My menu is pretty boring, so I'm really not going to post it. Its basically a "Master Cleanse/Lemonaide Diet". My DH is doing it to clean out his arteries, etc, so I'm supporting him and doing it with him. Your supposed to do the cleanse for 10 days, or up to 40 and beyond. There is NO WAY that I can do it beyond 10 days, and not sure if I can hang for 10 days, but giving it a try.
The cleanse consist of:
10 oz of water - purrified only or spring
1/2 fresh organic lemon (or regular lemon - which is what I'm using)
2 TBSP of Maple syrup - GRADE B only. You have to get this at health store
and 1/10 of tsp of ceyenne pepper - or to taste
You drink this 6 or more times a day, and in between you have fresh spring/purified water.
You eat NOTHING, and if the cleanse is not "moving", you can have this concoction with some organic laxative tea - twice a day. AFter 10 days of this, you begin with a little orange juice - this prepares the body for digestive with food. Then on day 12, you begin adding some fresh fruit/veggies - and day 13, gradually add your lean meats and grilled veggies or fresh.
I'm on day 3 of my cleanse. I had my fill yesterday and required to be on liquids anyhow, so I'm doing the cleanse.
Exercise was NOTTA Monday & Tuesday, but I will exercise everyday the rest of the week!
Exercise today - 20 min treadmill, 3.2 mph, 1.05 miles, 160 calories -
Okay, I admit it, I was nervous, scared and anxious to get my first fill. I can't believe how wonderful the nurse was.
My doctor has my fills done by the radiology dept at the hospital right next to his office. I got my fill from a Dr. Dennison. He was so nice. Anyhow, he found my port very fast, but did have some problems sticking me, the port kept moving. He first cleaned me with some alchohal, then stuck me with some novocaine (sp), and numbed me up. He finally started my fill, very painless after the first stick to numb me. Which it was only a tiny sting. Anyhow, he filled me up to 2.0 cc's, and then the worst part of it all, the drinking of the barium - chalky stuff, NASTY.
The 2.0 fill showed MAJOR restriction, my esophogas started having spasms, then he had me relax, take another swallow, and still was going thru the band really slow. He then took .2 cc's out, which brought me down to 1.8 cc's, and there was no restriction, he put back to 2.0 cc's and it was going thru really fast, He then raised it up to 2.2 cc's and I felt restriction. He had me swallow again, and I could see and feel the fluid sitting there. Then it would slowly go thru. I hope I'm not too tight, but he said it loosens up a bit, and my Esophogas was having spasms, more than usual he thought, but didn't seem worried about it. He did say if I'm too tight and find it uncomfortable, to call him and he will take some of the fluid out.
I am to be on liquids for FIVE days, then soft foods for 2 or 3 days, then back to regular foods. I hope the weight loss will start back up again, I sure hope it does.
I haven't posted my menu lately, just too busy to even get online. My husband is doing a cleanse, so I decided I would do it with him. So I started it yesterday, is completely liquids, no food.
I have my first fill today, I'm so excited. My doctor requires liquids for 5 days after a fill, so I thought it would be a good time to do my cleanse. I'm hoping to lose a little weight with the cleanse too!
I will post later about my fill experience.
I did make it to the gym 5 times last week! I am happy with that. Still working on getting up in the AM and so far, just can't do it.
One thing I want to do in my journal is be COMPLETELY honest about what I eat, even if its bad. I just want to be able to look back on my journal and say, oooo thats why I didn't lose, or wow, I did great - so here goes my menu for today:
Breakfast - cottage cheese mixed with 1/2 container of LC yogurt
Lunch - Ham chef salad - ranch dressing on the side. Salad had about 340 calories, dressing had 75 cals. I ate all my salad, but it was a small side type salad that had ham on it.
snack - string cheese
Dinner - Oh boy.....we went out to eat at this Amish buffet - need I say more? Okay, I'll try and list what I ate - 2 1/2 small pieces of FRIED catfish dipped in taurter sauce, about 3 bites of a meatloaf (very good) about 4 bites of salad, a bite of green beans, 2 bites of sour krout, two sips of water, a bite of chocolate cake, two bites of peanut butter pie, a bite of my DH's coconut cream pe - so basically 4 bites of sweats (pies/cakes), not too bad, but not that great. In the past I would have eaten 4 pieces of pies. I again, ate a bit too much, but not miserable, just full.
