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Failure

I said at the start of this journey failure was not an option. I was not going through this to revert back into old habits.   While I haven't totally reverted back, over the last week I have noticed old thoughts and desires coming back into mind.   I am not sure if this is because of my exhaustion and busyness of late or what. I had my blood work done this week to see how I am on that front. Seems I am very low on Vit D and my B-12 is low even though I am taking a supplement as is my iron. So I am going back on multiple suppliments and increasing the B12 even though I was already taking the perscribed amount. I know that these things being low can increase my exhaustion level, so I am getting back to taking them right now!   My weight is still hanging at 188-189, but I still feel like a failure currently. Last weekend, Mother's Day- which is hard due to losing 3 babies- I went to my mom's for a family dinner. While I made sure there were Kime friendly foods there, there were also some of my fav desserts. I made my mom's fav cookie, which is also mine, Carmel Pecan Crunch. I ate 2 cookies- they were heaven. Then I took some Strawberry Cloud home. My mom's Strawberry cloud is a layer dessert consisting of angel food cake, crushed strawberries and a vanilla pudding/cool whip mixture. Mom does use the no sugar added pudding and cool whip due to my Dad's diabeties. But, still this was a dessert. Then yesterday a co-worker brought in her famous Pineapple Upside Down cake and I ate a slice. Normally, cake and me don't a long, but for some reason yesterday it gave me no issues. Then last night my hubs and I had some errons to run and some things to pick up so rather than cooking at home and having to clean up we went out to dinner. We needed something fast, which I should know better than that- fast and the band don't mix. We went to Chic-fil-a I order a kids chicken nuggett. (I use to eat two adult Chick nuggets). I ate the 1st nugget and bam- stuck. Took me 20 min in the bathroom to dislodge that sucker. I managed to eat a couple more nuggets and got stuck again so I gave up. I had not gotten stuck that day before that night, so I know it was from trying to eat to fast.   But, part of me felt like this was my band telling me I shouldn't be eating this. I know chicken nuggets aren't exactly health food, but I haven't had them in forever and really wanted them and I did opt for a smaller size. Maybe I am just trying to justify my choice.   The first of the week my weight bounced up to 190 and then back down to the 188-189 marks.   The failure feeling come in that I am 11 months post of next Wednesday. I have gone from 244 to 188, while I am happy 56 lbs is gone, I still feel like a failure and I should have lost much more by this point. All the negitive things people told me before banding are swirling around in my head- "you will only lose half of you excess weight, if you want to lose more do gastric", "you should just do gastric, you will lose more", "your to fat for the band", "why do this, you will just gain it back", "you've always been big why change now". Yes, people said that to me, which pissed me off at the time, but now I am feeling like they were right. I know it's great that 56 lbs is gone and I have kept it off. It took 4 months for me to lose 10 lbs- that is so ridiculas.   Many people on this site who had surgery at the same time as me have weight still melting off, so it's hard when the doctor tells me this is natural this far out for the loss to slow. I realize I should not compair myself to others, but it is hard not to. I am second guessing myself, wondering if I should just stop worrying about and live, if I lose more fine, if not fine. I didn't want to get to that point until I got to the 150's, which is almost 40 lbs away. I don't want to gain anything back, but I feel like if I don't lose more it still makes me a failure.
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reenalee's Blog
 

