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Blog 90798

A blog by ssmom in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by ssmom on BariatricPal. 19 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Pattern of weight loss--slow or not?

Being a newby to this lap band journey, I am wondering if my weight loss is on the right path. I have observed from me and others the following: fast loss pre op and immediate post op. NO or very little loss pre fill. And a slow loss post fill. I have lost around 5 lbs in the 2 1/2 weeks of my first fill. That is and average of 1 3/4 lbs per week.   Now if you remember I did have vacation last week and gained, BUT that was water and I lost it and 1 extra lb, so that was a success.   Bu
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Vacation --paradise or torture chamber?

I just got back from Panama City Beach in FL and it was beautiful! No oil. One day the flags were double red flags but that was OK we did pools! I ate breakfast and lunch in the room, so I could control it and ate out each night but was very conscience of what I ordered and how much I ate. I walked the sandy beaches and played in the waves everyday, for hours. But I got home today after 8 hours of driving and weighed and I was up 2 lbs! YIKES. I feel like it was the salt air that made me
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Eating while working

Today was the first day to work a solid 7 hours, no breaks. I went prepared, 2 protein bars and a pack of ham ( I am on a protein day on the Lap Band TLC Lindora 10 week clinic) but it was HARD. Take a bite, wait on a customer ( I volunteer at a upscale thrift store), and oh how I was thirsty!   So I am a bite worried about when school begins. I am in the basement and have to go to another building for bathroom time. I also teach K through 12th grade and lunch is a stressful fast time, s
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Lap Band TLC

I am using Lap Band.com website for several things. I watched the EMMI videoes and they were very helpful. And now that I am filled I am enrolled in the TLC Lindora web clinic which is 10 weeks. So now that I am on solids, my first three days is protein days...100 grams and stay 50-100 grams of carbs. I am going to follow it, but carbs...they are every where!   The only thing about this is it says to eat 6 times a day, and I know as bandsters we are only suppose to eat 3 times, so I am c
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My first fill!

:drool:Well, what a surprise, kind of sort of. Went for my one month check up and he says, Ok let's do your fill! Nerves set in. He leaned me back with a pillow rolled under my lower back for me to arch up. He pokes and pokes to find port, says "lean your head and shoulders up" so now I am doing a semi "crunch". He finds it, sticks it, rolls it around to get to the po( had to go in through and angle due to incision not dissolving correctly) then I feel it, my port. It felt weird to have
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Mondays

I was so busy today, very unusual for a summer day for me. But I did go to water aerobics and it felt great! I then got a filling in a tooth, YUK. I couldn't eat my mid day meal with the numbness so I am hoping my stomach won't grumble too loud that it will scare my dogs!   I then took my oldest DD to the pool and went to talk to a friend I am helping with a Back to School Blitz where we give away 400 backpacks with school supplies. YES I AM IN CHARGE OF THE SUPPLIES!   But I did get a
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Variety..the spice of life

I was bummed earlier this week, but today, I feel like a new leaf has turned. I went to water aerobics this morning, and it was great! Of course I was a minority age wise, but thats ok, this is a great start.   I was also so bored with the eggs, potato, protein shake mushy diet, but today I researched some new recipes, went to the grocery store and got the sauces, and cheese, wow, I had a great dinner--faux lasagna. It was very tasty and a whopping 29 grams of protein!   Yippee, life is l
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Exercise what will I do?

I am trying to plan what I will be doing for my exercise. Will I do it in the morning, or wait to afternoons? Will I work out and then walk or will water aerobics be the Key? I am a bit confused of what I am going to do.   And while I am healing, I am feeling like the old me, TV, naps and nothing much. That is where this life has to stop.   Do I need a Jillian Michaels? Maybe. Will I need a Fit WII? Probably. Will I fail? Sometimes BUT I am going to try. If not why do this?
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2 weeks down, a lifetime to go

I can not believe its been two weeks since my surgery. I have finally had three steri strips fall off of the smaller incisions and almost off the bigger ones. I am not ready for the port one to come off because it is at my belly button right where my pants are. But once these fall off I can finally go swimming! ( It is summer after all)   I am excited to start mushy stage. I went and bought several things today. Watermelon will be the first. Of course I used to eat a whole half of one,
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better but at a stand still

