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Sunshine2's (Tonya's) Journal

A blog by tonya66 in General

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:thumbup:My journey with the band - On my way to the 2nd part of my life!

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12/8/09 - Going strong in Week 2

Week 2 of my exercise program:   Monday's menu:   coffee with 2 tbsp of flavored cream (just can't seem to give this up) - 70 cal yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup of raw oatmeal - 230 cal   Protein shake - 280 cal   hummus & carrots - 170   almonds - 240   lean turkey - brocoli & 255   Total cal 1175   Exercise:   Hit the gym around 8:30 pm last night   Started with 30 min on elliptical   BICEPS -   2 sets of Standing Hammers (8 lbs weights) 2 sets of Alternative Dumbb

12/7/09 - 1 week down, 6 more to go!

Thats right, I just finished 1 week of my exercise plan and eating right! And I've stayed off the scales for an entire week. This in itself is hard for me to believe because I'm a total scale whore. I usually weight at least 2 to 10 times a day. And I haven't weighed once all week!   I'm not going to weigh until 12/14 - I will also measure to see if I've made some progress in the past two weeks.   Here is a recap of my week:   11/30 - 60 min of cardio and 60 min of strength training

12/3/09 - my day

5:15 am - Hit the elliptical machine for 45 min   7:50 am - protein shake made with Jillian Michaels Protein powder, 1 cup skim milk, 1 TBSP peanut butter, 1 banana (383 cal)   8:35 - coffee with cream (60 cal) - I need to work on giving up the cream!   11:00 - nonfat yogurt mixed with 1/4 cup of raw oats - (203 cal)   2:00 pm - 10 baby carrots & 1/4 cup of hummus (175 cal)   6:00 pm - 2.5 oz of canned white meat chicken (70 cal)   Okay, my neighbor brought me over an ENTIRE PIE

12/3/09 - I'm doing it!

I'm doing it, I'm sticking to my plan, I'm exercising, I'm eating right, and I'm staying off the scales!   Yesterdays menu:   8:00 am - Protein shake made with skim milk and organic peanut butter (290) calories   11:30 am - baby carrots and 1/4 cup of hummus and steamed broccoli = (270 calories)   2:30 - apple with 1 oz of almonds = (235 calories)   6:15 pm - 3.8 oz of griled chicken, 1/2 breaded chicken strip with 1 TBSP of gravy (I made this for my family and I just had to taste it s

12/2/09

So far, since last Thursday, I've been at the gym pretty much every day! Yay me! Am I really back? I think I am!   One of my readers posted a comment yesterday on my blog asking the question if I am eating enough. I really counted my calories yesterday, weighed out everything and ended up eating a total of 1194 calories. I think that is enough. So I'm happy with that.   I am going to start posting my menu the next day, because what I said I was going to eat yesterday, ended up being a littl

12/1/09

Oh yeah, its on! I was up at 5 am and working out at the gym by 5:20 am this morning. Now, let me tell you, I was sooooo tired and didn't want to get up, after all I was at the gym until after 10:00 pm last night. But I knew that I would not be able to go tonight - so I forced myself up. I'm glad I did it!   First of all, I had a great workout last night, it lasted 2 hours, I did 60 min on elliptical and 60 min with weights, working my lower body.   This morning was pure cardio - did 45

11/30/09 - 7 week countdown

I'm 7 weeks from my 3 year band anniversary. My goal, is to be close to goal. I would love to break my plateau and get out of the 160's! So thats my goal, to be at least 159 by 1/18/10.   Today's menu   Bfast 2 boiled eggs coffee   snack clemintine fruit   lunch 3 oz of canned white meat chicken few carrots   snack 100 cal protein shake 1 cup of skim milk   dinner 3 oz of grilled chicken broccoli   Exercise - PM - but my goal is to switch to AM this week! 1 hour of car

11/27/09

Had a pretty good day today, started off eating a little bad, but then I snapped out of it and ate my protein.   Went to the gym and had a GREAT workout. I ended up doing the elliptical machine yesterday for a solid hour and burned over 500 calories.   Today, I even did better, started off with 30 min on the elliptical machine, switched to weight training and worked my lower part of my body. Ended up lift weights for about 45 min, then jumped back on the elliptical machine and did anothe