I have to get this off my chest - part 8

Well first let me just say my nails were way over due for some TLC and they look FANTASTIC!   Also slowly but surely my scale is moving down! I started at 306, today I was 294! This is   weight I’ve been fighting since I quit smoking. I have about 13 pounds more to go to get   back to where I was when I was smoking, that is my first goal! I am almost half way to it   which makes me feel so awesome. Now back to my story…     The following days and weeks after the guns had been reported missing and I got my requests   for a stay away through family court I began the paperwork needed to go in and change up our   custody agreement. Steve had been given a deal; if he helped the police bring down one of   his dealers (which I guess was a big time situation) they were going to give him a great   deal on the gun charges. So he was busy at work with the police, it would make me so mad   when he would call to talk to me about it. He would say things like “the police said if I do   really well at this they will put me to work for future busts” and “I won’t do any jail time   for any of this, not as long as I help the cops out”. These things made me so angry because   #1 he was right, #2 what did that teach our kids? They hear daddy stole a bunch of money,   guns have come up missing, drugs are being bought, sold, traded… and he is being granted a   job with the police? With the good guys?! It just made no sense! Besides all of that I guess   a valid #3 was that he really deserved to suffer for his wrong doings.     For around 2 weeks he went on these adventures with the cops, and then I got a call from his   mom. She said that Steve went to do a buy, the police picked up the guy this time they then   searched his house for the guns. They asked Steve to come to the station and they reported   to him they did find one of the guns that were traded but the second gun was still missing.   Because of this they had to charge him and send him to county jail until he can stand before   a judge!     Don and I were almost ready to buy some party supplies! How amazing, he was eating his words   now! Seriously, being an adult… this was good, not only did he get what he deserved but my   kids were seeing if you do something wrong you HAVE to pay for it, he was eating his words   as all of this was happening. My biggest disappointment at that point was that I didn’t get   to see him in handcuffs!     He went before the first judge who charged him with grand larceny for stealing an estimated   amount of $3500.00 from his mom and step father. Shortly after he went before the second   judge who charged him with stealing the guns (I cannot recall the exact charge) and because   this was a more serious offense he was sent to the county court for sentencing. It took   around 4 months for him to be seen by the county court. That judge sentenced him with a 5 – 6   split. This is 6 months jail time and 5 years’ probation. He had 2 years to pay off his   restitution. He got time served but was required to go into a rehab program for 28 days. And   last but not the least, if he screwed up his probation in those 5 years, he would be going   to prison, state penn. Not a county jail, for 1 to 4 years.     So he was out of jail and moved into the rehab. Before I go too much further let me explain   that while he was in jail he would write the kids letters. Well, no. He would write my   oldest child, Trevor letters. These letters I would get open and read through them. Then I   would read the parts that were appropriate to Trevor. These letters would often include   information about men who were pedophiles, inmates getting into fights, drug abuse and just   things that my 8-9 year old son didn’t need to be that informed of just yet! When he went   into the rehab he was able to make a phone call every day. This was both good and bad. My   oldest son was IN LOVE with his father, he could do no wrong! So he looked forward to his   calls, but he was more often than not, under the influence of some kind of prescription   drugs which made him act weird. These phone conversations consisted of things like how the   men and women weren’t to interact with each other but he did it anyway and has met a woman   who was “hot as hell” she has had her problems but that didn’t matter. He would also tell my   son about fights that broke out etc.   While Steve was in jail I did move to a new house to protect all of us when he returned.   During the conversations from the rehab my son started getting more cautious of his father,   becoming almost afraid of him. I wasn’t sure why, nothing in the conversations indicated a   good reason to be afraid of him. So I finally had time with just Trevor and he and I went   over why he was so afraid. He said that he had nightmares of his dad coming to our house and   busting through the door and when I tried to stop him, he shot me and I died! This was a   dream he had over and over again apparently ever since his father mentioned him getting out   of the rehab center.     After Trevor started telling me this, I got him all set up with a counselor. We went to 3   visits and they said he was fine and didn’t need to come anymore! Steve was released to a   halfway house sometime in October I believe it was. I had made some changes to the custody   order, he has to have supervised visitation, and none of the children could spend the night   with him. He was to come on Sat at 10AM and have the kids until 6PM, he could return the   next day and do it again, every other weekend. I didn’t have to let the children go with him   if he was more than a half hour late.     Most of the time they would get here around 11 – noon and get the kids, they would always   return by 3:30PM. Because of what he had done to his mom, all of his family had cut ties   with him with the exception of one sister and his mother. So whenever he got the kids he had   to take them places like the park, McDonald’s etc. So he never kept them for the whole time.   He was very good about coming to get them and they were all always excited to see him. He   would call them almost every night, he and I had even gotten to talking a bit at this point   too.     Don and I were about to have the baby, very exciting! It got slightly difficult when I found   out NY state law says if you are married and you are pregnant, no matter whom you know the   father is, your husband is always considered the father until proven to a court! So I was   unable to list Don as the baby’s father without permission from the courts! What a pain in   the butt! I hadn’t taken care of my divorce just yet because I was so wrapped up with the   pregnancy and work I had no time. My baby was due Nov 23rd, I was to go in for a C-section   on Nov 16th.     On Nov 11th (my 30th birthday) I started having the worst backache, began to feel   contractions. My first child was induced and once I started it was back labor. My twins were   a planned C-section! I have NEVER gone into labor so although this was my 4th child and 6th   pregnancy – I had NO idea what to expect if/when I went into labor! I also didn’t want to   alarm Don. I did have some rough times during this pregnancy; I had what they called   a “bleeder” which was a pocket of blood in the uterus, the larger these are the more risk   they become. Mine was almost twice the size of the baby at 20 weeks. I went in for a sono so   that we could measure it every other week, sometime around week 28 it was just gone! I   experienced some spotting around my 3rd month (12-14 weeks) this was very scary for me and   for Don because we knew that there was such a great chance that this pregnancy would be   terminated. But bigger things were in store for us! That baby held on for all his might! We   waited until after 25 weeks before we bought anything for this baby, just to be safe.     