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4 done today....1.2 left for tomorrow

3.1 miles today and i'm ready for this month to be over! since i started the month out pretty darn slow...i am very burnt on the treadmill from these last 2 weeks or so. i did more crosstraining before and now all i do is the treadmill, so pretty much i can't wait until july when i can make a new goal and then make more of an effort to stretch it out over the month. my back is killing me...apparently from all the extra belly fat i am running with my back arched backwards. i can feel myself doing it but it almost feels normal...i've tried leaning forward and it feels like my belly is going to pull me over. the good news is i cut my mile down even more this morning...back hurting and all...13:02! yay

awesome job!!! you should be so very proud of yourself no matter the time!! that is a major accomplishment!!

i tell my husband almost everyday that i've lost 40 lbs in my feet =) they're looking awesome...toned and muscular...now hopefully the rest of me will follow =)

i was banded feb 28th

eating or drinking seems to make mine worse when it happens... you're right! it's very wierd!!

i really believe exercise is key...with good restriction it will reduce the amount food you can eat. i've learned if i don't eat the food that's good for me when i do it then i feel like crap...like i'm getting the flu...no energy, stiff all over and i just want to sleep. there's alot of people on here that have been such an inspiration with the amount of physical activity they do...it makes me push myself a little hard because if they did, why can't i??? i don't think anyone really loves to exercise when they're 300 lbs but if you want it bad enough and you are willing to push yourself then your body will follow you....mind over matter =)

2 cups of skim milk and a packet of sugar free carnation is 21 g of protein. i think the carnation says to use 1 cup of milk but i like it with 2...i was all freaked out about protein powders and stuff too and then my husband informed me that the carnation and milk was 21 so that's as far as i go with protein supplements.

what do you think it means when there's pain the middle of your back? it's kinda been hurting me for the past couple of days...i have pretty good restriction...really can't eat much and when i do...i HAVE to make sure i chew chew chew. my last fill was almost 3 weeks ago. i can really feel it after i chew up my vitamin and take my prescriptions at night before bed. this morning i ate string cheese and it got pretty bad...i know the band is tight but i can still eat about 3/4 cup but what is the pain in the back from?????

just try to do what works for you right now...since you're just starting out you don't have the best restriction...just try to make better choices than you would have before...and cut your portions from what they were before. for me the "eat to live" mentality didn't really start until i really kicked up my exercise and got good restriction. now that i can only a little bit at a time and i don't really get hungry i really do try to make sure that i get in food that has some sort of nutritional value...however i do also induldge in a bite here and there of something naughty! it's a learning process that you have to figure out for yourself...what works for 1 wont always work for another.

i crave sweet!! love everything about them...there's probably not a desert out there i wouldn't eat! =) since being banded i of course don't indulge like i once did...for 1 i can't...i just can't consume a whole piece of cake without it making me very very uncomfortable. pretty much i'll take a few bites of what i want and then be happy with that. the thing that has helped me lose the most is exercise. i burn quite a few calories and eat so few that a few bites here and there hasn't hindered my weight loss so far...im sure at some point i'll hit a wall and maybe need to rethink my diet a little bit =)

3.5 miles today my blisters are almost gone...thank god! they were a little bit bigger than quarters...one on each of the bottoms of my heels. now they just looked bruised and are a little bit tender but not too bad. the tops of my thighs are killing me...i'm not sure what to do about that?? good luck on your run!! that is VERY exciting! at this point i can't fathom the idea!! i can't even run a mile yet without stopping...i'll get there though.

5 miles today

4 miles today...it was rough on me...i'm having a bit of a stomach issue and was quite grumbly most of the time...ick! oh well...good news is my fastest mile was 13:20 which means i shaved 20 seconds...yay for me!

no exercise for me today...yesterday i got a giant blister on the bottom of each heel and i can hardly walk. today i was told to get thicker socks so i'm going to try and see if that helps out any tomorrow when i workout. =(

5.5 miles today...almost there!

6.01 miles today!

so I kinda got my answer today...so i thought i would update this i called my ins company to see if it was even a possibility, which they said it was and then gave me some names of plastic surgeons that were in network. when i went to my first seminar it was with a group that my ins actually didn't cover but these people said that they refferred their patients to the plastic surgery center down the hall...so that's who i called since i knew they would have experience with wls patients. so the nurse called me back and said that there's the surgery where they go in and tighten up all your muscles which i think is an actual tummy tuck? and then there's the surgery where they just go remove all the extra skin...which is the one that insurance is more likely to pay for...in her experience anyway...this one is a panectomy...or something like that =) she said you probably wouldn't want to do the muscle tightening one due to the fact when you get a big belly from being pregnant it will just stretch them all out and may undo what you had done...the one where they just remove the extra skin would probably not have too big of a noticable difference after being pregnant. so that's what i learned today... i now know something about the process i will need to go through once i'm totally deflated! =)

has anyone got a tummy tuck before they had kids? i'm 27 have not had any kids yet...i've had fertility problems so who knows if it will ever happen...i had the surgery to help my chances. anyway i can already tell that i'm deflating and am going to have all kinds of loose stomach hanging out...any advice...suggestions? anyone done it before they had kids?

4 miles today...

5.25 miles today...yay me. i've been a slack a$$ and need to kick it into high gear if i'm going to make my goal!

i think liquids for a few days is a good idea too. have you tried eating any other soft foods...it could be the rice. i can't eat rice..a couple of grains and i'm so uncomfortable...i've learned to stay away. i didn't even have good restriction when tha started happening with rice so i don't even want to know what happens now! just a thought.. =) good luck!

try sugar free carnation instant breakfast...i mix 1 packet with 2 cups of milk and that's 21g of protein.

I have a 14cc band and just had my 3rd fill on monday...all my fills are done under flouro. i had 1 cc in my band at surgery...my first fill was 4 cc's my 2nd and 3rd were both 2cc's...so i'm up to 9...i'm finally feeling restriction. the flouro part is real easy...you can even ask to watch if you want...my doctor always turns the monitor towards me so i can see. he's in and out and i barely feel a thing. he then has me stand up and do a barium swallow where they then watch it go through the pouch and trickle down into your stomach...he watches how fast it goes...then puts more or takes some out. my advice...if he does do the barium swallow...make sure you take a big gulp. my first fill i didn't want to drink it so i took a very small drink which then made it look like it was hardly moving so he ended up taking 1 cc out...i could have ended up with 5 had i actually made an attempt to drink the nasty stuff. so ever since i have taken a big gulp and he ends up putting a little bit more in.

oh and thinking back...the metformin made me soooo gassy! it was quite embarrassing.