Hey all! Black Friday we all loaded up in the car and went shopping at Nebraska Furniture Mart. I asked Santa for a laptop and Santa.....aka my loving husband bought me one! I got a lovely Toshiba laptop with a huge screen and 10 key on the keyboard. Very cool. Has a web camera right in the monitor too! Yes! I am so happy. You can bet I will be making some more You Tube videos! Yes! It was affordable too!
It won't be my laptop alone, I will share it with everyone in my family. Jim h
Hello everyone. I have recently stumbled on a great weightloss community on you tube. It is pretty cool. I like being able to see everyone. People really lay it on the line there, and I enjoy the truth being spoke. One of my favorite channels is "ProofWLSWorks." That channel has a new youtuber for each day of the week. Each week they have a topic they all share on. The speakers have all had weightloss surgery of one type of another, so you can see the topic from different perspectives.
My family will be having another Thanksgiving at our home today. My wonderful husband is doing ALL the cooking for 10 family members. It smells so good right now in the house and having them here makes it so special.
Banded November 24, 2009 @ OCC
Pre-Op Weight 186.6
Surgery Weight 185
Current Weight 183
Goal Weight 110
I cooked up a storm this year. It was great. Switched up a few recipes for the health of it. Ate till I was satisfied and felt great. I had all the fixings! Yummo!
I love this band!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
I'm heading home today and really looking forward to seeing my family. I'm a little sore but know this is going to be worth every minute!! =D>
So day after surgery,
Nothing major in the discomfort area, just a bit of tightness behind the breastbone and bit of pain when walking.
Another issue im having is the inability to burp. Very gurgly inside and feel bubbles of air in my esophegus. Has anyone else had similar issues and if so how long will it take till i can burp again....
Thanks All
Comments would be appreciated
Ange
Day 2 <3
Feeling great...yes a little sore but doing great. Surgery went fast and the staff were great. I can back to the hotel and wanted to nap but just hung out. Trying to talk to family on line but that was a no go. I have had tea, apple juicy and broth. I don't go home until tomorrow. I really wished I knew that I had a option to leave last night or today.
I hate being away from my family but the Marriott is very nice. I might go with a couple of women that are going shopping today.
Ok here goes, I have NEVER wrote a blog in my life. I am so so excited and yes scared to have this done, but know this is something that I want and really need to have done.
I have done 9 1/2 marathons in the last 2 years. (I walk) I have done many 12k's, 5k's and so on but can not seem to lose. I love walking and would really love to run with my husband. (he just started in January) I'm the middle girl of three and always thought of myself as the fattest, ugliest of the three. I have been ov
Self esteem – Feels so good! Looking better….oh, wait…..a compliment! I am at the 40 lbs lost mark. (happy dance) A co-worker said she could see I was loosing weight. YES! Love it! That makes 4 people I work with who have noticed a change! Thank heavens, I was starting to wonder if people were blind!! It is amazing how you can loose weight and no one will comment. It feels good to see and feel the changes I have with my own body, and yet when someone else notices it it’s like icing on to
So last night going out on the town b4 my op.
Its always a great experience to get all dressed up with your girlfriends, and hit the town for a night of dancing. Until you realise that all your friends are a size 6 (American size 0) and you look like a whale in a dress in comparison.
I am looking forward to this not being the case some months down the track...
Fun times.
Hit you up later
So lets start with the introduction
I'm Angela, I am 19 years old, I live in Auckland, New Zealand and I am a second year Education student in Universtity. I decided in october of this year to have the lap band surgery and i am due to have the surgery this wednesday (25th November 09).
I'm starting to have worries about the surgery now... I have been big my whole life and the concept of being thin is such a far off concept to me that i am stuggling to even believe that is a real possibility.
My weight loss has really slowed down. I lost 2 lbs this month. Down 8 lbs since my last fill in Sept.
I've been watching a lot of videos on you tube. People vlog about there journey. I have really learned alot. I am a visual person so it helps to see people and pictures of what they are talking about. They get honest about things and it has been refreshing.
Getting my head in the game for my next fill. Each one is a process for me. Getting use to less food and all the adjustments t
So I had surgery last Wednesday and I am doing pretty well. I went shopping on Revolucion Ave the day after surgery and did some San Diego sight seeing on Friday. When I got home on Saturday, I was exhausted but felt pretty good after some rest. Almost all my soreness is gone except at the port.. and all my scars are hardly gonna be noticable except the bigger one. I am burping a lot.. lol.. but I guess that is better than not being able to burp like I have heard some say.
