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Blog 88663
 

Feeling Great

I am one year out. Have not lost nearly as much as I had hoped - however, I attended my 50th high school reunion looking great! I am not putting any weight on, which is a BIG deal for me as usually I am back gaining at this point of a "diet". I have lost 4 pant sizes, want to lose 2 more and I am working on that. Got to get exercising. Feeling good about myself after a long time of not feeling good at all.
gotmylifeback

gotmylifeback

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Blog 61819
 

home from surgery

I just got home from surgery! I am banded! I never thought I would go through with it. I almost walked out of the hospital so many times. I some how got the courage to stay. I will write more about my experience later... right now I need a nap!
princesslaurie1

princesslaurie1

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Blog 88649
 

Pre-op

I am having my pre-op done on Thursday, March 25th. I'm so anxious for my surgery. I am going to eat a BIG, FAT, STEAK, TONIGHT:)
cdwiggins

cdwiggins

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Blog 43250
 

starting over 03/24/10

Looks like the only logical thing to do is start from square one. As hard as it is to admit, I have regressed back to where I started. It's going to take a few days to do this since I have to supply my pantry with the low carb, high protein foods that I should be eating. I have gotten lazy and have slipped back to eating whatever and whenever I feel like it. I know better not to eat the fried foods and sweets but when I eat small portions of these things they slip by the lapband just fine. It's been hard this lenten season giving up the chocolate but I haven't cheated one bit. Once I make up my mind to do something I usually am able to accomplish whatever it is. I have now made up my mind. I will begin on Sunday. This gives me up until Saturday to resupply my house with all the right foods and to announce to my family that we are back to basics. Wish me luck!
tootie_belle

tootie_belle

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Blog 75657
 

third times a charm..so they say

I am getting my 6 month eval and my 3rd fill tomorrow. I sure hope this time it works. I have had ZERO restriction since Jan. I am pretty sure i am eating the right things but just to much ( quantity). Im working out 3 times a week.. i can now be on the bike for 1 hour and sweat my ass off...the machine tells me that i have burned 300+ calories but im not sure if i should believe it.Mu nect challenge is to try the step machine and gett into a aerobics class with out fainting or making a fool out of myself.   wish me luck. I am dreading getting on the scale tomorrow...i have lost only 5 lbs since my last fill in Jan.
Gorda123

Gorda123

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Blog 75574
 

Saddened today by a Death! Sudden Heart Attack~my dear friend is gone!

:mad:Only the Lord knows why! My dear friend Rita and my daughters future mother in law died this morning from a Massive Heart Attack! My daughter who is an RN tried to revive her but could not!   I am so sad and hurt this morning, I could hardly eat anything yesterday from stress and now I find it hard to drink a protein shake.   When I get upset my band tightens! I don't know why but I have to be relaxed to eat. Is anyone else having this experience?   Please pray for me and my family and Rita's Family today as the shock wears off and reality sets in. Rita had a gastric bypass five years ago, lost 90 lbs and felt terrific, looked terrific and enjoyed life to the fullest, we just did not get to the wedding of our children this Oct together and to see OUR grandchildren, she wanted so badly! I will miss her terribly in our lives.
janetsjourneytoslim

janetsjourneytoslim

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Blog 1118
 

Couch 25K Week 2 - Workouts 1,2 & 3

So, week two on the couch 25K has been challenging to say the least. The jogs are upped from 1 minute to 1.5 minutes. Now, for someone like me, who hasn't run in better than 20 years, it was tough for me. That being said, I DID IT!! I'm worried about moving over to the 3rd week, as you have to run a segment for 3 minutes (yikes!!) But may try it and if its too much, go back to week 2 till I feel ready. I've been doing all the workouts on my treadmill, but soon want to hit some pavement or trails. Nothing better than sucking in some fresh air and scenery while gettin fit :scared0: I have noticed a change in my stamina. My runs are more thought out, more deliberate. At first, I would just do whatever it took to get through, now I am watching my form more and it feels GREAT. I can feel my body responding to the intensity. My thighs, my butt (no hope for the flatlands, lol) my arms, it feels great. And let me just say, that the energy level is THROUGH THE ROOF!! I have been a walker nearly all my adult life, the energy I feel after an interval run is SO MUCH more than if I'd walked for 30 minutes. I went from low energy to high def energy...woooooo hooooooo!! I got me a new pair of running shoes, and watched countless YouTube videos about running, so I'm pumped to continue the program. I'll let yall know how I do on the 3rd week workout (which I'm trying today) Also for anyone interested, I'm vlogging about all this as well on YouTube, just search my username: scneaux. Stay tuned and thanks for reading/watching :sneaky2:
Shontel

