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Stitchy's Journal
 

Consultation Day a success

DH and I got to Everett earlier than the appointed hour. They were allowing 15 minutes to fill out all the paperwork. LOL!! Took a lot longer than 15 minutes. The phych eval was THREE separate pages that asked nearly the same thing, I had to review a little bit to be sure I wasn't contradicting myself. (Don't want to screw THAT up!). DH got to go in with me during the nurse/nutritionist portion but she made him leave during the psych visit. But, there was nothing that he couldn't have been there for. Anyhoo, she said she would approve with no restrictions. Woo Hoo! Visit with the doc followed. Nice guy. Very informative and he certainly believes in his work. You can tell he loves what he does. I feel very confident. Tiring day. Time for couch potato stuff now.
Stitchy

Stitchy

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lianna's Journal
 

April 19

Wednesday   194!!! I am pretty excited, I am down 35 lbs in 5 and half months. More than I have ever lost before, I usually struggle for months to drop 20 and then discouraged or frustrated and give up. I have had a week here and there where I didnt lose ANY but it always catches up....I have averaged 6 lbs a month every month. I have yet to hit an actual plateau, but I am sure it will happen. I still need to get back to exercising.
lianna

lianna

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JLPAGE's Journal
 

Starting today

I think I need to write down my daily thoughts on the band. over the last month I have had some medical issues that I am allowing to not eat right. I want to get back on track. I have lost 67 pounds with the band (June 2005) I want another 33 off by June '06 but I am having some struggles. I am tight in the am but loose in the evenings I really don't want another fill but maybe I need it. I think I need to stop eating crap like cookies and sugary stuff, but I crave it. Even when i eat protein - cottage cheese or something I am still hungry!!! Today I have done well but I did eat 4 peanut butter sandwich cookies....I can just kick myself:angry Hopefully lunch will be better. No more crap today and I need to walk tonight!! Jacqie
JLPAGE

JLPAGE

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kaybug's Journal
 

first fill

today i had my first fill the doc put 4cc in my band i was 360 on 3/6/06 340 on 4/19/o6 not much but better then before im hungry right now and i was to eat something i feel like throwing up but that because im hungry
kaybug

kaybug

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Fleur's Journal
 

I must be screwed in the head

There is no other explanation for it. I MUST be screwed in the head. I am totally focused on food and eating all the time. I'm trying sooooo hard to eat 1/2 cup at a time over 20 mins but I just find that the restriction is causing me to pick at food all the time. Most of the time I sit down and get through my half cup in 10 - 15 min but other times I just eat a little bit of whatever is handy - including chocolate. Today I ate a small tin of salmon and I must have eaten it too quickly because I felt a terrible intergestion pain then I bought a little bit of it back up. It wasn't a vomit so much as a regergitation. Now you would think that would have stopped me but Ohhh No.... I wne on to have some ice cream with my son and some peanut butter from the jar. I'm feeling terribly out of controle and hating myself.
Fleur

Fleur

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wyldvelia's Journal
 

24 DAYS BANDED

BAD BAD BAD BAD GIRL. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TWO WEEKS OF LIQUIDS, TWO WEEKS MUSHIES....ETC? WHO KNOWS. I RECKON I MAY HAVE DONE LIKE 8 DAYS OF LIQUIDS, THEN I WENT TO SOFT FOODS FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, I DONT EVEN WANT TO COUNT THE DAYS. I HAD MY POST OP APPOINTMENT AND GOT REAMED (OK, MAYBE NOT REAMED) FOR MY LACK OF DIET RESTRICTION. IM HEALTHY. EXCEPT FOR TWO DAYS OF VERY HARSH HEARTBURN, IVE BEEN GOOD. NO PB'S, NO VOMITING, NO PAIN. I TOLERATED ALL FOODS VERY WELL. IM STILL 5-7LBS DOWN FROM PRE OP, AND I THINK I'LL PROBABLY BE A SLOW LOSER. HO HUM. NOT SURE IF IM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FIRST FILL. I HAVE NO RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW. I DO STAY FULLER LONGER, BUT I AM ABLE TO EAT. I MEAN REALLY EAT. I TRY TO EAT LESS, DRINK MY 64OZ OF WATER, NOT DRINK RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER EATING. IM KEEPING THOSE FEW LBS OFF AND KNOW I need MY FILL. ARG. :cry
wyldvelia

wyldvelia

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Ali's Musings and Meanderings...
 

doc update...

