This is my very first blog post. I don't know if anyone will ever read this, but I'm going to use it as a motivational tool for the next two months. I realized today that I have exactly 8 weeks to go before I take a trip in July to see some work colleagues who I usually only see once a year. Last July I was pretty depressed about my weight and hadn't made the decision to be banded yet. I got banded in Sept. and am really happy with the results right now, 8 months later. I'm at 158 pounds right n
So, here I am, my first full week of food post first fill...This has been a very interesting educational time..I managed to go through a few emotional moments without overeating to the point of illness, however I did eat for emotional reasons but was able to stop before I was out of control thanks to my new tool the band..this for me has been very exciting on so many levels. At the same time I was given new medications for my heart which have made me feel not well as my body adjusts so for this
I guess I have nothin to say because I keep typing, deleting, typing, deleting...I just want to know that someone is out there who has been where I am and they get through this feeling. I will go get another fill, so I can eat less still. There's got to be more to this than the food issues. I am so tired of looking in the mirror at myself and not liking what I see!! How did I let myself go like this? Nobody looks anymore. I hope that changes. Good night.
I just got banded on Friday. Everything went great. I'm home already and feeling good. No pain. I met wonderful Ladies at OCC. Hi Angela, Jackie and Cindy. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm on the liquid diet and so far on my third day I haven't felt hungry.
The staff at OCC are the best. I recommend this office to everyone who is thinking of getting the lap band. A very clean and safe place. Dr. So if you read this you were awesome and very informative. So far I loss ten pounds before my surg
I was scheduled with my DR's office yesterday for my first fill. I did all the work before my surgery to make sure it was all covered and scheduled. I went in to see the band DR yesterday morning. He was very nice.......... then had additude because I went to TJ to get my band. My weight wasn't high enough to get it here! He was going to do my fill, but said because my insurance didn't approve it, they wouldn't cover my adjustments. He said it would cost about $400. (my mom see's a DR 10
It's amazing how easy this journey has been so far. Now, granted, I am only a week post-op and there are so many challenges ahead that I haven't experienced that it is possible that my attitude will change, but for now, I am cruising along rather nicely.
So let's get the stats out of the way:
Decision Weight (3/1/10): 420.2 lbs
Weight at booking (3/17/10): 413.4 lbs
Surgery Weight (5/7/10): 394.0 lbs
Current Weight (5/13/10): 379.6 lbs
Down 40.6 from peak.
Down 33.8 from b
I went out to breakfast for Mother's Day, had a veggie burger with bacon. That's right. With onion rings. I ate it slowly and got most of it down without pain, never did feel really full, then felt sick all day. I have 5 cc's in my band now so I shouldn't be eating that much but it was like the floodgates opened and I could eat....so I ate. Needless to say, I really haven't lost any weight, what did I expect, that the fat would melt away? It's not, nothing has changed. Except that sometime
I have been doing the Pre Op Diet for a week now .
I have been totally starving... Grumpy.... It is like I NEED Suger and Bread so bad that I am dreaming of going to IHOP for pancakes with straberries and whipped cream or to the Red Lobster for the cheese biscuits. Lori who answers the OCC phone calls said I can eat lots of salad during this time so now I am filling bowls to the top with veggies. Huge mixing bowls with mushrooms,tomato, leattuce, carrots, green beans, cucumbers etc. I found
Day 30 and it has gotten hard to maintain a positive attitude. I am so hungry, but with just today and tomorrow left it would be a great disservice to myself to go off liquids now. So I guess now I will start shopping around for meal ideas. Are family reunion is 4 weeks from today and I have always been the cook, be it stove oven grill or whatever so we will see what which is happens. I got my first compliment yesterday. Someone told me I was thinner in the face. That was pretty cool. I told my
Wow it finally worked. Well here I am on day 28 and the last three days are going to be the hardest I think. I have had very few episodes where I have felt these cravings. Maybe it's because I have been planning some things to eat once I start back on solids. I think if it was not for my band and not wanting to go against the advice I was given, I would be trying to eat now. I am still doing protein shakes, soup,smoothies and water. I now weigh 307lbs down from 353lbs pre-op. I feel ok but, my e
I kind of gave up writing in here because the site keeps telling me that I'm forbidden or not authorized to write in my own blog. So I'm just going to try to post this to it and see what happens.
