2babutterfly

Hello all! Thought I'd check in. My surgery went well...kicked my butt a little more than I expected but I'm feeling better every day. Had my follow up on Monday and my oncologist said my pathology was great. Small amount of cancer contained in the uterus so no further treatment!! [emoji1373][emoji1373]. Y'all sound like you are doing a great job! Keep it up!

Great! Let’s do this! I’m ready to get focused yet again. I’m wonderful. Will welcome my 3 rd grand in March! 2 sons. 2 grandsons and I’m finally getting a little girl in my life! I’ve left the classroom and have taken over as principal of my early childhood center and am working on my masters. Yes my district let me take the job while working on my masters. I’ve gained some weight and been doing weight watchers and then I was thinking this week...hey you’ve got this band why don’t you use it!! Got back on some blogs and came back creeping around here. Missed y’all!!! How have you been?

I’m currently trying to do ww as well. I was doing low carb/keto for awhile and lost a bunch of weight. Trying to maintain it and lose a bit more with ww though and eat more like a normal person. 🙂

Hello all! Thought I'd check in. My surgery went well...kicked my butt a little more than I expected but I'm feeling better every day. Had my follow up on Monday and my oncologist said my pathology was great. Small amount of cancer contained in the uterus so no further treatment!! [emoji1373][emoji1373]. Y'all sound like you are doing a great job! Keep it up!

Hello all! Thought I'd check in. My surgery went well...kicked my butt a little more than I expected but I'm feeling better every day. Had my follow up on Monday and my oncologist said my pathology was great. Small amount of cancer contained in the uterus so no further treatment!! [emoji1373][emoji1373]. Y'all sound like you are doing a great job! Keep it up!

In the past, weigh ins usually triggered a binge for me... but that was in the past. I did weigh in today. Down 6 pounds since unfill . I was hoping for 40... lol..
Focused on positives it's been 7 days of working a plan without binging.
Prayers for you all. @2babutterfly .

Just a note to anyone reading and hesitant to post.
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.
We're just needy folk trying to hold each other up... Feel free to jump right in...

@bacon - I'll take those kinds of victories all day long! Way to make it happen!!!
Today is weigh-in day for the weight loss challenge I joined. I was only down a pound and that makes me extremely frustrated. However, I am trying to stay focused on the little victories and the long term. Sometimes, though, I just want to pout though and today's weigh-in is messing with me. I shall persevere...
food is planned, Water will be consumed, and I'll get my annual physical over with this morning. I'm always glad when that's behind me for another year.
@2babutterfly - thinking of you today.

Just a small victory to share.
We built our kennel up off the ground 24". (It keeps them out of the dirt and elevated above snooping predators ) waste falls through so once a week I rake everything out from under it. Well I always said I should have made it taller. It was hard for me to bend over and rake . Today I noticed it was a lot easier. I am able to bend over a bit easier. I know Ii mave miles to go, but it was sso encouraging to me today.

@s_suther that was beautiful! Thank you so much. All prayers are appreciated!! He is definitely with me! You know the lovely prep for the colonoscopy right? Well in the middle of mine today I had to make a 2 hour drive pulling our travel trailer. After being a frequent visitor all day to the rr. I made it the whole 2 hours without an issue!! [emoji1373][emoji1373].
Y'all keep rockin those food plans!
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I'm so sorry for your diagnosis. Hope you will do well with treatment. I enjoy your posts as you are always so positive .

@bacon and@s_suther you guys are doing great!! I am focused on medical stuff so I'm not even paying attention to my eating but I really haven't done too bad. I have a fun filled week planned and would so appreciate any and all prayers! Sunday: Clear Liquids and colonoscopy prep stuff 🤢 Monday: colonoscopy. Tuesday: pre op appointment with my oncologist. Wednesday: if the good Lords willing and the creek don't rise I'll have my hysterectomy. All of this will take place about 100 miles from home so we are taking our Rv up Sunday night and returning Thursday. A little more comfy than a hotel.

@bacon I'm so sorry to hear what you've been going through I agree with outside I believe your doc failed you. He left you with no choice but to go to sliders! Try your basics. You might really have to measure and plan plan plan! As long as all is healthy with your band I would think about keeping it and maybe gradually adding Fluid to it. And find a NEW doctor. Best wishes and keep us posted!!!