So as this back pain was getting worse and it seemed like the contractions I was feeling   were more intense and they seemed to be hitting me every 2 or 3 minutes I figured now was   the time to sneak the phone into the bathroom and secretly call my doctor and see what I   should do. I went into the bathroom and called the doctor, she said “sounds to me like that   baby is knocking! Come on out we need to get you on fluids and monitor him” so I walk out of   the bathroom, CRYING! I laugh now because it was so silly really, I didn’t want to be cut   open on my birthday… I am bawling and I tell Don he needs to drive me to the hospital, I   won’t be having any birthday brownies. I tried so hard not to, but I cried all the way to     the hospital. Lol     Once we got there (around 11AM) they hooked me up to some monitors and an IV. I was in fact   in labor; the contractions were really hard, coming very fast and very regular. The OR was   held up so we had to wait. Then the baby rolled and he pinched his cord which dropped his   heartbeat. This activity filled my room with 5 or 6 doctors, so many nurses I couldn’t   count. Someone gave Don a set of scrubs and told him to change quickly. They said to   me “don’t worry, I’m sure everything is fine, but we want to keep it that way. We need to   get that baby out” Off I went to the OR. Getting the spinal took forever, literally they   were threatening to have to put me to sleep, which made me cry I wanted to be awake and able   to welcome our little man into this world. Finally a 3rd doctor tried for the spinal and he   got it! It was almost 45 minutes before they had it in. I was laid out on the table and my   doctor entered. Don entered, game was about to start. My doctor was the best at helping us   relax, she allowed don to take photos of the baby being born (the last doctor only allowed   pictures on the other side of the curtain) so we have photos of the doctor reaching in and   pulling him out of my belly! They are amazing photos.     He was born finally at 8:02PM, he was 8 pounds 4 ounces and perfect in EVERY way! We named   him Owen Timothy! During my stay in the hospital Steve was supposed to pick up the kids,   Trevor actually told Steve he didn’t want to go with him he wanted to come out to the   hospital to see me and the new baby. I remember this very well because it was the first time   in his life he ever picked me over Steve! As happy as I was about this, it also worried me.   Made me think there was something going on there.     Steve had been pretty decent most of the time after the baby was born, he had been   respectful towards me and towards Don. Things were settling to be somewhat normal. In Jan   Steve called me to tell me that he was at DSS (department of social services) getting help   getting set up with a place to live, he had been kicked out of the halfway house! When I   asked why he said “I want to go to a different rehab group and they do not support my   decision” I was confused so I asked the first thing that came to mind. “That’s worth losing   your only home over?!” He said then that he had tested positive for meth but it was because   of his ADHD medication, a medication he had been on for months now. I was confused about it   all but one thing I was sure of, he was lying to me!     He ended up getting housing through DSS at a motel, they gave him rent money and food money   every month. Little by little his attitude changed, he would go on these rants for no good   reason. Sometimes calling my house at 12 am or later just to rant about how he felt   mistreated by my parents 3 years ago! Sometimes to rant about me leaving him! More and more   often he stopped calling to talk to the kids and began calling to fight with me. There were   many times my son (Trevor) could actually hear him through the phone calling me names,   swearing at me, screaming at me. This had an impact on how Trevor felt about his dad, since   while his dad had been away and done all this “stupid stuff” I was all Trevor had and here   comes dad treating me badly. Years ago Trevor would see this as alright because it was all   he knew. But now that Don was in our life and I had been treated totally different and   respect has been drilled in my kid’s heads. Steve’s behavior towards me was no longer   acceptable for Trevor. Trevor quickly grew apart from his father.     I still had to get the divorce so I began that in Aug of 2011, the first requirements were   to name Don as the father of Owen, to have a custody agreement, and to have a support   agreement. Well we had a support agreement, he didn’t pay anything and I never bothered to   fight with him over it. Unfortunately that was not what the court had in mind. So I filed   paperwork for the paternity issue and for child support. First we went in for paternity, the   judge asked me when I stopped sleeping with Steve, when I started sleeping with Don, asked   Don and Steve if they both agreed, we all said yes and he granted us the ability to put   Don’s name on Owen’s birth certificate!     The next issue on the list was child support. We went before the same judge as we did for   paternity. The judge asked if we had anything set in place so far. Steve explained to the   judge that he had just gotten out of jail, had been living in a halfway house for so long,   just gotten to where he can get and hold a job. The judge told him he was not impressed with   his story, that these were his children and he had better rise to the occasion. We were to   return in 6 weeks at which point Steve was to have a job, if he did not have a job the court   would order temp support anyway.     Six weeks later we go back to court, Steve has no job. The court offered a temp order of   $20.00 a week! We had to come back in 4 weeks for a final order. When we returned 4 weeks   later Steve still didn’t have a job. The court gave us a support order of $20.00 a week for   all 3 kids due each Friday. That gave me exactly what I needed to finish up with the divorce   paperwork. I went to my lawyer’s office and filed paperwork for the divorce.     Steve paid his $20 each week for about 3 weeks then nothing for the longest time. I called   up my divorce lawyer and she told me that I couldn’t violate him on that while filing the   divorce, so I had to make up my mind which one was more important at that time. The divorce   was obviously much higher on the list than the support! Now this began to bother me a great   deal, the state MADE me go after him for a support order, they forced me to agree that it   was the right of my children to have him pay support! Then when he didn’t pay it, I was to   ignore the whole thing until further notice. So I sat and waited for the judge to approve my   divorce. It wasn’t long before I got my paperwork in the mail. I think it was March 12th   that I was celebrating my official divorce! Magically on March 6th Steve paid his child   support up to date! So I was unable to violate him on that situation.     It wasn’t long before we were able to violate him however! In May 2012 I filed the paperwork   needed to violate him as he had not paid any support since March 6th2012. We went before the   judge, Steve said he was working on getting a job, the judge told him to get that job and he   had better have it before we came back in July or else he should “bring his toothbrush   because he was going to be going away”!     After this court date I would get a lot of drunken calls, Steve yelling at me about what a   horrible person I am. He would blame me for him being jobless, for his drug problem, for his   drinking problem basically whatever he could think up. He has a new girlfriend, who seemed   to be an alright woman, she was in his late 50’s which was slightly odd, but to each their   own!     I was busy making plans for my backyard wedding! Don and I were to be married on June 9th   2012! I had sworn I would never get married again but let me tell ya, for those people who   don’t believe in marriage or whatever, the tax benefits are worth the ceremony! So Don and I   got married, Steve was acting like a dink around our wedding date, but I didn’t let that   hinder me at all! We got married, very simple outside bbq. In July I returned to court, I   was there but Steve was not. He had called the court and said that his ride had fallen   through and he was unable to make it. The judge said that they would set the date again, he   was unable to put a warrant out for him this time, but there will be nothing holding him   from doing it the second time he misses court. He assured me if it were up to him, Steve   would be sitting in jail for at LEAST 6 months!     More to come...      
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Choosing Your Tummy Tuck Surgeon