Shontel

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Blog 1118
 

4 Month Update

I realized that I've not been keeping up my blog because I've been doing videos on YouTube alot with my updates. (if interested, I did a 4 month video my user name on YouTube is scneaux) However, I wanted to keep my blog up as well because this is where I began recording my thoughts. At 4 months I've lost 57 pounds. By my calculations, I think I've lost only 5 pounds this month, but am sort of glad to have slowed (trying to keep my hair as long as possible...ha ha) I noticed my hunger is sort of coming back. Not severe by any means. Just a nudge to let me know its time to eat. My favorite snacks are beef jerkey, string cheese and sunflower seeds. Still struggling with ny protien shakes and vitamins. I do take Prevacid still and this past month as everyone knows, I began training for a 5K. I am noticing my body transforming! yay! still got the skin issues, and the going south issues, but noticing some muscle definition which I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE!! One thing I am going to do this weekend is to try on some jean/capris and see what my true size is. Up to now I am still floating around in my 14's and a few 12's. I'm gong to buy at least 1 pair of capris this weekend (mall, watch out! lol) I may do another update this Friday, because its by date my exact 4 months. Stay tuned!! :scared0:
Shontel

Shontel

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Blog 1738
 

Entry Day #4

Today is great news. The financial guy said that everything should work out without having to sell the family cow and without my credit score taking a big hit. I am just waiting for all the i's to be dotted and the t's to be crossed. He suggested some medical connections that he has to do the surgery about a 10K reduction. It sounds good, not crazy about not having my surgeon. The question is: Is my surgeon who has NEVER done a lap band out and VSG revision before ( and he may well have done a couple by the time all my i's are dotted and t's are crossed) worth an extra 10K? The little voice is saying stick with what you know- dance with the one who brung you even to the tune of an extra 10K. I mean I will have invested a documentd 36K cash in trying to look normal and have some reasonable expectation of a healthy? life. Anyway, looks like it is a go- thank-you Jesus.:scared0:
fatnomore50

fatnomore50

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Blog 397
 

1 WEEK POST OPWell I made it! Recap. The first 2 days were hard. nausea and a headac

Recap. The first 2 days were hard. nausea and a headache that wouldn't quit. The plane ride was rough got motion sick from the mountains on top of the nausea I already had. I had phenergan waiting for me when I got off the plane! I have had a cough esp bad at night called Dr. Aceves taking an extra nexium before I go to bed. Might need to up to 40mg in the am? HAVE NOT stepped on the scale I am so bloated, just taking it easy. Made myself an excel spreadsheet to track that I take my vits etc and tally my protein. I have used Sparkpeople before (in fact I got to my goal weight doing sparks-didn't last long!). I find having a piece of paper that I have posted and mark off inspires me. Making sugar-free Jello with Isopure 40 gm bottles.
Dee

Dee

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Blog 84356
 

suurgery tomorrow

Surgery is tomorrow. Just added a weight ticker on my signature, hopefully. Want to see if it worked. Drank the magnesium citrate a few hrs ago but not happening yet. Lots of grumbling. I'm hoping it kicks in soon, b/c I do not want to be up in the middle of the night.
Blawndy

Blawndy

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Blog 41166
 

If it's NOT 1 thing then it's ANOTHER~!~~~~~ :-(

First I had to go into see my surgen because she thinks I pulled a stitch! I was having port pain. After a few days it felt like how it felt right after sugery (that bad)/ So, had a CT scan done. Apparently, a scan doesn't show if you pulled a stitch. She just wanted to make sure everything was "working still going through right ect. She thinks I did pull a stitch & is hoping it will heal itself. So, it's been about 10 days & my belly is feeling better. NOW, I'm having back issues!!!! :mad: It first felt like Siatica pain. It's horrible!! I can't bend iver pick up my kids do house work excerise ANYTHING!! I'm really bumbed out! I have been eating all the wrong foods! I was doing so well too. :frown:
heidib

heidib

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Blog 86799
 

Still here! And still making progress...

