Jeni 85

November 6, 2007

I drink a hot liquid--like coffee--before I eat in the morning.
I drink my Water before I eat and take little sips all day long.

I have trouble eating dense meats like steak. Bummer.

Darr

i also have a problem with steaks... the only steak i can possibly have is well Filet mingon... and those are small to beginning with(not to mention expensive) If i really have a bad craving ill buy it but i got over it

November 6, 2007

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November 3, 2007

***bread is a complete no no (croutons a few pretzels a couple)

---although i can sometimes do tortilla wraps haven't tried pita yet.. I find crackers triscuits and wheat thins work best.. Make mine sandwiches out of crackers.

***pasta very little

***rice very little & well cooked

***soda is also a no no

***i have a hard time with tough meats .. i.e. steaks (unless its fillet mingon but can be costly)

I agree with everyone on here it really does depend on the person

But to tell you the truth i don't miss the bread or any of this stuff im thrilled at the healthier foods choices i have been making :hungry: (doesn't mean im a saint and i didn't cheat once or twice with some sweets) :guess

You'll find your taste buds will change a lot like the thought of greasey food makes me sick..

Congrats on your surgery and you will do great!!!!

November 3, 2007

lately i have found im obsessed with tea... lol for some reason it helps me relax before i go to bed and helps me perk up in the morning... kinda weird huh:tea:

November 3, 2007

Nina - I cant wait to have a reason to do my bikini line!!!

Completely Agree...

But to add to the list i now weigh less then i did freshman year of high school

i started freshman yer at 235 i now weigh 227... only 8lbs less but ill take it and run!!!!:confused:

November 3, 2007

I haven't had any negative comments but a funny situation presented itself last week. I am attending massage therapy school and last week we learned abdomen massage. Since the students work on each other I thought I had better tell the student working on me that she might feel a strange object in my stomach. My port, although not visible, is very easy to feel.
Well, when the other students heard that they all came running over to feel my port. There I am, laying on the table with my stomach exposed and 8 students rubbing it. It was pretty funny.

HA HA HA... LOL ... i can so see that too... Where i went to school for medical assisting they also had a message therapy classes..

And this is kind of off topic a little but like 3-4 days after surgery i had to take my cpr certification test... not fun when your abdomen kills and you cant take the pain meds..

My SIL informed me she was loosing weight the hard way (weight watchers). I could have stangled her, but just smiled. I noticed the other day she is heaver than ever, weight watchers must not be working.
JP

Ya my best friend says this a lot..."oh im doing it the right way with diet and excercise".. and "you're taking the easy way out"..l oh and my personal favorite "god i would never have surgery to lose weight that so stupid"....

But then again there are times where she does support what i did..

lol then again i used to weigh 80lbs heavier than her and now i only weigh 15lbs higher i believe will she is still going back and forth the same 5lbs. ......

dont get me wrong im not making fun or anything i can totally relate (especially when i hit a dang plateau and before LBT except i would lose 5 and gain 10)

I've gotten the "you're taking the easy way out" a couple of times. That drives me insane. Don't they understand that I still have to work hard to lose the weight? It doesn't just come off by itself.
This week was my birthday and Halloween. I ate zero candy, had no birthday cake or special meal. I am still on full liquids, so my birthday dinner was Soup. Do NOT tell me that I am taking the easy way out when I am altering my lifestyle and sacrificing things I would LOVE to have but cannot.

-Libby :peace:

I had my band buddy put in march 15 and my birthday was the 27th... it kinda sucked to have to eat applesauce but i told myself its worth it.. just think this is a birthday present to myself and i will be so much healthy next year

I think people just don't know what to say. I don't think they are trying to be stupid or unsupportive, I think sometimes when caught off guard there really is no right answer.
Me: Hey, I got a lapband!

Coworker: Great, you are really fat!

I mean, if they are extra supportive in their mind isn't that the same as acknowledging we are fat? When caught off guard I can see how it would be an uncomfortable situation. Saying, "Oh, you don't need that!" I hear them saying, "You do need to lose weight but I'll be polite and say you don't need it."

I mean, I don't think people are intentionally being rude but with everyone big on being PC I think some folks just don't know how to handle WLS. It's not one of those scenarios we typically practice going over in our minds so on the off chance it happens one day we'll be prepared.

Another example, a couple of years ago one of the nurse managers was preggers. I mean, it was obvious. When I realized she was preggers I congratulated her. She looked like she was due to pop in a month. She didn't say anything, I wasn't even sure she heard me.

My coworker got me off to the side and explained she wasn't preggers. The hell she wasn't, she was!

Turns out I was right, she was preggers, she was due in two months, and she was annoyed that after all those months of being pregnant I was the only one that commented on it. Everyone else just thought she was gaining more weight and her feelings were hurt and by the time I came along and noticed, it was too late. She was angry that everyone was ignoring her pregnancy.

Sometimes I don't know that there is a right answer. It's not like there is a script you can read. Kinda like how some people when they lose half their excess body weight a person might congratulate them on being "skinny" ... some fat folks will take offense to that and others will take it in the spirit intended. There IS no right answer. You can tell 10 fat people the SAME thing and get 10 different reactions.

I think we need to give those around us a bit of a break.

Some people do it unintentionally i completely agree but there are those who just are plain mean.

:biggrin1:

But the funniest thing is when my mom tries to explain to someone else that i had or am going to get a fill she always makes this hand gesture as if she were to use a screwdriver or something like that to do the fil (or as she likes to say make it tighter) Too funny

November 3, 2007

:update::confused:

20 more to go!!!! i highly doubt that ill make it in three weeks but i hit the evil plateau:mad:... which i'm finally showing who's boss:rolleyes: lol... right now ill be happy if i hit 220 by thanksgiving.:cheer2: