dannegrl
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
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
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.
On the Road Again
Apr 28, 2011
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.
Long long lost me
Oct 10, 2009
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.
Small unfill
Dec 27, 2007
Current Weight
Dec 21, 2007
On the SLOW road.... But still Moving
Dec 10, 2007
What A surprise I had today
Nov 15, 2007
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