Holidays are here!!!

Nov 13, 2017

As the holiday season is here, I am constantly thinking of what foods I can or cant have.

We are going to family's home for Thanksgiving. I know they use a lot of potato based dishes. 
Last year I made a low carb meatball dish. I may stick to that this year. A few have asked if I plan to bring it again.
But I plan to bring a veggie dish as well. 
I always take spare bottles of water. Soda is normally the drink of choice there.

For Christmas.. We are traveling out of state. Some dishes will work for me. So I am planning to make mashed cauliflower. Also I will bring Extra water. They Drink sweet tea. While I love it, I can't drink it(Diabetic).

Planning ahead of time is how I succeed. I am far from perfect. But when I fail to plan, I fall flat on my face with my meal choices. 

So plan ahead, make your choices, WIN over the holiday meals. Don't let them win.

Happy Holidays to all 

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And again lol

Jul 26, 2017

Well it has been a while for me to be here. 

I have been thinking about getting my lapband removed. 

I have pain in the area it is in, and it is getting worse the last few months.

I have not had a fill or unfill since 2007. So it is really not doing me much good.

I have lost a total of 130 lbs since I had it put in. 

The biggest lot of the weight has been while under care for diabetes. 

I am NOT faulting my band in any way. I failed my band for sure. I didn't follow as strict of a meal plan as I should have. 

Well time will tell if I go forward with removal or maybe revision. 

Love to all.
ps.. never give up on YOU. YOU ARE PRICELESS 

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Try and Try again

Oct 01, 2014

Hi all, I know I have been away a long time. I never really had any success with my band. While it was put in, I was later told with out proper approval. And I didn't have the first year of after care free as I was told I would have. I would have to drive 2 hours for adjustments, and pay for adjustments and visits that I was told would be free. At the time, we could not afford it at all. I am blaming no one at all for any of this. 

Now 2014.. 

It all started when we got our income tax money this year. I had been more dependent on a wheel chair. At over 400 lbs, I hated having anyone push my chair. So we have a shop here that sales used power chairs at a good rate. We got me one and a ramp to get it in and out of my mini van. I was in my driveway and stepped wrong and fell down face first. My mom and my husband was right there. I was not hurt beyond a bruised knee, and bruised pride. In fact I think the fall helped my back pop in ways it had not popped in years. lol That was one fall.. A few weeks later I had one of those oh dang what hit me days. I was not real steady on my feet. I ended up stubbing a toe(more foot than just toe). I could barely walk at all. Then a couple hours after that, coming out of the bathroom I fell. Messing up my knees and adding too the horrid pain my foot was in. This time I did hurt my back. The falls scared my mom. She lives right next door. Yet I was rarely over to see her due to the fact that I had stairs at my house to get out, then stairs at her house to go inside. I could not hardly walk at all, and stairs was out of the question. Adding to the many years long build up of me feeling like a prisoner at home. Mom got in touch with my brother and sis in law. They spent her spring break(a teacher) here at my house adding a porch and a ramp to the front of my house. Giving me freedom again. That started a whole new chapter in my life.

I started a small container garden, that grew because neighbors donated plants lol. I was required to go out and look after my garden every day(No choice gotta go). I little by little became more active, more on the go. Oh I still have bad days, and Isolate from everyone. But I always go out and look after the garden. I also have a bigger one planned for next spring. I purchased a second hand recumbent bike. It is sitting in my living room. I can't say I am on it non stop all day every day. But I can say that it is a rare day that I am not on it 2-3 times a day. Not huge distances, or long times. Sometimes it is 3-5 mins(at 12+mph) but It is more than I would have done in past times. I am moving the scales again. I have dropped here and there for the last few years, but it didn't seem to really last long, no matter how long I stuck to the same food plans. 
I am eating as low carb as I can, I rely on pre packaged foods(mobility plays into this), so it gets difficult to completely avoid carbs. But this works. lots of frozen veggies, I have to work out a better meat source. I cant handle no meat. But need less processed. Over the last few years I have developed a dislike of fish(previously LOVED it) 

The foods are not perfect, but not like it was in years past. 

Keep going, Never give up on yourself. I did for a while. It sucked.

