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:thumbup:My journey with the band - On my way to the 2nd part of my life!

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3 weeks post op

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)
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I'm back - again.

Back from my cruise and back to the Lap band eating. My eating was HORRIBLE during the cruise, and my exercise has been ZERO.   I'm refocussing and getting another fill August 6th. Until then, I'm eating lean meats, fruits and vegies and getting back into the exercise mode.   will post more later, extremely busy at work today since its my first day back.
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2/5/09

Changing my post since my post posted twice. Weird.
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Starting LC today

Even though my surgery won't be until probably January, I'm not waiting around to get on a good eating program. I am hoping to lose another 20 pounds by the time the surgery rolls around.   Today's menu:   Brunch (got up at 4:30 am to get a deal at a store, then came back and went to bed and didn't get back up until 11:00 am) 2 slices of roast beef, left over from dinner last night unsweetened tea   Dinner grilled bell pepper & onions roast beef   No exercise today - but planning on getting back to the gym on Monday, or sooner   Wt this morning 235.2
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6/10/09 - Day 3 of 84 day challenge

So far I've stuck to my plan. Now, I'm only on day 3, but hey, I'm still proud of myself. :crying:   I'm soooo sore today from my upper body workout on Monday, but I do a lower body workout today, so shouldn't be a problem.   I'm already seeing changes, I know it sounds impossible, but I really feel skinnier, even if the scales haven't moved much. So I know that I'm building muscle and working off some fat!   Today's plan:   M1 - yogurt mixed with cottage cheese   M2 - hummus, veggies   M3 - stuffed bell pepper (only 1/2), edamame beans, cantelope   M4 - peach, string cheese   M5 - 3 oz chicken breast, spinach   Snack - WW ice cream bar (I'm addicted to these and they are only 2 pts!)   Exercise - Lower Body workout   Wt 160.7 - grrrrr up from 159, but I'm okay, my body does that quite often. I drop, then bounce back up, then drop again a few more pounds. So I'm not upset at all.:frown:
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6/11/09 - Day 4 of 84 day challenge

OMG, shoot me now and put me out of my pain!!!! That's exactly how I feel, my butt hurts so bad, it hurts to sit, it hurts to walk, I'm in so much pain.   Those lunges yesterday did me in for sure! I had such a great lower body workout yesterday, but I sure feel it today. Ouch, I'm hurting!   But, onward we go with the challenge, I will not quit, I will not stop, I'm going all the way to the end!   Today:   Menu Bfast - protein shake, added a TBSP of peanut butter to it   M2 - peach, string cheese   M3 - hummus, carrtos   M4 - salad, grilled chicken   M5 - turkey chilli,veggies   M6 - WW ice cream bar   Exercise - Cardio, HIIT,   Wt - didn't weigh   Notes - I'm sooooooooooo sore! :crying:
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Day 5 of my 84 day exercise challenge.

I've been doing good with my exercise challenge and I have some restriction too. I'm so happy I could cry! Its been over 18 months, but this time, I think I might hit my sweet spot. I am sure hoping it last. Usually I get a fill and it last a bit, then it disappears! I pray this one last!   Exercise today: 30 min on Elliptical (352 calories burned)   Lower body workout - Quads, hamstrings, calves, abs, inner and outer thighs)   Wt - 181.9 (Monday it was 186 lbs!) And TOM came today so I'm happy to show a loss.
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5/10/07

M1 - apple juice with daily 5 M2 - 1/2 cup of shredded hash brown potatoes - I was having a craving for them so gave in. M3 - grilled chicken breast salad - dressing on the side M4 - Grilled talapia fish - YUM M5   Exercise #1 - 30 min on Elliptical machine (20 min of it was HIIT) - 2.20 distance, 280 calories (burn baby burn!)   Weight - 186.4 this morning - come on 170's, let me go there! PAALEEZE. I can't believe this is really working. I look at the scale and am shocked I see the 180's. Then I look in the mirror and shock I'm still fat. I'm trying to work on my body image. I see a huge fat person instead of the weight I've lost. I know I have an issue with it, and it is something I am working on.
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Menu

Bfast - 1 egg with cheese   Lunch - 1/2 container of Taco Bueno refried beans (203 calories)   Dinner - 1/2 cup instant mashed potatoes
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Fill #10 - I think I'm finally where I need to be!

