. 3. I committed to writing down all of my food and not snacking between meals," the graze thing" boy I think this has been the hardest. I tired using the lap band web site to record and this wasn't working well for me, when I was at work I would write my food down and try and log it to the web site in the evenings. I wasn't always consistent. I had post it notes all over my office with bits of info on them of what I had eaten daily. I tried drinking protein for breakfast, no between meal snacks, increasing my protein, watching my carbs, looking at my fats, etc, etc. I thought about getting a fill so I would eat less, but realized over the 4th, I may not have total restriction but I was not listening to my band. I had fallen into the crutch of wanting my band to do the work not me. Now let;s face it guys, I loved food, I love to cook, I love to eat because no one gets as big as I did by just cheating a little. Seriously! Sorry for digressing. Like I said logging the food on the lap band site was not working well for me so by reading the forums' blogs and internet searches I found some answers I am going to try. Saturday, I did a lot of Internet searches; How many calories should a lap band patient eat?, How much protein should a lap band patient eat? How many carbohydrates should a lap band patient eat? How many calories do I need to decrease to lose 1 lbs a week? How many fewer calories do I need to eat to lose 2 pounds a week? What drives the metabolism, How do you jump start your metabolism? I am not sure but I am sure I did a few more I have forgot about by now. So what did I find, lots and lots of information. So what now? I think the best site I found, was right here on our own blogs. www.myfitnesspal.com The site is free, you plug in your height, weight and your life style. (Now be honest about the life style) You can tweak the protein to what we should eat, and there is a mobile application that you can use on your droid, I-phone, I-touch or blackberry. It is free, it will allow you to add stuff that isn't in the data base, build a recipe and calculate your servings. It tells you how much you should loss based on what you eat and exercise. Honestly, not sure what the long term result will be but it will also allow me to run a report I can take to my nutritionist for her to evaluate at my next visit. It adds your exercise points back in but I have decided to eat these for now to see how the next few weeks go. So what have I learned about myself over the past 72 hours, I am OCD big time. But I need to be OCD or I will never make it for the long haul. I have to hold myself accountable, I can not expect anyone else to do that for me. I can not lie to my self and I can not expect the band to do all the hard work. Some of the work is changing my own thought process about food and how I cope with life. Do I have restriction, yes if I listen to my band and to what I was taught. Eat off a small plate, cut my food into bite size pieces, chew each piece 20-30 times, lay my fork down between bites, eat at the dinner table NOT in front of the TV. If I finish my food under 20 minutes give my brain time to catch up with my stomach oh and lastly make healthy food choices and eat protein first. Now if I do all of those things I do have restriction and I am satisfied for 3-4 hours. Question is, do I feel full? The answer to that is no, but I feel satisfied with what I eat. I still measure all my food, eating 2-3 ozs. of protein at each meal, learning that a serving of vegetables is really 1/2 cup except lettuce of course. I will probably measure my food for the rest of my life because obviously I do not understand serving sizes.   So guys I challenge all of you to commit to your self. Think about why you did this, it should have been for you. You are the only person you have to be honest with, you are the only person who knows what you put in your mouth everyday. You are the only one who really can answer the question."ARE YOU REALLY COMMITTED TO THE LONG HAUL?" We will have good days, great days, bad days and totally sucky days? We will lose weight, we will gain weight, we will stay neutral but what matters most is our honesty to ourselves and our commitment to change how we use food, how we think about food and taking this one day at a time.I am committed or maybe I need to be committed some days I am not sure but I will say, I am so glad I had the surgery, I am thankful for this support forum and last but not least I LovetheNewMe! Have a great week and believe in yourself because "YOU" are worth it!   Edit note: (p.s. I learned by logging my food that I may not be eating enough consistently and maybe my body is going into starvation mode. I will keep you posted if I lose anything over the next week. I started tracking every morsel on Saturday the 9th of July. So crossing my fingers ) Try out the web site it is pretty neat and I got the idea from reading one of our blogs. :iloveuall:
♥LovetheNewMe♥

