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desertmom's Blog

A blog by desertmom in General

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My sleeve journey

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Acid

last night I forgot to take my nexium.at 5 I woke up with severe burning in my throat.I took the nexium but had severe stomach ache all day long.   Now I've been wondering.My dr said that the stomach will adjust the amount of acid over time.But how can it while I am taking a PPI in the morning and in the evening?It blocks acid formation,doesnt it?   Some other dr's patient dont take a PPI automatically from the beginning and a lot of them dont have the acid issues at all.   At the moment w

Bored With All This!

Today I weighed 239 and I am happy to keep losing a pound here and there as long as I keep losing.   Things will be a little less hectic from next week and then I might try to go to the gym.   Good things so far.My hip is a lot less painful some days.I still walk like a duck after I've sat down for to long but I definetly have less pain.   I often sleep at least 5 hours before waking up lately and then I will mostly be able to sleep on and off another few hours.This is such a blessing as I

Direction

Things have changed since this morning.It seems that we will be moving to the UK as the USA visa issues are to complicated for myself and oldest daughter at this point.We are. Strangely blended family,to different for the US immigration to comprehend.lol.It would hav been a great experience living in the US but I dont want to worry about a border control person with pms refusing me entry after a holiday...we know what pms does to some of us..hehehe!   At least we can start looking at the futur

Bread

Have only had a tiny .25 of a slice at 8 weeks out to see if I could after so many said they cant.Not had any since then.Im a good girl with this ruddy protein diet.   xxo

Reply

Hehe,its because I want a big tasty burger to feel some pleasure from food that I hate the sleeve today.I want to eat all my stress away.   Before I often use to read about peoples problems (personal) that they found overwhelming post sleeve and thought they were making stuff up or were really some messed up people.Now since being sleeved I feel like my life has fallen apart and I am completely without coping skills at this point.   I dont want to leave Dubai at this complicated point in out

Bad Timing And Regret

Today,for the first time I regret having this surgery.   Not in all my life of professional dieting (lol) have I ever felt so out of control about losing weight.   Nothing I do seems to break this stall,When my friend went on a crazy detox and liquids for 5 days to drop 5 pounds after a 2 week stall,I told her to relax,eat exercise and the weight will come off.Now (my surgery was 2 weeks after hers) I am in this crazy stall.the weight seems to come off and then bounces back on,over and over

Exercise

Tip for newly sleeved.Listen to the wize people that says start exercising immediately.   Now that I have started I can see how much more wobbly I am than befoe.Previously when I had to exercise from day one I was muxh more toned by the time I had lost 40 pounds.My legs are especially soft and now hat I have started I dont know why I didnt do it before.   Will start doing weights this week to see if I can catch up a little.   For some reason I am sure the weight loss will start moving agai

Still Learning

Recently I have come to understand that I am more stubborn than most people on earth.   1 cup of food is tooo much.Repeat, a whole cup of food is too much.Even if it is 2 oz of protein and lettuce and salad veggies....it is still too much.I feel too full after I have finished it,even with a break in the middle.   So,back to half a cup or 3-4 oz depending on what it is.   I will learn.   Today was a good food day.I have decided to stop the snacks and it wasnt difficult.Now I just have to

Eating To Much (2)

for some reason I still cannot reply on the comments.   I usually feel "mentally uncomfortable" when I am full.Sounds crazy but full is in my head before it is in my stomach.But not when I am eating for comfort.I feel that maybe I eat faster then and the speed of my mouth outruns the speed of the head if that makes sense.   However I almost got a second helping tonight but then the pain struck and I felt aweful.   Wont be doing that any time soon again.   xxo

Eating To Much

So I needed to do a little emotional eating tonight and decided a half cup of wholegrain/flaxseed spaggetti with green pesto and a little feta cheese whould be it and boy am I paying for it.I have pain in the lower left side of my stomach and I am foaming big time.   I just dont have a cue (hickup or sneeze) when I am full like some people do.I did hickup when it was o late though...lol   This is not nice.I should know better.I try to never eat to much and have never felt like this since sur

