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Blog 53550

A blog by Jaffa in General

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10/11 months update

Well, I am down to 179. It has been slow going as I approach my goal. Which is to be at the top of the normal bmi range.   I'm going to push the exercise really hard for the next 8 weeks and try to make goal on my one year anniversery?????   I will also plan to post a thread on my one year anniversery on everything I have learned and done to get where I'm at.   My 10th wedding anniversery is in feb and we are going on a cruise....already ordered new wetsuits for both of us.
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6 month point

Well, I'm at the 6 month point.   I have really achieved the sweet spot for me.   I got really busy at work, and pretty much quit working out, but I'm still able to lose 1lb every 10 days.   I'm now down to 184.   I decided to revise my final goal. I'm actually, pretty happy with the 66lbs lost, and I think if I just lose another 14lbs, I will just try to maintain that point. That would put me just above the normal weight range, and at the same time, allow me to keep my band a little b
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This should be a great work out week.

Well, I'm all caught up on my yard work for the spring, and I actually have a little bit lighter work week coming up.   So I'm hoping to get 15 hours of, stationary bike, walking, and weights in this week.   I am also wanting to do a marathon on the threadmill. So the first time I get an entire day off, and don't have anything I have to do, I'm going to hop on the treadmill and walk. I figure I can walk at about 3 miles per hour for 10 hours straight and be done.   I was inspired by by t
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My first unfill....

Well, yesterday, the tightness just got worse. I couldn't even swallow something that was half the size of a pea. I got stuck and it down right hurt.   I went in today, and got some of my fluid taken out. They removed .5cc, to take me back to 5.8 total.   I am on liquids right now, in hopes that I can get rid of any swelling and with the unfill, be just about right.   We shall know in a couple of days. I know I will be happier this way, but I'm guessing I will be needing to execute som
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Still no weight loss....maybe even weight gain?

Well, this the longest I have gone without any weight loss. In fact I'm up a pound. I am trying to up my calories a bit for awhile and then bring them back down, just to fool my body.   This is so frustrating....I was losing 2 or more lbs a week for a long time, and now in the last 10 days, I have gained 1lb.   I'm tighter then the past, so, I'm going to use a little hot water to help in the morning. I am thinking about just changing my food routines as much as possible to get things goin
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Oh yea!!! My first real plateau!!!

Well, a little more then a week and I'm at the same weight. It isn't as fun as when your losing 2lbs a week.   I know, why. I haven't been doing my regular workout routine because I have been working more, and it is that time of the year when I have to do extra work in the yard.   Yard work should in theory help, but it doesn't seem to do as much as they say it does????   Well, I have to go finish planting the day lillies in the front yard.

Another BMR Revelation

Currently my BMR (Basal Metabolism Rate) is 1915 calories a day at 202lbs and 5'9" and an age of 42.   By the time I get to 160, I will be 43 and need to stay at 1400 calories, just to maintain my weight. Well assuming no physical activity.   This is just a complete revelation to me. My god, I could never get down to 160, and would have no chance of maintaining it without weight loss surgery.   I can't even think about people who lose their band, thinking they can go back to doing it on

Time of an unfill or something.

After my last fill, I have found that my food intolerances have gotten a little out of control.   Before, I just couldn't eat left over dry meat. Now I'm having trouble with other things. It seems totally random. One day, I have no problems, the next, I can't seem to eat anything without getting stuck.   It is getting really annoying. I'm going back on creamy food for a day or two, and see if it clears up, if not, I think it is time of a little unfill? It is only 19 days to my normal ap

BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) versus Bodybugg

This is just a repost of a thread I started. I found this to be great information for those who don't want a bodybugg to track caloric burn per day.   First let me say, I love my bodybugg.   But for those who don't want the hassle and or expense, I have found that this BMR calculator, is extremely close to what I burn according to my bodybugg.   BMR Calculator   If you use dailyplate.com and add in any physical activity for the day, you will be very very close. So close it is down right
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Big news for my wife.

Well, I can't believe I forgot to blog this, but my wife is getting WLS.   She has done really good, just trying to copy what I eat, and how I eat, but she has come to realize, that as usual, it is getting too tough.   I LOVE HER, more then oxygen.   She is getting the Gastric Sleeve, by Dr, Aceves.
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My sweet spot has been reached.

Well, so far so good. I had my last fill 4 days ago and was back on regular foods for the last two days.   I think my band is perfect now. I tend to eat yogurt for breakfast and it goes down with just a little bit of slow down. Lunch is a tiny bit tight, and supper is perfect. I'm now down to about a cup of food at supper time....which is when I really need the help to stay on track.   It looks like I will be able to maintain 1000-1200 calories pretty easily now. I was averageing a coup
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Results after one month of tracking in and out

I have now tracked everything I have eaten for one month. I also, tracked, via the bodybugg everything I have burned.   I'm just a little bit disappointed. The calorie defecit should have resulted in a 12lb loss for the month. I officially only lost 8lbs during this period.   It could be that I gained 4lbs of muscle??? I did maintain and average of 2 hours a day of excercise, so maybe? But I think it is most probably a combination of the bodybugg over estimating my calorie burn by 2lbs
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A solid week of no weight loss

You would think I would be upset, but I'm really not. I had an ok week. Didn't get to exercise as much as the week before, but still got in 5 hours worth.   Using my calories in and calories burned record I should have lost 2-3lbs, but the scale shows nothing. I would be really frustrated, but since I know exactly where I'm at, I know it is just water weight changes making the scale not move.   I can tell, I'm now starting to need a little fill again. I'm doing good, but my daily calori
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I hate birthdays.