Well I am new at this blogging thing so I just somehow lost the blog I just wrote for today . Now I am typing a new entry... Today started good with a wt loss of 10 pounds since I weighed in at my doctors last week. I have been trying to stick with the Pre Op Diet witht he protein shakes and the low cal microwave meal for dinner.. I have been totally starving. Tonight I made some sugar free jello and had some watermellon. I don't think that it part of the diet but I was starving and when
I have never written a blog before so I don't know the first thing about it. It kind of feels like writing in a diary when I was a teenager. Well it is official I have one month before I have my surgery. I am excited along with being scared to death. I started out my day with a Walmart Generic Chocolate Slim Fast for breakfast and lunch and I had a salad and a 300 calorie dinner. I have been drinking so much water I feel I am going to float away. I bought a new scale since wh
Feeling Great!! Down 13 lbs, not bad. I only have 50 lbs to lose so this is a great start. First fill on 5/13 coming up quick. I'm not going back to OCC, my family doc referred me to the lapband doc here in the clinic I go to. They were more than willing to take care of all my after care. Got me in quickly, exactly when I need my 1st fill, and my insurance has to cover it with my $10 co pay!!! Best part. Eating has been good, no problems. I started my first morning with eggs, expecting
Sorry I neglected this. Today is my 20th day since I started this journey, adventure or whatever. Today I can start my Muscle milk again . Yesterday I had my first soup. I was having serious doubts on my 7th or 8th day post-op. I guess I should tell you what happened on the 19th. I got to the Clinic about 7:20am and proceeded to fill out all the paper work and give up the money. I then got my IV put in. I then saw Dr. Miranda and she told me her part, and weighed me 334lbs and set a goal of 260l
So ok, here I am just a month out with a new band...I am learning many things about myself, my relationship with food, and some hard lessons. In the past month I have only really tested the band three times, last night was my most recent test, and while I felt awful, icky, (need a new word for band overeating), I also learned some things..one; it doesn't feel real pleasant to overeat with the band. You can't sleep, and it (food?) stays with you for most of the next day, or at least the icky feel
Just got banded about 8 hours ago. My father and I both had the surgery and all went very well. Cant say enough about the Doctors and Staff. I am now thankful (was pissed off) that my US insurance would not approve the procedure or I wouldnt have found the OCC Team. If you are considering this procedure please do your self and family a favor and schedule it with OCC in TJ Mexico.... Cleanest facality and friendliest staff. The US media has this all wrong as well. Not once have I felt unsaf
Hi Everyone, haven't been here in a long time. Took on some more clients and got a job working outside of the home so needless to say I've been busy busy.
I wanted to say that I have found that even without a fill I do have restriction. Not sure how much but I've been learning what I can and can't eat. I finally had my first pb experience. ugggghhh it was awful (well probably not as bad as it could have been) I ate about one tablespoon of rice and my whole system just stopped. I felt it inch d
Well here I am at the Lucerna. It's 6:40 am I leave for the OCC in about 2o minutes. Went down to Revelution Ave and shopped a bit On Sunday. We maet avery nice woman and her daughter at the hotel and they went with us. They are from Canada and seem to have some of the same problems that we have and their taxes really suck. Gotta go I can't type fast enough to say all I need to.Thanx tc all see you soon.
3 more days of liqiuds, i'm so excited. I feel great. The only thing I miss is spicy food. I eat alot of tomato soup and add tobasco, it's great! I'm down 11 lbs. today ~ that leaves me 39 more to go. No doubt i'll reach the 15% by my first fill. I'm so glad I went to OCC ~ i've had a few friends who went to a different clinic in TJ, 3 of the 5 have had to have their bands removed already, and had no success. 1 other is waiting for her insurance to approve removal, and there was 1 success
Eight, wow count em, eight. Day eight began with my coffee and figuring out the day. I had my shake about 9:30 after going to get milk. I moved my old chair into the basement and made room for the treadmill I bought. I put down a mat and power strip and ended my participation in this. Drank another shake around 2:30 and the guys delivering the treadmill called. They wanted to know if I was home. I said Yes and went outside and they were across the street. Trying to deliver it to my neighbors. An