P.s glad to see some activity on here! How is everyone else?? I've recently found out I have uterine cancer so I'm in the middle of tests and prepping for surgery. Lots of burning in my stomach so I'm thinking about having some Fluid removed. Anybody have surgery while having a band? Wondering if I need to have my fluid out. Asked my oncologist (still hard to type that word) and she said no. But I feel like I need to ask my band doc and see what he thinks

Good morning!! Just finished some meal prep for the week. Does anybody else do this? I had some veggies that were nearing the end of their life so I drug them all out of the fridge. Made a frittata with red bell pepper, spinach, onion and mozzarella cheese, and ham and eggs. I'll dish that up for my breakfasts. (Hope i will be able to eat it reheated). I've fallen in love with sheet pan meals. So my next concoction consisted of diced chicken, zucchini, sweet potato, Brussel sprouts and onion. A little olive oil and salt and pepper. I'll dish this up for lunches. How is your weekend? Have not exercised my extra day yet. Hopefully I can make that happen sometime today

Good morning!! Just finished some meal prep for the week. Does anybody else do this? I had some veggies that were nearing the end of their life so I drug them all out of the fridge. Made a frittata with red bell pepper, spinach, onion and mozzarella cheese, and ham and eggs. I'll dish that up for my breakfasts. (Hope i will be able to eat it reheated). I've fallen in love with sheet pan meals. So my next concoction consisted of diced chicken, zucchini, sweet potato, Brussel sprouts and onion. A little olive oil and salt and pepper. I'll dish this up for lunches. How is your weekend? Have not exercised my extra day yet. Hopefully I can make that happen sometime today

Hello all!!! Finally Friday and I'm thrilled... been a long week! I've been marking an x on the calendar whenever I exercise so I'm proud to say I've marked 3 so far this week! Feeling it in my muscles. They seem pretty fatigued. So I will add one more day of walking this weekend but no strenuous exer or weights. Exercise has always been a big struggle for me but I'm trying to fit 3-4 days a week in for the month of February. Friday's are my weigh in days and I've lost 2.2 pounds this week! But.......here comes the weekend...my tough time!!! One day at a time! That's all we can do!


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S Suther I'll trade you meal planning mojo for exercise mojo I can't plan at all but I've started packing my Snacks for our bible study n fellowship meetings I'm even going to make smoothies at next fellowship which is a switch I finally purchased my plant based Protein for smoothies Positive for today One day at a time. Going on this 10 day smoothie 2x a day Here goes hope this bust plateau

Well I will spend a couple of days repenting of my food sins this weekend!! hopefully not too much of a back track! Headed to Zumba tonight. Don't usually go in Monday's because we'll it's Monday and mondays suck. But I'm going!!! How's everyone else??
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Oh s_suther my exercise is always forced . I know I will feel better when I go but I have to make myself!!!! It is one of the toughest things for me.
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Here's a snack idea that I live by...take the Joseph's Heart Friendly pita bread, cut into chips, spread on baking sheet, spray with Pam, sprinkle with salt & pepper or dried herbs & spices, bake at 350 until golden brown. Pita chips! They work in all of your dips, Soups or stews, or as a snack! There are six pitas in a bag. I do them in batches and store in sandwich bags so that I grab them instead of chips. Let me know if you try it!
Each pita:
70 calories
2 fat
10 carbs
4 Fiber
0 sugar
6 Protein
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I'm here. It's been an all around struggle. Today is a new day. I will get a walk in today. I wish I could hget and stay focused.

Hello all!!! I'm so glad to see you guys on here!
Sounds like everyone is rocking and rolling along! I've got to get myself into gear and reading your posts inspire me so much!!! Had a long weekend away and way too many bad food choices. Today I'm on track and planning on Zumba tonight for my exercise!!
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I'm new to this site and I'm glad I found it! I've had my band since may of 08. I went from 314 pounds to 170. I've gained back about 53 pounds I had a small leak in my tubing and lost restriction had that fixed and lost about 13 of those pounds so far...the reason I haven't lost more since having it fixed is...me! I need start eating like I know I should and mooooving! I am still so grateful that I have kept off over 100 pounds! Love my band and don't know where I'd be without it!

Hello all! Sorry I've been absent for so long. I'm terrible in the summer. We've moved and are still trying to feel like home. I only moved about a half mile from my house so you can tell I don't do change well. My eating has been crazy this summer. I start back to school (teacher) on Wednesday so hopefully I can get some routine in my life. I am posting my weight for accountability this morning was 202.4! I hate starting with a 2 again but completely totally my fault. Making my grocery list now for meal planning so here I go! So glad to see some still here and see some new ones too!! Wishing you all well today!
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