Ha! Went to docs and banged on the door and no-one was home :confused: We called his mobile and he said "Oh, didn't my secretary call you? I have gone away for Easter!" (Easter is this week in Greece). He said, "Another partner will be in the office tomorrow, you can come back then." Bye bye 10euros for 5 mins parking and the Athens traffic going and coming. Charming! Oh well, c'est la vie! Am off to me bed...:notagree
A1ikou

A1ikou

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scneaux's Journal
 

Obsession

It's now an obsession. Well, it always has been. My weight. I wonder why it defines me so. I wonder why I can't just accept how I look and not get caught up in this web of self-hatred and doubt. I think now of all the things I have wanted to do up to now and said...well when I lose this weight, I'll do that. How accomplished I would be! I have always been an all or nothing person. I've always pushed myself to the limits (that includes indulgences like GOOD FOOD) Now I must admit defeat. Food is winning. Food has taken control of me. If I don't do something, it will destroy me. I dream of being able to walk and not have ankle pain. To be able to cross my legs again, to be able to fit in a chair without my hips touching the arms of it. This obsession with food is slowly shifting. Its not going to beat me! I will learn to like you food, not obsess over you. I will learn to love myself and like food. This is my prayer.
Shontel

Shontel

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Ali's Musings and Meanderings...
 

1st fill today...

I am going to the docs tonight (many Greek docs work 6-11pm cos others work in shops til 8:30 or 9pm) for my first fill. I need it now. Today wasn't a good day and I ate way too much, including some chocolate that I neither wanted nor really liked...why do we do these things!?!?!?!? I have known for ages that I could basically eat what I wanted but respected my band and didn't. Even if this fill doesn't give me the restricition I crave I am hoping that the fear of PB'ing and a general not knowing what to expoect from 'my band' in 'my body', will keep me on the straight and narrow for a while...hopefully til the next fill! Let's see what doth occur...watch this space!
A1ikou

A1ikou

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luvlif's Journal
 

4/18 225 FIRM

AUNT FLO! B LIGHT SMOOTHIE 130   L WHIPPED YOGHURT 140   SNACK WHIPPED YOGHURT 140   D FISH BALL SOUP & WHIPPED YOGHURT 140 + 140 = 690
luvlif

luvlif

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Fleur's Journal
 

Speeding Ticket

I've got an idea, maybe they should give out speeding tickets for eating. That might help me slow down. I am really struggling with eating only half a cup over 20 minutes. Today I used a timer and I got to about 15 minutes. Now I need to try and stretch it to 20.   Today I ate   Optifast with banana drink coffee avocado & egg mash - 10 min roast vegies, egg, chick pea mix - 15 min left over rissoto - 10 min Lots of water   Today I received an email from Michelle, another Brisbane girl banded by Blair last week. I look forward to meeting her.
Fleur

Fleur

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PhotoNut's Journal
 

Finally feeling different

I'm finally starting to feel as if I maybe have lost some weight. Tomorrow is another follow-up with Dr Cahn. I'm not planning on getting another fill. I'm eating just fine and losing about 3 pounds a week. I'm satisfied with that.   Paul and I can tell a huge difference between us. There's so much more room when we hug or snuggle. Its odd but wonderful.   I've been fighting depression though. I think I need to go see Margaret and maybe up my Efexor. I keep dragging my feet on that. I don't want to be a zombie. Maybe I just need exercize. Or, maybe the CPAP machine needs to be adjusted and I need to use it? Now why would I do that? We only paid $1,500 for it! :confused:   Here are our most recent pics:    
PhotoNut

PhotoNut

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luvlif's Journal
 

4/17 GEISS 235.6 ON HIS SCALE

MY FILL IS AT 2.8. I WAS @ 2.5 & POWERS GAVE ME .3cc I ALSO LOST 3LBS IN 2 WEEKS. POWERS WANTS ME TO SEE LISA GENTILE. HE FOUND MY PORT ON THE FIRST TRY THIS ONCE. JUDY MAUANG WAS THERE SHE TOO LOOKS GOOD! SHE SAID DAWN HAD STARTED TO THROW UP DELIBERATELY TO LOSE THE LAST 20LBS BEFORE HER TUMMY TUCK.POWERS TOLD ME THAT MOST INS COVER TUMMY TUCK TODAY FOR POST OP BECAUSE OF THE ITCHING IN THE FOLD.
luvlif