Water - 50 oz
Exercise - 20 min Elliptical machine (HIIT)
Supplements - 2 thermo Dynamx before breakfast, 1 multi vitamin, B-12. 2 more thermo dynamx before lunch
Notes - I wanted to add another thing to my journal about my binge last night. Although yes, it was a binge - 8 cookies is not a little snack, it was a binge, I learned something. I learned that in the past, after one of my usual binges, I would wait an hour or so, then go back for more. I did not do that last night. My tool helped me STOP the binge. I usually will go on a binge for DAYS. Once I have a binge, there is no stopping me, however, my tool did stop me. I was miserable last night, and today I am still thinking I do not want to feel that way again. So, my tool did help me.
As punishmet, I decided I would step on the scales to show myself what the binge did to me. I was quite surprised to see I had lost another pound. So, I was happy that the binge did not make me go up in weight.
Breakfast - 4 oz cottage cheese with 4 tblsp of lc yogurt mixed in (12 grams of protein)
Lunch - grilled chicken (left over from the salad yesterday) and 2 slices of avocado
Snack - string cheese
Dinner - 1 FRIED chicken breast (I took the skin & crust off)
TRUE CONFESSION TIME - I overdosed on girlscout cookies - I'm so mad at myself. I had 5 trefolds (150 calories - 20 g of carbs), and 3 thin mints - about (110 calores - 11 g of carbs), 1 cup of 2% milk - BAD BAD
Water - 50 oz - not enough
Supplements - 2 Therno Dynamx before breakfast, 1 multi vitamin, Liquid B-12
Exercise - NONE
Notes - What in the heck did I do to myself? I feel miserable, I ate way too much tonight, and the cookies did not help at all. Now I am in pain, my port area hurts. I know I have over ate and I WILL NOT do this again. I can't believe I did this to myself. I need a fill - BADLY. And I must deal with my emotions rather than turning to COOKIES (MY weakness is sweets). I'm glad today is over, tomorrow will be a better day!
On the bright side, I had my 6 week follow up appointment with my doctor. He said How well I've been doing on my weight loss, I explained to him, most of my weight loss came from my 1st two weeks, then he said "Oh, well, I guess your not doing too well after all" - He told me I need a fill - duh. So, I'm scheduled for my fill on Tuesday, March 6th at 12:30. I have to fast before my fill. It will be with the radiology dept at the hospital. It will be interesting what my first fill will do for me. I hope I can get back to losing weight. I don't want to gain - I need to lose. I think that is why I turned to cookies tonight. i was feeling so down - but I must learn to deal with my emotions. I have to change my behavior.
Bfast - Sweet Freedon Yogurt, with granola
Lunch - Cancun salad - dressing on the side, ate about 1/3 of it. It had grilled chicken on it, black olives and 1/2 avacodo. I ate two slice of avacodo.
Snack - 10 almonds
Dinner - sting cheese, 4 oz of baked fish with salsa on top
Exercise - 15 min brisk walk during break, 33 min on treadmill at 3.1 mph, 3.0 incline, 240 calories, 1.63 miles
Supplements - Viactiv Vitamin
Water - 60 oz
Notes - Went to the gym again last night. Ate good all day yesterday, stepped on the scales this morning and it read 209 - just not losing like I was, but I'm still not worried, I know my body is changing. I think its time to hide the scales again.
Bfast - Cottage Cheese & strawberries
Lunch - 2.7 oz container of pink salmon with (dry) with 4 whole wheat crackers
Dinner - 4 or 5 oz of baked chicken breast with shredded cheese on top
Snack - 1 part skim string cheese and a handful of popcorn
Water - 48 oz
Supplements - Viactiv multi vitamin
Exercise - 20 min HIIT on elliptical (pm exercise)
Notes - Scale is up, but that is okay, I feel smaller, my DH commented last night how much skinnier I am looking. A lady from work also commented yesterday at how much weight I am still losing. I know the scale is not a measure of my success. I am happy with my progress and I know the scale will start moving again. I'm trying to focus on doing cardio morning & night and I am going to ask my doctor tomorrow if I can start weight training. I'm ready to kick some major butt and get into shape! I want to have some maximum results by this summer! I want to be down another 30 lbs or more by vacation time (cruise in August).
