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MissyDFE's road to losing the weight!

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Hunting

Last night my mom and I went hunting for an elliptical machine. I am tired of going to the gym and waiting for one - people use those things like crazy at my gym... Anyway so we went to Sear's - found quite a few but they were HUGE... I want to be able to put it in my room, so I can watch my favorite shows and exsercise. The we went to Big 5, they didn't have any! So I think we might check out Sports Authority next... If not I guess I will have to get a big beast at Sears... :mad: Any way so after the hunt for the perfect elliptical machine my mom and I decided we were hungry... so we went to Olive Garden. I was pretty good... I had a bit of salad, NO BREAD, and ordered the Apricot Chicken with broccolli and asparagus. I figured that was not TOO bad... anyway I fell asleep really early last night 8:30 - I have no idea what is wrong with me... I think it may be that I have not been excersing much latelly so my lack of energy is out the window!!! I will update as the day goes on! I just found out I love my blogging/journaling whatever you want to call it! 14 days until my surgery!!!:bored
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HELP!

I know this is going to sound gross.... I am 9 days post op and am constipated. I have tried a heating pad, warm liquids, walking, water... I mean I have been eating under my calorie goal and have been walking daily so I SHOULD be losing but I have been constipated these last few days so the scale is not reflecting by good behavior! HELP!
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Hello!

I know it is has been far too long since my last post... I am doing very well. I am feeling great about myself and been choosing activities that burn more calories! I play on a co-ed basketball on the weekend, I go skiing at our local ski resort, I use the elliptical on the weekends... I just am being a more active person. My fill is at 5.5 cc's in my 10 cc band so I am eating well. I can have about 2 eggs and reamin full for about 4 hours... great feeling! Most importantly, drum roll, I have a date this Saturday! We are going hiking... I will keep you all posted!
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hELLO

Yes I am still alive, and I am at 179! Yayayayayayay
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Frustration.

Ok. Here it goes let me explain my dilemia. I stuck at 190 lbs. I mean stuck. And it is really pissing me off. I have a body bugg, I track all my food to a tee and exsercise daily. I always have a deficet of at least 1300 and I did not lose a pound this week in really bothers me. I have yet to have a fill but it scares me that I am only eating like 850 calories a day, exerscing for at least 30 minutes of the elliptical trainer and I still don't see a loss. Very frustrating.
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Defeated.

:faint:Went to my 3 week post op appointment yesterday. Boy was it pointless. I drove an hour and a half to get there and basically all he did was chew me out about how little weight I dropped. I consider 10 lbs in 3 weeks a good thing but he didn't. He said, "Well it looks like you strayed off the liquid diet..." I said, "yes - i was starving"... Apperantly that wasn't a good enough answer. Then he told me I probably made my band slip... He bascially scared the crap out of me and made me feel so defeated when I left. So, here I am so scared even to eat 1/4 cup of cottage cheese in fear of screwing up my band! HELP!
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Death by chicken!

Ok who has tried to eat chicken breast in the morning? I have and PB'd until I thought there was nothing left in my stomach! Yuck! I then had chili for lunch which was way easier on the band. I jus had a afternoon snack of prunes and wasa crisps. Oh my...
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Body Bugg

So today is the first day I am wearing my Body Bugg on my arm... I had no idea I burn a calorie a minute in my sleep... My motto used to be (pre-band) was: "If I am sleeping I am not eating" so that is why I slept so much! Ha... That is a pretty lame excuse for being so lazy don't you think? It was kind of confusing to set up on my work computer, I also want to set it up on my computer at home so I could plug it in right before I went to bed... Just to see...
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Bingo!

I think I may have figured out what my problem has been! I have been eating at 850-900 calories a day, working out on the elliptical trainer for at least 20 - 30 minutes a day.... yaaadddaaa... well I was stuck at 190 lbs - right? Well, I started looking at my nutritional information on www.thedailyplate.com and my sodium consumption was through the roof! I mean am not supposed to go over like 2200mg and I was like at oh 4000 something! Ya, it seems I am eating all the wrong foods: ham, pickles, lunch meat, cheese, saleted nuts, olives all things with seriously high in sodium. In addtion to that I was not meeting my water requirement or taking in nearly enough fiber! HELLO! I was sabtoging myself! So I am taking it easy on the sodium, yesterday it was only 700mg and getting in all my water and fiber so we will have to see where next weeks weigh in takes me! Toodles P.S. I might as well as had a salt lick! Geez I am special!
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9 more days!

Do you like my little count down? Hmm... getting really antsy! Well, yesterday wasn't too bad of a day - oh wait yes it was... I for some reason decided it was a great idea to go to Johnny Carino's (Italian food) so I had a bit of potato soup, bread, and half a bowl of Chicken/Shrimp spicy pasta! I am a bad girl. What the hell am I thinking eating carbs? I know that crap is bad is bad for me... for anyone for that matter! Ah well, I will learn soon enough I hope.   On a brighter note, I did buy an elliptical trainer last night from Sports AUthority ... $499 later I came home with this:     A Proform SpaceSaver! I can't wait to get it all set up and get my butt moving. I have my physical today for my clearance for surgery... I will keep you all posted on how it goes!  
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8 more days!

The anticipation is killing me! I am just way excited about all of this. Yesterday I had my appointment with the doctor to get my EKG, blood work - they took ALOT of blood! Anywho, I am all set to go - everything is done and now all I have to do is wait. I will journal more tommorrow.  
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7 days to go!

