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I just passed my 6 month bandiversary!!  Yay me! Haha and it's only been like 5 months since I've updated my blog.  

Obvioulsy I can't remember everything that has happened over the last five months, but I guarantee it was less than fabulous.

I know I had one fill that made me wonder what I had done to myself and ended up having a slight unfil.  I am currently down 32 pounds which seems like chopped liver when I look at my friend that had the RNY 6 weeks ago and has already lost 35 pounds.  I still feel good about the fact that I didn't have RNY.

I wish I had some kind of brilliant confuscious saying but I don't.  I realize that surgery does not give you willpower and honestly you can be bad no matter what the circumstance.  Just like when I went to my seminar the nurse said that they had a patient that didn't lose any weight because he was sprung on the starbucks frapps.  

So on a sidenote I'm going to join a gym tomorrow with my RNY friend.  I was gonna go to Gold's, but when I quit taking steroids I just didn't fit anymore.  So I'm going to join the Las Vegas Athletic Club!  It's like the size of 2 super Wal-Marts...intimidating you say???  Nah, of course not.  I don't think I've stepped foot in a gym since 1994!!  I do live in Las Vegas so if i have to see strippers and their perfect bodies on the treadmill next to me I might just scream!  Them in their little workout clothes and their little tramp stamps!!  I sound jealous, I'm just gonna stop...  So wish me luck!!

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6 weeks post-op!!

So this week I had my 2nd fill.  It went really really well.  He found my port very easily and I was given another cc in my band.  I think that brings me up to 5 cc's in my band.  Whatever, I don't think the amount really matters.

So after my fill he had me drink some water and seemed to go down just fine.  He told me to continue liquids for the rest of the day, which i did.  This morning I was supposed to start regular foods again.  I was running late as usual so for breakfast I grabbed a slimfast and a nectarine which went down just fine.  For lunch a friend at work gave me some homemade mexican soup and it looked great!!  It had chicken, potatoes, carrots, etc..  It was heaven.  I took a small bite and it seemed okay and then the second bite came and holy $h!t!!!  The chicken got stuck!!  It felt like someone had stabbed me in the chest!  I thought I was gonna die!!  I started to hiccup and I tried to drink some water, but it felt like it was gonna gurgle back up!!  I went in the bathroom so my coworkers wouldn't think I was a total freak.  I started jumping up and down because I heard that helped!  I think they were pulling that theory out their asses!!  I did it anyway and looked like a raving lunatic i'm sure.  My mouth started to water and I was sure I was gonna lose it, but I didn't.  I got another drink of water and It felt like I had swallowed a bowling ball, but I felt it go down.  All I could think was thank you God because I was sure I would choke to death.  I was scared to death to eat anything after that, but the rest of the day has gone really well.  

This whole band thing is so freakin weird to me.  I'm not losing as fast as I would like to.  I feel like I don't know what to eat half the time, but I'm gonna get it FO SHO!!

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5 weeks post-op tomorrow!!!

I feel pretty darn good.  There for awhile when I was on mushies I was feeling really run down, but now that I can eat regular foods I feel like I have a lot more energy.

I had my first fill last Thursday which was quite an experience.  The Dr. had a little trouble finding my port which might have bothered someone who isn't as experienced with needles as I am....The whole infertility, having deep and small veins makes me a seasoned pro at needles.  So I guess he only put in 1cc which sounds like next to nothing, but I think it helped.  I've lost 3 pounds since my fill.

That's pretty much it for me and new events.  I'm just trying to eat right.  I can still eat more than my Dr. wants me to.  I ate about 8 oz. for dinner tonight and I'm only supposed to have 4 oz.  If someone had said to me a year ago that in a year from now you will only eat 4 oz per meal 3 times a day I would have laughed in their face and said that is some good dope ya'll be cookin up in  that there corn field, lol......  I guess you have to understand that I lived in the sticks in the middle of the US a year ago.... This poor SoCal girl was stuck in Indiana!!  It was great fun at times though.  

Anyways I go back to the Dr. on the 16th and I'm sure I will get another fill, but TOM will be on his merry way and from what I hear you can get a little tight at that time of the month.  I guess I will have to play it by ear.

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I haven't posted for a bit in the hopes that something witty to say would come to me...............yeah not so much!!

Things have been pretty good as far as my health goes.  I don't even feel like I was under the knife almost 3 weeks ago.

I'm due to start mushies on Tuesday which is exciting and scary at the same time.  I haven't lost weight in over a week.  I'm kinda bummed about that actually, but I honestly think my body thinks I'm stuck in a famine somewhere.  If that were true I could manage for quite some time.  I guess the scary thing about starting mushies is what if I don't lose weight.  I am so ready to lose and I'm such an instant gratification kinda gal.  I know I didn't put this weight on overnight, but who would it hurt to lose it kinda fast....honestly.

Now off the topic of weight loss.............

So I'm sound asleep Saturday morning and my cell phone rings at approx. 930 am.  I say hello in my groggy morning voice and I get silence.  I glance at my phone and it says "restricted".  So I say hello again and I hear the voice from the movie SCREAM!!  I hear on the other end  "HELLO...........What's your favorite scary movie?"  You gotta be kidding me!!  I swear it sounded just like the movie.  In fact maybe they recorded it from the movie.  Whatever, I was like WTF  I was sleeping!!  