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tjloser's Blog
 

10 months out and doing great!

I am 10 months out and I feel really good. I've lost about 67 #'s so far. I'm happy with where I am and I have enjoyed the journey along the way. I've had to change things, learn things and implement things so this journey has been very interesting and amazing. I am now jogging using c25k and it feels great. I'm loving my sleeve.   KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!!     at my highest weight   during weightloss
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Dennise's Blog
 

Trying to get back on track!!

Hi, folks!!   So I returned to work on the Monday after my port replacement. Only phones on Triage (I'm a nurse) because I didn't want to overdue it. I actually felt really good. I saw my doctor 5/7 (it was the Bariatric Fellow who has been following me along with my doc because my doc had an emergency.) Everything looked good, no additional fills, appointment for next fill in 5 weeks. Liquids for one week (yuk!) So that was a Tuesday, and all was good. Then I returned to the floor on Wednesday, and we were soooooo busy, that I think I overdid it with bending, etc. I was in pain Wednesday night and noticed a bright red ring all around my incision area, and it was swollen and tender. Took pics of it, because it didn't look right. I had off Thursday & the area looked a little better but I figured I better call the doc just in case. He is such a doll that he let me e-mail him my photos. Said it looks like a possible seroma but to be on the safe side, he put me on an antibiotic for a week. The redness, swelling and irritation went away. But now I notice that if if overdue it a little (or actually whenever. . . there's really no rhyme or reason. . . the area under my incision will actually hurt, especially if I kind of hunch over like when sitting and then straighten out. It's really weird & didn't happen with the first surgery. I think I'll just keep an eye on it for now.   As far as losing weight goes, I've lost about 25-27 pounds so far, depending on the scale, lol! I will tell you though, I thought it would be a lot easier, and that the weight would kind of just fly right off. I really have to "diet" (oh, how I hate that word!) and watch what I eat. I had 3 family members who have had gastric bypass, and their weight just flew off. My brother-in-law told me that he would weigh himself before bed & in the morning he would have lost 3 pounds! I understand that it was because they didn't absorb the calories or nutrients, blah, blah, blah, but I was hoping not too have to put this much thought into losing weight. I'm pretty sure I haven't hit the green zone yet, because I don't feel that restricted. Maybe 3 ccs isn't enough for me. Also, I can eat, and then be really hungry again 2 hours later. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I know losing 25-27 pounds is great since March 1st, but I guess I was looking for an easier way out. Anyone have a food plan can follow for lap band?? The only downside about my doctor, is I'm not too crazy about his dietician/nutritionist!!!   Later, gators!!
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LadyDiva618's Blog
 

Am I doing this right?

My brain is my worse enemy! My brain loves to play the second guessing game. I am still trying to understand my band. I am eating every 3 and half hours sometimes 4 hours. How do I know if I am full or satisfied? And why do I have a have a snack around 430pm? Craziness. I know I will get better with time I went to bed early last night for two reasons: one I was tired because it was my first day back at work and two either my furnace or air conditioning went out. It’s a good thing I have home warranty insurance because I can’t afford anything new right now. I think I was tired yesterday because I did a lot of walking around yesterday at work. My coworker welcomed me back with flowers and I was getting much praise on my weight lost from everyone! I have to say my ego gotten a little big yesterday. I also learn that one of my coworkers got the Lap band 5 years ago yesterday! When she told me I told her I would never guess that. She told me that she had great success with the Lap Band and has been maintaining her weight for years. She shared with me some recipes that she uses and things that she keeps at her desk like back up lunches and snacks. Now she emails me to check in on me. How amazing is that! I am so glad that I told everyone that I have gotten the Lap Band. Apparently I have opened some doors for people I work with that that were considering getting the Lap Band to go ahead and do it. I feel good about that and I’ve been completely honest with them too. I told them this was a 7 months process for me because I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do this or not. It wasn’t like I woke up and decided to get the Lap Band this was some serious soul searching. But that is all I can tell him I am only 2 weeks out. I can’t answer their questions about what food I can eat and what can I tolerate. The only thing I can tell them is everyone is different but I know I will have more stories to tell them. Oh for those who are wondering if I took my day care kids on a Nature Walk yesterday….. I did and we walked for 15 minutes. They like it and they want to do this every day when they get out of school. How cool is that! Thanks for reading!
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cheryl2586's Blog
 

So now my pity party is over

A month ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and really had a hard time because I have been in so much pain. I needed comfort and what did I do? Go back to food to make me feel better. Every day I was not working I was going to Sonic and getting a reeces peanut butter blast. I tried to convince myself it was okay because I only got a small one but heck a small one is 600 calories. I just could not except the fact that over the last four months I have become so dibilitated that I cant even lift my arms over my head and work is killing me. My new medications help some but not as much as I thought. Until they find an answer, do research, find better medications those of us that have this will have to learn to live with it.   So now that the scale has went up ten pounds which is not totally aweful, its time to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back to my diet. My husband has been totally a doll for paying every week for me to get a massage and possible looking in to a cleaning lady because I just have trouble doing a whole lot. I am not letting this beat me. Im gonna rest as much as I can, look for a less stressful job, and do what I have to so that I wont aggravate my condition any worse then it is. No more using food to make me feel better, no more feeling sorry for myself because I have to live with it. I am better then that to let anything get me down. Although I was really enjoying those sonic blast lol I worked hard to get this weight off and I am not going to let this crap take me back to where I started. No way no how.   So now I am off my soap box and getting myself back where I need to be. This time of year the produce is so good so I am filling myself with fruit and veggies. I will not let this beat me. I can say the pain at times is aweful but with the help of my doctor I am hoping we can get that under control as well. For those that have it I surely feel your pain.
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1st day back at work

