Ready to RUMBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 1, 2006 - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

I am being brutally honest folks here.... so don't shiver when you read what I ate today. Tomorrow I am going to start.. I threw out the chips today and Cookies. NO MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

food PORN BELOW......... WARNING !!!!

B- coffee w/sf coffee mate (so far)

L- Tortillini Alfrado, cookies.... LOTS :confused:

D- Tortilline Alfr, Cocktail franks, Orange Ckn, Potato salad, Carrot Cake... YEP LOTS, No restriction folks, not a tad

S- Chips & Dip, Coffee

Water- LOTS

Exercise- None, just cleaned MIL's house for her...but thats it.

Personal: No eating after 7 pm

:confused: HI EVERYONE! HOPE YOU ALL HAD A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2006! I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A CHANCE TO POST ON THE BOARDS SINCE MY SURGERY ON DEC. 21, 2005! I MISSED WRITING EVERYONE AND SEEING WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE MESSAGE BOARDS LIKE THIS TO HELP WITH THE INSPIRATION WE ALL NEED. MY SURGERY WENT WELL BUT I WAS A BIT MORE SORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD BE AND THAT COULD BE THAT I HAVE NO TOLERANCE TO PAIN! LOL...ANYWAY, AFTER THE FIRST 12 HOURS I WAS STARTING TO FEEL MUCH BETTER AND I WAS GETTING OUT OF BED. I EVEN SHOWERED BEFORE I WENT HOME. I ONLY STAYED OVERNIGHT. I THINK THE WORSE PART FOR ME WAS THE MIGRAINE I HAD FROM THE MORPHINE THEY GIVE TO HELP THE PAIN. BUT ONCE I GOT MY liquid MOTRIN I STARTED TO FEEL HUMAN AGAIN! LOL....THE FIRST WEEK OF liquids WAS NOT AS HARD AS I EXPECTED IT TO BE. I REALLY WAS NOT VERY HUNGRY BUT I FORCED MYSELF TO EAT EVERY HOUR MY 4 OUNCES LIKE THE NUTRITIONIST TOLD ME. I WENT FOR MY FIRST PRE-OP VISIT ON DEC. 27, 2005 AND I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I LOST 19LBS AT THAT VISIT. SINCE THAT VISIT AS OF YESTERDAY, I LOST A FEW MORE POUNDS AND NOW DOWN A TOTAL OF 23LBS! BEFORE MY SURGERY, I HAD LOST 60LBS BUT I HAD GAINED BACK 20LBS SINCE MAY WHEN I WAS PUT ON A HIGHER DOSE OF GLUCOPHAGE WHICH I WAS TAKING FOR MY DIABETES. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN OFF THE MEDICATION SINCE THE DAY BEFORE SURGERY!!!! THAT IS WHAT I HOPED FOR AND DREAMED ABOUT THIS SURGERY HELPING ME ATTAIN TO DO THAT. MY NEXT GOAL IS TO SEE IF I CAN GET OFF MY CHOLESTROL MEDICATION AND MY ADVAIR MEDICATION OR AT LEAST TO LOWER IT FROM 250 2X DAY TO 100 2X PER DAY. EVEN THOUGH THE MEDICATION GOES INTO YOUR LUNGS A LITTLE BIT DOES GO INTO YOUR BLOOD STREAM...I RATHER HAVE LESS OF THE STERIOD IN ME. BUT HAPPY TO SAY MY SUGAR LEVELS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 111 AND 137 (THAT IS WITH AN INFECTION IN ONE OF MY INCISIONS THAT IS GETTING BETTER WITH ANTIBIOTICS). I MUST TELL YOU I WAS VERY NERVOUS BEFORE MY OPERATION BUT THEN I MET WITH THE DOCTOR AND I CALMED DOWN AND HAD A PEACEFUL FEELING IT WOULD GO WELL. JUST BEING IN A HOSPITAL MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT I WAS IN A GOOD PLACE FOR MY SURGERY AND HAD WONDERFUL NURSES THAT REALLY HELPED ME WHEN AT THE HOSPITAL...OF COURSE, MY SURGEON WAS GREAT TOO! I HAD A MISHAP WITH A Vitamin THAT THE DOC RECOMMENDED TO ME. I AM ALLERGIC TO SHELLFISH BIG TIME AND I TOLD THE DOC THAT I NEVER HAD IODINE SINCE THAT. HE FELT THE KELP IODINE IN THE BARIATRIC VITAMIN WOULD BE OK HOWEVERRRRRRRRRRR....IT WASN'T FOR ME...SO A WEEK LATER I FOUND MYSELF BACK IN THE HOSPITAL FOR BENEDRYL SHOT AND I HAD TO TAKE 40MG OF PREDNISONE BUT ONLY THAT ONE TIME. THANK GOD! PREDNISONE IS WHAT MADE ME A DIABETIC....THEY GAVE IT TO ME TOO LONG WHEN I WAS SICK 2 YEARS AGO. I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THAT TIME I WAS INSULIN RESISTANT...SO THAT JUST PUT ME OVER THE EDGE TO BECOMING A DIABETIC. IT WAS HAVING DIABETES THAT MADE ME MAKE THIS DECISION TO GET THE BAND. I AM REALLY HAPPY I DECIDED TO DO IT! I CAN SEE AND FEEL MYSELF GETTING BETTER AND EVEN LOOKING BETTER ALREADY. I JUST KEEP PRAYING THAT MY MAIN INCISION WILL BE OK. THE ONE THAT HAS THE PORT UNDER IT IS THE ONE WITH THE INFECTION. MY DOCTOR SAID SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO REDO THE PORT IF THE INCISION OPENS. HOPEFULLY, I WON'T HAVE TO FACE THAT. I AM JUST THINKING POSITIVE AND ENJOYING SEEING THE scale GO DOWN! I KNOW I HAVE BEEN WRITING ALOT BUT IT'S BEEN AWHILE LOL....ANYWAY, YES I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR! I FEEL IT WILL BE A REALLY GOOD ONE AND ONE THAT WILL HELP ME GET MY LIFE BACK TO WHERE I WANT IT TO BE. I HAVE HAD YEARS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND I DO FEEL THAT SLOWLY BUT SURELY WITH SOME HARD WORK I WILL BECOME FIT AND VERY HEALTHY! I PLANNED ON CHANGING THAT WHEN I DECIDED ON THIS OPERATION. IT'S NICE TO GET THINNER BUT EVEN NICER TO SEE MYSELF GET HEALTHIER...THINNER IS THE REWARD FROM DOING WHAT I AM SUPPOSE TO DO TO GET MYSELF HEALTHY! I KNOW WE CAN ALL DO IT TOGETHER! THE SUPPORT EVERYONE GIVES HERE IS INCREDIBLE. I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE NOTES I HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST. I AM PROUD TO BE AN OFFICAL BANDSTER!!

