So my cell phone was dead this morning, hence the reason there is no pic of the scale....I'll get it posted later when it is charged.....but I hit 204!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! After not loosing last week and then to top it off with 3lbs lost this week, I just couldn't ask for more. This whole week I have been journaling my food which has been an amazing help! Also I've been trying to drink tons of water, somewhere between 12-16 glasses of water per day.
One thing I have noticed is that my restriction has not been that great recently. I know you do loose a bit of restriction as you loose weight but it kind of feels like it went out the window and I don't have another appt. until September. Oh well it seems like I am doing well so far so I'll try and go it alone for a bit. 204 baby!! I can't believe my 2nd goal of 199 is almost here! Craziness!
Hey everyone!!
So yesterday I went to this place, it's a HUGE building and inside it there is a HUGE furniture store, an IMAX Theater, a Fudruckers (which is a place to eat if you didn't know) and ice cream place, a crazy jelly bean candy store and this cool place where you can like do acrobatics. Oh and they have like colored water shooting out all over the place...it's really a neat place.
Well why am I telling you this? I went to the IMAX which was awesome but before that I got a salad at Fudruckers......When I saw this salad I was SOOOOOOOO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine the BIGGEST salad you have ever seen and double it, this salad was a monster. It was practically served on a plate the size of a turkey platter. It was so huge it really made me mad haha. That sounds funny now that I think about it but I was so shocked. I immediately went and got a to go container and put 3/4 of the salad in it and I probably only was able to eat about 1/3 of what I left on my plate. No wonder why we all are so overweight, look what these restaurants serve us! That was a 4 person salad, at least and I'm totally not exaggerating.
Well I am over the salad now but I just had to vent. lol. I'm so thankful for my band because pre band I might have attempted to eat that monster salad. I can't believe how much my mentality has changed. It is awesome!!
On another note......check back on Wednesday because I KNOW there will be a good number to report!!!!! =)
So I was expecting to see some weight loss this week and to my surprise I am still at 207...hmmmm....
My clothes feel much looser, actually I can barely walk from one room to the next without holding my pants up haha. Not sure what is going on. Well, gotta loose at least 2lbs next week to keep up with my goal for May! I've lost a lot within the last few weeks, maybe my body just needs a break it might catch up with me next week. Here's hoping anyway.
I did decide however to take some measurments seeing it's been forever since I've done that......
Here's the verdict....
Last Measurments
Bust: 45.25
Hips: 47 1/2
Arm: 12.75
Thigh: 24.5
Waist: 39.5
Neck: 15.75
Today's Measurments
Bust: 45
Hips: 44
Arm: 12.75
Thigh: 24
Waist: 37
Neck: 15
WOOOOO 207 baby! Funny thing is I was disappointed in myself because I didn't feel I was trying hard enough this week but ironically I still lost the 2 lbs I had wanted. Just goes to show how much this band really works! Life is good! I have a goal of at least 1 lb per week for the coming year, 2 lbs would be better!!
I'm a little "nervous" about hitting onederland, haha does that even make sense? It's just weird I've adapted to being over 200lbs so much that I don't really even recall what it feels like/looks like to be in the 100's. I guess it is more like an excited nervous.
As far as the heartburn goes, thanks for all the comments! You all made some valid points and I'll definetly make some changes in hopes to make it subside.
So before I had surgery I pretty much had heart burn all the time. Nothing a few tums couldn’t take care of but I pretty much took them everyday. I’m not exactly sure what about the surgery made the heartburn go away, but literally I had none after the surgery. HOWEVER…..a couple of days ago I was feeling like maybe I was having some heartburn. Nothing super severe but enough that I was uncomfortable. I was actually really upset too because I have no idea why all of the sudden I got it after over a year of having none. It didn’t just happen that one day either, it happened like 2 more time after that I was trying so hard to find a common denominator but I have got nothing!!
Anyone else have anything kind of like this happen to them?? I’m wondering if it has anything to do with my last fill, by why? I’ve had a million fills and have had nothing like this happen before. Really bizarre, if anyone thinks they might know of some reason why this kind of thing couldn’t happen please pretty please fill me in!!