luvlif

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shauntil6266's Journal
 

oh well... but i have some pics

Ok well i have not seen no difference on the scale it still just sits between 209 and 211. But lots of folks told me that they see a diffence my body taking a little shape. slimmin down in the face. So i am excited about that, but i guess the scale just makin me upset a little, and then i am kinda upset because my fill was suppose to take place this month and now i have to wait until 5 more weeks man that sucks on may 18th @2pm so oh well i will just have to try and eat right with no restriction. well theres has been alot of drama at my house but to much to sit here and type out.   But my and my best friend domonique went to the mall to take before pictures but we just wanted a small package they did not have so we walked around the mall then went back to my house took pictures outside here is a few we took. then after i loose my weight i will take some more and upload them ok gotta get back to work. LATERZLATERZ
shauntil6266

shauntil6266

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Fleur's Journal
 

Measurments

Today it was time to do my first monthy measurments:   Bust 114cm Wast 104cm Hip 130cm   Pretty sure this is reduction on my starting measurments. Did pretty well food wise except for a bit of chocolate, but I stick to the quantities and times.   Today I ate:   Small Mango Smoothie 1/2 coffee 2 eggs, hoummus and goats cheese puree Optifast with banana Salmon risotto coffee   I picked att he kids eater eggs - all up I had about 75g
Fleur

Fleur

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Ali's Musings and Meanderings...
 

First time eating out...

DH took me away for the weekend. We went to a place called Meteora which was in the mountains and very beautiful. I am 4 weeks post op and have not eaten outside home since being banded. I have been a good girl and done what the doc said - well more or less, I improvised a little because of what I had read on sites like this! He said only do liquids for a week. I did 10 days just to feel better. I wasn't hungry at this point and so was one of the lucky ones who found the whole thing quite easy. Then it was mushies. I got a new multi-processor and went blast crazy. I would have pureed my fingers had they stayed in the bowl a second longer . For the first time in years I was happily watching the scale go down and so the small portions and lack of variety were fine by me. (Greece just doesn't have the choice of foods some of you guys get :confused: ). Moving onto soft foods in week three wasn't so much different. If I think something is going to be difficult I blast it! Anyway, by now I realise I can eat much more and about the same time my appetite kicks in (not fair). I am still being good and have a tiny tupperware that I know is about the right portion size (OK so now I jam it full...ahem) and so the scale still goes down... Then we went away. I took yoghurt for my breakfast so that was Ok. The we went to a taverna. I ordered a burger, chopped it up and ate with eggplant (Aubergine) salad. I felt like I'd eaten loads but it was really only half a burger. Felt weird being in a place like that and not eating tons of gorgeous (boo-hoo-hooo) bread and olive oil, but hubby stuck with me and we did ok. In the night I ate a little toasted bread (first time since banding) with a slice of cheese. So all in all not too bad. It just felt strange. Greeks eat and in Greek tavernas, they eat even more! I don't know where I am going with my relationship with food. It is changing, just dunno into what. I don't think it will ever 'not matter' to me but am working on being more calm and logical about it all and hoping this will effect my choices in a positive way. Now all I have to do is improve my protein intake...
A1ikou

A1ikou

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Bostongurl's Lap-Band Journal
 

10 days until surgery

So I'm 10 days away from getting banded, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I know it's the right decision for me, but i'm just going through the motions I think. I worry that even this wont work for me, that I will faill this as i've failed so many diets before. I worry about the situations I will be in (dinner with friends, dates, etc) where I'll have to come up for a reason for not drinking during dinner, reasons for eating such small amounts. I know these things are small and in the big scope of things they are really just small sacrifices, but i'm just being honest, these are the things keeping me up at night.
Bostongurl

Bostongurl

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Julie*'s Journal
 

Easter Sunday

Well, things are going pretty well except I don't have much restriction except for bread products. I find myself having a harder time recently and as usual it's because I am not taking the time for myself. It's been hard with Mark's new job b/c he doesn't get home until 6:30 BUT it's not his fault if I don't get on treadmill. I am working hard now trying to just do it and stop analyzing everything. I know that I feel better and I am starting to look better on the outside. It's time to start working on the inside.
Julie*

Julie*

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Puddinpie's Journal
 

Saturday, April 15

Dang - that fill's KICKING IN! And it does that at the randomest times. I went to Lagoon, our local amusement park, yesterday. THAT is when my fill decided to kick in.   4/15/2006 B: 1 slice cold-cut turkey L: 1/2 chicken sandwich, with only the bottom peice of bread (this is when the fill kicked in and I PB'd) S: 3 chocolates from Sees D: 3 boneless buffalo wings S: 100 calorie pack chips ahoy   I exercised in the AM and then walked all day at Lagoon with my boys, Eric, Trav and Bryce. Then I played DDR (and got almost to the "Normal" level) for 30 minutes.
puddin

puddin

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