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2006!! LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ALL!! HAPPY NEW YEAR BANDSTERS!!!!

JANICE (Jersey Girl)

Banded 12/21/05 - Hackensack Univ. Med. Ctr

highest 340/pre-op weight 299.4/

weight as of today 276 (down 23.4 since surgery) ...looking forward to the numbers going downnnnnnnnn!!!

I will post my food/exercise later today. I am still having trouble with editing posts, so I'll post a new one. Cindy

Yesterday, Dec. 31 (Sorry, I was busy-who wasn't, right?)

B: 5 bran flakes

L: 3 Peanut Butter crackers

S: Protein shake

D: 1/4 c. lasagna & 3 tiny bites of bread

1 New Years Eve drink - Vodka & lemonade-yum!

Water: ok

Exercise: Jazzercise

:Bunny Happy New Year!:Bunny

Jan 1, 2006

B: 1/4 c. bran flakes in skim milk

L: 1/2 "Smart Ones" pizza

D: chicken Noodle Soup, little Pasta, 1/2 corn muffin

Water: 68 oz.

Exercise: Walk the dog-30 min.

PS Good Job, Cindy, on your exercise yesterday. Was it fun? What Salsa video did you use?

Yea!! Did a Susan Powter Exercise tape today..she always kicks my butt. Still may do a 30 min. walk before the day is over.

B - Eggbeaters, with 1 oz of diced ham and tomato.

L - 6 crackers and 2 tablespoon of peanutbutter, 1 clemintine, 1 oz of lowfat mozarella cheese

D - 1 small peice of ham, 1/2 c of blackeyed peas, 1/4 cabbage...had to get my good luck and money for the new year in. My calories are a tiny bit over 1200 for the day, but I have included 3/4 of a scoop of Protein powder, because my protein is not quite where it needs to be.

Cindy you have to copy the post you want to edit before you do anything... right from the screen you are looking at.

Then click on the Edit button

Delete all those wacky smilies

Paste your post back in...