This weekend was another birthday party. While I am careful to never exceed what I burn for the day, it is difficult. I only burned about 400 calories more then I ate.   Not a good start to the week, but I'm still hoping for the 3lb loss that gets me to the halfway point!!!!   I'm going to really have to bust some ass this week, hopefully work doesn't get in my way.
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Exercise paying off big time!!!

Well, I have been tracking my weight loss from the beginning, and it is amazing to see how much the exercise is paying off.   I can see where I was losing about 1.5lbs average per week, and then when I started the extra exercise I have consistently started losing more like 2.5 and even 3.0lbs per week. I am trying to do double of what they recommend.   I am also very please with my restriction. This last fill has stayed with me so much better then the previous ones. I think I will need le
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Set a new record one day calorie defecit!!!

Yesterday, I was able to burn 3900 calories and only eat about 1300....a 2600 defecit!!!!   That is a new one day record for me.   Today, I am eating out twice, first the Long John Silvers grilled salmon and baked potato, and tonight I'm having Papa Murphy's Med. delite pizza.....so I can eat out, if I just make the right choices and the band helps me not eat too much!!!   I'm going to get another day of 3 hours of light walking and biking and then 45 minutes of moderate swimming, so it sh
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Better restriction, but not to the sweet spot yet.

I definitely have more restriction again, after my fill on the 26th. But I still can eat about 2 cups of food before getting the full signals.   For me the full signal is one little hiccup. I stop eating at this point, and sure enough I'm full. For me if I eat too much it will become uncomfortable with a kind of tiny bit of pain.   I still can eat way too fast. I eat the Sam's club stuffed chicken breast and 10 sweet potato fries in about 20 minutes. If I was at ideal restriction, I thi
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New exercise plan paying off??

Well, we should know soon? My body bug says I am burning 3200-3400 calories now that I'm doing the fat burning exercise for 3 hours a day and the weights for 1 hour.   I just got a fill today of 1cc, so I should be able to easily stay at 1200 calories of intake. That's a 2000 calorie defecit per day average. At that rate I should be able to maintain my 2.5lbs pers week goal. Thats what I need to do right now to make my 160lbs on October 1st.   My knee is a little sore, but I'm actually ho
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Bandster hell again.

Well, three weeks after my last fill and I can tell I'm losing my restriction again. I was reallly doing well on my daily intake, but yesterday was a combination of problems.   First off, I was eating things I shouldn't, and second I was able to eat about 2 to 3 times as much as I should be eating for supper.   I'm just gonna have to use self discipline and control to get me throught the next week or so, which is the bandster hell. My supper was 8 oz of new york strip and cornbread. It is
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A form of survivors guilt.

Well, my wife has been dieting and trying to eat about the same thing as me. Understand she is NOT banded. She has done terriffic, but the reason I got banded is because I believe everyone can lose weight until biologically we are driven to start eating too much again. I just believe, for most people it is inevitable to regain on a diet because we have in our basic genetic code too many things that work against us.   I watch how hard she is working and I remember how difficult it used to be
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bodybugg food logging versus Dailyplate.com

Well, the bodybugg program made me realize the value of food logging, but the program itself and specifically the search feature was driving me a little crazy. That and it drove me a little crazy that it was fairly rigid on inputs and wouldn't let you go forward or backward to input food.   I decided to try the free version of dailyplate.com. Not only is it much better at both things I didn't like about the bodybugg food logger, but it is also much more user friendly. Man I am just flying t
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Really stuck for the first time-left over meat

Well, I was eating left over salmon the other day, and for some reason, it got stuck. I think it being left over it is just too dry? Well normally, stuck isn't all that bad, but this time it was horrible.   I had to wait a couple of hours and it actually, pysically hurt. Then finally it started to subside, and the went away. Afterward, I could just barely sip warm water until everything started to go back to normal. I was getting really worried that I would have to go to the hospital when
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Exactly two months, having to figure out some things

Well, I got the bodybugg because I was a little frustrated with the lack of progress lately.:huh2:   So far I am eating half of the calories that I am burning each day, and that runs about 1000 calories of deficit a day. So I should be losing at least 1lb and more likely 2lbs each week. My average for the week is now running about 2400 calories burned and 1200 eaten.   Boy I hope this strategy works, I'm a little frustrated right now with the lack of movement on the scale.:mad2:   I did
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