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Hey! No I haven't lost more. I'm sure I gained this week! My worst thing is grazing. I can't eat much if I sit down for a meal, but it is the little eating. I haven't made it to the gym this week because of everything going on. I think I am going today. I've got to motivate myself. I definately don't feel as good about myself and since my workouts have been less intense I'm not as tight and compact.
Got to get back to it. I think if I can be good the next two days and just eat protein I can get the cravings out of my system by Monday.
Thanks for checking in. Get back to the gym. I'll think of you when I'm there!
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Hey thanks for the comments on my profile. It is amazing how you will feel a year from today....just 11 more months and you'll hit that year mark and you won't even remember what it felt like to be where you are now. Keep a blog. I love going back to remember where I came from and how hard I have worked. It is still a chore and I hope to lose more, but I am pretty happy with myself now. Keep up the great work!
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The fill work okay until I realize I was way too tight and needed an unfill. I am pretty happy now. Not being very strict with my diet so I'm not losing, but hold pretty steady. I need to do better. Hang in there. I know if I got back to my high protein and low carb it would melt off some more. I really need to do that. Take care and keep in touch!
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Hey! Sorry for not getting back with you sooner. I was running out of the house when I got your message. I was banded in Denver by Dr. Kirshenbaum. I am self pay and he is great for the low price of only $9950.
Things are good. I have gotten off course, but am thinking of starting a support group for weight loss in my community. I don't know if I can do it, but I'm thinking about it.
I have lost with a high protein diet, but need to get back to it. I hit the gym at least 3 tmes a week. I feel great, but want to take off another 15 lbs.
Keep in touch and keep me informed on how you are doing!
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WOW! Great job!
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He Kansas Girl. I am from the great wheat state too! Where are you from? I know what you mean about re-committing. I have been off track for a very short time, but I am always worried about whether or not this will be the time I lose my way. I am just over a year out from my band.
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Hang in there! A couple of days is going to make such a difference!
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Try different protien shakes. Found one I really like. The others suck! I like the AdvantEdge milk chocolate from EAS. I buy mine at Walmart. Get some protein in your body. I used protein "shots" for the first week or so. You can get it at GNC or a healthfood store and it looks like a gian test tube. It is just liquid protein. Tastes gross (drink it fast) but it will help with weekness and light headedness. Are you a cafiene drinker? If so your headeache maybe from cafeine withdrawl. Have some tea. I know you ar tempted to eat something solid but you need your stomach to rest so the band heals in place. The more your stomach has to work at digestion the more it will move around. Hand in there. Welcom to Bandster Hell. You'll make it through!
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Mine is up higher. It is sore at first and not comfortable to lay on. As I have lost weight if I am laying down and look at my tummy (without a shirt) and do a crunch I can see my port. (maybe someone explain this as "sticking out". ) It just looks like a little bump under the skin. When I have a tummy tuck for my extra skin and final tummy fat I hope to have it moved deeper to make it harder to see. It isn't gross and hubby doesn't notice it unless I bring attention to it. I have lost 115 lbs so it is easy to feel now. When they give your band a fill (inject saline in to make it tighter around your stomach to curb your appitite and make you get full faster) they use a needle and go right through the skin. Just a pin prick. It hurts more when you give blood. It is a common type of port that is used for long term IV medications for people with chronic illness. They call it a Port-a-Cath. That goes into your vien, but this is hooked up to the band. You might go to the lapband website. I think they have some good videos about the band and how the port works when you get a fill. www.lapband.com. It isn't easy, but it is easier to lose the weight if you use the band they way it can be used.
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10/22/09 - I shouldn't be so nice!
julie.ann commented on tonya66's blog entry in Sunshine2's (Tonya's) Journal
Yeah, I was doing good until our jr. high halloween party here last night. I ate so much crap I felt nauseas going to bed last night. How did I ever do this on a regular basis? Yuck! -
My first of many NSV (Non-scale victories!)
julie.ann commented on julie.ann's blog entry in My Secret Journey
That is awesome! It is so much fun. Wait until you get to the point that you really like your wardrobe and your almost pleasantly frustrated that clothes are not fitting right because they are too big. You will get there! -
11/9/08 I’ve already begun to pull clothes out of my closet I haven’t worn in years. And that started just a week post-op and continues. I can’t believe it. I am already ….um…..more comfortable with my husband. Okay that was kind of weird putting that down. I’ve moved to weighing myself on the Wii Fit. It says that I’ve lost a total of 27 lbs and I’ve got from a BMI of 49 to 44.11. That is amazing! I was embarrassed of my BMI even on the boards, but I feel more “normal” for a new bandster now. I’ve upped my calories to 1000-1200 per day. I think that is where I need to be to keep the weight moving and I plan to start back to the gym this week. I haven’t gone to the gym regularly since about May. I hope that will jump start my weight loss even more. I still worry about my port and band and I can’t wait until my first fill. Not just for the fill but to be reassured that everything is ok with my port and band. I don’t know what I will do if I need a revision. Self pay means I definitely have to worry about that stuff!
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Hey I just left you a message wondering where you had gone off to. Now I know. Welcome back. Good job on a tiny gain and losing it so quickly. You know before the band that might have been when you would have continued to stray. Great job at getting right back to it! Bless you for your kind words by the way. You are awesome too! Take care and keep in touch!
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When will I be happy with my body?
julie.ann commented on julie.ann's blog entry in My Secret Journey
Thanks girls.BG, Working with a trainer to sculpt may be a good idea....it's like $15 an hour, but maybe I can make it a Christmas present to myself. xavier - Maybe you are right the tree trunk waist (perfect way to describe it by the way) will be the last to go. That means if I want to lose it I have to keep going, but eventually it has to come off right? At some point I can't look like a tree trunk. *big sigh*..... -
When will I be happy with my body?
julie.ann commented on julie.ann's blog entry in My Secret Journey
You know I want to start out by saying that I am going to get a little whiney and for those of you who cannot sympathize with Goal Limbo then you are going to hate this post. But I come here to voice my NSV, my SV and so I will post my whining too. I will attach a couple of pictures here. These are my 1 year full body pictures. I have my pre-op pics on my profile page if you want to see. I'm not at my home comptuer or I would upload those. I am so very not happy with my body. I'm not talking about the drooping girls in front. I have to expect that after losing 115 lbs. I am talking about my "big" tummy and the fact that from the side I have no waiste. AT ALL! How depressing is that? When I see myself in the mirror and in pictures (which is the real test) I am actually pretty happy with my front view. I have never had to worry about hips like one of my sisters. I am broad acrose the back, but that has gotten more propotionate lately and with my "sucker-inner" as I call my cami-body hugger I don't have a lot of loose looking skin and it help keeps the girls up. (without the sucker-inner it isn't quite as pretty ) From the side I have absolutely no waste. Infact I think my belt in is direct allignment to the girls up top. People at work call me skinny, which doesn't tick me off like it used to when I thought they were kind of making fun of me. I had a girl at work that thought I weighed 130 lbs. Okay that made me wonder if she was making fun of me again, but I don't think she was. I weigh 170 and I told her so, but I am pretty fit and wear a size 11/12. I would LOVE to go down one more size and hit a 9/10 comfortablly. But I digress..... What is wrong with me? What is wrong with my body. I am a short little thing. Only 5'4". I know that makes a big difference in the way I carry my weight. I know that one year ago when I was wearing a size 22/24 I would have swore when I fit into a size 11/12 that I would be estatic with my body. Now all I see is fat when I look at my profile in the mirror. Oh another thing on these pictures is that I still have a !@#$% double chin! WHAT? I thought I got rid of that. I will have to walk around with my nose in the air so that thing isn't as noticable! Oh I know what some of you are thinking....."What is she complaining about? If I could lose that weight I would be so happy I would never complain" Yeah, I hope that is true because it is what I thought a year ago. Maybe this is good. I have been so happy with my weight and my body that I have gone into maintaince mode. I guess maybe I needed to get to point where I am not happy to get my weight loss moving again. I am so frustrated, but on the bright side it makes me want to go to the gym. It is funny when I first hit this weight and this size I thought I looked good. I am starting to see how skinny girls can actually with a straight face say they think they are fat. I always kind of thought that it was a ploy to get attention, but they actually look in the mirror and don't see a nice figure. Oh this sucks. I guess I will ride the rollercoaster, hopefully get a few more pounds off of my body and hope for a waist line. I have to wait another 4 years before my surgery is paid off and I can get a tummy tuck/ lipo and a breast lift. I hope the next four years seem to go as fast as the last one! -
Thanks for the comment. My workout routine started as promising myself at least 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week. If I did no more than that I wasn't allowed to get down on myself. I slowly started adding in weights. I would work on my abs and get a good routine for that. My cardio strarted getting boring so I would change it up with spinning and zumba. After about 8 months I had the gym make me a weight program to follow and I did that for about 8 weeks. It also got me more comfortable around more weight machines.
I have always stuck to my cardio 3 times a week, and one day I do arms, one day I do legs and one or two days a week I do my abs. I'm not hard core, but I give myself a good workout.
I started working out (again...I've started and stopped a million times before) about 6 weeks after surgery. Hard to believe it has been a year ago!
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Are you doing anything for bandaversary?
julie.ann replied to sim78's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
That would be awesome. Great job! Hasn't this been great! Keep loving life and working the band! -
WOW! Met a goal I really didn't know I had.....
julie.ann commented on angelamfajardo's blog entry in Blog 66254
That is awesome. I remember hitting that goal. I couldn't wait. I cross my legs all the time now. It is more comfortable. Weird uh? -
Cottage cheese is my staple! I eat it with everything. If you have something a little dry it helps to break up the texture and tastes great. I have to admit I am picky about my cottage cheese. I guess I am a cottage cheese snob! ;-D