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freelance frog's Blog

A blog by freelance frog in General

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Lap Band Reality Blog :)

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2 years coming up!

It's been awhile since I've been here, and I thought I should check in and say hello! It's been awhile since I've updated "My Other Butt" blog as well, I'm thinking close to a year. I know, I know.. I ought to be ashamed of myself, but that year has been an over-sized portion of awesome, and I'm just not finding room for guilt and shame today! I have always been a lover of life, and I have always known that there is a difference between existing, and living, yet the past year has had many le

11 Months!

Thinking back on this year I remember most wondering how far I'd be when the first year was up. Never did I imagine that I would have exceeded my goal and be at the bottom end of all of the weight I had to lose.   Today it's been 11 months, and I weigh around 130 pounds. A little less some days, a little more others. I haven't counted the inches lately, but it's a lot. I bought a new pair of capri jeans last week and they were a size 1/2. ONE/TWO!! What??? Those jeans are Maurices brand,

10 Months Post Op~ Photos Included!

Today it has been 10 months since I started this journey to find my other butt! Ten months have gone by so fast, and so much has happened, I don't know where to begin. So I will try to be brief, and let a couple of photos speak the volumes that I have to say!   I am down more than 130 pounds, and I've honestly lost track of how many sizes. Let's see.. I'm wearing a size 28 waist jeans now.. not sure how that translates but I'm guessing it's a size 8, maybe 7. I only have 1 pair of jeans

New Year, New Me.. Photo Again :) Sorry, I Can't Stop!!

Welcome 2012! Not that the old year was bad really, although the ending was tough for whatever reason, but I have super high hopes for 2012! I had some amazing things happen for me last year, that's for sure, and the MOST amazing thing of course was getting my band. It has changed my life HUGELY!!   I have started off the new year weighing 115 pounds less than I did at the start of 2011. Can I get an AMEN??! For a lot of the past 9 months I've weeded out a lot of old clothes that don't fi

8 Months Out ~ Woooop! Photo Included :)

Yesterday was my 8 month bandiversary! I have to say that I have not had even one moment of regret for having made the decision to have a lap band! Not ONE!!   Today I am wearing cute jeans in a size 9 and they are fitting loosely! Today I weigh 106 pounds less than I did at my highest weight just before my surgery. Today I can more than keep up with my grandbabies and match their energy all day long! Today I can share clothes with my best friend! Today I am healthy beyond my wildest imag

HOLY NEW BUTT BATGIRL!!

HOLY CRAP!!!! I just had to post these like this I hope no one is offended, but my blog IS called MY OTHER BUTT!!   The one on the left was taken on April 11, 2011... 7 months ago. The one on the right was taken this morning ~ November 10th, 2011.   I'm almost embarrassed to post the original... but a picture says 1000 words eh?   Follow me at http://www.myotherbutt.blogspot.com

More positivity, more smiley face on the prairie!

I caught my reflection in a window two days ago, and I was so surprised. I looked AWESOME! Now, for whatever reason, it's so different for me catching my reflection by chance than it is looking in the mirror every day. Don't get me wrong, when I look in the mirror now I can definitely see changes in myself. I know I'm not physically the same person that I was 7 months ago, but I don't think I see myself honestly, because I do mostly see a bigger person than I think I am now. But my r

How about a little positivity for today?! Photos included! :)

Six Months! Goooo ME! I'm 8 days past my six month bandiversary! I can't believe I forgot to post this.. okay, maybe I can. I've been pretty busy enjoying life!   So, six months out, and here's what I have going on:   I have lost 84 pounds as of this morning. I have dropped more than ten sizes in most of my clothing I have shoes that are too big, rings that are too big, and clothes that I had sentimental attachments to falling off.. (yes I know.. toss 'em!) I have a collar bon

5 months and AMAZING things are happening to my body!

I passed the 5 month mark and didn't have a chance to get a blog done until today.. so I'm at 5 months and 6 days! Hmmm what's that.. around 21 weeks? I don't know.. I kind of lost count, but what I do know is this:   I'm down 73 pounds, and I'm down more than 10 numbers in sizes! TEN NUMBERS... well, more than ten numbers actually, if you count the last pair of jeans I bought! (insert big ol grin here!) I guess honestly, that's only 5 to 6 sizes since sizes tend to jump by 2 numb

If a picture paints a thousand words then my blog is gonna be short today! :)

Somewhere just over 130 days into my journey I am down a little over 60 pounds, more inches than I have counted in awhile, about 4 pants sizes, and at least 2 top sizes. There's the overview! My band is working exactly how it's supposed to still! I can't help but be impressed by that!   I don't have tons of stuff to write today, so I think I will just let a photo speak for me. You can see my BEFORE photos on my blog under the PHOTOS tab... And this, is me taken on Saturday morning.

Life is Good.. I've been bad!

4 months after lap band surgery, and life is GOOD. Actually, life is better than good! But I've been so bad! I have every excuse in the book, (I'll just say that up front!) But I haven't been to the gym in almost three weeks! STILL I have managed to continue losing weight, and eating great, and I'm thinking that when "fill day" comes next week I probably won't be needing one. But I do have a week to go, so maybe I shouldn't be so sure.     At any rate.. I have a lot of wonderfu

Day 105

Happy July 26th! It has to be a holiday somewhere doesn't it? Maybe I should just say Happy Day 105~ that's how long it's been since I got my lap band. 15 weeks!       I really don't have too much of anything new to report this week. My last fill is still doing it's thing.. I'm eating two meals a day, and for the past week the meals haven't been very big. But I'm satisfied, and staying full until it's time for the next meal. I still have no desire to graze or eat between meal

Fills,losses, belts, and saying goodbye to tortillas

14 weeks today, and I finally had to break down this morning and realize that I may have eaten my last burrito ever. BOOOO! I gave it a good try this morning. I really did, but all three little bites that I took got stuck for a few minutes on the way down, and let me tell you... that's no way to eat a burrito! DUH! I know, I know.. I'm a very slow learner sometimes. Since the beginning of this journey I've had issues with tortillas, but after the first difficult swallow, I could usual

90 days out and half way there!