I know it's been a minute since my last post. LAst week was a doozy for me. I had to prep for my first jewelry event. It was a SMASH, BTW! Added some cheese to my nest egg   I've fallen off on the food journal over the last week (online), but have been writing it down in a notebook. i'm still on track. Pretty proud, too. Down 2 more lbs!   I'll be back in regular posting mode this week.   take a moment to check out the other part of my life here:    
vanishingvixen

vanishingvixen

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Blog 85448
 

Conflicting Info

From the beginning, I've been getting a different story from the various members of my Bariatric team. Yesterday I had my first post-op visit. I thought it would be the surgeon, but instead it was a nurse. Now, two weeks after surgery they tell me not to twist at the waist as I might get a muscle spasm(yes, thanks - did that the other night in bed), that for the first week after surgery I was to eat 2 tbsp at each meal(Pre-surgery it was 1/4 -1/2 cup), that I should not drink while eating and for an hour after(Pre-surgery it was no liquid 30 min before and 45 min after), no fresh veggies or fruit for 4 months(Pre-sugery it was 5 weeks) I'm getting so mired in the rules that it's almost easier not to eat!
RavenClaw779

RavenClaw779

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Blog 79623
 

Yippee! I'm on the banded side!

I'm back! I got home a couple of hours ago and promptly took a nap. According to my surgeon, the surgery was picture perfect." Let me tell you though, the gas pain in my chest was scary awful. I felt like I couldn't breathe when I first got to my room. The nurse thinks it was because I was in the post anesthesia area for a while (due to my room not being ready). That meant I was on my gurney, flat, for about 3.5 hours after the surgery. The gas just sat on my chest I guess. Anyway, when I got to my room, the nurses had me up walking and that helped a bit. Still had to take lots of pain med by injection right up until this morning before I left for home. What everyone says is true...walking, walking helps! I can breathe better today, but deep breaths are still kinda hard. At the the hospital, every time I woke up I walked around the nurse's station over and over and over. When I woke up this morning, the gas pain in my chest was better (not gone but better). Gas-X didn't help a lick. Walking is the key! I feel kinda itchy today, not like an allergy itchy, I just find myself gently scratching my skin. Maybe I'm just dry (it's cold here again in western NY).
matilda01

matilda01

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Blog 85392
 

The count down....

So 7 days from today, March 30 i will be banded! Started day 8 of liquid diet and i am down 9.3 pounds. I wish i could continue this on my own with out the band but i have done this way too many times and always do good on a diet at first! Im excited to start my journey, just running out of patience and getting tired of this liquid diet form hell! This time next week i will be banded...exciting and scarry:mad: Say a prayer for me please!
trisha lynne

trisha lynne

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Blog 88043
 

OMG my first throw up! UGH!!!!!

I guess I was so cocky that I thought I was immune to throwing up! So I decided today that I would have some tuna on some 35 calorie bread, right? WRONG!!!! By the third bite I was so violently ill, it felt like there was a little man in my esophogas with a blow torch, burning up my insides. It was so very uncomfortable I would not wish that on my worst enemy! I actually forgot about the lapband principles. No little bites, no chewing up my food, just business as usual. Never Again! Plus I threw it up. It just came up sweet as you please, right in my office thank you very much! I am giving you this detail because I don't want this to happen to you. Please, please follow the rules. Mushy food only! Learn from my mistake.:mad:
Cmor2k