Only 10 days out, I am at a stand still. I am finally feeling better from the left side pain, but I think all the pain caused no weight loss. I am only getting in about 800 calories each day, and haven't lost any since last Thursday. But I am still staying postive about this and know that the weight will all the sudden vanish during this liquid stage. My body is just getting accustomed to the band or rebelling a bit. But just like parenting, consistancy will pay off. So fat, watch out, I a
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set back

Late yesterday I started feeling"sore" in my left side, like I did the 2nd day after surgery. It progressed into "pain". I finally realized it could be gas in the intestines so I did the gas x and it eased it a bit, but it must of been in there that it left the area sore. It is not near the incisions or the port so I know its not the band. I just thought the gas wouldn't coninue this long.   I am still sore even this morning. No I didn't overdo it, just walked around a bit. So this is a
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One week into my new life

Here I am one week past my banding and now its time to get productive. My incisions do not hurt, just tender around port, and I should be able to wear a bra, incisions are right where the bottom of the bra goes. So what to do? Can I swim yet, no but in a week according to dr. Can I pull weeds? No that is too much on my port which is right on my waist line. So my productivity will have to be in web and writing. BORING Oh well, at least a good walk or two with my girls will help.   I did
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I am ready to move!

I am 6 days pre-op, soreness is at a minimum so WANT to move! Now this is a change already, and I am determined to keep it and not slide back into couch potato status. But I am biting at the bit to move!   So I am going to walk around my neighborhood, call my gym for their required gym tour, and am going to MOVE. This excites me to no end. Energy is not something I am accomstamed to having. So I am going to take advantage of it1   So my matra right now is "Moving On Up" and that is what
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Slow and Steady Wins the Race

As I sit here 4 days after my surgery, I am realizing slow is the way to go. I have been slow getting out of chairs and bed due to soreness, I have been slow sipping my clear liquids, I have been slow walking. So this weight loss will need to be slow also to do its job.   I have already lost around 20 lbs since beginning pre-op diet but I know that will stop soon. Then it will be time to start moving. I am beginning slow there too. Water aerobics first, walking in between, then learn weig
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Slow and Steady Wins the Race

As I sit here 4 days after my surgery, I am realizing slow is the way to go. I have been slow getting out of chairs and bed due to soreness, I have been slow sipping my clear liquids, I have been slow walking. So this weight loss will need to be slow also to do its job.   I have already lost around 20 lbs since beginning pre-op diet but I know that will stop soon. Then it will be time to start moving. I am beginning slow there too. Water aerobics first, walking in between, then learn weig
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Peace -- the magic that helps all

This is the morning after my surgery. And due to the peace I felt, which was surprising, I am doing very well.   On the night before, after my girls and I prayed God's hand on me, I slept like a baby. Then on the way to the hospital the next morning I read a note my daughter wrote including Psalms 62 5-8....so no nerves! Peace continued to pass over me when I was getting my very first in my life IV--the one thing I thought I would freak over. And as they put me to sleep, PEACE..   I gi
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Tomorrow I begin my new life

You start anew quite often in life, when you are born, when you begin school, when you graduate, when you get your first career job, when you move out on your own, when you get married (which is one part of life I do look forward to when God sees fit), when you have children (mine are adopted I feel I have to clarify that due to my non marriage status). When they grow up and leave the nest, when you retire.   And then there are times you make yourself start anew like moving to a new city.
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June 1, three days to go.........

Day 5 of pre-op diet, and I went coo coo over lettuce my girls ate up and didn't leave me any! I even cried over LETTUCE!! But, I appologized and found something else green to eat. I am just glad its summer and they can go outside and get away from me when those meltdowns happen!   I weighed myself last night and was pleasently surprised that I was 11 pounds down already. That is such a nice sign of times to come. (I know I know it will be much slower and that is OK)   I am telling ever
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School's Out for Summer

So that means more time for ME and my girls.   Hello, my name is Donna, ssmom to all you badsters. I am 42 in North Alabama. I am having my band next Friday, June 4th with Dr Kevin Cottingham.   I have been over weight my entire life. I was chubby as a child, obese as a teen, and have grown to morbidly obese in middle age.   I am a single mom, adopting my two girls when I was thirty, because I wasn't going to wait for a husband all my life (and yes I am still waiting)   I am a teach
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