Bfast - 3/4 container of SF Yogurt with some granola
snack - 15 almonds
Lunch - 4 wholewheat crackers and somewhere between 1/4 & 1/2 cup of hummus dip
Dinner
Exercise - 15 min on treadmill durring break 3.0 mph, 109 cal, 3% incline, .74 miles -
Water -
Supplements - 1 viactiv multi-Vitamin, 1 liquid B-12
Notes - I went to my regular physician today, I broke the news to her that I had the Lap-Band, I was happy she was supportive and she told me she is thinking about having it done. She looked at my chart and said we show you gained 11 lbs, but then she saw the date of my last visit (over a year ago), I explained to her that I always yo-yod and on my last visit to her I weighed 200 lbs, that was May of 2006, By November 2006 I was up to 248 lbs. Anyhow, I had the Prealbumin (Malabsorption test) done, I won't know the results until Friday, and I will pick them up to take them to my surgeon and discuss a fill on March 1st. I should not have the Malabsorption test since I did not have Bypass, however, my surgeon requires it with all his patients, even lap-band.
Sad note, my great aunt who is 87 years old is dying. She has never been married nor does she have any kids. Matter of fact, she has never even been on a date. So, needless to say, we are her kids/grandkids. So, we've been taking turns to be by her side during the time of passing. Hospice has been called in and they will stop giving her fluids beginning tomorrow, only pain meds under her tongue to help with the pain and keep her comfortable. Anyhow, I know there will be lots of food from the church, family & friends, so I'm trying to get prepared and not cave in to all the goodies. Stressful times and grief always makes me want to eat, I turn to food so I'm working on not turning to food during this time.
Menu
Bfast - Just ate a few almonds
Lunch - 1/2 container of Taco Bueno refried beans
Dinner - 4 oz baked chicken breast with about 2 TBLP of peas
Exercise - 1.63 miles, 3.0 mph, 3.0 incline, 33 min
Notes - I was sick on Thursday and Friday, finally recovered, I had some horrible stomach bug and was in the bathroom pretty much the entire day on Thursday.
Life is a little hectic these days, work is so busy and lots going on. Trying to eat healthy, but I can tell my appetite is coming back and I'm ready for my first fill. I go to the doctor on 3/1 and I'm hoping he will okay a fill!
Bfast - 6 oz protein shake made with skim milk
Lunch - had 2 chips with a little queso on it, had a taco salad about 1/4 of it made with fahitta chicken and had about 1/2 cup of quacomole on it. Did not eat it all, brought the majority of it home. DH will eat it tonight
Snack - Low Carb Yogurt with 2 tsp of granola mixed in (9 grms of protein)
Dinner - 7 low fat wheat thins with hummus (too many)
snack - about 4 pieces thru the day of Dove SF chocolate - too many
Exercise - NONE, I'm so mad at myself
Water - about 45 oz - grrrr, I must get to 64 oz.
Supplements - 1 Viactiv multi-Vitamin, Liquid B-12 complex
Notes - Not really a good day today, I felt more hungry than previous days. I think I'm losing my restriction. I dealt with head hunger too. I was constantly looking for something to put in my mouth and I really had to watch myself. I am at the end of TOM, so not sure if that had anything to do with it. For the heck of it, I stepped on the scales (which I said I wasn't going to do) and I'm up 2 lbs (208.2). I'm not really worried about it, I figured my weight would go up some eating solid foods again, I hope it starts going back down soon. I am mad at myself for not getting out of bed this AM to exercise. Thats what I am focussed on this week - I want to get back into the habit of exercising, and it is so hard!
Last night, I'm sitting on my couch, just relaxing. Without thinking I crossed my legg, after I did it, I realized, I can cross my leggs now, comfortablly! Wow!:clap2: Its another NSV for me. I hadn't tried in so long to cross them, or I could cross them and it cut the breath out of me. But now, I feel so feminane when I can cross my leggs. I just had to journal this down.
I'm now focussing on what I can accomplish durring my 2nd month with the band. I am focussing more on EXERCISE and not weight loss durring this month. So, with that said, I am staying off the scales! The scales are a serious weakness for me, But I'm trying to get my mind right and just stay off of them for awhile. What I really want to focuss on is exercise.