I had surgery exactly 2 wks ago today. I can't help but think I'm jumping the gun going back to work (this coming from the woman who asked her surgeon if it was possible to get back to work in ONE week, now suddenly I wish I had two more weeks!). I had mush brain for most of the afternoon. I had to sit through a reallllly stupid meeting for an hour and a half this morning and I basically spent the entire day resisting the urge to run out of the building and never come back.   I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, but after feeling great for about a week, I get back to work today and had a LOT pain on my left hand side. I think it's from the office chairs at work, which have always been uncomfortable. They are not built for fat people, let me tell you. I always feel like I'm spilling out of the thing and that it's not long enough in the seat to sit in any comfortable way. Well, with all the repositioning I have to do all day in that chair, I think it took its toll and my left side of by belly was aching by mid-morning.   I hate my job. Actually, my actual JOB is something I enjoy, I just really dislike the company and management. If I could work from home, I'd never leave my job!! Being away from it really amplified that fact, because going back felt like a shock to my system. I missed having a nap, I missed being able to sleep in, I missed being able to wear comfy pajamas all day. Basically, I missed being on leave!   In the back of my mind, when I decided to have this surgery, I said "When I lose some weight, I'm looking for a new job."   I went on a few interviews in the past year or so and always get passed over. I even had an interview at a company that a fellow coworker also interviewed for. She was not as qualified as I am, had way less experience, and I can only conclude that she got the job because she's thin and pretty. I don't mean to sound hateful, she was one of my closest work buddies and I miss her, but it just seemed like that's what got her hired. I remember going to that interview and not seeing a single fat woman there. That's just the society we live in. All of the jobs I've gotten, I was interviewed by an overweight woman. All the jobs I DON'T get are when I'm interviewed by a man or by a thin woman.   No, I didn't have this surgery to find a job. But I think if I can be slimmer, dress better and have more confidence, I'll be headed in the right direction to getting a new gig. Hopefully one that pays as well, because money is THE ONLY thing keeping me at my current job! :\   That was an unexpected tangent - but I can also share that I've moved on to the next diet stage, which includes soft meats like fish and deli meat. I haven't tried fish yet (not a huge fan, but would like to try it), but the deli turkey is working out great. I can have 1 or 2 slices and feel full. I haven't felt any hunger yet, but I am still fighting the urge to eat cuz I'm bored. That should calm down now that I'm back and work and out of the house most of the day. It was tough not reverting to old habits when I was just lounging around the house for days on end! Thankfully, even if I did eat out of boredom, I can eat so little that it's not a huge impact. Everything is going into MFP - I promised myself that I would track better after surgery, and I have.   I'm getting in about 800-1000 cals and 90-110g protein per day. Part of me thinks that is too much/too soon, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not. I don't plan to bump my calories up too much as I move through the stages, and I'm happy that I'm not struggling with the protein. Everything I have tried has gone down just fine. I've had a bit of gas here and there, but I just burp and feel fine. No pain, no vomiting or over stuffing myself yet. Been feeling okay overall... just bummed I'm not independently wealthy.   I've lost 21lbs since surgery 2 wks ago, but after the first week (which was mostly gas/fluids/swelling, my weight loss has slowed down. It's been 1lb every other day. I KNOWWW that's not bad, but considering that I started with a high BMI, I was hoping to be one of those folks whose weight slides right off. We'll see what happens. I'm hoping my soreness in my tummy with fade in the next 2 weeks so I can REALLY hit it at the gym. I feel like I can't even walk that fast right now because my belly moves around and hurts to much.   Well, I'm going to try for that nap I've been wishing for all day! Hope all my fellow May sleevers are doing well!
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Healthiernewme's Blog
 

Day 7 Post Op

I'm feeling pretty good. My shoulder started causing a little discomfort last night (gas pain) after driving for a bit. I guess I just need to take it a little easier. I'm actually feeling better now. I'm now on full liquids.   I'm trying to get back on my liquid vitamins - so I'm slowly sipping the 2 oz. portion. I don't want to get reflux. Hate that. Actually, I haven't had any acidity issues. I wonder what will happen once I run out of my antacid meds (taking only 1 a day, instead of the prescribed 2). I guess we'll see.   Getting the protein in is always a challenge. I'm resorting to forcing down 1 Isopure (8oz.) and 2 unflavored scoops of Unjury to supplement my protein intake. I usually add the unflavored protein to my skim milk and then add my own flavoring. Tastes less chemical to me that way.   Had some creamy soup today... yummy. I slowly got down 3-4 oz of it. It was really good. I'm going to get one of those mini-blenders/choppers and start making my own soups.   My wounds seem to be healing nicely. Only have some slight soreness. The surgical tape is still on and only slightly peeling. I went off of the pain meds after Day 3 and really haven't needed them.   As far as weightloss, I'm down a total of 13 lbs. from before pre-op diet; 8 lbs. from surgery date (5/9) to now. I haven't lost anything in the last 2 days. Wonder if it's a water thing - where my body is holding on to water that it will release later. I say this because I haven't been using the bathroom too much. Usually when I'm drinking this much liquids, I can't stay out of the bathroom. Anyways, my emphasis now is just trying to get down liquids that go down easy and getting my protein in so my stomach can heal.
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Terry Poperszky's Blog
 

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I went to my LB support group last and the subject was Plateaus and and one of the comments is that sometimes a plateau will turn into an avalanche of weight gain. Now there is absolutely no logic in the world to the thought process that say "I'm not loosing, so I will gain weight instead", yet, I totally, totally have done that, as have many of the others on this forum.   It is similar to the logic that we use that says, "I failed at one meal, so I might as well blow the whole day and eat like a pig". That is like saying, I made a mistake in my checkbook and I am 10.00 overdrawn, so I am might as well go out and buy a new TV!   I walked away from the support group with reminded that much of what we are doing in our journey revolves around our mind, rather than around our stomach....Now if only there was a band for our brain   BTW, I met a nice lady there who recognized me from the forums, but forgot to ask her user name.
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reenalee's Blog
 