Okay - I just came from fill #10. The doc did something different, he usually takes all my fill out and then refills it. But since I've had so many fills, he just added to it. I was at 3.5 cc, he filled me .4cc, which gives me 3.9 cc's. I remember the last time I had pretty good restriction was at 3.8 cc, then he filled me to 4.0 cc's and all my troubles began.   All along, I've always thought 3.9 cc's would be the perfect spot. Well, finally after 15 months I'm at my sweet spot - or at least I think I am. Its still too early to tell. I will be on liquids all day today and possibly tomorrow, then I go on mushies for 2 days, then to regular food.   He had me eat some jello while I was there, I can still feel it in my pouch, I ate about 1/2 of the container, and I was stuffed. Now, the problem is, I'm always tighter in the am and loose in the evening, so tonight will be the real test.   Menu today   bfast - jello   Lunch - tomatoe soup - puree   Dinner - protein shake   Exercise - 3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical machine
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8/13/09 - I love restriction!

I am loving my restriction! Its not too tight, no acid reflux and I feel full after a few bites! Yay!   I do notices that I'm wide open in the evening, but have really good restriction in the day time. I need to focus on eating good protein in the evening to help with my hunger so I don't pig out.   I also notice I snack too much, a candy kiss here, a candy kiss there, No more candy kisses! I must keep my dirty hands out of the candy dish!   Exercise - I MUST pick it up again, slacker this week.   I'm about to head to the gym now!   Menu today:   Bfast coffee w/cream 1 boiled egg 2 slices of bacon   Lunch salad with roasted chicken (candy kiss, candy kiss, candy kiss - grrrrr)   Dinner Protein shake - just not that hungry tonight.
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4/11/08 - The fill is working!

Okay, I am sure the fill is working and I don't think I will be going back.   I noticed last night when I was eating my dinner, it sure didn't take much to fill me up. Then, this morning was our office breakfast and it was my turn to pick it up. So, we all decided Steak & Shake, so I ordered me the cheese scrambler with wheat toast.   Okay, I take one bite of the eggs, and decided I would eat 1/2 slice of the wheat toast. Well, I've always been able to eat breat in the past, and plus this was toated, so no biggie right? Well..........wrong - it was long and I was running to the bathroom PBing. Wow, I actually PB'D! I'm excited that I have enough restriction now that I actually PB'd! After 15 1/2 months, I've got real restriction! Thank you thank you thank you!   I'm on cloud 9! No more bread for me! I finally have found a food that I cannot eat! Yay!   Menu today   Bfast - eggs/part of bread (whatever I didn't PB up)   Lunch Protein shake (my stomach hurts a bit from yacking so much, I think I will keep it simple)   Dinner - we're going out tonight, so not sure, but it will be healthy   Exercise - LBWO - I didn't make it to the gym last night to do the lower Body workout, so I will do it today.   Wt - still have not weighed, but will on Monday! TOM is around the corner, so the scales might not be nice to me on Monday, but I will still weigh on Monday.
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4/11/07

Breakfast - 6 oz of light apple juice with Daily 5 mixed in   Lunch - Pasta salad, about 1/2 cup with 1 chicken tender added in   Dinner - 3/4 cup of chili, no beans, and a few fritos and cheese   Snack - No snacking   Exercise - Afternoon exercise - 30.09 min on treadmill, 4% incline, 245 calories, 1.59 distance, 3.2 mph.   Supplements - Daily 5, Multi-Vitamin, B-12, 2 thermo dynamx   Notes - Feeling good these days - need to work on my carbs and upping my protein and increasing my intensity of workout. I am going to start the body for life program, I was planning on starting it 4/30/07, however, think I'm going to start it 4/23/07. This will be right after my 3 month bandanniversary, and I can take my measurements and pictures and use those as my before pics/measurements.
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Getting back on track

Wt 234   Oh, its so hard to get back on track. I did so good with eating on Friday & Saturday, and partially Sunday. Then Sunday night, broke down and had some yummy cheesecake.   I brought my lunch to work today so I can stay on the LC Atkins track. I'm basically going to follow the Atkins plan until after I'm banded, then I'll do more of low fat and low carb.   Todays menu:   Breakfast scrambled egg/cheese 3 slices of thin bacon   Lunch Chef salad   Snack LC yogurt   Dinner Turkey breast green beans   I tried to get up at 5:00 am to make it to the gym, just couldnt drag my fat butt out of bed, I went to bed too late last night and I needed my sleep. So, I plan on exercising tonight at the gym. - I MUST get back to exercising!
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11/3/08

