StrangeDz

My orthopedic doc has me taking 1600 - 2000 mg of Ibuprofin a day. My knee caps rub my bone plus I have athritis in one of my knees. It seems to be the only thing that works for my pain. Aleve and Tylenol dont help at all. I hear its bad for my liver... an ulcer, huh? hmmmmmmm... thats not good. I'm just wondering why I had no problem with a whole bowl of oatmeal and here I am puking up tiny ibuprofin tablets??

...up until a few weeks ago, I was doing so good! I was eating healthy, avoiding sweets, excercising 4 days a week... but that all went downhill. I have been under so much stress! We are running short of work at work and everyone is grouchy, negative and argumentative. I usually go to the gym during lunch, but havent been taking one because we are working so hard trying to aquire some work so they dont have to start laying people off. YIKES! My kids have been keeping me busy after work and on weekends with homecoming games and dances, halloween, birthdays, meetings at school, friend activities.. sigh, I can hardly breathe these days! When I do have a spare night, all I want to do is rest and eat, not go to the gym like I should. Apparently when I am stressed I eat. I never noticed it before, but I sure have now! I havent been to the gym in 3 weeks, have been eating ice cream, chocolate, Cookies, and WAY too much in portion size. I'm excited to get another fill, hoping to reach that sweet spot someday, but i'm also nervous because I'm ashamed that I prolly havent lost any weight since I was there 7 weeks ago. :biggrin:

Thanks for your support! My fill went well, considering... I lost 4 lbs since I was there last. Not too shabby considering what I'd been eating in the past few weeks. They just told me to get back on track and try to squeeze in some 'me' time by exercising.

I dont even know what to say to you... :biggrin: You cant compare the two... well, I guess you can and did.

I buy champion whey Protein in vanilla and mix it with 8 ounces of Water and a crystal light packet. It tastes like a yummy cream drink. VERY tolerable! ps... mix it with tap or cool water and THEN refridgerate, if you want it ice cold. If you try to mix protein with hot or very cold liquids, it does get lumpy or grainy.

I hear ya sister! I always thought it was cheating too, and had no idea how much hard work it is to get where we are going! If I dont exercise and watch what I eat, I dont lose a pound! People dont realize that the band is a TOOL, not a solution (like gastric bypass).

Although I've yet to meet my first goal, I am so happy about something that I just had to share it with you! For the first time in about 7 years I FIT INTO A PAIR OF JEANS!!! Not the stretchy kind with the elastic waist, but real jeans! WITH A ZIPPER AND POCKETS! This may not seem like a big deal, but I hated the stretch 'denim leggings' i've been squeezing into for years. When my friend and I go to rock concerts, I have to give her my phone and money to carry in HER pockets, because I have none and dont want to take my purse in. Hated that! :eek: ...not to mention I felt like a total dork. How uncool are stretchy denim leggings on a 250 pound woman, right??? :thumbup: At my biggest, I was in a 26-28 stretch pant and yes, I was stretching them out! :sad: Now that I've lost 63 pounds I got brave and ordered some jeans from Roamans a few weeks ago in a size 24 (I still have the body image that I'm still 266 pounds!) and they were huge! I had to send them back. When I went to reorder, all they had left was a size 18! Booooooo! I wanted to order a 22, but.... Well, I ordered them anyway, telling myself that I would fit into them at some point in the future... I really liked the style and fit. PLUS they were on clearance. Anyway, I tried them on last night, just to see how close they were to fitting me, AND THEY FIT! THEY ACTUALLY FIT!!! :biggrin::biggrin::yikes: I cried so hard! My daughter didnt understand why I was crying... I couldnt explain it. I thought I'd never fit into a regular pair of jeans again. Yes, I know they do make jeans in larger sizes, but I never liked the way they looked. My thighs are huge so they would always be too baggy on the bottom (I'm not a fan of wide legged pants). Or they would be too low in the waist... or create muffin-top... or bag out in the back... or have hangy crotch. I finally gave up trying to buy jeans. Although I've lost some weight, I just didnt feel good in the many i've tried on and always left the store depressed and dejected.. WHICH in turn made me wonder why I was wasting my time trying so hard to lose weight when I would never be able to look the way I wanted. I know... I know... self sabotage. I was always hoping that SOME DAY I would be able to wear some jeans and feel good in them. THAT DAY IS TODAY! I'm so happy! :wink5:

Ok... you brought a lump to my throat! YOU ARE MOST WELCOME! Your blogs encourage, brighten, strengthen and let me know that it's normal to feel the way I do sometimes about food. I'm not alone. Your comical way of blogging through this drastic change in our lives makes it so much more bearable! THANK YOU!

