michelleisaac

I had surgery on Dec 2 o9 and am still counting calories. I plan for around 1200 a day.. i do not want my body to think I am in starvation mode. Each of us is different you have to play around to figure out how many your body needs to lose weight. I have an Iphone and use a free app called loose it. I love it so far. Do not get frustrated if you read most of our blogs at the stage you are in now most of us can relate. patience is a hard part of this process. I always want instant gratification. i am learning that this is a long process and to love my band one day at a time.. I too make sure to drink at least a min of 2 litres of water a day. I also have green tea but do not include that into my water rations. Keep your chin up it will get better...

Well am I good or what. I had the wrong blog address on my signature.. SO here is the right one now.

www.bandsterjourney.blogspot.com

Hug for everyone and goodnight..

I have become severely obsessed with bloggerland. I feel like I spend so much time reading about everyone else's journeys. I love it. It keeps me motivated, happy and also find I can relate to some of the stories and shed a few tears. I go onto everyones sites and continue to find new people to follow on here. I love it.

Couple questions for the pros out there. How do you know you are at your sweet spot??? I notice at 5 ccs I get full easy but also find I get hungry early and start to snack on things. Now does that mean I need a bit more of a fill?? I am going for one tomorrow. I have also noticed with some food it hurts when it passes through the band. I have learned to be a lot more careful. I have also had some food get stuck but am learning slowly what those foods are. I have also learned that I am tight in the morning and I have to take it easy in the morning and try to get water before I try to eat. I also enjoy tea and freshly juiced vegetable and fruit juices.

Another question my hair has started to fall out a lot. I know that it was like this after any of my surgeries and that it can not be food related because I have never eat so healthy before. So my question to you is how long before it quits falling out??? I have lots of hair so not worried about going bald but dang I hate getting handfuls out.

Well off to watch the rest of my soaps I got behind on blogs and on my favourite shows being away..

Just wanted you all to know that I love each and everyone one of you for all the support you share with me. I come here for the motivation. I hope that I can help everyone as much as you have helped me.. HUGZ all the way around..:biggrin:

I had turkey chilli with quinoa the other day. I love that stuff now knowing that it has good protein.

Sorry Antonella goes in this coming wednesday for her band...

ALso I am down 36 lbs today. Yeah... I am 31% to my goal weight. I love lapband.com.. IT does have some pretty cool features..

www.bandsterjourney.blogger.com

Sorry in a hurry have to bring kids to the bus..

Well all my friends here. I have not been on here much. I have become addicted to blogger and have found so many people on there and have been trying to catch up on all their blogs..

I believe Antonella was banded today so I would like to say happy Band-day to you.. hOpe surgery went well for you... Take care and follow the doctors directions...

So if there is anyone else out there with blogs you can find me at

www.bandsterjourney.com

I have found some of you out there but hope to find more..

Hope everyone is well.. I will check in from time to time...

I have missed you on here... Good to see u back.... I hope everything goes well. I am crossing my fingers for you...

I wish in Canada that insurance companies gave you the option of having wls.... I believe we are further behind in times then US... Crazy stuff..

Hey well I am two months since surgery. Since November 1st. 2010 I have officially lost on my scale 30lbs. I am so happy... I am down to 268 lbs. Yeah for me. Once I hit 50 lbs lost I am going shopping at Lulu Lemon.. So fun... LOL

I have an awesome green tea that I am drink 3 times a day and I am continuing with my freshly juiced juice that I do myself so I can control what goes in there.... Todays was yummy. Cucumber, carrot, tomato, spinach, celery a few grapes strawberries and blueberries.. It was great... It also fills me so I have it right when I start to get hungry in the afternoon..

I have also started back on vitamins with a stress B because I have been having a hard time. I moved from my home town to be with my hubby where he works and I do not much like this place. I did it so my six kids and I can live with their dad as a family. I just feel really lonely here.. I miss having my girlfriends and doing things outside of family time. I need to get out more but find it soooo difficult. I go for a fill tomorrow and will be taking one of my husbands co-workers wives with me. I am sooo excited about this.. Again it is the little things with me..

Anyways got to run watching biggest losers... Happy yellow team is back...

i was told it is the feeling u have the first week after surgery...

Way to go and welcome back...

Yeah I get to go for a second fill next wednesday,... I am so happy... I am doing a happy dance and you can't even see me... For me it is the little things..

I feel like I am doing pretty good. My friend was here for a few days and brought me my favourite Japanese green tea. It is kind of a cool mix loose green tea leaves with with roasted rice and a few pieces of popcorn in it.. It is awesome.. So I have been drinking three cups of that a day.. Yummy...

I have bought more lean cuisine meals for those days that I just want food now instead of eating the crap dinner with the kids.. I add salad to it. because I still do not have restriction.

Weigh in on friday... Crazy nervous about that.. Keep up the good work all of us..