When someone asked me the other day what my favorite food was I knew the answer right away... :whoo:SUSHI :whoo: I just love the stuff! I am a big fan of it all. When I first started going to Japanese restraunts I only ate the "California Rolls" because I was so afraid of the raw stuff.... Now I am a full blown sushi junkie! I start off my meal with a delicious bowl of Cucumber soumono (spelling) See below: It is refreshing and tangy as, I think they marinate the cucumber in it overnight. It is usually topped with crab and "tako" also known as octopus! YUMMO! The next course I order is the beautiful RAINBOW ROLL ... The roll is usually a combination of crab, cucumber - tuna, yellowtail, shrimp, salmon, avocado, layered outside. At the sushi restraunt I go to I have the sushi man dress up my roll a bit more (as if it should be the roll in itself is a meal and is usually $15) with a drizzle of a "sweet" sauce, which kind of tastes like teriyaki, and on top of that crumbled macadamia nuts - "Big Island Roll" is what I call it. Check it out (this picture does not show the sauce and macadamia nuts.. it is a picture of a true Rainbow Roll... which is great too): All this sushi talk is making my mouth water! I am sipping on a "Premier Nutrition" protein shake at the moment and it is not too shabby. You can guess what I am craving now for lunch....
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6 days to go!

Friday is fun day and I just got my hair done check it out... Do you like it better blonde or brown? It is winter time, time to give my blonde hair a rest - come summer time when I am slim and sexy I will bust out the blonde hair again! Well today started off wonderful as I sipped my Muscle Milk Light drink... thenI got an attack of the munchies and chowed a half of a jalapeno bagel. Lunch was ok. Had a slice of meatloaf for lunch so that wasn't too too bad. Tonight after work I am going shopping with my good friend Annie. I do not need to - since I had all my X-mas shopping done in October! I was very organized about that this year. Every paycheck starting in summer time I bought one present for a loved one... They are pretty much all wrapped too! Anywho I will update you as the weekend goes on! Tata!
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5 days to go!

HOLLA! Today was a very nice day. I slept in... which was lovely... Took a shower, paid some bills online (yuck) then went to town to pick up a friend of mine to go shopping. We went to Tractor Supply's grand opening and bought "Nuzzle" a wonderful smelling perfume - the best part about purchasing the perfume is they donate a portion of the sale to Habitat for Horses - an organization that assists abused and neglected horses... love the smell of perfume! Buy some. The rest of the day was spent following my friend around as she finished her X-mas shopping (I am done!) so it was at least good exercise. I finished off my evening by stopping by a friends house for spaghetti and salad. Not the best "diet" dish but not the worst either. Have a terrific evening... this little girl is hitting the hay!
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5 days post op

Boy do I feel better! I almost feel like I never even had surgery - well not really... But I do feel great 5 days post op! I am even getting used to just eating liquids too... well that was after I stuipdly tried to eat tuna fish yesterday morning - but was halted by my stomach saying, "No, no, no" (sing in Amy Winehouse's voice and it sounds funnier... "They tried to make me go to rehab.... I was like No, no, no.... ANYWAY. Ya I soon realized I am on liquids for a reason! To let my stomach HEAL! Duh - how could I have been so dumb to try and push it?   Onto more merrier things.... I am down 13 pounds! Yes! And I am in wonderland! All is good in my world this morning!  
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4 more days...

I woke up and was very excited because I am one day closer to my surgery. I am so anxious. I know all my journals are beginning to sound repeatitive but, I just am pumped! I don't really know what I am going to do today... maybe just relax at home, not sure... It is kind of boring. I will write you later.
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3 more days!

It is Monday everyone! Yahoo... I am only 3 sleeps away from my lap band and I am super dooper excited. This week better fly right by! I am starting to do just the liquids because I do not my liver to be HUGE! I am planning to be on the liquid diet for 3 weeks after my surgery and by liquid I mean clear soups...water... juice. Only! I want to lose as much as possible during the time my stomach is healing. I am not paying attention to my work near enough as I should.... duty calls... I will write more later. Tootles!
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3 day Post Op

Feeling much better! I took a shower, blow dryed my hair, put in hot rollers and slapped on some makeup... I just wanted to feel human again! It is amazing what a little fixing yourself up can do to a girl's self esteem. I was starting to scare my self everytime I walked past a mirror! I am still kind of tender and have weened my self off the pain medication... it was making me too drowsy and light headed and I need to get back to work tommorow so I will just take Alieve from now on.... So on to what I have been eating.... NOT MUCH! Not because I don't feel hungry but because my doctor told me to stick to liquids for 3 weeks.... liquids do not make me feel full. At all. So I am living off of tomato soup, protein drinks, water and ya... thats about it. It sucks but I have been seeing results... As for now I am just sitting up and trying to pass the time until I fall asleep tonight and go to work tommorow...
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2 days - can you believe it?

Raise your hand if you are excited about me having my surgery in 2 days....:clap2: Yaaaa... I am so excited. I have cleaned up my room so I am comfortable after surgery. I still have a pile of clothes to fold but no big worries I will get to that tonight. I gave my mom a list of things to pick up for me: heating pad, baby spoon, baby bowl, gas x strips... you know the basics! Today I had a scambled egg for breakfast and a tuna sandwich for lunch - bye bye bread... not going to be tasting you anymore! Oh well. I am trying my best to get as much done at work as possible so I will not make it difficult for the person at work who is filling in for me while I am gone. My surgery is on Friday and I assume I will be able to come back to work on Monday. I hope everything goes well because I didn't tell anyone at work what I was having done. Well, I take that back, I told the receptionist I was having my gallbladder removed because she over heard me on the phone talking to the surgery center. Oh well - it was a white lie and really none of her business anyway. I will update you more later... bye.
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