I have to get this off my chest - part 7

Ok sorry I havent written in a while we have been running like crazy for baseball and other   school things! I am back and I am back on track! That being said, normally when we are in   such rushes I have poor choices of foods and such. I have been doing such a great job in   this are and with little to no effort! Could this be because I am finally telling my story?   There has been a lot of things I have told here that I have never spoken about, still more -   but progress is progress! That being said lets get back to my story shall we? You would   think once he moved out and was no longer in my home things would ease up, not always the   case.     So Steve moved in with his mother and step father, he had gotten a part time job working for   wal mart. His first pay check he came right to my house with $125 for me. I was honestly   shocked! I in turn told him in order for us to make this as easy on the kids as possible   that I think it would be good for him to stop by several times a week, the door was always   open before their bedtime all he had to do was call. This worked out for about 2 weeks. It   had to become more restricted once he showed up at my house and thought it was still alright   for him to yell at me while Don was not there, in front of my kids! So we limited visits to   times that Don was home (with the exception of the times he came to get the kids). When we   finally went to court I made sure the judge put some things in the order such as it was his   responsibility to have car seats for the younger children and to provide transportation. He   was not "allowed" to argue with me in front of the children.     Everything went alright for about a month he showed up to get the kids and I had some things   that he had every right to if he wanted them, one of these items was a push mower for the   lawn so I offered it to him, he said he would take it. When he showed up he stayed in the   yard for a few minutes with the kids playing, then asked one of them to come ask me if he   could borrow my car seats! Mind you, they were 3 and a half at the time! When that failed   him he then went to Don. Don laughed and said to him I think the court order said for you to   have your own, you havent paid any support in a few months, you are still working and you   live with your mom, how can you not be able to spend $15 on each of the kids and get a   booster seat? You have to ask Reena, I have no say. 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While at the doctors they confirmed what I thought was the case, I was pregnant!   Now please don't think of me as irresponsible or anything like that and try to understand, I   have had 3 miscarriages and when I was pregnant with the twins I had a lot of assistance to   keep the pregnancy. So when they said I was pregnant I was scared! I did not want to lose   another baby, I didnt not want my boyfriend who had no children of his own to suffer through   such a thing. I was pleased, because a baby is a blessing no matter what time of day, but I   was afraid because there was a very high chance I would never get to hold that baby!     So on the way home I went over everything in my head. Don already knew I was pregnant and my   mother knew I was pregnant but we hadn't told anyone else. There was a few reasons behind   keeping the news to ourselves, the first on the list was the chance of loss, the second   reason was religon. I had decided to keep the reason for my illness to myself a bit longer,   Steve didnt need to know just yet.     When I arrived back home Steve was making small talk with me about my relationship with Don.   He saying how I was going too fast with Don, it was a relationship based around sex we had   nothing in common and eventually I would open my eyes and come back to him. I got very angry   so I said "would you like to know the real reason I had to go to the doctors today?" I took   the papers that they had given me in bold letters at the top of the page it said "You were   seen today for :pregnancy" and slapped them onto the counter! He read it twice, then he   said "you're f****** kidding me! What a f****** joke!" he laughed and went out the door. My   heart smiled as he drove away.     Later that night as I was going to bed I realized that there was something ... missing!   First I noticed a game system of Don's was gone, then I began poking around and realized a   ring my mother had given me was gone (it wasnt much as far as dollar value, but what it   meant to me had no price tag) a huge amount of video games were gone, just a bunch of   things, most from inside my bedroom. So the following day I called his mother's house and I   told her what was going on she said "oh I should have warned you, I have had things coming   up missing too!" Well, why are you ignoring this?! I asked her if I could come over to get   my things from him, she said yes.     Once she got off the phone with me she gave him her car keys and told him to leave. So when   I showed up she let me go through his whole room and take whatever was mine. I found   everything but my ring. (that was small enough to put in his pocket, I took some pleasure in   the fact that he would only see about $15 for it when he pawned it). We took our things back   to our house and nothing much was said or done about it, after all he and I were still   married and we shared children, according to the law in NY he still had every right to my   house and the things inside it!     I think it was about 2 weeks before father's day when Steve's mother called me, she was   crying and upset. She said they had to call the police because Steve had stolen a large   amount of money from her bank account, she didnt tell me an exact amount but that the over   draft was around $900! As it turns out, if you know the judge and you were arrested for   stealing from your mom? You get to go home that night because he called me the next day   laughing about the situation!     I had to allow him to take the kids, it was his weekend. So he came and got them without any   problems. He was supposed to get them by 10 am and bring them home at 6pm. Sometime around   11:30 am he showed up to get them, it was 3pm when he returned with them. His reasoning "the   twins were getting into stuff" So I gave my opinion, I said it must be nice to be able to   just pack up the kids and return them the minute they get slightly difficult. Then he began   to argue with me over things that had nothing to do with the kids all about the past. I   asked him to leave, I mean my children were right there as he was calling me things such   as a ****, a ***** ect. He refused to leave. I went inside and he follwed me, at which   point I felt threatened. I thought to myself there was no way in hell I was going to let him     push me back in my hole again! So I began yelling at him, I told him he had to leave. He   yelled back that he didnt! I said "alright fine! lets see if Im right, Ill give the cops a   call!" so I picked up the phone and for the first time in my life I called the police on my   husband! He took off as soon as he realized I was actually on the phone with someone. The   police showed up the officer did tell me there was actually nothing they can do since he and   I are still married, he suggested that I move to a new location where he has never lived.     Father's day rolled around, I had become very uneasy about dealing with Steve. I had made it   clear that someone else had to be there any time we were to exchange the kids or anything.   So the idea for father's day was that he could see the kids but he wouldn't be left alone   with them. I would meet him at a public place with the children. I wouldnt be in the mix,   more a bystander just watching. So on father's day I called to see where and when he wanted   to meet. His step father answered the phone (a less than friendly guy, since Steve had   filled their heads with garbage about me) I asked for Steve, he said "he can't come to the   phone right now, he is talking with an officer. I have 2 handguns that have come up   missing!" This alarmed me since just days before he had text me saying how I was lucky to   not become front page news yet! He ended up being taken into custody by the police but   released that night.     The next morning I went to family court to get a stay away order and restraining order. I   had found out too that he was back into the drugs full force. I had given him $1000.00 of my   tax returns to wrap up our last year together (if he was smart and took me to court, my   lawyer said he would get at LEAST half! so I offered $1000) come to find out this money went   towards a weekend cocaine bindge. He said he had stolen those guns and traded them for drugs   that was also why he had stolen all of the other items from his mom and the money! He lost   his job, never told anyone so he still had use of a car. So I go to the advacate at family   court and I tell her my story, I asked her if we could move for an emergency stay away. This   would mean the judge had to rule on it today, and that Steve would be served today, he would   not be allowed to call my house (the kids would call him) he couldnt see the children until   we returned to court for a modification of visitation, he would not be allowed to come to my   work place or the school for at least 6 months. The advacate said yes, we moved forward with   the paperwork. I arrived at court at 7:45AM, I finally saw the judge at 4:30PM! When I went   in before this judge I explained to her about the text messages and the missing guns, his   drug habbits and explosive behaviors. She said to me "yeah, but do you REALLY think he will   harm you?!" as if I would wait around all damn day because I wanted to be a thorn in his   side! My reply? "I honestly don't know what he might do while he is under the influance, he   has surprised me more than once!"     She reluctantly granted me my requests. It was a good thing too becauses he was still   walking free and the police had yet to locate those missing guns!     More to come, I NEED to go get my nails done! A quick thank you for all of you who defended   me and my writing on the last post. I love to know there are people that stand behind me.   Although it has taken me almost 4 years, I am finally starting to see, I am a warrior and   one of the best kind too! The kind that hasnt given up. I hope I can inspire others to stand   up to their battles and have the inner strength to be victorious!        
reenalee