Cmor2k

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Blog 85448
 

Post Surgical Follow Up

Wow - it really blew me away - the sheer number of people in the waiting room for post-surgical follow up, but I guess if they're doing 5-6 a day, 6 days a week it makes sense.   Healing okay - first fill will be 4/14. Getting real tired of puree. Nurse was running an hour behind schedule so by the time I got out of there, I'd driven an hour down, been in the office for two and a half hours and face a rush hour drive home. I was starving! Went to McDonalds and got a small coffee, small fry and a snack wrap. Coffee and fries went down okay - snack wrap made a grand reappearance. Definitely a learning experience!
RavenClaw779

RavenClaw779

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Sunshine2's (Tonya's) Journal
 

My HCG update - FINALLY I'm in the 150's!

Today is day 39 on the HCG diet. I'm taking a few days off, also known as a "planned interruption". So today is my last dose of the HCG, then I will follow the diet for 72 hours until the HCG is out of my system. Then I eat "phase 3 style", or avoide my sugars and starches, I will be back on it around 4/2. I just have an event this weekend, and on the 30th. My plan then is to stay on it until 4/21, I will be leaving for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on 4/22. Once I return, right back on the program. I believe I should be at my goal weight by the end of May or first of June if I still to the program.   I did have a few cheats on this round, but I still managed to drop around 22 pounds in 39 days. Not bad in my opinion. I probably could have dropped 25 if I had not swayed from the program.   Here are my daily results, I'm sure you will be able to tell when I cheated because the scale would go up for a few days.   Day 1 - loading days 179.8 Day 2 - 178.5 (another loading day) Day 3 - First day of VLCD 179.8 Day 4 - 176.2 Day 5 - 175.6 Day 6 - 173.4 Day 7 - 172.4 Day 8 - 171.1 Day 9 - 168.9 Day 10 - 168.9 Day 11 - 168.8 Day 12 - 169.0 Day 13 - 168.2 Day 14 - 167.6 Day 15 - 167.5 Day 16 - 166.9 Day 17 - 165.8 Day 18 - 165.4 Day 19 - 164.8 Day 20 - 166.1 (started cheating) Day 21 - 167.1 Day 22 - 166.8 Day 23 - 165.3 Day 24 - 164.8 Day 25 - 163.7 Day 26 - 163.3 Day 27 - 162.4 Day 28 - 161.2 Day 29 - 162.4 Day 30 - 161.2 Day 31 - 162.3 Day 32 - 162.2 Day 33 - 161 Day 34 - 161 - My body is stalling big time! Day 35 - 161.7 Day 36 - 159.3 FINALLY BROKE THE STALL Day 37 - 158.1 Day 38 - 158.8 Day 39 - 158 - Last dose of HCG Total loss 21.8 pounds!!!!!   Wow, I am in the 150's, I'm doing a Happy dance today! So close to my goal of 140!!!!!   I am going to try and not gain too much while I'm off the program this next week, I want to continue going down!
tonya66

tonya66

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Blog 87528
 

Taking Care

It has come to my realization that the more weight I gained, the more I let myself go. I stopped doing the things that helped build my self esteem and made me feel beautiful even with the weight.   This past month has been excruciating...I have about a month and a half before my surgery and the wait is driving me insane!! All I can think about is I want to begin losing now! I want to feel better about myself now! So, I took my newfound realization and decided to make a pledge to myself...   Though the weight loss will be a little behind, I can get back into my beauty routine and start feeling better now. Beginning today, I am going to ease back into taking care of the little things: having my nails painted, deep conditioning my hair and styling it every day, whitening my teeth, taking bubble baths, etc. While these things may seem petty and ridiculous, they aren't. These are simple ways for a woman to pamper herself and feel well. So these are the things I will be doing and I will look at them as preparation for my surgery, which will come in due time.
SBeth

SBeth

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Blog 79531
 

3/23/2010

Today is a lovely sunny day! My weigh in amount = 337.8 So it crept up for the second day. Gee, I wonder if those chicken wings had anything to do with it? LOL Anyway - that's it for now, I'm still in the game!   till tomorrow...
peprmentpati

peprmentpati

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