11/26/09

Woke up this morning with a tad bit of acid reflux. I got to say, I love it! Yes, you heard me right, I love it! That means I've got some restriction! I ate a bit late last night, so I think that way I had a little reflux. My restriction feels pretty good, I am eating a lot less, which I LOVE! Hopefully I can get rid of the 10 lbs that I've gained lately with my "no restriction".   I'm about to go get dressed and head to my gym today, they are open until 2:00 pm, so I'm going to take advantag

11/25/09

Fill #19 seems to be pretty good, not too tight for sure, and might be a tad too lose. I'm going to ride it out and keep track of my tightness and see how low it last. I think I need to be just a little tighter - and if I could get it there, and keep it there, it would be a wonderful thing for me!   Today's menu:   Bfast just had some iced coffee I made with with skim milk   Lunch 3 oz of chicken   Dinner Roasted chicken green beans   Exercise - 45 min on elliptical   wt 172.7

Fill #19 - feeling very discouraged at this point.

Just had fill #19. I've decided that I am making an appointment for the first of next year - something is not right. I should not still be getting fills. I will see how the 19th fill does, I do have some restriction, but not enought. I am very frustrated at this point, but trying to stay positive.   Fill #1 - 3/6/07 - 2.2cc's   Fill #2 - 4/17/07 - 3.0cc's   Fill #3 - 7/6/07 - 3.5 cc's (I think it was only 2.5cc's because when I went back for fill #4, he could only w/draw 1.8 cc's)  

Fill #18 - my quest for that sweet spot!

Update on my life these past few weeks. I had an appointment with my doc on 10/29 and I explained to him how I felt I might have a slow leak because I keep loosing restriction. He decided he would completely drain me and add the contrast and test me. So......10/30/09 I show up and he did that just that. He could find no leak in the band, or the tubing. Good News right? Well, I was happy that I had no leak, however, I still don't understand why I lose restriction all the time.   Anyhow,

10/22/09 - I shouldn't be so nice!

Well, last night my sons gf came over, she wanted to cook for us. I let her too. :huh2:   So anyhow, she grilled steaks, baked potatoes and made a salad. I measured my steak out (3 oz) and filled the other half of my plate with salad - skipped the potatoe. Anyhow, I couldn't eat it all, got too full, but then she made dessert.   Okay, I thought, I'll just eat 1 cookie, after all, I wanted to be nice after all, she went thru all this trouble. Well, 1 cookie turned into 3. Later that eveni

10/21/09

Short and sweet today:   Menu:   Bfast Banana - 2 pts 1 TBSP Crunchy Peanut Butter - 2 pts 100 Starbucks Frappa - 2 pts   Lunch WW Pizza - 4 pts (ate only half last night and eating the other half today for lunch)   Snack Activia Cottage cheese - 1 pt LC yogurt - 1 pt   Dinner 3 oz steak (lean, trimmed, filet) - 5 pts Salad - 0 pts 1 TBSP dressing mixed with some salsa - 2 pts   Exercise - 1 hour of circuit training   Wt - 163.6 (Yay down a few ounces from yesterday!)

10/20/09

Well, exercise was great two weeks ago, last week, didn't get it done. But.....I'm back at it this week.   Eating has been great, except had a slip on on Friday night and Saturday night...grrrrrrrrr. But back on track and going strong.   My body really likes the 160's, I seem to hover around 163. I'm ready to get out of the 160's for good and never see them again. SO, in order to do that, I MUST exercise and NO MORE SLIPS!   Todays menu:   WW smoothie shake 1 TBSP on peanut butter

10/15/09

Okay - didn't make it to the gym.....too much going on last night. I will say, last night was a beneficial meeting and I think we can progress form here.   I plan on going to the gym tonight, ABSOLUTELY NO exceptions!!!!   I stepped on the scale this morning and saw another drop so I was quite pleased by that.   Menu today:   Weight Wise Oatmeal   snack a few pretzles TBSP hummus   Lunch Slice of my Low Fat Meatloaf green beans   Snack Low Carb yogurt a handfull of gr

10/14/09 - Teenagers, can we shoot them?