So Wednesday Weigh in is here!!! The verdict is.....209!! Yay - wait wasn't that the number last week?? Yup!! haha. I was kinda bad last week and it was pretty much a concious decision on my part. I didn't really exercise....and I ate a lot of slider junk over the 4th.
Something I have been notcing about myself recently. I have this detremination, and this drive to loose the weight more than I ever had since having the surgery. Maybe it's because I finally feel like I am at a fantastic place restriction wise but I just feel like for the first time that I can do it. In addition, this is the first time I have ever really been willing to put in the hard work! It's such a great feeling.
I am really feeling my last fill. I ate 6 shrimp last night which was the serving size and was so stuffed....this was at like 6:30 and I tried to eat something else afterwards (good ole head hunger) and I phsically could not! Yay it's working!! This morning I got an Egg White and Cheese Wrap from Dunkins (150 calories) and had trouble finishing one and they are small!! Before I could manage 2 easily!
Ah I am so so happy I feel like I am back to where I was before I got that fill that made me get stuck! What a wonderful feeling!!!
Hopefully with the band you were able to control your intake of hot dogs yesterday!! The beer on the other hand was all mind over matter haha. Happy Fourth everyone!!!!! Well, one day late of course because that is usually how I am haha. I hope you all had a really nice day. I didn't do anything too exciting, had some friends over and just chilled all day but it was really enjoyable. Also, I have today off work because the 4th fell on a weekend day so it's really nice to have a long weekend. Food wise I did pretty well, it was all chicken and fruit pretty much until the dessert came out. It was Strawberry Shortcake -- one of my faves!!!!! Of course I ate it and watched my will power go out the window.....can't win them all =)
So as I am sure you noticed I gave me blog a new layout. I figured I am working on my 2nd year of being banded so I needed a fresh look. It's still in the works so I might be moving a few more things around and adding some other things so bare with me!
Again I hope you had a great weekend and hopefully I'll be reporting a good number this Wednesday!!!!! Fingers crossed!
So yesterday was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! I took the day off to go to my one year post op appointment at Lahey. I weighed in at 210 yesterday but woke up 209 this morning so I am super super siked!!! Pam (my nurse practitioner) said that there are like “levels” of obesity and once you hit a BMI of 35 that brings you to a level 1 so she was really happy because I am down to a level 1 now!
So she went through all the normal questions about am I hungry and this and that. I told her that from breakfast to lunch I am golden but from lunch to dinner I could eat my arms off lol. She said that there is an actual physical reason for that…so get this…..
When you are sleep at night, all your bodily fluids are more dispersed and they are around your band making it tighter feeling and as the day progresses and your now upright, the fluids move back down to your legs and lower abdomen and don’t make the band feel as tight…interesting huh? Pam of course said it more sophisticated but you get the idea!
Anyway lets talk fills…I totally let her decided what to put in…I actually didn’t even know what she had done until she was already through with giving me the fill. She gave me .4 and she said she really thinks that will put me in the right spot. So I am up to 7.2cc. I am taking it really slow!!! I had a cottage cheese this morning you know one of those like 4 oz ones and I didn’t finish it and I am going to try and get some kind of soup this afternoon.
So I just wanted to keep you all updated!!! Hope you are all doing fab!
I am super siked! I booked a cruise for next May, my first cruise ever!! It leaves from Port Canaveral, FL so I fly into Orlando and it’s a 7 Day Cruise to Nassau, Bahamas and St. Thomas and St. Martin!
Hopefully with the band you were able to control your intake of hot dogs yesterday!! The beer on the other hand was all mind over matter haha. Happy Fourth everyone!!!!! Well, one day late of course because that is usually how I am haha. I hope you all had a really nice day. I didn't do anything too exciting, had some friends over and just chilled all day but it was really enjoyable. Also, I have today off work because the 4th fell on a weekend day so it's really nice to have a long weekend. Food wise I did pretty well, it was all chicken and fruit pretty much until the dessert came out. It was Strawberry Shortcake -- one of my faves!!!!! Of course I ate it and watched my will power go out the window.....can't win them all =)
