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My Life As Liz

A blog by My Life as Liz in General

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Or at least the weight loss part of my life

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Rowing Etiquette

Google is no help, so maybe someone here will know something about this.   I tried rowing for the first time today with 7 other first timers (from the support group I go to). The guy in front of me kept telling me what to do in a mean tone and at least 4 times reached back and grabbed my paddle and repositioned it of his own volition. This made me feel like complete garbage. So if anyone out there has experience with rowing, was that ok behavior on his part? I have had an absolutely horrible w

Happy Birthday To Me!

I had such an awesome birthday this year!   Friday: It started with a 1.89 hill training walk (after doing 5.21 miles the day before). Then I got a pedicure. I hadn't had one since my sister got married in 2008. Then the rest of the day was a blur from the lovely April 20th holiday.   Saturday: I finally got to a support group. It was good. I hadn't been to one all month b/c of work, and I felt really re-motivated to get back on track. We did this exercise where you write on a index card "

Yatta!

As of today I am 101LBS down and according to Wii Fit I am no longer obese. I am now over weight. Yatta!   I've gone from a 24/26 (more like 26 but I was kinda in denial and would squeeze in to 24s or not buy anything at all) on bottom, and 18/2x on top down to 16 on bottom (depending on brand and cut) and M - XL on top (I'm M or L at Old Navy, but their cloths seem to run big, XL in juniors, Threadless and Woot shirts.) My boobs have deflated. I just bought a 36D and a 36C at Fredricks. Down

Dilemma

If you follow my blog, you'll know my 5k is Saturday. Yay! Except for a wrench has been thrown into my plans.   Earlier tonight my mom called me to tell me that my nephews birthday dinner will be tomorrow night. The plan is for me and mom to share a plate and hope that no one watches me eat. 3 (4 if you count the 3.5 month old) people there don't know I've had surgery and I'd like to keep it that way. If anyone says anything I'll just say I have an upset stomach and that a few people at work h

2.5 Month Update

l started this post a couple weeks ago. Apparently I'm bad at this.   I responded to my Stupidity spreads like herpes entry in case anyone is interested. I don't know if it sends out notifications to posts you've responded to when a new reply is made. Turns out I can't be the food police and the people who do these things and look for ways to cheat aren't going to be successful and that's just how it is.     So what's new with me?   I made it to wonderland. I am 198 (clothed) as of yester

Holiday Eats

Last night at support group we talked about how to handle eating on Thanksgiving. It was mostly for the benefit of the pre-ops who will be struggling with eating how they're supposed to for the pre-op meal plan and what to do when you run into the people who like to get in your business and make an issue out of why you're not cramming your face full like everyone else. Not that everyone stuffs themselves on the holidays, but that if there was a time that people were more likely to eat more than

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Yesterday I had 2 NSV's. First I was able to fit into this short sleeved jacket thing. I could fit it before a little, but it was too tight and I couldn't button it. And now I can. And it's super cute. =D. And then I tried on this super cute hoodie that my sister got for me like 3 or 4 Christmases ago. It didn't fit at the time so I never wore it but I was so insanely happy that she got it for me! And now I can fit it. I was so happy I cried. =''''D I had to calm myself down before I could leav

Dinner

For dinner I made pureed rotisserie chicken breast with gravy from scratch. It was soooo good! It looked like cat food! XD   It was so nice to eat real food for a change. Way better than the eggs. I think I even ate a little too much. This is the first meal where I actually felt full.   I told Callie she could have my left overs since she loves gravy, but I had about half of it left, so I put it in the fridge for later. And I measured out a quarter cup. But I did put gravy on it, so that pr

I don't want to eat

I don't like eating anymore. It feels like a chore.   The nutritionist was supposed to call me on Wednesday to advance me to Stage 3 but she never did. I called her and left a message yesterday but never got a call back. I probably won't get a call till Monday now. On Wednesday I advanced myself to puree. I just couldn't stand pudding, yogurt, applesauce and cream soups any longer. So I had a can of Progresso chunky chicken corn chowder pureed. It lasted me 2 and a half days I think. It went

I feel like ****

I'm down 15.3lbs since surgery on 8/22, and 58.5lbs from my highest weight.   I have been feeling like **** lately. I threw up my multi yesterday and today. Yesterday because I took it on an empty stomach. I knew it would make me feel sick but I wasn't expecting to throw up. Today I took it with about 6oz of broth and I threw it up again. I really wasn't expecting it today. Last week I was able to take my multis this way. I'm going to have to buy a different multi and try it and see if that h

This is amazing & other stuff

POSSIBLE TMI - you have been warned.   I slept almost all the way through the night. And then I woke up and had diarrhea. And yes, I do think that's awesome too.   We went to bed around 11:30p. I had a hard time falling asleep. It shouldn't be because Jess was in the bed. I couldn't stop coughing. And since I can't get a real cough in, I couldn't dislodge whatever was stuck. After a while I figured out I could brace my 3 middle incisions by putting very light pressure on them with my hand w

3 days post-op, day 1 at home

I managed to get some decent sleep last night. I can't say the same for Jess who just moved to the bed to get an extra hour before work. Me with 3 pillows under my upper half, one behind me supporting my lower back and one between my knees doesn't leave much room for him. Normally sleeping on the couch wouldn't bother me, but not in this condition. I got about 5 hours of sleep before waking up. I got up and I was in a lot of pain. So I took my pain meds while pacing the apartment, then went back