reenalee

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Squeaky Wheel & Ethyl's Blog
 

The inches are melting away!

My surgery was April 17th. I took all my measurements the night before my surgery. I took them again tonight. I've lost a total of 14 inches! That's A LOT in one month! Here's how it looks.   I'm 5' 7".   Forehead 23 5/8 23 5/8 Neck 17 1/4 16 1/2 Chest 46 1/8 44 Breasts 48 1/4 47 1/2 Waist 46 45 1/2 Hips 52 1/4 51 5/8 Bicep-L 16 3/8 14 1/4 Bicep-R 16 15 1/4 Forearm-L 12 11 1/2 Forearm-R 11 1/2 11 5/8 Wrist-L 6 3/4 6 3/4 Wrist-R 6 3/4 6 3/4 Thigh-L 29 1/2 27 1/8 Thigh-R 29 3/4 28 1/8 Calf-L 17 3/4 17 3/8 Calf-R 18 17 5/8 Ankle-L 9 5/8 9 1/4 Ankle-R 9 3/4 9 3/8   I'm going to measure monthly. The results from inches lost will be a bigger victory than the pounds.    
SqueakyWheel&Ethyl

SqueakyWheel&Ethyl

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lizrox's Blog
 

Day 6 of Pre-Op Diet...Feeling Down

Today was day 6 of my all liquid pre-op diet. I am supposed to drink 3-4 "Bariatric Advantage" shakes a day. I can also eat anything from the clear liquids list - broth has been my savior. The shakes have killed my appetite. I barely had one today. I drink plenty of water and broth but I'm worried about straight starving myself.   I haven't really heard that many people struggling with this part very much. I'm feeling alone. I'm proud that I haven't cheated at all, but I'm really hoping I'm not damaging myself. If my body goes into starvation I may not lose. I guess I'll talk to my surgeon tomorrow. Only 7 days away...seems strange.   I will just take it one day at a time and one shake at a time. What else can I do?
lizrox

lizrox

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ladybabie3's Blog
 

Just stopping by to say hello

Hello all I no I haven't been on here in a minute. Been really busy at work. I took a small break from working out. I only took off this week. I will be back at it starting Monday. I find I crave working out now, who would have thought it. I went and got a tired fill yesterday so I'm on liquids for two days. So we will see how I do. My weight is still maintaining I'm still at 208. Well I thank I gave y'all a full update. Will check in later I have to work again tonight. That makes 10 days straight so far and I'm not off until Sunday. Enjoy the rest of y'all evening  
ladybabie3

ladybabie3

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Just Another Day in the Life of Bea
 

Well another day...