I was to get up this AM to exercise, however, I forgor that my daughter has flute lessons tonight, and so on Mondays, I'll be exercising in the evening time. That way I can drop her off at flute lessons, go exercise, then come back to get her, it works out better.
My menu today
Bfast
SF Yogurt with 2 TBSP of granola
Lunck
2 oz of salmon
sweet potatoe
Dinner
salmon - 2 oz
sweet potatoe - about 2 TSP
1/2 of the inside of egg roll
Workout - 30 min on Treadmill, at 2.9 mph, 2.5% incline, 1.43 miles.
GOALS FOR THE WEEK
Take my viatimin everyday
workout 30 min 5 x's
Drink my 64 oz of water everyday.
My weight today 206.8, even with Aung Flo visiting, I lost!
Before /today
Waist - 41 1/2" / 38" = lost 4 1/2"
Hips - 51" / 46 1/2 = lost 4 1/2"
Left Thigh - 28" / 26 1/4" = lost 1 3/4"
calves - 17" / 15 1/2" = lost 1 1/2"
left arm - 15 1/2" / 14" = lost 1 1/2"
breast - 43" / 40" = lost 3"
under breast - 37"/ 36 1/2" = lost 1/2"
TOTAL INCHES LOST = 17 1/4"
BEGINNING WEIGHT = 248/206.8 = lost total 41.2 lbs (pre-op & post op)
What an incredible month it has been. I still have lots of restriction and still working on getting enough water in and protein in.
I love my new tool!
209 this morning! I'm 4 weeks post op, and Im on my way to 199!!!!! Although I've been at 199 so many times before, I'm looking forward to being there again, and even more to breaking it! I can't wait to get under the 190's - this is something I'm never able to do.
I get down to the 190's, then gain back up to over 200, than back down to the 190's, back up to 200's.
This time, I know I will get there, so it is so exciting. What an incredible journey I'm on!
So here goes my countdown to 199! 10 lbs to go! I'm hoping to be there by March 17th - a little over a month away. I'm going to a big family wedding and will see lot of my family who haven't seen me in awhile, so thats my goal!
I start my solids today - i'm nervous, but anxious to get to eating the right way for the rest of my life.
My plan for today is:
bfast
malt o meal, splenda, ff milk
lunch
a few black beans
4 green grapes
1/2 cup of cottage cheese
1 or 2 slices of a boiled egg
Dinner
salmon
green beans
Bfast - Malt o meal with ff milk, splenda
Lunch - 1/2 cup of refried beans
Dinner - 1 poached egg with grated cheese
Water consumption - 42 oz - still working on getting 64 oz
Yesterday I ate:
Bfast - protein shake - 4oz
Lunch - 1/2 container of refried beans with cheese
dinner - SF pudding with protein powder mixed in
I figured I got around 35 G of protein yesterday - around 450 calories
30 oz of water - I'm sucking at this, but working so hard at it too!
No walking :cry
Okay - I admit it, I weighed this morning. Only because I felt skinnier, and my DH told me I looked skinnier. So I decided to "test" the scales. I was happy to see that they have dropped 5 lbs since last Monday. I weighed in at 210.8. I'm almost to the 40 lb mark! But, More exciting than that, I'm almost out of the 200's - I'm headed to onerland!
I'm feeling good these days, feeling more confident and still I have a lot of restriction.
Menu yesterday
Bfast - poached egg with grated cheese
Lunch - 1/2 container of refried beans
dinner - 1/2 container of refried beans
late night snack - Inside of a crabcake
Yesterday marks my 3 weeks post op. I've lost weight, I've lost inches and I feel pretty good. My port side is still sore, it is actually has a slight burning pain today. But not too misserable.
I went to see my gynocologist and told her I had the lap band surgery, she was pleased. She has seen great progress from people. I also weighed 214 on her scales, with my jeans on and I feel constipated. So Naked, I might weigh less:clap2: .
One problem I am having is I am waking up extremely early in the mornings. I wake up refreshed and ready to go. Monday I woke up before the alarm at 5:30, same with Tuesday. Wednesday & Thursday I woke up around 4:30. Now this morning, I'm wide awake at 3:30 am! I didn't go to bed until after 11:00 - I was caught up with Larry King, Nancy Grace on the Anna Nicole death. So I probably didn't get to sleep until midnight. That means I only got about 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night. I'm not sure why I'm waking up, not sure if its the C-pap machine doing it or what? But for the life of me, I cannot go back to sleep.