Well I am doing Fine.. And if any of you know what FINE really means then you know that it is not true. LOL I have been working pretty hard on losing but have slowed. This is where my weighloss usually plateus and I give up... I have vowed to myself that is not what is going to happen for me.. I am changing my plans with my personal trainer because of the pain from my Fybromyalgia... I went to one workout and was in pain for a full week plus some.. It made my symptoms flair up.. I also gained .4 lbs back.. Not biggy I am thinking it is from my time of the month. I had a hystorectomy 3 years ago but have one ovary left so still get the symptoms.. Anyways... I still would not say I am not in Bandster Hell.I am really doing my best to stay at under 1200 calories some days it may be a bit more but not many. I definatly do not have restriction but can feel some foods going through the band. I also have been trying to focus on slowing down my eating. That is the hardest part for me.. I am going to start using my phone for a timer... I put in a request for another fill so hope to do that in just over a week.. I really want to get to that sweet spot.

Well goodnight all... PS I love reading all the blogs on here. It helps me with inspiration..

Yeah me five. I am on here once or even twice a day... I feel it keeps me even more motivated then I already am.

Yeah I think it is normal.. It is better to go slow you dont want to have to much at one fill and pay for it later.. It seems like on her it is about 5-7 fills to get to the sweet spot so I am not going to focus on how many fills it takes to get there. I know I maybe in for a few or just a couple more. I keep count of my calories and stick to the rules. I would not get to discouraged it took a long time to put the weight on and once you have your sweet spot it will get better. Take care and relax get use to your band..

Awesome news...

Well I am so excited today I weighed in and I am down another 2 lbs. This week I lost 4 or 5 lbs total... That is so awesome... Another thing I am so excited is I have gone on the BMI from morbidly obese to severely obese... Yeah how cool is that... The band fill went good. I had half cup of mashed potatoes for supper and was full off that.. Later in the evening to get my calorie intake up I had my bowl of cream of wheat with milk to also get my protein up for the day... I am so happy with all of this...

On saturday at 11 you may hear me groaning where ever you live because I start with my personal trainer that day... I am scared... Scared of puking and scared of being really sore later...

Well time to sign out I have to drive my kiddies to the bus... I think by spring I will be able to walk them there... That will be cool.. Only thing is I would want to bring my dogs and there is a lot of dogs on this little road so will see how that goes...

I am doing awesome as well... I have lost Close to 28lbs now... So crazy... I am loving my band.. Good luck on your fill monday...

I was told to not use a straw cause it will cause gas and burping...

Well it is done... It was not as bad as I thought. I had 2.5 cc from surgery and they added another 1 cc today... So I am at 3.5 ccs. Interesting... It did not hurt felt a pinch but not bad... I can handle it.. LOL SO I will see how the fill goes otherwise I think she said I can go back in 3 weeks which works out good for me because I do not want to be down there during the olympics... It will be crazy traveling the sea to sky through Whistler all the way to Vancouver. I will be staying home at that time.. LOL.. SO hope I get one more fill before the olympics..

ALso I found a new premixed protein powder at Costco. It is 160 calories and 30 grams of protein.. It is called I believe premiere protein.. I can't remember the cost of it but I wanna think it wasnt bad at all... SO I will be back next thursday to buy a couple cases it comes in eighteen pack... It does not taste like wow I love the stuff but it is good.. I just love that it is 30 grams of protein.. Makes it a lot easier to get in my protein...

Well goodnight everyone.. :thumbup:

I go for my first fill on wednesday I am feeling pretty nervous.... But I am down almost another 2 lbs. Official weigh in is not until friday but I cheated and jumped on the scale...

Juicing is going good getting braver have been doing tomato, celery, carrot, spinich with an apple... I may not savor every drop I basically chug the whole glass... Happy knowing I am getting my vitamins in....

Also tonight Len and I went to see Leap Year then went out for a nice dinner.. I had the three course meal that was on-sale... It was crab cakes, halibut and a chocolate torte.. I shared it all with Len... It was a good meal.. Left feeling full.. Not over full...

So I will update on wednesday after the fill.. I am scared.. LOL

my first fill is wednesday.. I am still pretty nervous... eeekkk

Were you close to BC???? Glad to see you are back on here... Missed yeah....

I just started my journey and I was self pay and I would do it over again... I was banded a month ago and am down 23 lbs.. That is a big sack of flour gone. Yeah...

Well I have learned a lesson today. I was unprepared and eat some foods I should not have. I did not go over board but old habits die hard and I am feeling guilty as heck about them. I had some chips and a piece of pizza. I did add them into my daily calories so I didnt really go to over board but I am wanting to be eating better more healthy. I learned I need to be prepared for situations. Carry an Isopure with me to hold me over. Buy some protein bars that I can eat and have in my car. I also am excited that the holidays are over and the kiddies will be going back to school in a few sleeps.

On another note I get to go for my first fill on January 13, 2010. I am more scared about this then the actual surgery was... I am happy to finally get a fill so I will possibly have some restriction.:

I will be starting my biggest loser wii program tomorrow. I am still getting over a yucky sinus cold but I need to start doing this. I also want all the junky food in my house gone.. It is not helping me..

All in all though I am doing very well. I am completely happy I have my diva... She will help me succeed..

Loving Life....