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  1. SanDiegoUbermom
    B-8:30am: Protein drink w/12 oz 2% milk & ½ banana
    L-12:30pm: 1 sl wheat bread w/butter & American Chz (grilled chz), 2 sl apple and 5 grapes.

    I just can’t wait for the kids to go back to school so they will have something to do all day long.

    My oldest each and every morning asks “Mom what are we going to do today? Can we go anywhere?”

    I went to support group last night and I’m becoming more familiar with everyone now that I talk to.
    Joan had the two books “Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery” & “Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery”. She said that I could keep them till next month’s meeting.

    I am doing ok on the water but still not like I was. I need to get back on track w/that.

    I'm still not sure if I want to get a fill. I like my feedom of drinking more then a sip at a time or eating just a bit more. I quess I'm also afraid and what I've been reading about getting stuck or not going through or vomiting.

    I know that if I get a fill that I will limit myself some more and I want that--just not the scary stuff that might happen.

    I need to get into the gym. I keep telling myself that I can just wait one more month and the kids will be in school and I'll have all the time in the world. But I need to start more then the walking that DH and I are doing, or trying to do 3 times a week.
  2. SanDiegoUbermom
    I started sneezing over the weekend and I'm finding that my lft side hurts from it. I hope that it will get better with time. I don't want to have to hold my each and every time I have a cold.
     
    I'm still holding at 205, but the other day I saw 204 :cool: . I hope I will reach my Christmas goal of 193.
     
    I'm really looking to lose 3-5 pounds a month. More then that is a blessing.
     
    Over the weekend I wanted chocolate--and I found it. I haven't had a period for 4 years except when I stress out and it will come for a week and then go away. Well I was spotting all week (very little), I had really bad mood swings and my lower back was really hurting. I guess the stress from the surgery and shit finially got to me. DH said my peroid might come back. I hope not, I hope this is all I'm going to see of it--again.
     
    I have been good about my eating but not really good. I've been having small portions and eating my protein first but I've also been having bad stuff:
    Chocolate
    Chips
    Bread
    Corn Tortillas
    French Fries
    Fried Fish
     
    I keep telling my self that I will go on to Fitday.com and start logging, but damm, I don't have the time to sit and write down all my food. I had a problem doing that just putting it onto the paper.
     
    :help: I MUST START LOGGING MY FOOD!!!!!!!:help:
  3. SanDiegoUbermom
    Ok; we went to Golden Moon Buffet and I enjoyed each bit.
    Took the kids to the store and got top roman of all kids so I can have broths for the next 10 days.
    :hungry: I need to remember to have breakfast and make it protien!
    I hope I can survie the first few days.
    I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!:clap2:
  4. SanDiegoUbermom
    I've thought it over and I'm going to pass on the fill this time.
     
    I've lost 3 pounds since surgery and my clothes fell great. I want to feel better about what I have inside of me. I want to wait another month or so.
     
    I meet with Dr. Brunson on the 23rd and I'm sure we'll talk about it again.
     
    I'm feeling great. No pain on my side.
     
    I do find that I can eat more then I thought I would be able to. I need to rememeber to eat the protein portion of the food first.
     
    We had chicken tacos last night and I had three. It sure was good going down but I was hunger later (10ish).
     
    I also need to find something else to eat while at Souplantation. It's becoming boring, same ol-thing again and again.
     
    I need to find that cookbook! Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach
    Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Patt Levine/Michele Bontemo Sarary. Both are over $20 in the local bookstores and under that on line but by the time you pay for shipping, it's like buying it local.
  5. SanDiegoUbermom
    Well I took the kids to SW this morning. We got there around 10 & left around 2. I'm tired and thirsty. :faint:
     
    B 8:00am: ProRated drink w/12 oz 2% milk
    S @SW 12ish: Two handfulls of Buggles & an apple
    L 3:00: Asian Salad (60% of it-but all of the chicken) @ Jack N Box plus 4 spoonfulls of chocolate shake and 5 FF
    D 7:00: 2 Del Tacos that I made into a salad w/dressing (no shell) and a few (5)chips w/nacho cheese
     
    I brought ProRated w/me so I could buy some milk but I left my walet at home--duh. So there went a good idea.
    I've had 20 oz water so far. Just haven't had it in front of me. I need to get working on it for today.
     
    I don't know if it's the water or what, but for the past two nights I've had a headache that startes around 8pm. Nothing seems to help it either.
     
    The kids were ok so it may our time nice. It was good to get out w/them again.
    5:20pm I'm on my second 20 oz cup since I got home. Headache still there and it's hot here.
    Not to hungry since I ate late but the family is and DH just got home. Oh wo is me and me is tired.
    7:45pm OMG the kids; tonight must have been Q&A for DH and his hot rodes he had as a young buck. DH kept asking me "are they like this all the time w/you?---YES"
    I don't think I'll make the 64 oz today. I still have the second one I started right before DH came home.
    Ha; my headache is gone though! :clap2:
    Have PTA stuff to start on--I'm to tired but I'll give it a try.:Banane10:
     
    I had 4 cups left to drink--not bad for a late start.
  6. SanDiegoUbermom

    Size 16!

