pattimomof3nj

Happy Monday! Glad the weekend is OVER! Ate way to much crap, but my stall is ended!!! Starting fresh!! PreB- Protein shake B- yogurt w/ blueberries L- turkey roll ups D- not sure yet vites - in there baby water- 30 oz in 30 to go! exercise - will walk at lunch! NEXT>>>>>

Ok, I wouldn't exactly call what I did over the weekend calorie cycling, but it was calorie something!!! Let's see, I didn't really watch or monitor my eating in any way at all, if it was there an i wanted it, i ate it! Went to a basketball game, had a soft pretzel, got served Breakfast in bed, ate all of it french toast included, went to a birthday party, had pizza and cake, had pork roll egg and cheese on a hard roll (only had half). Get the picture! My 2 week stall actually broke and I'm down 1.5 pounds this morning!!! Felt good to eat whatever and not give a crap what it was either! Today is a new day and week and i'm back on track! Patti

Julie, What an amazing story! wow you have been around the block (world) a few times! I've only been out of the country three times and once was for my surgery! I am amazed at how you were able to go to law school with a 5 month old! Who cares how much weight you gained, you did it!!! DAMN GIRL!!! You are only a few pounds away from onederland, and you will be there so soon we will be celebrating that next!!!!! you are going to be looking awesome in that bikini in the summer!!! Great JOB!!! Patti

YAY my stall finally broke! I can post again!!!! SN......................Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal pattimomof3nj.....157.3...............154..............140........14

Happy Friday! Tonight I'm going to Rutgers to watch my 16 year old nephew play HS basketball for the championship. How proud I am of him! Today so far, i think I am dumping on my shake. had to use regular caramel, and it isn't quite agreeing with me! Here is the menu plan for the day! PreB- Protein shake (didn't figure out the calories, but there are a lot in there today!) B - yogurt L- didn't bring any will pick something up form the cafeteria! S - cheese stick D - not sure! How is that for planning! I know but we had a rough night, the girls were up a bunch of times! UGH, you would think at 4 they would be sleeping already!!! vites - in there baby Water - 20 oz in 40 to go exercise - maybe later NEXT>>>>>

When my family must have BK, or McD's or something of that nature, I just take a portion (2 bites) of what ever hubby is eating minus all the extra crap. So if he is eating a Whopper, then I have 2 bites of the meat, a grilled chk sand. 2 bites of the meat. That is usually enough to hold me over until we reach our destination. I also get a hot tea or some other unsweetened beverage. One time my son actually peeled the coating off of 2 chicken McNuggets for me! how sweet, but they were horrible! And to think when I was 15 and worked there, i would eat them everyday!!! UGH!

Hey you are on vacation! we got this surgery so we can be 'normal'! isn't this how normal people go on vacation?? at least that is how i see it! so on Monday when you get home, you go back to your normal and back on your program! live it up, have fun and enjoy your vacation! you deserve it!!!

I started drinking vodka again when i got my band, beer was out of the question, and I'm a beer girl! Man i do miss my micro brews! Anyway, unlike Tiffy, I love flavored vodka and Crystal Lite, depending on the flavors you drink, they taste like Jolly Rancher candies! My current pick is Watermelon vodka and Raspberry lemonade CL. YUMMY! also the Green apple Vodka with the same CL is good! The other day we were watching a movie and I had about 3 sips of a drink, and I was pretty much hammered. about 20 minutes later i was perfectly fine! Talk about a quick high! Took quite a bit longer to get buzzed up again! But hey, one full drink is more than enough for me right now at 4 months out! and with the CL it is only 150 calories! Patti

AW Jane, that makes me feel a whole lot better! I have this gorgeous pool in my backyard and would love to wear a bikini! i think for vacation and BBQs I will get a tankini and for the family time on the weekends I will get me a cute little bikini so my hubby can google his eyes at me! And no you are not loads older, just a few years! i'm just a late bloomer when it comes to having kids! Patti

It is Thursday! One more day of this dreadful week! Woke up with a killer sinus headache today! Trying to drink lots of liquids to flush it out along with some Sudafed. Here is the projected menu for today! Let's see how well I can stick to it, yesterday didn't pan out so good! PreB- Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuchino (260 cal, 20g pro) B- yogurt w/ blueberries (100 cal, 5g pro) L- chk w/ rice leftovers (aprox 90 cal, 14g pro) S- cheese stick(60 cal, 5g pro) D- not sure yet vites- in there baby! water- lots today! exercise - hockey night, not sure what i can squeeze in NEXT>>>>> PS - Sarah, looks like you are right, i just entered my food plan for the day in SparkPeople and I only have about 510 calories without dinner! and I'm sure that dinner will not be that much of anything! i'm never in the mood for food when i get home from work!