Its so much easier that way.

Breakfast-1 oz grits and a 1/2 biscuit with jelly

Snack- 6 oz of cookies n creme icecream

Lunch-no Lunch

Dinner-2 teaspoons of blackeyepeas, 2 teaspoons of cabbage, 2 teaspoons of mashpotatoes and 2 oz of meatloaf

Did not take my vitamins, excercise or protein today.

Thanks, Eileen. I get the concept, but have trouble highlighting and copying with the touchpad on my laptop. I still feel like I'm test-driving it!

Breakfast: coffee w/ Creme Brulee creamer

Lunch: 1/2 cup of Chex Mix

Dinner: dumpling, pork roast and saurkraut, a tablespoon of black-eyed peas, and a few bites of the choc.chip/cherry cheese ball with graham sticks

Water: better, 50 oz.

Exercise: cleaning the closet...the DVD player is still cued for "funky" dance session...probably tomorrow!

I took my vitamins and calcium.

Keep after it, everybody!

Cindy

I have eight more days until my surgery and I'm so hungry I could eat wallpaper paste with a side of sawdust. I'm on a liquid diet and I've been very, very good. Thus I am very, very hungry!

B: low-fat strawberry yogurt, applesauce, caffeine-free tea

L: low-everything Protein shake, applesauce, caffeine-free tea

D: Manhattan clam chowder, applesauce, caffeine-free tea

Feed me!

this sounds like a great idea. I don't get on as much as I'd like to , but i will try. Accountability is what it is about and owning up to yourself. It is not easy, but i have come to far to screw it all up now!

B-Tea w/2 equals, tried 2 pieces of pancakes(just to see if I could tolerate it) and then P-A-I-N ( i guess that is on the DO NOT EAT list)

L-2 choc Italian ices

S-Lots of Tea w/Equal or splenda

D-1oz. chx with tbls mashed potatos and tbls spinach

Not too much liquid, except my italian ice ( I can use that as liquid, can't I?), and lots of tea...

I need more protein, i know....

don't understand how everyone can eat so much- I cannot eat rice, bread, pizza, pasta of any type, pancakes...i throw up or have bad pain. I guess this is good, as I shouldn't be eating them anyway???

January 1 (yesterday for me)

Breakfast: 150g Fruche (a fromage fraise/yogurt thing) and one tinned apple mushed up

Lunch: tuna mornay and mashed broccoli, carrot, potato, pumpkin

Dinner: 2 tbspn refriend Beans topped with chopped tomato, avocado, some salsa and a dollop of natural yogurt

Had about 1.5 litres of Water and a couple of cups of coffee - I usually get a cup of skim milk a day in via coffee and decaf tea.

I went for a fast hour's walk (about 5km) yesterday but my bloody ankle is sore sore sore today.

January 2, 2006

WARNING food PORN BELOW, still having a hard time getting on track...uuuuh. HELP ME!!!

B- coffee, SF coffeemate, 1/2 cup tortillini yeah I know uuuuh

L- Tortillini, potato salad

D- 2 eggs fried with potatoes

S- bagel chips, cheese (lots)

Water- could be better

Vitamin- yes

Exercise - cleaning all day, no mill :confused:

Personal Goal: No eating after 7 pm - chocolate covered cherries that are now in the garbage (forgot about those)

I have eight more days until my surgery and I'm so hungry I could eat wallpaper paste with a side of sawdust. I'm on a liquid diet and I've been very, very good. Thus I am very, very hungry!

Hang in there Thistle.... I know this is the hardest part, and after when you have to do liquids again. But before you know it you'll be past all this looking back enjoying the band. Hugs !!!

Jan. 2, 2006:

Breakfast: Zone Perfect bar and coffee

Lunch: banana and strawberry smoothie with protein powder

Dinner: ham chowder, about 1 1/2 cups.

Water: 32 oz

Exercise: none (sigh)

Cindy

Ok, I'm going to try this, if I can remember to write in all the nibbles that will help a lot!

B-coffee w/Lite CoffeeMate and Benefiber powder

Brunch-Quaker strawberry yogurt granola bar

L-5 soy chips w/peanut butter on them

Snack-1/2 of a Take 5, ok already, bad choice

Dinner-1/2 hamburger steak and small salad, ordered the mashed taters, but couldn't eat them, they come back every time, when will I learn????!!!

Exercise..I thought about it several times.

Eileen, thanks for that tip on copy, delete, and paste. Works much faster.