I am sleeved

I have a bit to write on the subject but I don't feel like it right now. I am finally hope after 2 days in the hospital. Still am not back to normal. Once I am I'll write more about my experience. I had a bad reaction to the pain meds. Now I'm just sipping, walking, breathing, napping. My apartment smells like paint and that makes me sad. It's the apartment ppls fault. I'm at my in laws now. They rescued me. I'll go home tonight. They have dogs that don't understand the full extent of f**k off

Thundar Cats are GOOOOO!!!!! (says the girl who's never actually watched the show)

Well, I thought I'd have written an entry yesterday.   My surgery is at 8am and I need to be at the hospital at 6am. So I'll be leaving shortly. I hope I have everything I need. I hope the surgery only costs what I'm hoping it costs. I'm getting nervous and wouldn't be surprised if I cried.   Wish me luck.   ~Liz

27 days to go

About a month ago I got my surgery date, August 22nd.   I'm not so sure how I feel about this.   I think because I'm going to start my period soon and I've been craving stuffing everything in my face, I'm doubting that I can do this. I need to lose as much weight as possible before surgery. To give my surgeon more room to work and to shrink my liver as much as possible.   I've lost about 32lbs so far. I know I've lost it because things are fitting better, but I don't feel any smaller and

Wii

I finally got to use my Wii Fit today! And I love it!!   I love it so much I cried while playing it.   I don't know if Kaiser's scales are the same as the Wii Fit's, but according to the WF I'm down 2.4lbs! I'm so glad b/c I was scared I would gain b/c I feel like I've been eating kinda badly. But that just proves how much I've changed. My eating badly now is nothing like my eating badly before I really took this seriously. It's crazy.   I was wearing less clothing than at my official w

Just a quick update

We walked (2.6 miles) to the parents house and I used their scale. It said that I'm 1.6lbs from goal. So I'm excited to see what my actual weight is at the support group tonight. Hopefully they will have the scale there. I do have to go there early to pick up another binder, so I may just see if I can be weighed then.   Since watching I Used To Be Fat, I've been motivated to eat right (better) and exercise more. But the exercising part backfired. I over did it or tweaked something b/c my bac

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If the scale at the gym is to be believed, I am at goal. I am skeptical of this because I feel that I have been eating badly lately. BUT if this is true, it is completely awesome! And either way, I'm finally feeling like I want it again. I want to eat plan. I want to work out. I want to stop eating crap and I want to lose the weight. I was so scared there for a little while that I had gained and had 5+lbs to go instead of just 2. I can only assume my next weigh in will be next Wednesday, the 15t

Excess Fat

I feel like I should write something here. Plus I have to wait for all my B2B pics to upload to FB.   There's a facebook group for the support group I go to irl. The topic came up of excess fat. So I wanted to talk a little about it.   In an established thread I asked 'how does one determine how much excess fat they have?' The answer I got was 'BMI.' My response was as follows: 'I'm not a BMI fan, but it's probably a good starting point. I was once told by a trainer at the gym who did a

I <3 my new PCP

I <3 my new doctor. She's so nice! And pretty. She was able to answer all my questions and check me out. She gave me antibiotics for my throat b/c she saw some spots that shouldn't be there and took a culture for strep. Then I had a blood test for allergies and got med refills. The lab tech was able to get blood on the first try instead of poking me 4 times. That's pretty awesome. I asked her if my veins would be any easier to find when I lost weight, and she said no. That it's just how some

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Brief back story: about 2 years ago I had what I thought was a gallbladder attack. I went to the ER because I couldn't stop throwing up and my stomach hurt really bad. They did tests, and said it's most likely my gallbladder. They recommended an ultra sound that my PCP at the time wouldn't give me. Fast forward to last month. I had 2 more short what I thought were gallbladder attacks again in the same day. So I went to the ER, they took some blood, gave me some fluids, and scheduled me an ultra

a little bit of this, a little bit of that

I lost 11lbs in a month! (March 3 - April 6) Yay! But I have to wonder how much of that was from being sick and not eating as much vs following the meal plan. You know how when you're sick and you lose weight and then gain it back when you're well? I'm hoping it's not that. All of it can't be.   And you know what that means? That I'm 7 or 8 lbs from goal! I weighed in at 262 point something (which blew my mind), and my goal is 255. One of my coworkers said I look like I've lost some weight a

Dr Drew = Good. Anti-fat blogger = Bad.

I was listening to LoveLine on the way home last night and Dr Drew started the show with talking about addiction and how fat people aren't given the acknowledgment that food addiction is the same as drug addiction. As in, they're treated like, 'just stop eating so much.' If I could listen to the show for free, I would type out exactly what he said. He said that often there is trauma behind the addiction just as with drug addicts. He also shared a story about a woman who was sexually abused by he

Exciting stuff

Today while shopping at Lucky's I was offered a sample of a fresh baked chocolate chip cookie and I did not take it.   For that I think I deserve a cookie. Not a literal cookie, mind you.   I did buy a pair of sun glasses, earrings, hand lotion, and nose studs for $2.17 b/c my local Icing is going out of business. So I don't feel guilty for spending money on things I didn't need because I evaded the cookie sample.   =D

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