Sarah, Do you really think i'm eating too little? I can barely fit anything else in there! Actually I had 1/2 cup of chili and some cantaloupe for lunch and a 1/4 piece of that pizza for dinner, it smelled so good in the oven! I think I'm going to start tracking my calories, i'm not very good at it, but maybe it will help! thanks!

I have UHC and I'm employed by AT&T in NJ! what are your questions? Maybe I can help you. Patti

I get really bad migraines, and with them the whole nausea vomiting thing. That is completely different than over eating vomiting thing. Like Irene said, when you over eat, it sits like a brick in your throat until you kind of like burp it up with lots of saliva. At least that is how it works in my body. I haven't done it since I had my band removed and my sleeve done, kind of learned from experience. Do not like it and do not want to ever do it AGAIN!!! I am 4 months out and have yet to experience a stomach bug or anything like that, thank God I have healthy kids! We just pass around runny noses! We have really bad allergies, which cause a whole other issue when eating! Hope this helps! Patti

Happy Hump Day!! Ok so this stall is driving me a bit crazy. I'm trying not to let it, but for real, the scale is not budging! I'm going to give it til the weekend then I'm going to go all comando on it! PreB- Protein shake B- yogurt L- Last night's left overs (chicken and yellow rice about 2oz chk and 1/2 tbsp rice) S- cheese stick D- it's pizza night (i'll probably have a yogurt) vites - in Water - going in exercise - not sure about today it is running around night! NEXT>>>>>

Hey all, Happy 2s day! Got my labs back from the Dr, everything was great except my vite D was a bit low, 26 should be higher than 35 (think that is what she said) and my cholesterol was 216, should be 200 or lower. So all in all i'm doing pretty darn good! they called in the Super D for me to take 2X a week, and told me to keep doing what i'm doing other wise! YAY! here is my menu for today, let's see how it goes! PreB- Protein shake (homemade) B-yogurt L-tuna! something different! & canaloupe D-whatever mom makes(was ghoulosh last night YUMMY) vites - in there baby Water - goin in! exercise - have to step it up to lower the cholesterol! NEXT>>>>>

I would totally love to agree with you, but since I had twins 4 years ago and just lost about 50 pounds since having my sleeve, I am so NOT looking forward to wearing a bathing suit! For some reason, my skin is not bouncing back. I knew going into this that my stomach was not going to shrink up, twins will do that to you, but my legs are a mess! I will be wearing shorts over my suit for sure! They will be a size small, not XXL, but they will be there!!!!!

I'm just 4 months our and I has 2 slices of deli roast beef and 1 slice of american cheese and about 1/4 cup of cantaloupe for lunch. I was stuff for about 3 hours!

Happy Monday all! For those of you with the day off for President's Day, YAY for you! I have to work! but that is ok it is nice and quiet here is my office! No fighting kiddies! Had a hectic weekend, too much junk food, but didn't post a gain, so that is good! Back on track today! PreB - Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino Protein Drink (whole bottle 260 cal 20g protein) B- eating at 10:40 yogurt L- roast beef & cheese roll ups D- not sure! vites - looking at them, multi, B12 and added a Calcium Water - on track exercise - need to work on this (cholesterol was a bit high and Dr said that exercise will lower it!) NEXT>>>>>

My weigh in day was yesterday but i was knocked out on pain killers from a tooth extraction! I finally mad my Valentine's Day goal!!! LOL But that is just that much closer to Easter goal for me! You all are doing so good with your aggressive goals! I'm so close to my 'real' goal that the weight is getting harder to come off now! i am going to step up the exercise a bit to see if that helps! SN......................Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal pattimomof3nj.....157.3...............155.1...........140........15.1

Hey guys, sorry I've been MIA, had a tooth pulled, didn't know it was gonna put me out of commission for 2 days!!! Globetrotter thanks for keeping the post going! Today's food for me is still mushie since my jaw is killing me! Stopped the pain meds since they made me coma-like, and sick to my tiny stomach! PreB- Protein shake B- Yogurt w/ blueberries L- no ideas D- no ideaa vites- already gone water- going down (keeping a log so I at least get to 40 oz trying to increase) exercise - will take a walk outside at lunch, it is going to be near 70 today! NEXT>>>>>

Honestly, I wouldn't wait on this! You will be out of commission for what a week tops! You had how many kids? I'm telling you from experience, 1 natural and 1 C-section (twins) the sleeve was much easier to recover from. The pain after is almost a non issue. the biggest pain is the week that you cannot drive! And I really didn't adhere to that, my mom gets lost going around the corner so that ended real quick. The biggest thing I can see standing in your way, is if you need to lug the equipment around for your kids, or put your kids in and out of the car. And i'm guessing that if they are participating in sports, they do not need to be lifted and buckled into the car. My girls were 3 at the time of my sleeve, and needed to be put in the van and buckled in, which I quickly taught them! Just make sure while you are sitting (strolling) at practice, you are sipping on your water. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, drink, walk, and get better! You really should not have a problem! Just my opinion, hope it helps you make you decision! Patti

At 5 weeks out I was starting to incorporate solids. So I think I was having bites of hamburger. I do not think at that point I was eating more than a few bites of food per meal. If you weigh out your food, 2 oz is not a lot. most of the time it was like 2 TBSP. I was still eating creamy soups and yogurts. Now, my yogurts are about 4 oz but it takes me like 30 minutes to eat. my meat roll ups are 3 oz but takes me 30 mins to eat. I eat so slow that when my mom cooks dinner, I never even bother to heat mine up when I get home from work cause by the time i'm on my 3rd bite it is all cold again anyway! LOL!!! I cannot eat any more that 3 oz per sitting of solid food! Patti

Morning all! Hope you all had a good Valentine's Day! Globetrotter, we have these mini challenges that we set our own goals and try to achieve them, the next one is for Easter! so that is 10 weeks away, so what do you think you can get down to by then. there is a whole thread for it, and it is kind of motivational and challenging at the same time. I also love seeing what everyone is eating so I know where I am with how much I am eating and get ideas of what else I can try! That is why I started this thread, i love some of the things that you come up with! Ok so here is LND and Dessert: 1 turkey meatball and 6 strands of spaghetti.... 2 slices of chocolate covered banana 4 medium chocolate covered strawberries (we melted the chocolate and covered our own fruit) the kids loved it! PreB- Protein shake (choco powder, 1/2 banana, PB, SF caramel, milk) B- yogurt w/ blueberries L- roast beef roll ups & cantaloupe D- i'm making: smothered chicken with bacon & cheese vites - as soon as i get the yogurt in Water - need to work on getting more in exercise - need to work on this more NEXT>>>>>>

Well, my teeth are literally falling apart since I had my band 3 years ago. I think it is a combination of the constant throwing up, and the Vitamin deficancy (sp). Early out I was lacking in lots of vitamins! I have had at least 4 root canals per years for the past 3 years, my insurance has maxed out each year! the dentist finally told me to start using a fluoride rinse this year! I also think that drinking Crystal Lite lemon aid and other SF drinks had contributed to this. If I eat something that is too hard my teeth actually break in half! it is really bad. if you are new to WLS, i suggest that you start using a fluoride rinse now and take extra care of your teeth before you get to the point of no return! Patti

I'm 4 months out and plain old water is just nasty to me. i now drink Sobe life water the zero calorie kind, and crystal lite. Nothing carbonated, but my husband made some beer a few weeks ago and it is finally ready to drink, so of course i HAD to try it! i told him that i really didn't want to, but he said please just a sip. i barely wet my lips, and the burps to follow were killing me! so at 4 months it still hurts like heck, and i will not be partaking in the home brew festivities any time soon!!!