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healthysue

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  1. :cool2: I think i am finally there, I have 6.1 in my band and boy oh boy, now i know what they mean when they say they can't eat bread. Boy I have tried two times to eat a bagel, yes small small bites and chew chew chew, but still it didn't work. Like isaid i did this twice and i was just toturing myself, i love bagels. maybe after toture i will stop eating them. I am a very stubborn person. Well i went up like 1 1/2 but now as of this am i am back to 215.8 to be exact. When i look at myself as of this am i actually look to me like i have lost a few pounds. Maybe this is it. Maybe i am there. I have a hard time eating just about anything. But in a way thats good because the past couple of days i have really cut back. a fav right now is sunflower seeds great to snack on and so much work you don't eat very many. also the smart food lite chedder popcorn.. YUM i know that the idea isn't to constanly eat junk but lets all face it we need to have some little splerges. Oh and the bad splurge ice cream, i only allow myself about 1 cup. BUT YUM YUM YUM. Oh and i have lite icecream whenever possible. I'll post soon.

  2. Tuesday January 6th 2009

    · healthysue · 01/06/2009 18:28

    Well i go to the doctor today. Another fill i would imagine. I am not loosing like i should(at least that is what i think) My weight this am on my scale (yeah totally naked and before i've eaten anything is 215.8) I am curious to see what their scale says. I have been really REALLY good. I have been tracking everything! i eat on my daily plate. I get 1174 calories a day and i have been going to the gym in the am after i drop katie off for her second bus. I do the treadmill for 20 min then the stair walker machine for another 10 min. Oh according to my daily plate if i do that i get about another 150 calories for the day. Sometimes i use it most of the time i do not. I think that this time i am going to make it. I think my head is in the right place now. Before it really was not. HOWEVER i do need more fills because it is my willpower keeping me going not at all my satisfied feeling in my tummy. So once i get that i really should be doing good. I have set a mini goal, i want to lose 15 lbs by the time i go to CA on Feb 14th. Then Sal and i are going into NYC on March 13 14?? I would like to be down another 10 by then so lets see. First goal i should be 200 and second goal i should be 190 ONEDERLAND as everyone would say. I post tomorrow to record my band fill. :confused:

  3. December 8

    · healthysue · 12/09/2008 00:52

    Well this am's weight was 218, that was after having friendlys last night. Reeces pieces 3 scoope sundee. YUM, however I should not be doing that too often. Its so hard. I really can not eat bagels anymore. THey hurt to much. I shouldn't be eating them anyway. I was eating whole wheat but still not good choice. THis am i had a light english muffen with pepper jack cheese and once thin slice of turkey. I think i should follow weight watchers that would probably help me. All i know is i had this surgery and i don't seem to be loosing like i think i should. HELP. I wonder if i streched my pouch???? I want to be thinner. Not a rail but Thinner. I definately eat much less why am i not loosing :thumbup:. :blushing:
  4. Tuesday November 25th Ok I think i had 2.6 cc and now i had another 1 and 1/2 put in. My weight on their scale is 223.2. no change at all from my last fill which was on October 30. My first fill was September17th.
    My weight on my scale at home is 219. well I spoke with the assistant and I really need to make some changes. I need to have protein for breakfast, I need to have 1000 calories and between 70-90 grams of protein a day. I need to do this and i should see better results next time. I hope so. Oh I booked another cruise, I did it without telling sal, but i did tell him when i got home that day, he was happy about it. It is on the new Oasis which isn't set to sail until November of 2009 our cruise is October of 09. I hope by then i will be comfortable in my skin and in a thiner healthier body:unsure:.

  5. November 6th

    · healthysue · 11/06/2008 21:47

    Well i am 3 months post op and i now weight 219 YUPPIE, yea terrible i know. I don't really know what to do. I guess i have not been trying to hard. I almost think that I am just ment to be fat forever. I guess i am in a bad way now. We went on our cruise that i was supposed to be thin for. We had a great time, fat and all. We are actually going to go to St. Thomas next year. Maybe Maybe Maybe I will be thinner by then. Yeah probably 5lbs. :angry_smile:

  6. 12 Days Post Op

    · healthysue · 08/12/2008 13:34

    Well its almost two weeks, i am sick of liquids. The whey protein that is pretty good is getting old. I am finally down 2 more pounds just this am. After feeling terrible this past weekend about not loosing anything, i decided not to get upset its just not worth it. One way or another this weight is going to come off. I am on my way down not up. So how ever long it takes it is what it is. So offically my weight this am was 220:smile:. This past weekend was easier then i thought it was going to be, we had our block party on Saturday. I actually had to go in and lay down for a little bit in the middle of the day. I was having a hard time taking deep breaths, still got some left over gas:wink2: but each day that is getting better and better. Katelyn comes home Thursday and I am so excited, i miss her so much so i am really anxious for that. She doesn't know it yet but i am going to pick her up from the airport. Even Sal is trying to get off to go. I have my two week follow up on Thursday at 9:30. Oh on to mushies i hope, i never thought i would be so excited to eat chicken salad.
    PS Thanks Kim for asking how i am doing.
    I post in a couple of days.
  7. Well tomorrow is the big day. My weight this am was 226.0. Today has been the hardest so far. The protein shakes really do fill me and i don't have this hungry feeling. So far today I have had 3 ice pops(sugar free) 2 chicken boulion cubes, one glass of pinapple juice and a cup of green rasberry crystal light tea. :eek: Not enough!!! This will all be worth it. I can not wait to feel better. Have more energy. I have to remember to take pictures tonight. :redface:

  8. 5 Days after surgery

    · healthysue · 08/05/2008 18:05

    Ok well its Tuesday August 5th and it is the 5th day after surgery. I came back to work today. I woke up feeling a little better. Each day its a little better. I still slept on the coach last night. I need to sleep on an angel so i can breath ok. My weight this am was 222 just like yesterday am. I am looking forward to mushies.

  9. Fustrated 8 days post up

    · healthysue · 08/08/2008 17:55

    Ok well my title says it all. I am a little fustrated becuase i have not seen the scale move since Sunday am. I don't think that i am expecting to much one pound would be really nice. My husband told me though which he is right, the day of my surgery i was 226 now i am 222 and it is 8 days since the surgery, thats not bad 4 lbs, the thing is it came off the first 4 days and now nothing for the next 4. and that is why i am fustrated. I'll get over it. But i must say that this is about the time if i was on a regular one of my 365 diets a year, diet. I would blow it big time. I would have treated myself to a third pounder from McDonalds with a extra large fry and a large diet coke. I would then proceede to have a good dinner what ever that would be. And that is exactly how i got myself into this situation. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, this is why this is going to work for me. I CCCCCAAAANNNN'TTTT do that. Its impossible, i need to stay on liquids because i will not chance hurting myself. And then once i can eat mushies, i will not go crazy because i again don't want to hurt myself, and then once on solids, i will not be able to eat that much:biggrin:
  10. Ok well it is one week today since i had surgery. I think that i am twisting and turning at work to much. I am trying to becareful. I am a little discouraged because the scale is not moving. I no i should not weigh myself everyday. But you would think since i am bearly eating i would loose everyday even if it was 1/2 lb. but this is not happening. maybe my body will just hit a point and the scale will move a couple of pounds at a time. I mean its to soon for me to be on a platau. Not looking forward to the block party this weekend. I don't want to tell anyone that because i don't want them to feel bad. but as far as i am concerned we could just skip it. Oh well its not like i can do anything about this. I know this will work, but like me i always expect overnight success. I am still happy that i am banded and this is what i need to do, work through these hard times and learn from them that i don't need to turn to food when i feel down:sad:.
  11. Well I did it. I had my surgery. I am in a little bit of pain, not bad though. Well not as bad as i had thought it would be. My tummy has 6 incisions, three of them have purple bruises. Sal took a picture of my stomach for me. I don't know how much i weigh. I weighed 226 just before surgery yesterday. Angel and Jerry, my dad and of course Sal were up to see me last night. I have pain in my chest but that is because of the gas they had to put in me to expand my stomach. It helps when i walk so that is what i have been doing. Sal had to bring a step stool upstairs for me just so i could get into bed. Its hard to get up and get down. Once i am there i am ok though. TOmorrow is the fair in Sayville, so i plan on going there to walk around a bit. Its also JOyces bridal show but i am going to miss it. I didn't think i would feel up to that. Katelyn is getting better not as homesick. SHe has 2 more weeks. I'm so happy because she told me she finished one of the books she had to read for school, and she is working on one of the other ones. Well thats it for today. We'll see how tomorrow goes. I am finally on my way DOWN:smile::redface::eek:
  12. Well my surgery time was 3:30 :redface: and they asked me to be there at 2:00, but this am they called and asked me to come in at 1:30. That made me happy, because i have to say i was dissappointed when they told me my surgery wasn"t until 3:30 in the afternoon. I was pretty hungry all day yesterday. Last night I strained the broth from chicken soup and i ate that, it was much better then the boulion cube alone. Sal at the goodies in the soup. I feel a little anxioux it is 12:00 and we will leave in about 45 min. My weight this am was 225.00. I don"t feel hungry at all right now, i haven't since i had my broth last night. I nice cold drink would be good though. :eek: Well I will post tomorrow when i get home as long as i feel up to sitting here. Well here it goes. :thumbup:
  14. well today is my first day on my pre-op diet. Its 10:17 am and i had my yogart this am at 9:00 and at 11:30 i plan to have a slimfast high protein shake. I feel a tinge of what i think may be hunger. I feel motivated and pretty excited. I feel like i am ready for this. :smile:

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