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ssmom

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  1. Being a newby to this lap band journey, I am wondering if my weight loss is on the right path. I have observed from me and others the following: fast loss pre op and immediate post op. NO or very little loss pre fill. And a slow loss post fill. I have lost around 5 lbs in the 2 1/2 weeks of my first fill. That is and average of 1 3/4 lbs per week.
     
    Now if you remember I did have vacation last week and gained, BUT that was water and I lost it and 1 extra lb, so that was a success.
     
    But I am wondering, am I on the right pattern?
     
    I have been viligent to record my food, watching carbs and protein. I have worked out everyday this week--yes this is the most I have but it is a beginning, and I check for ketosis every morning.
     
    So am I doing everything right? Right now I am a bit obsessed over this process. I am sure when school starts back ( I am a teacher) I won't be so obsessed, but maybe I need to be???
     
    Being new I am just wondering?????
  2. I just got back from Panama City Beach in FL and it was beautiful! No oil. One day the flags were double red flags but that was OK we did pools! I ate breakfast and lunch in the room, so I could control it and ate out each night but was very conscience of what I ordered and how much I ate. I walked the sandy beaches and played in the waves everyday, for hours. But I got home today after 8 hours of driving and weighed and I was up 2 lbs! YIKES. I feel like it was the salt air that made me have water retention, because my feet are swollen, so I am going to drink TONS of water the next two days hoping to flush the water out. I hope this works!

  3. Lap Band TLC

    · ssmom · 07/02/2010 00:37

    I am using Lap Band.com website for several things. I watched the EMMI videoes and they were very helpful. And now that I am filled I am enrolled in the TLC Lindora web clinic which is 10 weeks. So now that I am on solids, my first three days is protein days...100 grams and stay 50-100 grams of carbs. I am going to follow it, but carbs...they are every where!
     
    The only thing about this is it says to eat 6 times a day, and I know as bandsters we are only suppose to eat 3 times, so I am confused. BUT since this IS what Lap Band company recommends, it must be good.

  4. My first fill!

    · ssmom · 06/30/2010 18:21

    :drool:Well, what a surprise, kind of sort of. Went for my one month check up and he says, Ok let's do your fill! Nerves set in. He leaned me back with a pillow rolled under my lower back for me to arch up. He pokes and pokes to find port, says "lean your head and shoulders up" so now I am doing a semi "crunch". He finds it, sticks it, rolls it around to get to the po( had to go in through and angle due to incision not dissolving correctly) then I feel it, my port. It felt weird to have something in there with no feeling since it is plastic. He filled, then had me drink to see if I felt pressure. I sipped and sipped then did feel the pressure, like the water pooled up in my chest, so he took a bit out.
     
    THEN the hurting happened. Those incisons that did not dissolve, he had to pull them out! OUCH! Now I have two open wounds.
     
    But, I am SIKED that I have my fill. I ate some oatmeal (since I am still on mushy) and could only eat about 1/3 cup. So YES I will loose this weight!
     
    I did also loose about 5 lbs in the past three weeks, and he said that was good for the healing stage.
     
    I am just on cloud nine that the procedures are going so timely and smoothly, with a couple of bumps here and there.
     
    Yippee!

  5. Mondays

    · ssmom · 06/28/2010 21:50

    I was so busy today, very unusual for a summer day for me. But I did go to water aerobics and it felt great! I then got a filling in a tooth, YUK. I couldn't eat my mid day meal with the numbness so I am hoping my stomach won't grumble too loud that it will scare my dogs!
     
    I then took my oldest DD to the pool and went to talk to a friend I am helping with a Back to School Blitz where we give away 400 backpacks with school supplies. YES I AM IN CHARGE OF THE SUPPLIES!
     
    But I did get a nap in, and life looks good!
     
    Truthfully, I like being busy, is that bad?

  6. Variety..the spice of life

    · ssmom · 06/25/2010 01:15

    I was bummed earlier this week, but today, I feel like a new leaf has turned. I went to water aerobics this morning, and it was great! Of course I was a minority age wise, but thats ok, this is a great start.
     
    I was also so bored with the eggs, potato, protein shake mushy diet, but today I researched some new recipes, went to the grocery store and got the sauces, and cheese, wow, I had a great dinner--faux lasagna. It was very tasty and a whopping 29 grams of protein!
     
    Yippee, life is looking up, for today at least!

  7. Exercise what will I do?

    · ssmom · 06/23/2010 02:18

    I am trying to plan what I will be doing for my exercise. Will I do
    it in the morning, or wait to afternoons? Will I work out and then walk or will water aerobics be the Key? I am a bit confused of what I am going to do.
     
    And while I am healing, I am feeling like the old me, TV, naps and nothing much. That is where this life has to stop.
     
    Do I need a Jillian Michaels? Maybe. Will I need a Fit WII? Probably. Will I fail? Sometimes BUT I am going to try. If not why do this?
     
    I am writing this to tell myself, YES YOU ARE GOING TO SUCCEED! YOU ARE GOING TO GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND DO IT! YOU ARE GOING TO KICK YOUR OWN BEHIND! START NOW!
  8. I can not believe its been two weeks since my surgery. I have finally had three steri strips fall off of the smaller incisions and almost off the bigger ones. I am not ready for the port one to come off because it is at my belly button right where my pants are. But once these fall off I can finally go swimming! ( It is summer after all)
     
    I am excited to start mushy stage. I went and bought several things today. Watermelon will be the first. Of course I used to eat a whole half of one, I will probably be able to do about 1/2 cup, and not one seed can get past!
     
    I did a workshop at school today and it did wear me out, They all asked about me, and are very supportive, although they forget too. My principal offered me a chip, and I just had to shake my head and she all the sudden remembered. But learning to say no is one of those things, throughout all of my life, I need to learm. Only thing I have said no to is drugs! Ha ha
     
    Life is getting better, and I can't wait to see what comes about next week.
    Donna

  9. better but at a stand still

    · ssmom · 06/15/2010 17:05

    Only 10 days out, I am at a stand still. I am finally feeling better from the left side pain, but I think all the pain caused no weight loss. I am only getting in about 800 calories each day, and haven't lost any since last Thursday. But I am still staying postive about this and know that the weight will all the sudden vanish during this liquid stage. My body is just getting accustomed to the band or rebelling a bit. But just like parenting, consistancy will pay off. So fat, watch out, I am getting rid of you no matter what!

  10. One week into my new life

    · ssmom · 06/11/2010 15:50

    Here I am one week past my banding and now its time to get productive. My incisions do not hurt, just tender around port, and I should be able to wear a bra, incisions are right where the bottom of the bra goes. So what to do? Can I swim yet, no but in a week according to dr. Can I pull weeds? No that is too much on my port which is right on my waist line. So my productivity will have to be in web and writing. BORING Oh well, at least a good walk or two with my girls will help.
     
    I did go to the dr yesterday and everything was great! Lost 12 bs since last dr vist.
     
    Still drinking drinking drinking and just happy for the soups that have more taste.
     
    This is a long process and this is just the start, I have to be patient.l

  11. I am ready to move!

    · ssmom · 06/09/2010 14:09

    I am 6 days pre-op, soreness is at a minimum so WANT to move! Now this is a change already, and I am determined to keep it and not slide back into couch potato status. But I am biting at the bit to move!
     
    So I am going to walk around my neighborhood, call my gym for their required gym tour, and am going to MOVE. This excites me to no end. Energy is not something I am accomstamed to having. So I am going to take advantage of it1
     
    So my matra right now is "Moving On Up" and that is what I will be doing!:eek:

  12. Slow and Steady Wins the Race

    · ssmom · 06/07/2010 13:15

    As I sit here 4 days after my surgery, I am realizing slow is the way to go. I have been slow getting out of chairs and bed due to soreness, I have been slow sipping my clear liquids, I have been slow walking. So this weight loss will need to be slow also to do its job.
     
    I have already lost around 20 lbs since beginning pre-op diet but I know that will stop soon. Then it will be time to start moving. I am beginning slow there too. Water aerobics first, walking in between, then learn weights and hopefully in a year running (which I have never done, only F I made was skipping track time in high school).
     
    But if you think about it all good things come in time....education, babies, jobs, homes, the list goes on and on. The fast track is what got me in this mess, fast food, fast snacks, fast full days with no time to think about what you are eating.
     
    So as for me, I am OK going the slow route, it will last so much longer.

  13. Slow and Steady Wins the Race

    · ssmom · 06/07/2010 13:15

    As I sit here 4 days after my surgery, I am realizing slow is the way to go. I have been slow getting out of chairs and bed due to soreness, I have been slow sipping my clear liquids, I have been slow walking. So this weight loss will need to be slow also to do its job.
     
    I have already lost around 20 lbs since beginning pre-op diet but I know that will stop soon. Then it will be time to start moving. I am beginning slow there too. Water aerobics first, walking in between, then learn weights and hopefully in a year running (which I have never done, only F I made was skipping track time in high school).
     
    But if you think about it all good things come in time....education, babies, jobs, homes, the list goes on and on. The fast track is what got me in this mess, fast food, fast snacks, fast full days with no time to think about what you are eating.
     
    So as for me, I am OK going the slow route, it will last so much longer.
  14. This is the morning after my surgery. And due to the peace I felt, which was surprising, I am doing very well.
     
    On the night before, after my girls and I prayed God's hand on me, I slept like a baby. Then on the way to the hospital the next morning I read a note my daughter wrote including Psalms 62 5-8....so no nerves! Peace continued to pass over me when I was getting my very first in my life IV--the one thing I thought I would freak over. And as they put me to sleep, PEACE..
     