 

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On the Road Again

Apr 28, 2011

 I have been away for a while.... 
Away from taking care of me.
I lost faith in losing weight and ever doing it good. I thought I was eating ok, haha

Late in Feb I was put on insulin. I knew I was diabetic, but was not on insulin.
I started out on just Lantus, then was put on NovaLog as well as the insulin.
Next step was adding the BYETTA. When the byetta was added, I was taken off the novalog to get adjusted to the byetta.
I have not needed to go back on the Novalog as of yet.
At this point I am on metformin(since 2006), BYETTA, Lantus, and 1 blood pressure pill.
I have lost 30 lbs since the last part of Feb. and still going.
It is a struggle to find foods that I like, I can have and that dont cause me to get stuck. 
My band is still restricting meats, but I have no plans to deal with the band at this point.
I looked at different revision surgeries. But honestly, I have no desire to have surgery.
I am trying to do this with out having to have another surgery, unless some where down the road I have band removed.
The Lapband DID help me and yes still does.
Would I recommend it?? yes for some people it is great. 
I have alot of problems eating meats. but like having the band. it is like having a safety net.
I have not achieved the weightloss I was looking for with it, but I am to blame, not the band.
After I was taken off my thyroid meds, I hit a brick wall in weightloss. And then I gave up.
Now, I am seeing I CAN DO THIS. Not as fast as others, but I am me. 
I will take every lb lost and celebrate it and hope to never see that number again.
I am learning a new way of eating all over again. I have a great dietician at my side helping me.
Best wishes to all.
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Long long lost me

Oct 10, 2009

Hello everyone. I want to say sorry for being gone.
Since my last blog, I have not lost any weight, and even gained.
I seen a dr that took me off my thyroid meds for 6 weeks for tests.
By the time I got back to my dy(insurance issues) it had been about 4 months.
ALL weighloss had stopped and I was starting to gain again.
This happened not long after my small unfill.
Honestly I have not seen Dr B(or anyone in his office) since the small unfill.
I have been going through alot of money issues.
And $80 every visit after a 2 hour drive was too much for us to handle.
Now I am thinking of revision. I am dying.. My heart cant take this weight.
My knees are worse than ever and I never leave the house,
unless mom cant get the kids to or from school.

I need help!!! And I need to figure out what to do.

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Small unfill

Dec 27, 2007

I seen the dr last week. after much debate with myself, I decided to ask for a small unfill. So they removed 1 cc.  Now I feel next to no restriction. Maybe they took 1/2 a cc too much. Or was it the air bubble????? Time will tell I think I will have to have some put back soooooooooon . This unfill has left me to empty, or maybe it is just unfilled. I am not hungry. But Try telling that to my head. When I am filled with more restriction I feel full and have to stop. Like this I guess It is going thru easier??

Current Weight

Dec 21, 2007

I lost .1 lb in a week....  lol yes .1  I don't usually weigh weekly. I seen A dr last week that I had to weigh. Then this week I seen Dr. B. So again I weighed. I had 1 cc removed from my band. I have had trouble eating meat. Over time it has not eased as I hoped. It got worse. I had thought maybe I was not chewing the meat good enough. But no matter how well I chewed It would not stay down. Slimming always happened with meat. So we are trying to do this with 1 cc less. SO FAR it has been better. But I have not tried chicken or beef. Time will tell.

On the SLOW road.... But still Moving

Dec 10, 2007

I weighed today. 6 lbs gone... Could have been more. Last week was a hard week. I had a period from hell. I made the comment that I felt like I had the Mississippi River flowing from me. My DH said "don't ya mean the RED RIVER?" I said, "No baby red river don't have as much current as the mighty Mississippi River." After a week of this I was very weak and eating what I could to build energy. If it stayed down I ate it. For the most part I stayed with high protein but I did go for some carbs too. I was so weak I could not hardly get out of bed. This week I am feeling better. Still not up to my old self but getting better. KEEP FIGHTING. NEVER GIVE UP.


What A surprise I had today

Nov 15, 2007

I Had to take one of my nephews to the dr today. So while I was there I decided to weigh. Imagine my suprise when the scales said 412...... HUH???  OK  so I got off.  Let it reset and get back on. 412. OMG 12 lbs ON TOP OF STOPPING SMOKING!!! To say I was excited is putting it so mild. I have been so worried about failing. Then all of a sudden I started losing. Yes I know it will slow and even stop at times. But at least it is moving for now. Thanks to all those who have written me.

Some Weightloss

Oct 03, 2007

I didn't get to weigh the day I planned. But I did weigh last week. I have lost 9lbs since my last fill. That is 9lbs(as of last week) in a month!!! I am finally starting to feel as if this may actually work. I have plenty of issues eating. But I keep at my protien as much as I can. I am not getting as much water as I should, but it is again a work in progress. Thanks for the words of support.
HUGS 


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