I stayed on clears un
NVS! I went shopping this weekend. (Toddler free) I went to good ol’ Walmart. I was on a mission to find a new bra. One that would offer support and the all so important comfort! My current bra size was 44 DD. I walked out with a 42 D! I am so happy about that.
I’ve had set backs with my food intake that I am aware of and I am working on. I want to feel good about the foods I am putting into my body. Changing my food habits is a work in progress. Adding junk food is not something I
Hey Bandster Buddie what's up? Today is day 22 after surgery....you know what that means, a food free for all...just kidding. I did pretty good today, I had porridge for breakfast, which is like oatmeal or grits. I had an eggwhite omlette for lunch. I haven't had dinner yet but I plan on having a chicken salad. I wanted to go to the gym, but I'm really sick with the flu...not swine...regular. I plan on going on Monday, I want to lose 4-5 pounds by December 4th, the date of my first fill, which i
I have never blogged before and not sure what "blogging" really is. I have struggled my whole life with food and being a closet eater. I hid food consumption from my parents, friends and lovers. I tipped the scales at 330lbs by the age of 25. It may sound funny to say this, but if you have seen the movie, you may just understand the significance of it. In the Austin Powers file, Fat Bastard quotes 'I can't stop eating. I eat because I'm unhappy, and I'm unhappy because I eat. It's a vicious
Drinking water – big ol’ drinks! Questions…
Okay so I had something unexpected happen this morning. I took a big-o-drink of water. More like three consecutive drinks. Swallow, swallow, swallow….you get what I am saying. I actually felt the water being held up. Like not super drastic, but I felt it in my stoma and throat. I felt a mild alert over the situation. Um, never had that happen before! Wow! Until this happened this morning I have been able to chug-a-lug my water at a good rate
I new from the moment I woke up this morning, I felt skinny! So I made my way to the bathroom and BAM! 237.7! Ta-Da! It feels good to see the decrease in size and number! I feel better, can move easier, breath deeper, and eat less! I feel like a success!
Last night, I was eating supper and I must have taken a "few" bites to many. Something didn't feel right, and I knew I was in for it when I started to get the spits. I was up walking around, and had to make my way to the sink. (I am
I scheduled another fill apt for December. I have really been on the fence.
Do I need a fill….? Up until now I haven't had this hard of a time making up my mind.
What the biggest sticking point is the amount of food/portion wise and being MENTALLY satisfied with a smaller and smaller portion of food. For example, yesterday I ate around the band. I had gyro meat for lunch with sauce. I had around 1/3 of the meat when I felt satisfied. So, I stopped, but mentally I was not satisfied.
Hey all I am on day 12 of my 21 day Liquid Phase. I am starting this blog for some accountability. I have done pretty good so far but I have had some slip ups so far, two minor ones and one major. I did manage to get back on the band wagon so I'm happy about that. I haven't posted my experience at the OCC, it was great everyone was great, professional. Everything was clean I went by myself so I pretty much stayed in my room after surgery. I went to Camino Real, not a big fan. From what I heard o
Walker Tracker Challenge.
I joined a walker tracker challenge. For the most part, I needed to get some accountability for myself; To push myself to do something. I’d joined a gym, and it seemed to cause my husband some stress and unhappiness. I was very surprised by his reaction, and I realize it is not the healthiest of reactions to have to your spouse wanting to do something positive. That being said, *clears throat* I am not the picture of healthy living myself. I have PLENTY of “issues
My mom had her lap band done in Mexico (Not by OCC) on November 6, 2006. She did not have a good experience and was in pain from the second the drugs wore off. I would watch her eat, and it just seemed like so much pain. I used to tell her that if being in all that pain was the cost of losing weight, count me out. Granted she lost 53 pounds, but finally had to have the band removed (after 1 year). Seems the doctor who put the band in, nicked her stomach and a hole was created.. The band was slow
-i broke my hand. it's going to take 6 weeks to heal. i feel off a scooter, vespa, to be correct. gio was trying to teach me how to drive it while we were in miami. i got scared, stopped accelerrating in the middle of a turn and splat..i guess i landed on my hand in just that angle to cause a fracture.
-other than that miami was so relaxing of course when i wasn't fighting with giovanni the clearest waters and whitest sands and the warmest weather ever! oh yes we're going back on the 11th f
