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Hello World...I'm back...with a new goal.

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julie.ann

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Hello all,

It has been so long that I'm sure no one knows me or remembers me. That is okay. I need to be here. Hello...my name is Julie and I have a problem. Now that you know my name I need to share more about me. It isn't that I want to be here (althought I love this place!) it is that I need to be here!

 

I was banded in October of 2008. I weighed 285.5 starting my pre-op. I lost 14 lbs the 2 weeks prior to surgery and I lost 115 total in the year after I started this journey. In January we put our daughter in a Christian based residential program and I had to get another (week-end night) job to pay for it. Being the emotional eater that I am I gained 20 lbs. Wow! That sounds like a huge amount doesn't it? I guess it is. In the past few weeks I have lost about 5 lbs so that puts me up 15 from my lowest, down 100# from my highest and 30# away from my goal that I want to get to before I get a tummy tuck. I can't afford a tummy tuck right now, but I have to get down to that weight and should be there a year before the surgery so I better get started now.

 

I have started a new ticker....one that starts today and shows that I need to lose 30.5# to get to my P.S. goal. I have done better getting back to the gym. I don't have to work my weedend night job through the summer. I got a new job working from home and traveling so it will be a whole different set of challenges. It's got to be better than trying not to each when you are awake for 24 hrs straight!

 

3 goals for me to start with:

1. KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I EAT ON SPARK PEOPLE!!! (I think this is my best tool with the exception of the band!)

2. Cardio 3 times a week for 30 minutes. ( I have been lifting weights and I can't seem to lose # when I lift, only inches)

3. Eat only when I am hungry. Solid protein first. The good eating habits will fall into line if I can just get back to the basics.

 

 

I have to keep my eye on the goal. I am VERY goal oriented. So here I go. I hope to be back often.

High /Surgery/Current/Goal

285.5/ 271 / 185.5/142.5

Banded - 10/29/08 Five fills - 5.9 cc/10cc 1 Unfil 5.65cc/10cc

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Congratulations on getting back on track. Alot of people hit road bumps on their journey with the band. Mine was after exactly one year and losing 115 lbs. I got pregnant (not expected or planned). I am now 7 mths. pregnant and had to put my weight loss on hold. I have thankfully only gained 10 lbs so far with this pregnancy a far cry from the 50 lbs I gained with my first son. I am also very goal oriented. I can't wait to get back to the gym and dieting so I can be at goal by my 2nd bandiversary. I thought I would be getting a tummy tuck and breast job this year but plans change and you have to roll with whatever your dealt. Good luck, sounds like you have a great plan.

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