    I give God all the glory for that, because He is the one that covered me.
     
    Last night I did have some nerves, but i know I shouldn't. I was about to go to sleep and jerked awake...that caused axiousness that something inside or outside had Popped, but I shouldn't of worried, God still had me. But in the darkness your mind does crazy things...
     
    Today I am very sore on the left side, no where near incisions, but I have learned that is where all the pulling and pushing occured so moving around will "work" that out. Getting out of chairs and beds is a bit difficult, not having any core strength and feeling I need to get up straight.
     
    But health wise I feel great. I know these aches and pains are temporary, but the change in the peace of mind is permanent.
     
    In Gods Love and Mine
    ssmom

  15. Tomorrow I begin my new life

    · ssmom · 06/03/2010 21:40

    You start anew quite often in life, when you are born, when you begin school, when you graduate, when you get your first career job, when you move out on your own, when you get married (which is one part of life I do look forward to when God sees fit), when you have children (mine are adopted I feel I have to clarify that due to my non marriage status). When they grow up and leave the nest, when you retire.
     
    And then there are times you make yourself start anew like moving to a new city. But rarely do you go under the knife to do so, but that is what we lapbanders are doing.
     
    Our eating will change, our bodies will change and hopefully our outlook will change. I have always been one to meet to the challenge of change and this is just another turn on the road of my future. As long as I stay in God's will, all will be OK, yes there will be pot holes along the way, but after the bump I will travel on!
     
    Tomorrow, June 4 Is One of the New Beginnings
     
    In Gods Love and Mine
    ssmom
  16. Day 5 of pre-op diet, and I went coo coo over lettuce my girls ate up and didn't leave me any! I even cried over LETTUCE!! But, I appologized and found something else green to eat. I am just glad its summer and they can go outside and get away from me when those meltdowns happen!
     
    I weighed myself last night and was pleasently surprised that I was 11 pounds down already. That is such a nice sign of times to come. (I know I know it will be much slower and that is OK)
     
    I am telling everyone that cares anything about me about this move. Not to brag, but to make myself accountable to them (but they don't know that!) Being single for so long, have someone to be accountable to is crucial--I can cheat on myself and no one has to know, but if others know what I am striving for, I have to prove it them, but mostly to myself.
     
    Friday won't come soon enough, I am ready for this new life!
     
    In Gods Love and Mine
    ssmom

  17. School's Out for Summer

    · ssmom · 05/28/2010 17:00

    So that means more time for ME and my girls.
     
    Hello, my name is Donna, ssmom to all you badsters. I am 42 in North Alabama. I am having my band next Friday, June 4th with Dr Kevin Cottingham.
     
    I have been over weight my entire life. I was chubby as a child, obese as a teen, and have grown to morbidly obese in middle age.
     
    I am a single mom, adopting my two girls when I was thirty, because I wasn't going to wait for a husband all my life (and yes I am still waiting)
     
    I am a teacher, a church leader, and a community activist so I am always in demand and on the go.
     
    But this summer I am focusing ON ME!!! I am going to really watch my diet, start walking, and stay on this blog and site alot! I have friends and family, and a growing numbers of them are being banded as well, but God has put me as a lone ranger most of the time, so this site keeps me in touch.
     
    I am beginning my pre-op diet TODAY. I gradually brought myself up to this point by replacing 1 to 2 of my meals with protein drinks for the past 2 weeks, so now its all protein with very small amounts of other.
     
    So if you would like to join me on this road, it would be much appreciated.
     
    In God's Love and Mine
    ssmom

  18. Eating while working

    · ssmom · 07/03/2010 23:29

    Today was the first day to work a solid 7 hours, no breaks. I went prepared, 2 protein bars and a pack of ham ( I am on a protein day on the Lap Band TLC Lindora 10 week clinic) but it was HARD. Take a bite, wait on a customer ( I volunteer at a upscale thrift store), and oh how I was thirsty!
     
    So I am a bite worried about when school begins. I am in the basement and have to go to another building for bathroom time. I also teach K through 12th grade and lunch is a stressful fast time, sooooo I am going to have to try by fire, but I know I will HAVE to be good! Well, thats a month a way, hopefully I will learn.

  19. set back

    · ssmom · 06/12/2010 16:49

    Late yesterday I started feeling"sore" in my left side, like I did the 2nd day after surgery. It progressed into "pain". I finally realized it could be gas in the intestines so I did the gas x and it eased it a bit, but it must of been in there that it left the area sore. It is not near the incisions or the port so I know its not the band. I just thought the gas wouldn't coninue this long.
     
    I am still sore even this morning. No I didn't overdo it, just walked around a bit. So this is a bummer, but I won't deter from the path. Coninue to do what I need to do and this to will pass.

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