AnnieWI
Happy Halloween! 10/31/06
Oct 30, 2006
I had to share something funny... or.... not so funny.. depending on how you look at it. We went to the store on Sunday to get the Halloween candy for our trick or treaters today and do you think we could just buy a reasonable amount? NOOOOooooo! We bought a TON of candy! Those kids are gonna get handfuls of candy -- that's for sure.
I think it was my old ways or HEAD hunger that bought so much. We certainly don't need it or want it. I look at the bowl of candy and before it would have been NOTHING for me to pile down a whole bunch of those little candy bars and other pieces of candy.
I did have a few pieces of candy.. mostly some lifesavers. I havent' gotten sick either... I'm actually kind of disappointed that I'm not "dumping". I thought and was hoping the "dumping syndrome" was gonna keep me from eating the sugar.
I never used to be a sugar monger but the last couple years I suddenly craved sugar big time. I'm really afraid that I will turn to sugar again. :(
I've been having a few problems eating lately. I don't believe I'm getting enough protein in and when I do eat my protein.. like chicken or beef or whatever... the food sometimes gets stuck in my throat and won't move. It's scary and kind of shocking sometimes. For instance, yesterday... I met my Mom for the day for her birthday and I ordered a steak sandwich. I took the first bite and all was fine.. the second bite of steak, even though it was chewed up very well (or so i thought) it got stuck in my throat. The pieces of meat didn't seem dry either. I took a tiny sip of water to help it go down and that didnt' work. I ended up going to the bathroom and getting sick a little. It was terrible. Needless to say I didnt' eat anything else and when we went for dinner that evening, I didn't have an appetite either.
I guess all I can do is be really conscious of eating slowly and chewing up the food really fine.
I really want this surgery to work for me.. I need to make sure I get on the treadmill each day for 30 minutes and WORK on getting that protein in! It's time to WORK the tool I was given and not let the tool WORK me.
October 23, 2006 - 6 Weeks Post Op
Oct 23, 2006
I did talk also about my concern about eating too much. We realized that me drinking even a little bit while I'm eating is what's causing me to eat too much -- it's pushing the food that I did eat down and out of my little stomach. Sooooo..... I need to really work hard not to drink while I'm eating -- even though that is what I prefer.
We also talked about vitamins --- and I went to Walgreens to update my vitamins. I bought calcium (citrate) chewables with Vitamin D, B Complex sublingual liquid with B12, Centrum Multi - Vitamin chewable and more. I also got some cold medicine -- Tylenol AM & PM Multi - Symptom Cold Relief too. I have a darn head cold that won't stop -- it got worse this past weekend when I thought I was finally over it.
The thing is.. I KNEW that I wasn't losing the weight. I could tell from the clothes that I wasn't losing and the way I looked in the mirror.
The BRIGHT SIDE: I am down a TOTAL of 30lbs since I had the surgery ---- 50lbs since January. Whooohooooooo!!
Wed, October 11, 2006 - Four Weeks Post Op
Oct 19, 2006
Well.. today is my birthday and I turn 37. I have no problem getting older except for the fact that I don't have kids yet. We will be able to try next year at this time once I've lost a considerable amount of weight.
I am also 4 weeks (29 days) out from my surgery. It's going well.... I'm still on proteins only (which I'm sick of) for another two weeks till week six. I cheated a bit :( and had some veggies this week. I made sure I chewed them up very small and ate them slowly. I dont' know how much I've lost this week either since I don't have a scale that fits my current weight. I'm hoping to try our scale at home here soon and maybe I'll be less than 350 lbs. I WILL get a picture and take my measurments though.
So far my day is going well (keeping my fingers crossed) -- I took a nice long shower this morning since it's so cold out (40's and expecting some snow -- bleh!) then I came downstairs and talked with my Mom on IM along with my new friend Nicole! Before I knew it I had to take the dogs to their little SPA day (bath at the groomers) and go to my two doctor appts. Afterward I drove a little detour through Appleton before coming back home. I then walked on the treadmill for a while (whooohoooo) and now I'm sitting here writing this. Tonight, Bob and I are going out for dinner for my bday! I'm going to sip a drink of wine if I can when I get home -- then head to bed. :) Overall -- it will be a good day!
October 2, 2006
Oct 19, 2006
Wooohooooo -- I had my 3 week appt with the surgeon today and I'm down 23 lbs from the day before my surgery! Yahooooooo!! I'm so excited! I looked at the number on the scale.. the nurse said "Wow that's great!" and then it connected as to how much weight I've lost. It was SUCH a great feeling. I had to ask the nurse again if that was right... LOL!
I then met with Dr. Georgen and he was happy as well with my weight loss... confirmed that I was on proteins only, talked about vitamin intake and asked me to work toward 30 min/day on the treadmill. I did admit that I ate a dill pickle and he asked how it went and I said it was fine. He didn't comment anymore on it then that. I think he knew that I knew... that I shouldn't have had it.
Over this past weekend we were in Marshfield again with my Mom and helped her work on some things and she said she can tell I've lost weight which made me happy. She was the first person I told today on the way home from the Dr.'s office as to how much I'm down. Anyhow.. yesterday we drove to visit Marty's grave which was soo hard.. It reminded me of how much I miss him. Mom was really upset too.. I wanted so bad to take her pain away. Eventually we made it away from there and traveled to see some family members in the Western part of the state. First, at the Fall Festival in Pine Creek which was nice.. it was the perfect Fall day for it! Beautiful colors. Saw many people that I hadn't see for years and Mom was happy. We then went to Osseo to see my cousin and her family.. the kids were a riot. They are getting so big!
After driving back to Marshfield to drop Mom off.. then picking up the dogs in Mosinee at Bob's parents house, we didnt' get home till midnight. Kinda tired today but OHHHH SOOO HAPPY about my weight loss!!! :)