Going from month to month I've officially been banded for 3 months now! 13 weeks if I count the weeks and just over 90 days! . At any rate.. I'm in the game further than I'd been able to imagine from the beginning and according to my doctor today, I'm doing "phenomenally well" That's good stuff to hear! I had my third fill today and it hurt. After the second one feeling so much better I wasn't prepared for this one at all. A very inexperienced PA got to do the fill today, and wow..

12 weeks out ~ Vacation report!

Tomorrow will be 12 weeks into my banded life and I still don't have a single regret to report! I've never been more sure of my decision, and it's been many years since I've felt healthier and better about who I am! I just spent 11 days on the best beach vacation ever! A girl's trip to Gulf Shores, AL was just what the proverbial doctor ordered, and I'm home tanned, relaxed, and more than a few inches smaller than I was when I left!! How's THAT for vacation? Perfect if you ask me. I l

Beach bound and feelin fabulous!

I'm a day late to my blog this week with no excuse other than I'm getting ready to roll on out to sugar sands and celebrate life week starting tomorrow!   I had a doctor's appointment last week for what was to be my third fill. Weighed in, lost 8 pounds since two weeks earlier for my previous fill, saw the doc for five minutes and he said he was super happy with where I was. Sweet! No fill for me! He asked several questions about what I'd been eating and what was happening with restri

Beach bound and feelin fabulous!

I'm a day late to my blog this week with no excuse other than I'm getting ready to roll on out to sugar sands and celebrate life week starting tomorrow!   I had a doctor's appointment last week for what was to be my third fill. Weighed in, lost 8 pounds since two weeks earlier for my previous fill, saw the doc for five minutes and he said he was super happy with where I was. Sweet! No fill for me! He asked several questions about what I'd been eating and what was happening with restri

Cute Levis and Go Karts! Week 9 and Life is Goood!

It's been 9 weeks since my surgery! So many positive changes have taken place in my life in those short nine weeks and life is gooood!   In two days I will have my third fill. I feel like I'm in a fairly good place right now with eating.. but I'm not opposed to having a little more restriction and letting this band do it's thing! After this next fill I should be pretty tight when I am at the beach the following week! I think that will be a very good thing!   I weighed in at the gy

8 weeks out ~ love this band!

Time flies when you're having fun they say! It's true! I have to say that this lap band journey has been a whole lot of fun so far. It's exciting to wake up in the morning and know that I probably weigh a little less than I did the day before. It's even more exciting to get dressed every day and spend a few minutes looking at the way my choice of clothes fit me differently than the last time I put them on! It wasn't all that long ago when I had the exact opposite problem. It was very

Flat butts and other stuff..

Seven weeks and one day... and I have ZERO regrets about making the decision to get my lap band! I have been faithful about going to the gym and I'm already starting to see the payoff. Not in pounds on the scale mind you, but in the way I feel, and the way I look. I've lost a few pounds too, but I've decided that isn't nearly as much fun as losing these inches! My lap band and Curves work quite well together, and I'm so excited about that!   I had fill number 2 yesterday. I was qui

Six Weeks ~ Life is SO good!

Week one at Curves = Fantastic! I feel so much better about what I'm doing now to help myself get to my goal! YAY me! It seems that the girls at my Curves have learned a lot about how to make the machines work their best magic on me! I remember the last time I joined Curves I would leave there feeling like I hadn't even worked out. I remember thinking.. "weird... I'm not even sore" every time! There was good reason for that.. I wasn't doing any of it right! But I'm here to tell yo

5 weeks post op: Still in the honeymoon phase!

Tomorrow will be 5 weeks and going strong for me and my lap band! I honestly don't have one single complaint about my band yet, and can't imagine having gone another day without it!   I have my first fill this coming Wednesday. I've gotten much advice to ponder about that little milestone, and I'm looking forward to seeing what changes it brings about. Hopefully nothing too drastic, because the next day I'll be leaving for a few days and won't be close enough to my doctor to run back

4 Weeks! Bye bye inches...

One month out from surgery today and I feel great! Seems like enough changes have taken place in the month for it to have been three months lol, but time has certainly flown by.   I weigh 24 pounds less, and in my mind, that's just not a lot considering that the first 17 came off in a matter of days. I moped about that for a few days, until I realized that my body has been busy shedding inches! I don't know about you, but I'll take inches over pounds any day. The photo at the top of

Fabulous Friday!

I'm only writing today about a 'Non Scale Victory" that needs shared! It was such a fabulous way to begin my Friday, and I've been excited about it all dang day!   I got up, showered and was scrounging around for something to wear... sounds like a normal day for me for sure. It was supposed to be really nice weather today, and I definitely wanted to wear capri jeans. I have a few pairs that fit fine. I also have a drawer that has a few pairs that haven't fit for three years. I decide

Getting the hang of this..

I'm three weeks post-op today, and I think I'm getting the hang of it.. slowly, but surely! I can say with utmost certainty today that I love my lap band.   At three weeks out I am down just a smidge over 22 pounds as of two days ago. The biggest bulk of that came off in the first week, so the rest has very slowly melted away. But today, when I look in the mirror, I can see changes! I thought it would take longer for that. I've also been hearing lots of comments from people who hav

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