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minpinmom

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It was great while it lasted, almost a week! Since I canceled my Fill this week, my next one is July 9th. It seems really far away. But, I am resolved to workout more. I already go to the gym for 45 minutes a day 6-7 days a week. So, I figure I will try to increase that to an hour and half. Since I have such a hard time restricting myself to lower calories, I figure I will workout more.

 

The strange thing, I have never exercised in my entire life. I had childhood asthma really bad and couldn't jog for 10 feet. I also had severe sleep apnea, to the point I had a 5 hour surgery to correct it at 18. I was one of the rare cases that had Sleep Apnea at age 5.

 

The thought of exercising was always a joke to me. I didn't want to do it and I couldn't do it. So it never was an option. Now, I go, I work my butt off and I feel better. Don't get me wrong - I am counting down each minute while I am there . . . "come on Wendy, 1 more minute at this speed, then you can slow down some, only 2 minutes going backwards, then you can go forward . . . just a little more" Now, I don't know if that will ever go away or if that is how I will always feel about exercising, but either way, I will continue and feel better about myself for going.

 

Now if I can just get some help with food. I have a bodybugg and I count each and every calorie. I eat way too much 1200-1600 calories a day, but without restriction, this is just a diet . . . a diet I have been on for 4 months . . . a diet where I am still hungry when I eat the small Lapband amount . . . a diet where I feel deprived . . . a diet that I can't do for the rest of my life. So, my 1200 calorie limit gets thrown out the door and I usually hit 1500 a day. I still feel deprived on that. I guess eating 3500 calories a day for most of my life has taken its toll on my brain.

 

I won't let myself go crazy, I will keep it around this calorie limit until I get restriction. The week I had restriction - I had no problem keeping it below 1200. Ahh, what bliss.

 

12 more days till my fill.

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It was great while it lasted, almost a week! Since I canceled my Fill this week, my next one is July 9th. It seems really far away. But, I am resolved to workout more. I already go to the gym for 45 minutes a day 6-7 days a week. So, I figure I will try to increase that to an hour and half. Since I have such a hard time restricting myself to lower calories, I figure I will workout more.

The strange thing, I have never exercised in my entire life. I had childhood asthma really bad and couldn't jog for 10 feet. I also had severe sleep apnea, to the point I had a 5 hour surgery to correct it at 18. I was one of the rare cases that had Sleep Apnea at age 5.

The thought of exercising was always a joke to me. I didn't want to do it and I couldn't do it. So it never was an option. Now, I go, I work my butt off and I feel better. Don't get me wrong - I am counting down each minute while I am there . . . "come on Wendy, 1 more minute at this speed, then you can slow down some, only 2 minutes going backwards, then you can go forward . . . just a little more" Now, I don't know if that will ever go away or if that is how I will always feel about exercising, but either way, I will continue and feel better about myself for going.

Now if I can just get some help with food. I have a bodybugg and I count each and every calorie. I eat way too much 1200-1600 calories a day, but without restriction, this is just a diet . . . a diet I have been on for 4 months . . . a diet where I am still hungry when I eat the small Lapband amount . . . a diet where I feel deprived . . . a diet that I can't do for the rest of my life. So, my 1200 calorie limit gets thrown out the door and I usually hit 1500 a day. I still feel deprived on that. I guess eating 3500 calories a day for most of my life has taken its toll on my brain.

I won't let myself go crazy, I will keep it around this calorie limit until I get restriction. The week I had restriction - I had no problem keeping it below 1200. Ahh, what bliss.

12 more days till my fill.

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Insky67

Sticking with the working out will benefit you so much in the long run, I applaud you for not giving that up. It certainly would be easy to do. You keep rockin girl!

You think you are getting too many calories and I am crying cause I am not getting enough...yesterday I think I had 312 calories...I just can't get much down or it tastes bad when I do have it...I can't get excited about food right now.

Last night we took hubby out for his last meal before he deploys and it was at a yummy hambuger place. Normally I would have dove face first into a double burger and a ton of fries. I ordered nothing and thought I would cheat and have a couple of fries.

I could hardly get 3 fries down, they didnt taste as good as I remembered and hubby's hamburger smell was making me nauseus...the onions, condiments I dunno...but I could hardly wait til he finished so I would'nt have to smell it. Ugh! Please tell me this will change.

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It will change - French fries are difficult for a lot of people. While I had restriction - potato products were the only thing that gave me trouble.

Your tastes for foods def. change. First off, some foods just don't taste good if you chew them 1000 times.

I, even being restricted, loved the food I ate, it tasted wonderful, I just got full so fast. You are swollen and healing and your stomach is rebelling. Being on liquids and such for a while will help that.

I am feeling for you - I hate TDYs. I don't know how you are so strong. When Eddie would leave, I would cry for days. In Sept of 2001, he left for Egypt - we had just moved on base, I knew no one, I cried for 3 days, then 911 hit and the satelite link at the Pentagon went down, we lost all communication for weeks - and of course, we were just the wives, so no one told us anything but your hubby is accounted for. I called my mom, bawling, told her I wanted to come home - her response (Army wife of 21 years). You need to grow up, calm down and get involved in your area! My response, (threw tears) I wanna talk to my Daddy! lol. He consoled me and told me it would get better . . . they totally reversed roles for that time period.

The stress of your hubby leaving also has you tighter - so remember that for a week or so.

It will get better - and if you ever want to talk deployment depression - you know how to reach me!

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