A new month, a new week, and new focus, new goals!   My husband wants to get back to the gym, so we are going tonight. I also went down to the gym today on break and did 20 min on the elliptical machine.   I'm going to focus on exercise this month! I know I say it all the time, but I really really am trying, I don't know why I do so good for a week then fall off the wagon. I think if my husband gets to the gym, that will help to have a buddy.   wt was up a bit this morning 170.6 grrrrrr   I brought my lunch today, I brought some roasted chicken, i'm headed down to the cafe to get a small tosses salad to go with my chicken.   I also scheduled yet another fill. grrrr. I'm sick of fills, but I'm not giving up until I have my sweet spot. My next fill is next week at 10:00 am. Yay. I can't wait to get a fill and hopefully have my sweet spot. This fill is pretty good, I just think I need a tad more.   Wt 170.6   Exercise - 10:00 am - 20 min on elliptical   3:00 pm - 30 min brisk walk around my building spines a few time.   8:30 pm - upper body workout 30 min on elliptical
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8/27/08

I did not make it to the gym last week, bad me! I just had too much going on, however, I'm back at it this week.   Today's menu so far Bfast - iced mocha from mcD's with skim milk - bad, liquid calories. And 1 jal pepper baked with LF cream cheese - co-worker brought it to me this morning, very good.   Lunch - Logans Steak House - I had 8 oz steak - but only ate about 2 to 3 oz of it, grilled veggies and steamed mushrooms. Did pretty good, I did not eat the bread!   Dinner - 2 oz of ground lean beef, LC tortillia, salsa.   Exercise - 10:00 am - 16 min on elliptical 3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical 9:00 pm - 40 min on elliptical   Total calories burned - approximately 550 to 600 - You would think those darned scales would move! Those bastards!   Wt - staying off the scales, tired of watching them not move. this is so hard for me! I weigh 2 to 3 times a day and it is so depressing to me when they go up and not down. I am either weighing once a week or I will weigh when I feel like I've lost. I have such a love/hate relationship with those darned scales.:party:
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I'm headed to ONERLAND

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
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11/19/07 - Happy Monday

Happy Monday, and I'm glad I have short week at work this week. I'm off on Thursday & Friday, and only work 1/2 day on Wednesday.   Well, this morning my boss made a homemade itallian cream cake (one of my favorites), so, I had a small piece of it. I wanted more, but I wouldn't let myself indulge any more. I really want to reach my doc's goal weight for me by my 1 year anniversary - so I need to eat right! I need to lose 12 more pounds in the next 2 months in order to reach it. It will be hard, because I only lost 3 lbs this month. But, I'm hoping to be able to start exercising pretty soon and that will help.   Today's menu   Bfast 1 cup coffee with s/f carmel cream 1 2x2" cake - BAD   Lunch 3/4 cup of turkey salad   Dinner Baked turkey broccoli   Suppliments - Quickslim30, 2 chewable flinstones   Exercise - 20 min on recumbant bike, 3 sets of squats against the stability ball/wall (my Physical therapy session) total gym.
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I am ready for my fill - NOW!

Yes, I want it now! Its so weird, some days I have good restriction, other days or weeks - I feel like I can eat an entire cow.   Friday night we go out to dinner, I did pretty good, I had humus, and steak and a little cabbage. The steak I could only eat about 2 oz , it was really good, but I got full.   Saturday - did pretty good - no exercise, but besides that, did okay   Sunday - blew it big time - ate and ate and ate, it seemed I couldn't get enougth food. grrrrrr.   One week from today is my fill appointment. I'm really tired of fills, this will be my 10TH! I'm sick of them, I'm ready to hit the sweet spot and lose this freaken weight. I'm tired of yo-yoing - I've yo-yod all my life, I'm ready to be at goal!   Today my menu:   Bfast yogurt, granola, coffee w/cream   snack string cheese   lunch string cheese, shaved turkey   dinner salad chicken with multi-grain wrap   Exercise today: 10:00 am - 15 min elliptical 3:00 pm - 15 min elliptical   8:30 - upper body workout after workout - 4 oz protein shake   wt - didn't weigh today -
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1 year update