Drama, drama, drama......story of my life these days with two teenagers in the house.   My 16 year old got grounded, so I took her phone away from her, well, she thinks she is smarter than me so she sneaks around and buys herself a "trackphone" or "pay as you go phone" so I wouldn't know about it.   I'm not stupid, everytime in the past I have taken her phone, she beggs me for it back, does extra chores etc. This time, she didn't say a word, I could tell it didn't even bother her so I f

10/13/09 - Another lesson learned

I learned a lesson last night - don't let yourself get too hungry!   Here is the story:   I get home and just wasn't hungry, we were headed out the door by 6:30 to go to a meeting, our meeting was over at 9:00, we get home at 9:15 pm and I'm starvin'. So, I make myself a few shrimp, that didn't help, I grab some chips and make myself about 5 or 6 chips with some cheese on it and it kepts going from there, I don't even remember everything I ate. I just remember grabbing different things try

10/12/09 -

I feel like I'm back on track and doing good. I actually feel like I have a brand new motivation again with my band. I ate good all week, and I FINALLY made it to the gym on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so basically 4 days last week.   I'm forcing myself to stay within 20 weight watchers points, and weight watchers program gives you an extra 35 points to use at anytime on top of the 20 points per day. Well, I'm trying to only do the 20 points per day and not tap into the 35 points

10/6/09

Well, my restriction is staying pretty good. I have loose days, and I have tighter days. It even changes from meal to meal. Some mornings, I just stick with oatmeal, this morning, I woke up starving, so had to eggs over medium and 2 slices of bacon. Normally, I would only eat 1 egg.   Last night I noticed I was hungry and very lose around 7pm, but then around 9, got very tight again. Strange. But its something I've learned to accept and deal with.   Eating has been going great, stickin

9/30/09

Well, i'm back at work today and recovering from my sickness. Busy busy busy.....   Still, did not make it to they gym! Nor did I get up this morning, will try and make it tonight! I have to do some grocery shopping and a big purchase at Sams tonight for a wedding I'm catering on Saturday, so working out is on my list, but not sure I will get to it. I know, I know, I need to make it a priority.   On a good note, this fill sure is feeling good! Eating a lot less, and getting full a lot q

9/29/09 - You've come a long way Baby!

Well, eating has been going good, my restriction level seems to be good. I do have to slow down a bit, and I just don't eat as much.   I've trying to make good choices on my eating, making sure I eat my protein first and that does make a big difference. I grilled some chicken last night on my george Foreman grill, and I had 1 1/2 tenders and I was done! That was about 2 oz of meat, I had a sliver of cantelope with it as well.   My acid reflux is gone, no more waking up in the middle of the

9/24/09

My band has settled down quite a bit now. I stayed on liquids/mushy foods all day yesterday, didn't eat past 6pm and exercised last night, I had NO ACID REFLUX. I got to sleep a full 7 hours!!!! I woke up feeling great!   I still am a bit tight, but not too tight at all, this might be perfect.....we'll see if it continues to get looser.   Now, I just need to keep my exercising up - not to get side tracked - and continue watching my portion sizes.

9/23/09

Okay, this last fill I've had is really playing some tricks on me. First I was perfect, then I was too lose, and now I'm extremely tight.   grrrrr.............   I am staying on liquids for a few days and see if that can calm my irritation down. I couldn't eat anything last night and went to bed and was up all night with acid reflux. My throat is so sore from caughing.   I am going to give it a few days because I've had this happen before, it sometimes takes a few weeks for my band fi

9/16/09

I missed my goal last week, had a death in the family, had to travel out of town, blah blah blah, ate too much of the wrong stuff, haven't stepped on the scale, but I can tell I've gained. My feet are swollen, holding a lot of water. I usually do when I travel. Anyhow, I've used the death in the family as an excuse, time to get back on track.   Will weigh in the morning to get a true picture of where I am, I know its not going to be pretty, but time to face the music!   Need to up my wate

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