Different Than Before

This blog has saved my life this morning.   The sleeve is seriously messing with my head.I thought I was in a looooong stall.In the mean time I have only not lost for 5 days.   The pattern with wich I lose is so different from before.I usually drop a few 100 grams every day,or most days.   Since being sleeved the weight will stand completely still for a week,sometimes a little more and then I drop about 4 pounds.But I mean completely still....not down even 100g.   Somehow my head is seri

Exercise

so for the past week I have been exercising seriously.With that goes the weight that gets stuck even though you expect to lose load just by sweating..lol   I am learning to make peace with the slow weight loss.I srill second guess myself all the time about food but I guess I am doing fine when all is said and done.   Now I just have to keep it up,eating good proteins and fresh veggies.   xxo

Just Dont Get It

when I am "good" and eat mostly proteins and little bit of carbs but snack my food during the day to get my calories my weight stalls but when I eat 3 carb rich meals per day,dont count cals or anything for that matter my weight starts coming off much faster...until I get paranoid and think I shouldnt eat carbs and change what I do......and then I stall.   Normal,very little amounts with protein shakes just seems to work better.   Weight 111.5kg's today   The sleeve rocks even though it co

Food

from tomorrow I am eating only food that come with a label to tell me the exact calories in it.That way I wll be sure that I dont overshoot on calories.100 ml milk only.No string cheese.   In all my life I have never felt as powerless as right now.I have always been abl to lose weight at a faster rate than now and no matter wha I do....it is just super slow.Up the cals down the cals,exercise, no exercise,more protein less protein....nothing helps.   I am feeling very frustrated about it and

Sitting

At the moment I have to just sit down.We played squash for and hour and 15 minutes as hard as we could.From this day forward this excuse that I am tired,dont have energy,have pain has got to stop.A friend that never ever use to beat me now whips my behind.When I have played a hard game my toes are usually sore( bumping against the front of the shoe when I break suddenly..lol) and I havent had a sore toe since surgery...so exercise,here I come.   Tomorrow morning I am starting pilates classes,M

Fitday

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/FoodLog.html   I decided to put my food log in my blog and on my signature to help keep me accountable.I could do less calories by reducing milk,cheese and carbs in general.Why can I eat so much?

Happy!

Our house guests are leaving in the morning,jippeeeee!   It is super difficult for me to eat out at present.I have to eat sooo slow when I do proteins like chicken breast or beef fillet everyone is finished long before I've had 2oz of meat.   Also,I got fed up tonite and ordered a chicken wrap,its cut in 5,and I ate one.Of course, its 23:30 and I rally feel like eating....bu I wont.   So,I have 2 eating out appointments over the weekend and one movie (biggest challenge ever not to try cara

What Is Different?

Often I see posts on what happens when people take "one bite to many"....well,that has never happened to me.I can actually eat quite a lot.Usually I try not to but we've been entertaining a lot lately.Tonight after dinner I had something else to eat and for the first time I had a single hick up that I was wondering am I now full,is this it?that feeling of slight tightness in my chest and a hick-up?   It is so crazy to hear people say they cannot make 800 calories when I have to stop myself all

Painfully Slow

first,the hotel stay was great.Buffets are just difficult now as of course I wanted to eat and in fact I had half a flat bread toastedwhich I wouldnt usually do.   Anyway,it is what it is...we travel a lot and I have to get use to it.   On the 5th I was 249 pounds.I find the weight loss painfully slow.I can not understand that I lose this slow.Whenever I diet I lose a lot faster and this is like a super strict mostly low carb diet,WHY IS THE WEIGHT LOSS SO SLOW?   it drives me nuts.Having

Mini Holiday

well,tomorrow will be my first stay in a hotel since the sleeve so we will see how I handle the eating thing.I am taking stuff like beef jerky and string cheese for snacks and a protein drink,new one that comes in sachets from WIN.25g protein in 120 calories,very low in fat and carbs.   I am so hopeful that I will have a big loss again soon.   This coming week I will start doing some weight training and I am considering getting a personal trainer for a few months...I am goingto start reforme

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