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faybie's Journal

A blog by faybie in General

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My band journal

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1/20/07   hips: 45" down 1" from 1/07 waist: 36 3/8" down 1 5/8" from 1/07 chest: 41" down 1 3/4" from 1/07   rt thigh: 24" no change from last measurement lf thigh: 24" no change from last measurement   rt calf: 13 5/8" down 1 1/8" from 1/07 lf calf: 15 1/2" down 1 1/2" from 1/07   rt bicep: 12 1/2" down 3/8" from 1/07 lf bicep: 12" down 1/2" from 1/07
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funny... not ha ha though

I was reading my journal. I haven't added an entry in a while. It was quite fun reading my thoughts just after being banded. I was reading my daily meals too, funny I wasn't making very good choices back then. I had cookies for dinner one day... jeesh.   I make much much healthier choices these days. I should keep more of a log of my food. I tried on fitday, however it is so hard to find matches for foods that it got frustrating.   Just ran my numbers. I am down to a BMI of 29. T

no where else to put this...

Measurements log   sometime before surgery   hips: 49 7/8 " waist: 41 7/8" chest: 45 1/2"   8/30 day of surgery following pre-op diet   hips: 48 7/8" down -1" waist: 40 1/2" down -1 3/8" chest: 44 3/4" down -3/4"   9/18   hips: 48 3/8" down -1 1/2" waist: 40 3/8" down -1 1/2" chest: 43 3/8" down -2 1/8"   12/2   hips: 47 1/8" down -2 3/4" waist: 38 7/8" down -3" chest: 42 3/4" down -2 3/4" rt thigh: 26 1/8" lf th
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More NSV's

I found a black dress yesterday. Whew! I was able to buy it a size smaller. It's a bit more fashionable too, with its little flare at the bottom.   This morning, of course, I put the dress on. I selected a blouse to go over the dress. I put it on and walked to the mirror. The shirt was too big, it looked ridiculous. So, I walked back to the closet and got a second shirt (same size) and looked in the mirror again. The second shirt looked just as bad. LOL. My husband is waiting on me a
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hmmmm.....I need to come up with more interesting titles - Day 13

Wow, so its day 13. I can walk at my normal pace now. I can also wear a bra with no problem, yesterday it still hurt. I still cannot eat over 4oz. at a time. The pressure in my chest definitely tells me that it will send it right back up if I dare. I am still staying full for hours and hours. I wasn't even hungry at lunch today, so I only ate about 2oz. I was at lunch with my SIL. She knows but I would have felt bad not eating anything at all. She ate a whole filafl (sp?), fries and pita
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Day 12

Well, this past Saturday was my birthday. I was just looking at what I had to eat that day. What a BIG difference! I was discussing with my husband what we would normally do on birthdays and I saved myself probably 3000 calories (what would that be? more than a pound). We usually go to a very fancy restaurant and have a five course meal with bread, appetizers, salad, main course and dessert, not to mention the wine. Not only did I save myself from that but probably saved $130 by not going ou
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Food day 10 and 11, day 10 was my birthday!

Sat 9/9 - day 10 Morning Scale: 211   Food today: Breakfast - 1/4 of a bisquit with sausage gravy Lunch - 2 oz of chicken, 1 snack wells sugar free devil's food cookie Dinner - 1/3 of a La Madeleine chicken, broccoli, tomato crepe. snack - sugar free jello caramel pudding.   Excersize: None   Sun 9/10 - day 11 Morning Scale: 211   Food today: Breakfast - 4 oz of 50% fat free pimento cheese with a small spoon of fat free mayo. Lunch - 4 oz of home baked blackened tilapia. Yumm
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Day 9

I noticed that I am walking faster today, almost back to normal pace. Soon, LOL, I will be able to keep up with my husband again.   I had an interesting NSV today that I think has nothing to do with weight loss, so to speak, and everything to do with my "new found" positive feelings about myself. For the past two years I haven't really had a good positive image of myself. I lost my long straight blonde hair to chemotherapy. I was over weight even then, but I had my pretty hair to help me k
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Day 8 - hit with the post op blues everyone has been talking about