♥LovetheNewMe♥

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Debora Anne's Blog
 

First Fill

Had my first fill today ...according to the NP I am doing great....I have to admit I was a tad disapointed that I had only lost 9 lbs since 7/15 -- She was so kind as to go thru the amount of weight I have lost since the day before surgery to current and I agree with her an average of 4 lbs per week is good. I suddenly realized it has only been 5 weeks since banded so 28 lbs lost is pretty darn good- In the past I would have given up aready. So till we actually reviewed and discussed I was feeling disapointed but now I feel good about my progress....just putting it all in perspective~   An interesting conversation about protein..I was concerned that I cannot get in 60g a day- She said we here at TR do not state any amount of protein per day. She said 60G is more for maintaining - we want you to lose -- so as long as you are eating the right foods, staying at 1/2 cup per meal focusing on eating your protein first no worries I will lose weight and be healthy...Yes beleive it or not I do not eat more than 1/2 cup or 2-3 oz meat or fish and about 1/4 cup of veggies or fruit and I am satisfied /full (this is 3xs per day)- for the last week or so I have been getting hungry after 2.5 to 3 hours so I am glad I had a fill today.     My fill was totally painless I cannot believe how good she was it took about 3 minutes to withdraw and add~~~~!!! If i ever need any needles or IV's I will definitly ask if she is available~~~   Had a protein shake after fill and so far so good-- I think I will stay on protein shakes this week...although I do not have to I am traveling for work and going to a very remote part of NE and I do not beleive there will be any facilities around that could do an unfill if nessasary .....so liquids for sure JUST IN CASE of Stuck episodes Thank you all for listening hope your day is as great as mine has been!
Debora Anne

Debora Anne

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LA0710's Blog
 

constant concern for progress

I had my lap band placed Feb 1 2011 so far I'm down 21 lbs may 10th was my first adjustment i wasn't loosing after the 20 lbs for weeks. they said it would jump start the weightloss again NOTHING. I started excersizing everyday w a trainer 2 wks now NOTHING II think I need anther ajustment I eat well as always but I can eat a good amount of food before I am full at all. I alwas think I am doing something wrong thats why its not working. From the other stories I;ve read I guess an adjustment is'nt failure its part of the process. I keep thinking I should be doing better on my own without an adj. but in reality if that were the case than I didn't need the band in the first place just diet and excersize like in thne past!!!!!!!!! Any thoughts or inlightenment would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance LA0710
LA0710

LA0710

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redhead8691's Blog
 

Encouragement needed and questions

I am 6 days post op with no weight loss since surgery which makes no sense to me because I lost 19 lbs on the pre op 10 day liquid diet. Why am I not losing now? I have followed the liquid diet post op just as I am supposed to. Why now that I had the surgery do I feel sad, discouraged about my decision? Did anyone else feel this way? Any input is greatly appreciated.
redhead8691

redhead8691

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Musings of a Central Ohio Mom
 

Surgeon Decision

Now that I'm a confirmed self-pay, I have a HUGE decision to make as to what doctor I go with. I continue to read the boards, blogs, and forums as well as googling every doctor I hear of. Hopefully I will find my right fit soon and proceed on to the next step.
5McK

5McK

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Andy's Articles
 

Support Group

I am going to my first lap band support group meeting tonight. I am glad that the office is seperating out band from bypass. Looking forward to meeting some people in person and hearing how they are doing. The office requires 2 meetings prior to scheduling the surgery. they offer 1 band only group, and there are 2 combined group meetings a month as well.
AMayo1

AMayo1

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Blog 79244
 

The amount of saline in your band don't always determine "good" weight lost!