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    This has been a long road. I started in 7/06 at 225. I was doing well and thought I could do it on my own. I stepped away from support, follow ups and chat blogs.
     
    It took me 3 years to come back and find my say. I’ve been working on this for the past 6months. I’ve been able to drop 25 pounds and 36.5 inches. ZUMBA IS SO MUCH FUN!!
     
    I have learned that if I exercise, complete a daily journal, drink at least 64 oz of liquid a day, weigh daily (really try not to do that one, but you know how it goes when you’re on a diet) or weekly, and measure; I can do this…stay on track…I can smile again and be proud of what I’m doing.
     
    The standing goal for life is to keep up w/my life change once I meet my weight goal of 145. On each diet that I’ve done (and I’ve done a lot), I’ve never thought about “what to do at the end when I reach my goal”. I always went back to the way things were.
     
    And then I would gain it all back and more…I don’t want this!
     
    I’ve gone from a 22 to a 16 in pants …I don’t want that again!
     
    I’ve dropped over 30 inches…I don’t want it back!
     
    I have a matinee coming up soon. I’ve had this dress in my closet for 3 years, just waiting till the day I could wear it.
    I put it on and guess what? IT WAS TOO BIG! I went over to my mom’s house and found some clothes there.
    I found out that I now wear a size 16! I haven’t seen a 16 in YEARS!
    It felt so good; it put a skip in my step all day long.
     
    I’m so happy to be on the journey to a new life!
  7. SanDiegoUbermom

    Still Here But...

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    I'm still here but haven't had the will to "be on top fo things".
     
    Family, holidays, death....you name it it's been here and some of it is still here.
     
    I've been able to maintain!!
     
    Starting logging once...need to get back into that. I know that it helps to realize what you are eating and when.
     
    Had to drop my ever loving Zumba class due to cost but I found another. Just need to sign up for it now. Need to put it back into my schedule!
     
    Keep up the good work everyone!
  8. SanDiegoUbermom
    Have I told you lately that I LOVE THIS BAND!!

    This is the best diet tool I've ever used. I'm so happy that I decided to get this!

    Summer is coming to an end and the kids are excited to go back to school and so am I!!
     
    We’ve been so busy w/playing and cleaning that I haven’t had time to blog.
     
    I’m going to push back my appointment for a fill in September. I’ve been doing well this last month; I’ve lost 8 pounds with no problem, could I have found my SWEET SPOT?! (Last fill- July 16th)
    With going to Zumba twice a week; I’ve also dropped another 10.75 inches! Since I’ve been working out in Zumba (since April) I’ve lost a total of 21.75” and 12#’s!
     
    I have been emailing my mom with my daily food journal. She has a weight issue too. I thought by showing her what I ate, when and that it worked that she might try.
     
    It worked; she started this week but wanted to start out doing shakes only. I convinced her that the shakes are good when you’re in a rush but that food is the best way to go (keep a journal, watch the portion size and eat more than 3 times a day—she is NOT banded). But also knowing from the past that the shakes get boring quickly and then she starts eating the WRONG things.
     
    For the week she has been doing it right and has dropped a pound already!
     
    WAY TO GO MOM!
  9. SanDiegoUbermom

    Swine Flu

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    Last Monday I was told my oldest DS had the Swine Flu (SF).
     
    I have four kids and thank GOD only one had it. I can tell you I lost a lot of sleep for a few days.
     
    But we were lucky, he had a mild case. He had been feeling sick the week prior, worse over the weekend and by Monday after going to Urgent Care (We went because we had been in contact w/someone who had been tested postitive the Friday prior, got a phone call that let us know).
    There was a close call w/strep too. He had white bumps on his tonsils too. It came back negitive so at least I had one thing off of my list to worry about.
     
    They did a SF rapid test on 3 of four of my kids and only one was positive but we still needed to have the lab follow up done for the next day. It was a long day, waiting for that phone call to tell me the results.
    It came late in the day (of course) and all was the same from the night before at Urgent Care. Only one had SF and the rest had cold symptoms...ear infections, water behind both ears and swollen limph nodes.
     
    Because my DS did not have a high grade fever we did not receive the medicine Tamiflu (sp?) to fight it, we were told to use over the counter meds.
     
    I am happy to say that he is on the mend, he went to school that Wednesday and only missed one day of school. His fever was gone by that evening and was fever clear for 24 hours. He had residual muscle aches from all the sneezing and mild headaches but as of today is his back to normal!
     
    I am now trying to get back into the right eatting habits again. I was eating what I could, when I could.
     
    I hope you and yours are safe during this difficute flu time.
     
    PLEASE REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS, KEEP SOME HAND SANITIZER NEAR OR WITH YOU!
     
    IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER IS SICK ...PLEASE, PLEASE STAY AT HOME.
  10. SanDiegoUbermom

    This is new

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    I received a fill in July of this year. I had not received one since November of 2007. (That's when I thought I was a know it all and could do it myself. I was losing weight and didn't need support - of any kind)
     
    Boy I was I wrong. I had dropped 30 pounds in 2007 since my surgery in July of 2006, but when I decided to get my a$$ together I was 10 heavier. In April of 2009 you could say I was reborn. I decided that I did need help—OF ANY KIND! I started searching the web, keeping a food journal, joined a support group and went to see my doctor (for the first time since 11/07).
     
    I rec’d a fill in July, the doc and I thought there was only 7cc in but we soon found out I had 8cc. He added only .5cc but it was enough. It took a good 2 weeks before I could really feel the restrictions.
     
    I’ve always been tight in the morning but now it’s a bit more. I drink before I eat to help loosen things up. I can only eat half of what I used to in the morning and I’m hungry w/in an hour.
     
    This is new; Yesterday I became concerned while trying to eat my lunch:
    [/b]:%20void(0);"]Mission Tortillas - Yellow Corn Tortillas - Super Size (Approx 6.5"), 1 tortilla
    [/b]:%20void(0);"]Cheese - Cheddar, 0.5 oz
    [/b]:%20void(0);"]Lettuce - Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw, 0.5 leaf outer
    [/b]:%20void(0);"]Sun Vista - Black Beans -- No Salt Added, 0.025 cup
    [/b]:%20void(0);"]Taco Bell - Taco Sauce - Medium, 1 tbsp
    I started having heart palpitations after having 3 bits. I put my hand on my chest and could feel it move. It didn’t last long but boy is was scary. I waited a few minutes and it stopped and I was able to finish my taco.
     
    I had another taco for dinner and didn’t have any problems.
     
    I get stuck more often now I’ve noticed too. I need to remember to chew, chew, chew.
  11. SanDiegoUbermom
    Real quick...I went looking for my belt this morning.
     
    Well I found it, put it on and then noticed that it was my husbands belt!
     
    I figured it out as I tried to buckle it up. Got it to the first loop and couldn't understand why it wasn't going down like it usually does...then I really looked at the belt.
    I had such a huge smile on my face! I started laughing!
    Set the tone for the rest of my day!
     
    HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!
  12. SanDiegoUbermom

    What a day

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    Today was a bit crazy.
     
    Took all the kids out to see a movie (free) but it was full.
    So I took them all to get new shoes and it wasn't fun.
    They all couldn't listen. I was yelling left and right to either "stop it", "don't touch it or him/her", "what is our #1 rule?"...
    Then when we got home it was just the same.
     
    Ty had another game so when we got home we needed to get ready and go back out.
    The only good thing about the out come of tonight's game is that we will not longer have practice each and every night. We lost 6-11.
     
    I got up at 7:45 when DH woke me up to do the tie but as I lay back down I realize that the trash needed to be put out.
     
    B/9:30 while driving to the movies. Wheat thins w/a bottle of water
    L/1:00 IHOP-ordered a grilled chicken salad. it had chz, tomatos, carrots, hard boiled egg, lettuce, ranch and honey mustard dressing. Large glass of lemon water w/pink surgar.
    D/5pm Carl's Jr. Chz burger w/tomato, onions, pickles, mayo, ketchup, lettuce, bun. Lrg Coke (didn't fiish it)
    PM Snack: 4 Gummy snack bags
     
    Our freezer was causing things to frost up. It started a while ago but got really bad w/in the last week.
    Well today when we got home I thought that we had left it open. I could see that things had been melting.
    Well when I got home (9ish) from the grocery store I noticed that it was still the same and it looked even worse.
    I added the food and put up a sign asking not to open it.
     
    I think we'll be needing a new one and right now we really can't afford one.:redface:
  13. SanDiegoUbermom

    Zumba!!

    By SanDiegoUbermom,

    I am so glad that I tried the Zumba class out!
    I've seen it on TV to buy for home use, but felt that I wouldn't keep up w/it.
     
    The dance studio that my girls go to started up a class and I tried it out. Well that was back in April and I've dropped 15 inches off of my total body!!!
     
    I've lost 5 pounds to boot! The studio now has a total of 4 classes through out the week and is looking to add another one.
     
    If they have it each day, I just may drop my gym memebership (that I never seem to go to).
     
    The weight is coming off better right now. I've been writing down everything and drinking the water (64oz a day). Using those little flavor packets for the water has made it easy and I rarely have a soda now, maybe once a week if that.
    I picked up myself a new little car tote for my snacks while I'm out and so far I haven't been looking for a fast food joint to satisfy my hunger needs.
     
    I did make an appointment to see my doc. Found out that's it's been over a year since I had seen him.
     
    After looking at my weight logging, I never placed a single log for '08.
     
    I'm back in the game and ready to play some hardball.

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