I hear ya! We always have chocolate in my office in the little conference room accross from my desk and I SWEAR it calls me all day! Some days louder than others... haha So this is how I combat these cries... I know this is gonna sound ridiculous, but I sometimes close the door to the conference room so I dont hear it. The guys laugh at me in the office because i'm so silly, but HEY... if it keeps me away from that darn chocolate all day, its all good!

Wow! I have a large frame according to the chart. I never knew... According the the 'happy weight' I should weigh 134. That's CRAZY! At my thinnest in high school, that is about what I weighed... and you could see my bones. Anyway, regarding the goals that the docs set, I didnt get any goals. Heck, they didnt even weigh me before my surgery! I use my starting weight from my home scale... I weighed myself first thing when I got home from my surgery 4 days later. Who knows how accurate that is, but I continue to use my scale to chart my progress, as the dr. scale usually varies from mine. Just trying to keep it consistent. Ya know?

Regarding your slow loss... I too lose slow and sometimes am jealous reading about how much weight some people lose in such a short period of time. I was banded in April of 2008 and finally reached ONEderland this morning. EXACLY one and a half years later. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loses slow! :wink2:

I'm a little concerned and hopefully someone out there may have had a similar situation they can share... Over the last 2 weeks I have totally upped my game by going to the gym 4 times a week and working it HARD. I also added weight training to my regimen. Beginning last week, I started noticing a sharp pain at the port. It comes and goes. I dont have to even be doing anything. It twinges and then fades. Should I be worried or could it be related to the excercise? :mad: Thanks for your input!

YIKES! I'm so sorry... Good luck to you!

I get those too, and my surgeon said it was prolly scar tissue ripping from where they stitched the port to the muscle. It started when I upped my exercise routine. I would ask your doc next time you see him or her since I am a year and a half post op and have had time to form scar tissue. Not so sure about 2 months...

Oh my! A detached tube?? :closedeyes: I've never heard anyone talk about that here. Did they repair it? Since I posted, I have gone for a fill and my surgeon said if he was able to find the port ok, there was nothing to worry about. He did and said the pains might becoming from ripping scar tissue where my port is stitched to the muscle...

I'm so sorry! How hard this must feel for you! 6 months after my surgery, I fell and injured my ankle, and couldnt exercise for 6 weeks. I gained some back and I felt just horrible about it. Try not to let it get you down. Once you are 100%, pick up where you were and get back on track. Its just a temporary setback. You are doing so well losing 45 pounds! Remember... its TEMPORARY. :thumbup:

Try not to worry... I have the same experiences with fills. I have had 5 so far and have 5 ccs in a 10 cc band. The first time they gave me 2 ccs and it was fine... after that, they give me 1cc, but I always burp up the Water they give me, so they have been taking out .5ccs before I leave. For the first 4 days or so, I do great with restriction, then I find I can eat more than I should... From what I understand, due to the swelling, they can only give you as much as your tummy can handle at a time. Thats why you have to keep going back. I have noticed that after each fill, up until the next one (my doc comes to town every 6 weeks), it is still more restriction than before, so its all good. Its just patience and dediciation that will get us to that magical sweet spot. Keep on keeping on, and dont give up!

Is there a such thing as TOO much Protein? My dieteician is always getting on me for not getting enough... I finally found a way to get more in, but now I'm wondering if too much is a bad thing? Anyone? Thanks! :thumbup:

I was talking to a fitness instructor at the gym last night and he recommended 25 ish grams every hour and a half or two hours or so. He said our bodies cant absorb more than that at a time and anything more than that just gets pee'd out and wasted. He laughed at body builders who do 52 gram shots at a time because it isnt helping them a bit! :sneaky: He said that the Protein in out bodies kept at a consistent level throughout the day keeps us from going into starvation mode; which hinders weight loss... not to mention the benefit it does for our muscles as we lose weight and get stronger and healthier. I just wish protein wasnt so darn high in calories! :thumbup:

I hear ya! I went from a 44DD to a 38D or 40C!!! AACKKKKK!!! Now if my hips and thighs would slim down maybe I wouldnt feel so out of poportion in regards to my ever sagging baggy boobs!!