Within the last couple of months, I was having a lot of problems with sliming/ everything getting stuck/ and feeling just down right awful! I tried to eat smaller bites and chew my foods very slowly and wait 30 seconds before my next bite of food. Well, nothing was working for me. I had some fluid taken out almost 4 months prior so I was so afraid of losing my restriction. Therefore, I continued to endure with the sliming and every single thing placed in my mouth getting stuck. I was getting so depressed because the band is a tool that befriends you in the weight lost process, but I was not getting that return from my band. Therefore, I knew I had to make some quick decisions because the constant throwing up was starting to effect my esophagus due the acid reflux I was experiencing. I went in last week and had some fluid removed from my band. I was brought down from 4.8cc to 4.2cc. I felt instant relief and yes- I am not as tight but that was my problem.   I did some research and when the band is implanted- there is only an opening about the size of an ink pen opening for foods and drink to travel through. That's why we are told to eat small bites of food and to drink fluids slowly to prevent things from getting stuck and to endure long periods of pain and suffering. Therefore, when the band is too tight it makes things that much more difficult to allow foods/drinks to go down properly. I still have decent restriction without all the uncomfortable drama (sliming/ throwing up/ acid reflux and pain)!   Therefore, I have learned it's not all about how much saline is in the band, but the ability to use the band as the tool it was designed to be. I am much happier with some fluid being removed than I was having the band tighter than it should have been. Also remember, when your band is too tight you will make poor food choices. That means eating slider foods that will cause weight gain and not weight lost. (just a little food for thougth)!   I am almost at my one year mark as of July 21st with only 4.2 ccs in my 10cc band. but my band is working as a friend and not a foe! I have a tendency to want everything to happen quickly, but slow and easy works better for me.   If anyone is experiencing a lot of sliming, throwing up, daily episodes of food and drinks getting stuck, you may consider having a little fluid removed and allowing your band a time period to heal from the entire trauma episode it's experienced.   I am starting to love and befriend my band all over again! I am definitely a work in progress. Thanks for listening and supporting me through it all. My wonderful band family!    
shonette

shonette

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Its Time for a Bite Out of Life!!
 

Ohhh - you lovely peice of chocolatey heaven you!!!

You know that feeling that feeling of sitting down with a bag of oreos and a big glass of milk or big fat peice of chocolate lava cake, you know the ones that have chocolatly goodness in the center that just oozes out as you put your fork into it!!! Ummmm, well I got that feeling today without even going near those tasty treats!!   Hot, hot day out!! Just me and my babies, well not so much anymore 3 and 6, but anyway back to the point! The milk, a whale that shot out freezing cold hose water, filled with peices of grassand dirt in the bottom (actually now that I think about it the water was pretty gross). The cream filling was water balloons that we ever so gently CHUCKED at daddy, and that chocolatly goodness oh yeah, that oozy fudgy yummyness = my childrens laughter.   After I finished "gently tossing" water balloons at dad I sat back, big old glass of ice cold crystal light and watched my babies running around in and out of the sprinkler. My daughter picking up worms in wonderment and my son, oh the delicate flower he is - say "ohh sooo cold". That full feeling that wonderful "I couldnt eat one more bit, but in a good way" that over came me. I am finding my chocolate heaven.   Every once in a while I can feel that feeling overcome me. The one food used to fufill. What a process, but today I got a glimpse of life without cake in the center and it was tasty!!!    
kristipalmer

kristipalmer

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LUCYCAT's Blog
 

FREE AND FOCUSED

It is amazing how much can happen in the span of 44 days. One moment my boyfriend was telling me how much he loved me and appreciated me. 5 days later he broke up with me because he said we didn’t have a “spark”. Whatever the hell that means. I think he was intimidated by my upcoming surgery. He never wanted to talk about it, and seemed to be trying to talk me out of it.   I finished up the last doctor appointment. I received precertification from the insurance company. I have an education class on July 27th. I have a preop appointment on July 29th. And my surgery is scheduled for August the 1st   I have cans of protein shakes lined up in my bedroom. Today, on the advice of my dietitian I went ahead and made low fat chicken salad, turkey salad, tuna salad and green beans. I pureed them in the food processor and then put them in ice cube trays and froze them. Then wrapped them individually and put them in freezer bags. Yes it was every bit as completely and utterly disgusting as it sounds.   The green beans were my favorite. A can of green beans with some onions and chicken broth mixed together and then pulverized in the food processor. It looked like vomit. The sort of vomit that would spew from someone possessed by Satan himself.   I am counting down the days. Unfortunately my ex-boyfriend’s tragic timing has left me high and dry. My mother will pinch hit for him. She is taking me the 2hour trip up to the city to have the surgery done, and will cart me back home when it is over. She isn’t in the best of health herself and I hate like mad that she has to do this for me. Donna and Frankie both offered to take me- but I guess I will just stick with mom. She seems to be excited about the idea.   I am fighting like mad to find some human that I can throw money at who will mow my stupid yard. My mower died last weekend and it’s a jungle out there.   I had sort of convinced myself that I could mow it myself after surgery. Perhaps this is God’s way of saving me from myself.   Just like my laptop giving up the ghost on the very day I got dumped. In reality it probably saved me from some well, shall we say drunk emailing. Isn’t technology grand?   The registration and inspection on my car expire this month. I have taken the Thursday off between my appointments and plan to do an adult responsibility day. I will take care of them, and get my hair cut before sugery.   I loved my boyfriend very much, and I miss him far more than I care to admit. But part of me is relieved to have this time to take care of me. Our relationship was very much about me being there to take care of him. It will be nice to focus on myself for the first time in what feels like forever.   Who knows who I will be a year from now? Of course there is this tiny voice of dread in the back of my head that worries I will be the only person in the free world that bariatric surgery will NOT work for.    
LUCYCAT

LUCYCAT

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KathyD49's Blog
 

Food Choices !?!

I realised last night how easy it is to "slip" back into old patterns, habits, etc. I have been dreaming, fantasizing if you will, about homemade Mac and Cheese. One of the things I did pre-op was to cook, LOTS. I love to cook and bake. Well, a few months ago my roommate came up with the idea of purchasing a freezer and a food saver vac (one of those systems that allows you to vacuum pack your food and freeze it in a microwavable bag. I did this a lot. Would make large casseroles for our meals, and after we ate, would freeze the left overs in individual portions for us to eat when I didn't feel like cooking, or to take to work for our meal there.   I love homemade Mac and Cheese, and I have been dreaming about it. So last night, before I even knew what happened, I snagged a portion of it out of the freezer, nuked it and sat down to eat. Now I wouldn't worry if I had gotten in all my protein, but yesterday was a lousy day as far as eating my protein. The best thing I can say is that I didn't overeat. I stopped when I felt full, and was only miserable for about 20 minutes. And I have to say, IT TASTED GREAT!!!!! I just know that I can't go around doing things like that on a daily basis anymore.   Anyone out there have any ideas on how to deal with these cravings when they become overwhelming? I am trying so hard to get all my water and all my protein in, and when something like this happens, it sort of throws me for a huge loop. It is almost easier when I am working, as I pack my lunch to take with me, and all I have then is good choices! But when I have four or five days off, like now, the whole kitchen is there, with so many tempting choices, a lot of which are bad for me. Whoever said that WLS is the "easy out" has NEVER struggled with trying to make good choices after a lifetime of bad eating choices!   I know that what I did isn't fatal, and I'm not going to beat myself up about it for too long. But I am still trying to figure out my relationship with food, and learn why I made so many bad choice for so many years, when I KNOW what is good for me. ( I mean, I'm a nurse. I had to take nutrition in school. I know WHAT the good choices are, I just don't make them that often!) It would be SO much simpler if I could just stop eating entirely, like smoking, just go cold turkey and QUIT! Too bad they don't make a the equivilent of a nicotene patch for food-o-holics!   Well, it's time, have to get the old swim suit on and go swim my laps. Yesterday I was up to 24 laps, today want to do at least 26 or 28. Trying to "establish" the habit of exercising, something else that I haven't always made smart choices about in years past. But this whole new path I am walking demands that I TRY to make smart choices about food, exercise, etc.   Happy weekend to all my fellow VGSers. Hope you are having a great weekend. All of you think of me tomorrow, I go to the dentist for a 3 HOUR appointment! Am dreading it BIG TIME. (Did I mention that I have made poor choices in the past about dental care also?)  
KathyD49

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