I got up at 3:30, looked on the internet on Ebay - Then I found myself hungry, so I had a SF pudding snack with protein powder mixed it.
One other thing I'm noticing is in the mornings, I find myself dry heaving. Not sure why, but feel a little nausious in the mornings - NO, I'M NOT PREGO. :confused:
My menu today:
4:00 am - SF pudding with a heaping TBSP of protein powder
7:00 am - 1 egg over easy
12:00 pm - 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
4:00 pm - 8 oz protein shake
8:00 pm - soup with shredded cheese (1/2 cup)
This might seem a little weird, however, it made me feel so good so I believe it is a NSV.
I was sitting at the red light yesterday, and I could feel someone looking at me, and I turned to the left, and there are these 2 young boys hitting on me. The driver was practically hanging out the pasenger window trying to get my attention.
Now, I'm a very happily married woman for 19 years, but let me tell you, it felt good to have these 19 yr old boys flirting with me. I know they would have just crapped thier pants had they known I was 40! LOL.
I smiled back and drove away..............
Bfast -
1/2 banana pureed with Nectur Pinapple protein shake
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Lunch - Refried beans
Snack - 4 almonds - chewed very well
Dinner - Not sure yet, will update later after I eat.
I'm having my DH & daughter hide the scales again. I am mad at myself for even weighing. Okay, I'm done venting.
Last night I made it the gym:
30 min on treadmill
1.33 miles
2% incline
2.7 mph
Menu yesterday
Bfast - shake
lunch - 1/2 container of refried beans
snack - 3 crackers with brie cheese spread on top & a few bites of homemade refried bean dip
dinner - 1/2 cup macorroni & cheese
Well, I decided to step on the scales this morning since its been a week since I weighed and it showed me up 1 lb. I was a little upset, but I figure I was on liquids for so long and finally started mushy foods, maybe my body is just getting used to food now. Not sure why I'm up, but I won't let it get me down.
I feel really good & energetic today. The Ccap machine is doing wonders for my energy. Last night was the first night I was able to sleep with it all night. Usually I wake up because I open my mouth and then it dries my mouth out and I wake up choking. I finally went back to the sleep center and they gave me a chin strap. Well, that still wasn't working, but last night I figured out how to put the chin strap on where it would keep my mouth closed during the evening and I slept so good. I finally woke up around 4:30 am because my nose piece came off and the air was blowing on my cheek. But I get up at 5 am anyhow, so I pretty much slept with it all night.
My menu today looks like the following:
Bfast - 8 oz protein shake
lunch - 1/2 cup cottage cheese
dinner - 1/2 cup of cream of broccoli soup
And my goal is to get 64 oz of water in, do 30 min on treadmill.
Yay - I finally get to move to mushy food! I'm so happy.
Yesterday my menu was the following:
Bfast - 1 poached egg, some grated cheese
Lunch - 1/2 cup of refried beans with cheese
Dinner - 1/2 cup malt o meal with a little splenda, and soy milk
Snack - 1/2 cup of refried beans.
I need to work on getting my water in, I need to work on getting my protein in.
Today is my 12th day post op. I am feeling really good now. There was one point I was thinking "what have I done to myself". I was not prepared for so much pain because everyone says how easy it was. Well, I guess everyone is different.
I made it to the gym last night, I didn't do much, but I did do a little exercise. I got on the treadmill for 20 min at 2.4 MPH and did .78 mile. I am starting it slow per my doctors instructions. I plan on doing 20 min all this week and hopefully next week I can move up to 30 min. I won't be able to do any weights for awhile, however, I plan on kicking some butt with cardio during the next 6 weeks.
I'm still eating very little, if any. I am having a hard time getting protein in and I am hoping once I get to regular foods it will be better. I ordered a cup of french onion soup from Paneras yesterday and that lasted me 3 meals. I just sipped on the broth and not the onions. It was a nice change from BROTH. yuck.
1 more day until I can have refried beans!!!!!!:clap2:
Well, I'm off to the gym..........