Well, its been 1 year (1/18/08 made a year) since my surgery. The first 6 months were wonderful, the 2nd 6 months sucked. I am not blaming the band, I'm blaming myself. I quit trying, the good news, I will never weigh over 200 lbs again. I know my band will keep me around the 170's if I just eat like I want. However, I don't want to weigh in the 170's, I am ready to get down to the 150's or 140's. So, I'm refocussed and recommitted. 2008 I will lose this weight!   Here is my updates on weight: Highest weight - 248 1 mo post op - 206.8 2 mo post op - 198 3 mo post op - 193 4 mo post op - 184.2 5 mo post op - 178 6 mo post op - 174 7 mo post op - 178 - went on vacation and ate big 8 mo post op - 174 9 mo post op - 170 10 mo post op- 167 11 mo post op - 170 - havent even been trying 12 mo post op - 174 - again, not trying. But finally refocussed.
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3/14/07

Breakfast - 1 container of SF Yogurt with granola mixed in   Lunch - 2 chips & salsa, a taco salad (just ate the grilled chicken off of it) and a small portion of quacamole (we went out for lunch to Mexican)   Dinner - 5 little mini sugar free brownies - the new girl scout ones, 1/2 cup of salad, 1/2 cup of popcorn - I know (where is the protein?) Had a bad problem tonight with just putting stuff in my mouth - see notes   Exercise - Treadmill (PM) 50 min, 359 calories, 2.48 miles, speed varied 3.1 to 3.2 mph.   Notes - Didn't weigh this morning:clap2: - I was glad I had enough will power to stay off the scales - I dont ever want to see 200 AGAIN, so I'm waiting until I know I'm down to the 190's before stepping on my scale. Hopefully by Monday I will feel skinny enough to step on them.   Okay - I noticed tonight I was eating every time I turned around, was I hungry NO. I figured out tonight that I must work on this "grazing". I need to not eat just because its "dinner time", but wait until I'm actually hungry I think. I'm not sure why I was eating, I think it was out of boredome, or just the need to put something in my mouth. I will be making a conscious effort to not graze and not just put JUNK in my mouth.
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Day 1 of the 5 day pouch test!

Anyone reading this and interested in it, check out www.5daypouchtest.com. You then click on Plan. This site has some good info, even tho she had RNY, a pouch is a pouch.   I've started the 5 day pouch test today, so for the next few days, its liquids/cream soups/protein drinks.   I figured today was a good day to start since I had a fill. Doc is going to go slower now that I've had problems with my last 2 fills. He filled me up to 3.5cc's. I am hoping I have some restriction for awhile, but not sure, right now I do, but the last time I had good restriction I was at 3.8cc's. But as far as today, I've got restriction.   Menu today   bfast/Protein drink   Lunch - creamed broccoli soup   Dinner - protein drink/SF jello   I know its not much to eat, but I'm following the plan.   I do plan on exercising tonight, but will not enter it until I do it.   I will post my fill history later.
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3/1/07 menu

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.
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Going strong so far

I didn't weigh this morning, I'm trying not to look at the scale except for 1 x per week. I also didn't get up to exercise, it was raining hard this morning and I just didn't feel like dealing with it.   Menu today   Breakfast weight control oatmeal coffee with cream   lunch taco soup   snack string cheese 1/2 piece of sausage link   dinner sf jello turkey breast
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6/09/09 - Day 2 of my 84 day Challenge

Yay, I did it! I got my happy fat butt up and went to the gym at 5:00 am this morning and did my cardio. Per the BFL challenge, I am to do my cardio 3x's per week first thing in the morning.   So, today was cardio day, I sure didn't want to get up, but I forced myself up and did it. Feels so good to have won this morning! I didn't let my evil twin talk me into staying in bed, lol. Usually I get this little voice in my head and that says "oh, come on, you don't have to get up, you can work out tonight". But this time, I just got up and did it. Yay!   Menu today:   Bfast cottage cheese mixed with yogurt   Meal 2 hummus (2 TBSP) carrots/tomatoes   Meal 3 Turkey meatloaf edamame beans   Meal 4 peach string cheese   Meal 5 Stuffed Bell Pepper   Wt - Didnt weigh this morning.
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