I had my surgery on December 28, 2007 so it is one year and one day old. Do I regret having the surgery? Not for one moment. Has it always been easy? Not at all. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. I am only 8 lbs from my personal goal and have energy to burn. I came to a standstill but that was my own fault. The band works if you work it and I wasnt working it. I fell off the wagon. Went back to my old eating habits and stopped working out as much. Silly me. I have come to far to fall off now. I have since re committed myself to the band and to a very strict workout plan. I am now working out twice a day and have increased my water intake. I also watch what I eat. I only eat small portions and quit when I THINK I should be full. Funny thing is if you stopped before you feel stuffed and wait for a few minutes, you will find out that less is more. You are actually full long before your brain realizes it. Dont eat until you are stuffed just eat until you are satisfied. I encourage anyone to stick to it because it is much harder to start over than it is to stay on the wagon. I wish you all well. Have a very prosperous (and healthy) New Year.
Today has been a very bad day. I felf sluggish most of the morning and when I got home, it took every bit of energy I had just to make dinner for my family. Why am I feeling like this? What could be wrong. I had NO proteins for the WHOLE day. I normally eat a 1 egg omelet for breakfast but was running kind of late today and opted to make a protein shake. When I got to work, it didnt taste the way I thought it would, so I tossed it so that means I had no breakfast. Around 11 I had a small bowl of oatmeal. Again, no protein. For a snack, I had half an orange. Notice the pattern? Well because I had no protein for most of the day I decided to have only proteins for dinner. Now I feel miserable. From now on, I will make SURE I have the recommended amount of proteins each day. It really makes a difference.