Hmm.. I'm not exactly sure how I am feeling... I took a little break from my workouts this past weekend... bad idea.. had to really push myself to start up again.. but happy to report workouts are back on... of course the scale? Yep.. back up... waah.. I am hoping its the whole "woman" thing.. darn I hate this time of month.. its just so discouraging.. wish there was a magic scale that could take in to consideration how much I actually weigh without all the bloating.. Yeah yeah.. TMI right?   In meantime - I'm at a crossroads.. I've began to realize that some of my 'triggers' are a direct result of the anxiety I feel when it comes to my family. I love them.. however I have a feeling my love, my concern for them prevents me from becoming the best that I could be... mentally, emotionally and physically. Granted I can't put the blame all on them.. afterall I am one of those people that take the whole world's problems and make them mine... what am I doing? I've begun to realize that I put my life on hold for the people that I love... so now? I have been thinking seriously for the first time in my life - to be selfish.. I have decided to do what I want for me.. for my life, for my future.. and well whether I fail or succeed - (success is what I am aiming for) I am readying myself for a major move.... To pack up and move to California... Every vacation I take, I never want to come home... is that strange? I feel as if I need a change - not just a physical change - but a LIFE change - a change that the band can't give me...   So tomorrow I do what I've been wanting to do for quite sometime I put in my notice at work.. I'm giving myself until the end of July to get my affairs in order and make my move to California... Where in Cali? Not exactly sure.. I'm thinking I spend sometime close to some long lost family out in Fresno... just far enough away from the craziness that is my family.. but just close enough that if I'm 'missing' having family around it'll be a short drive to see them... Will my Arizona family be happy about it? Doubt it.. will THIS make me happy? I don't know... I just know that change can be good... good for the soul..   I have lots of plans - things I want to do - that perhaps 200lbs ago I would've scoffed at.. exploring the trails at Yosemite, King's Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks.. or having a 3 to 3 1/2 hour drive to San Francisco and experiencing and appreciating the eclectic sights and scenes that the city has to offer.. not being afraid this time around to jump on the city's famous trolleys...Or to have to opportunity to mark off my bucket list of doing a Napa Valley Wine Tour... its those "little" things that I want to enjoy.. the little things that right now I find myself too busy to enjoy.... Can I enjoy those types of little things here in Arizona? Sure I can! (minus the Napa Valley trip..) But my heart tells me that I want to experience more... and I believe I shall start with California.. Wish me luck!
beabenitez1978

beabenitez1978

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Rena's Ragdolls' Blog
 

Stupid 6 month diet requirement!

Finally got my PCP doctor to refer me for weight loss surgery, and am just now starting the 6 month diet requirement. I think this requirement is absolutely rubbish. I need the sleeve now!   My PCP did a whole bunch of lab work on me, and my pre-diabetes is almost to the point where it IS diabetes. She put me back on Metformin...yuk! That stuff is difficult for my body to tolerate initially. I had to take half a day off work today sick with nausea and the runs. She also put me on Vitamin D, Lipitor, Thyroid meds, and Iron. Sigh...   At least she told me that she has to get me healthy to get ready for the surgery. That made me feel better at least.     My new cpap machine is wonderful, and I'm glad to have it, but the sleep mask hurts my face. I've swapped it out for a smaller one, and that one isn't much better. Still sooo tired....   Six months seem so long.....
Rena's got this

Rena's got this

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Vicki0618's Blog
 

Gym Rat? Who Me?

10 week update...   Ok, so I guess I am becoming a Gym Rat...That's a good thing...right???   Since I joined the gym I have gone 5-6 times a week. I am swimming laps, doing cardio and weights, hanging out with my kids while they swim (which isn't laps but is activity). Yesterday I did 1/2 hour on the eliptical on the Weight loss setting which changes the resistance every 5 minutes. THEN I did 3 sets each of tricep press, row, shoulder press, and 2 different leg presses. I was sweating for over an hour!! And I love it!!   And my muscles are responding. I used to work out all the time and had pretty good muscle tone, now all those muscles are coming back. They are currently layered under some fat still but I can see them trying to poke back up!   I took Mother's Day off and I was so out of sorts. My husband just wanted me to relax and chill and I had the hardest time sitting still. I just have too much energy!!   My daughter took me to Old Navy for Mother's Day to get me a couple shirts that fit...I guess she was tired of seeing me in my too big frumpy clothes. So I picked out a few things in my normal XXL size that I wear at Old Navy and head for the dressing room! And EVERYTHING was too Big!!! I had my daughter running back and forth getting me smaller sizes. It was soooo fun!!! Usually I'm the one running to get sizes for her and shes having the fun of trying everything on...Can't wait to get even smaller!!   Today I have lost 30# since surgery. I think it's going slower than some, but I feel really good about it. I am eating about 1000-1200 calories per day and I feel good, with good energy and I'm able to work out. I'm trying to look long term, I could bring my calories back down and maybe lose a little faster but in the long run I think I'll be better off keeping the calories up a bit. I have my 3 month appointment with my surgeon on June 6th, and I'm curious to see what he has to say. He wanted me on 650 calories for my entire losing period...that did NOT work for me. And he wanted me to lose 12# a month. So we will see what he thinks. Regardless, I am doing what works for me!! :D   Heaviest Weight: 281 3/6/13 Surgery: 257 (-24) 3/13/13: 251 (-6) 3/20/13: 245 (-6) 3/28/13: 238 (-7) 4/3/13: 238 (-0) FIRST MONTH -19# 4/10/13: 237 (-1) 4/17/13: 235 (-2) 4/24/13: 233 (-2) 5/2/13: 229 (-4) SECOND MONTH -9# 5/8/13: 229 (-0) 5/15/13: 227 (-2)
Vicki0618

Vicki0618

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My journey
 

50 lbs!

I've finally broken my stall after almost 2 weeks, and have lost a lb. a day for the past 3 days! I knew it had to end eventually, and tried not to stress about it, but it was hard! I'm now 224, 50 lbs from my top weight of 274. So excited!
BigDaddyJoe

BigDaddyJoe

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