What constitues a sitting? Every half hour? Hour? Ugh... Since my surgery, i've been fighting the protein battle, and I think I finally found a way to get it all in... just not sure how to manage it. I appreciate your comments and feedback!

Here is the link... Good luck! Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test

Although I've yet to meet my first goal, I am so happy about something that I just had to share it with you! For the first time in about 7 years I FIT INTO A PAIR OF JEANS!!! Not the stretchy kind with the elastic waist, but real jeans! WITH A ZIPPER AND POCKETS! This may not seem like a big deal, but I hated the stretch 'denim leggings' i've been squeezing into for years. When my friend and I go to rock concerts, I have to give her my phone and money to carry in HER pockets, because I have none and dont want to take my purse in. Hated that! ...not to mention I felt like a total dork. How uncool are stretchy denim leggings on a 250 pound woman, right??? :confused: At my biggest, I was in a 26-28 stretch pant and yes, I was stretching them out! :ohmy: Now that I've lost 63 pounds I got brave and ordered some jeans from Roamans a few weeks ago in a size 24 (I still have the body image that I'm still 266 pounds!) and they were huge! I had to send them back. When I went to reorder, all they had left was a size 18! Booooooo! I wanted to order a 22, but.... Well, I ordered them anyway, telling myself that I would fit into them at some point in the future... I really liked the style and fit. PLUS they were on clearance. Anyway, I tried them on last night, just to see how close they were to fitting me, AND THEY FIT! THEY ACTUALLY FIT!!! I cried so hard! My daughter didnt understand why I was crying... I couldnt explain it. I thought I'd never fit into a regular pair of jeans again. Yes, I know they do make jeans in larger sizes, but I never liked the way they looked. My thighs are huge so they would always be too baggy on the bottom (I'm not a fan of wide legged pants). Or they would be too low in the waist... or create muffin-top... or bag out in the back... or have hangy crotch. I finally gave up trying to buy jeans. Although I've lost some weight, I just didnt feel good in the many i've tried on and always left the store depressed and dejected.. WHICH in turn made me wonder why I was wasting my time trying so hard to lose weight when I would never be able to look the way I wanted. I know... I know... self sabotage. I was always hoping that SOME DAY I would be able to wear some jeans and feel good in them. :wub: THAT DAY IS TODAY! I'm so happy!

Although I've yet to meet my first goal, I am so happy about something that I just had to share it with you! For the first time in about 7 years I FIT INTO A PAIR OF JEANS!!! Not the stretchy kind with the elastic waist, but real jeans! WITH A ZIPPER AND POCKETS! This may not seem like a big deal, but I hated the stretch 'denim leggings' i've been squeezing into for years. When my friend and I go to rock concerts, I have to give her my phone and money to carry in HER pockets, because I have none and dont want to take my purse in. Hated that! ...not to mention I felt like a total dork. How uncool are stretchy denim leggings on a 250 pound woman, right??? :thumbup: At my biggest, I was in a 26-28 stretch pant and yes, I was stretching them out! :yikes: Now that I've lost 63 pounds I got brave and ordered some jeans from Roamans a few weeks ago in a size 24 (I still have the body image that I'm still 266 pounds!) and they were huge! I had to send them back. When I went to reorder, all they had left was a size 18! Booooooo! I wanted to order a 22, but.... Well, I ordered them anyway, telling myself that I would fit into them at some point in the future... I really liked the style and fit. PLUS they were on clearance. Anyway, I tried them on last night, just to see how close they were to fitting me, AND THEY FIT! THEY ACTUALLY FIT!!! I cried so hard! My daughter didnt understand why I was crying... I couldnt explain it. I thought I'd never fit into a regular pair of jeans again. Yes, I know they do make jeans in larger sizes, but I never liked the way they looked. My thighs are huge so they would always be too baggy on the bottom (I'm not a fan of wide legged pants). Or they would be too low in the waist... or create muffin-top... or bag out in the back... or have hangy crotch. I finally gave up trying to buy jeans. Although I've lost some weight, I just didnt feel good in the many i've tried on and always left the store depressed and dejected.. WHICH in turn made me wonder why I was wasting my time trying so hard to lose weight when I would never be able to look the way I wanted. I know... I know... self sabotage. I was always hoping that SOME DAY I would be able to wear some jeans and feel good in them. :biggrin: THAT DAY IS TODAY! I'm so happy!