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  1. Success with Low Carb

    · abcd · 09/17/13 01:42 PM

    Well, I have finally landed on something that seems to have gotten my weight loss going. I have not lost any significant weight since the surgery a year ago. I just toy with the same 2 or 3 pounds. I am now down 5.5 pounds in a little over a week. I have just started focusing on eating meats and vegetables and fruit every once in a while. It is basically just a low carb approach. I refuse to call this a diet as I seem to have an all or nothing attitude. If I fall off the wagon, I have trouble getting back on when I am dieting. So, I am just staying away from the bread and sugar. It is truly working.
     
    I am afraid to say this out loud, but I think I may have figured this thing out. The band is certainly allowing me to eat smaller portions. I feel like I have a very good friend in my camp. I am still working on eating until satisfaction rather than until I am uncomfortably full. I get full quickly and still want to eat. I seem to be knocking one obstacle at a time out of the way. It started with not being able to eat much so I started eating things that would go down easily, like crackers and sweets. Think I have that conquered now, thanks to low carb approach. Now, I need to get to the point that I can stop at satisfaction rather than eating til too full. Such a head game!
     
    So, here I am a year later and finally starting to lose weight. Yikes!

  2. 2 Days Before Surgery!

    · abcd · 08/13/12 01:10 PM

    Well, I am 2 days from surgery and getting anxious. I am over the what if's of having this surgery. What if I gain it back. People keep saying you can fail at this. You have to work at it. It is not a magic bullet. For so long I thought, "Well that is what I have to do now". Why have the surgery? An answer finally came that worked for me. A friend said," The difference is, that if you work at it with the band, you will see results".
     
    My other concern was that if you can fail at this, well, I WILL as I have in the past. Finally I thought about it from a different vantage point. I was in sales for 20 years. I never went into a sales call thinking I am not going to close this deal. I was in control of it. I was not a vicitm where it was controlling the outcome. It was like a light bulb went off for me. I am not a victim. It is my choice to succeed and I have someone in my corner called the lap band helping me succeed where I could not before. I get energy and confidence from that.
     
    My last concern to mention at 2 days before surgery. I am anxious about going to the hospital. I am a private person and dread not being in control of things. I am one to avoid shots at all costs, so to do this is quite a mountain to climb. I hope all goes well.
     
    I have been amazed at how easy I have handled the diet before the surgery. Only a couple of times have I been hungry. I made a big batch of soup and added lots of spices like cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Used boxed chicken broth for a base, added tomato juice to it along with onions, carrots, celery, cabbage. It is an old weight watcher's recipe. It is so satisfying to fix a cup of this. The veggies are still mostly crunchy so it gives me something to chew.

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