Wow, boy was I hit with the post-op blues last night and this morning. I watched a pretty sad moving on TV last night and it made me cry. I didn't stop crying until over 3 hours later. I couldn't sleep, all I did was lay there and cry. This is very strange because I take medication that regulates my moods and I haven't had a cry like this in a long time. I know there is nothing wrong and there is definitely not anything making me upset. So, I just kept grabbing tissues and cried it all out
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Day 7 - 2nd day back to work

Well, this morning I have very little aching pains at any of my incision sites. When I move or bump things I feel minor pain from them. Desks and conference room tables are the perfect height to bother my incision sites. =(   I am really glad that I decided to come back to work on Day 6, because I don't feel bad enough to be home, as a matter of fact I have more energy now than I did two weeks ago. I have no idea if this is "for real" energy or some kind of natural high from the excitement
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Day 6 after surgery back to work.

Today, I am back to work. I slept about 21 hours yesterday, so I have plenty of energy. I had bought the sports bras to wear to work but this morning when I put it on, it was hurting my diaphram so I decided to wear my normal underwire bra. BAD IDEA! I have already taken it off and feel much better. I have on a business professional jacket so no one is the wiser!   Every morning for breakfast pre-banding, I would go down to the deli in our building and get either a breakfast taco or a b
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Day 5 after surgery

Day 5 was yesterday, but I was too tired and sore to make an entry.   I was more tired and sore on Day 5 than I have been so far. I also had a very throbbing headache. I didn't take any pain medication this day and only had a few doses of tylenol. I believe the headache was from "coming down" from the pain meds as this is how I normally react to vicodin and loritab.   I slept all but about 3 hours yesterday. My husband said that he tried to wake me several times and that he has never
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Day 4 after surgery

Today has been a good day so far, my 2 year old jumped in my lap when I wasn't looking, reflexively I guarded my stomach, so he only hit the far left wound. My mom is here waiting for me to be ready to go walking. LOL. I hate it but love it. Mom's are great like that. I took my first real shower today and was very careful with my incisions.   My DH used adhesive remover on places where I had adhesive build up from surgery and bandages. I am fortunate, I have a whole box of adhesive remo
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Surgery day , day 2, day 3

Surgery day,   Surgery was a breeze, I was out before I even knew I went into surgery. However, after I could'nt wake up from the anesthesia. I went to the bathroom asleep, did the barium swallow asleep and my dr. requires you to drink a bottle of water before leaving. I slept through that too. I would take a sip, fall asleep, then wake up, take a sip, fall asleep. I have no idea how long it took me to drink that water.   Food on surgery day: 2 1/2 cups of creamy broccoli soup that
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1 day before surgery

My surgery is tomorrow. The nurse at the Dr. office spoke to me last Friday when I finally got the letter from my Oncologist that he has released me for the surgery. I was having a very very hard time on the self induced liquid diet.   Just as a standard script she goes "remember to keep eating low carb, then on Sunday night no more red meat, and no food after midnight before the surgery."   That was a LOT less restrictive that I was trying to be. I didn't last on the self induced liqui

thurs before surgery on wed.

I was suppose to start my (self induced) liquid diet yesterday. I had a slimfast chocolate shake in the morning for breakfast. When lunch came I didnt have the will power or desire to have another shake. I had tamales that the house keeper brought me.   Then for dinner I went out to a favorite local restaurant. I ate half of what I normally eat and skipped their homemade brewed beer. So, I ate less than half of what I normally do there including no beer! Far cry from liquids only.  

12 days pre-op

I have been on the low/no carb diet that Dr. Spivak requires. I have decided after reading the forum that I am going to go straight liquids one week pre-op, so that is in 5 days.   I am visiting restaurants that I will miss on my one month post op mushy diet. I am practicing my new eating style to get myself mentally prepared. I put my fork or spoon down between each bite.   Just eating low carb style, my appetite has greatly reduced and things are tasting too salty and spicy. The sala

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