Now on Sunday morning the phone freakin rings at 715 am.  Of course I'm sound asleep.  I hear my husband on the other end saying that I have to come get him because he's been in an accident.  BTW on Friday night I watched Premonition with Sandra Bullock so here I am thinking I'm having some crazy vision!!  I'm like what????  What happened.  He says I got hit and they ran.  I get to the scene of the accident and I see cop cars, ambulances and my heart is racing and I pull over and I see his car and the configuration looks like the letter F.  There he is and 2 other cars pointing into his car.  How did they flee the scene??  When he said "ran" he freakin meant literally.  They got out the car and ran....................Holy COW.

Anyways to make a long story short a good samaritan chased these two idiots down.   One girl, one boy, both 19.  The car was stolen and the boy was drunk.  They let the girl go because according to the police officer she was just a passenger.................my A$$.  Like she was so innocent with gallon jug of vodka in the car, the ingnition pulled out of the car, and she ran!!  Anyways, Rob is fine that is the important thing.

What  a weekend.  I should lose at least 5 pounds from stress!!  

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So today was the 1 week post-op appt. dun dun dun dun.................

Yeah very uneventful actually!!  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I went.  He checked my incisions, said they looked fine.  He asked me if I had any issues.  I told him I hadn't thrown up, I've been sticking to liquids, and I feel okay.  I asked him about seeing a "NUT" but he said normally thats only for RNY patients.  He wasn't worried about me not getting all my nutrients, he said just to make sure I got at least 50 g of protein a day.  So that was that and now I don't have to go back until Aug. 2nd for my first fill!!  ZOINKS!!  Will address that issue at a closer date.

On to the food...  Nah lets don't because you can guess what was for breakfast and lunch.  I wonder if its bad to have the same exact thing for breakfast and lunch.  I guess I should have asked the Dr.  So for dinner I had minestrone soup, blended.

Another slow day.  Maybe I should try not to post everyday and just post when I have something witty to say.  

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Hey Hey Hey!

Today was my first day back to work and it was a decent day.  I'm soooo lucky because both of my bosses are so understanding.  All my co-workers were so supportive and asking me questions.  One of my friends even wants to do the protein shakes for lunch with me.  (My famous "orange julius" ones!)

I may have over done it just a bit because my stomach is a little sore, but I'm good.  It's nothing I can't handle.

So my food today is as follows:  Breakfast started out rough.  I was feeling kinda puny (spelling?).  I tried to eat some cream of wheat but my stomach just wasn't having it.  I decided to grab a slimfast, my usual, instead.

Next door to my work is an El Pollo Loco so I decided that I would grab a small bowl of the tortilla soup.  OMG it was soooo good.  I took my little motorboat blender to work and just blended away.  Some soups you blend do not even taste like the soup that its intended to be after blending, but this was goood.  IMO  I also made my protein shake, but was only able to drink maybe 1/4.

For dinner I decided to have a soup that is kinda like a cup o noodles, but it comes in a bowl and its spicy.  I was told on the board today that spicy foods should be just fine.  I'm half Korean so you tell me how I can keep away from spicy foods and rice.  I hear rice is a bear, but I will probably have to find out for myself.

Wow nothing funny to tell about.  This was a boring post.

Sorry ya'll I'll do better next time.
BTW  tonight was the episode of Big Medicine with the girl that had the lap-band.  Hmmmmm I just don't know.  I think I would like to see more on this procedure.  I understand that the RNY is the one with all the instant results, but some of these women on this board that have had the LB really need to be commended for their weight loss.  The RNY forces you to lose the weight because you are scared of the dumping and all the other stuff that goes along with it, but what about us.  We have a tool to use to lose this weight, but we will not get the instant gratification of losing 50 pounds in 2 weeks so in the meantime it takes determination and will power to get us to our goals.  Rant is over....

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So today is the last day of my vacation!

I decided to take it easy on myself, ha like I haven't already been doing just that.  

I felt like I was ready to go back to work until I decided to venture out to Wal-Mart today!!  Oh my goodness I was sooo exhausted once I Ieft there.  I think I'm mending really well, but I don't think my energy level is anywhere near where it used to be.

My food day was about the same, but since I went to Wal-Mart I had some variety for dinner, but it didn't compare to the dinner I made for the family.

For breakfast I had my usual slimfast.  Lunch was another "orange julius" protein shake.  Dinner I had souped up Cream of Wheat with cinnamon and equal and milk.  It wasn't bad, but I had to eat away from the family because I made them BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, and mac n cheese. MMMM  

The "head hunger" subsided a bit today despite the ribs.  I literally almost grabbed some meat, chewed it up and spit it out LOL. 

"Hello, my name is Kelley and I'm a food sicko"!!

That was my day in a nutshell.  Tomorrow should be filled with lots of funny comments from co-workers.  

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Happy 777!!

So today was supposed to be a lucky day!  hmmmmm...okay.  I was gonna go gambling with my mom tonight, but I decided that laying around sounded like more fun!

Today was another good day!  This is beginning to sound like a bad re-run.  This blogging stuff is not as easy as you might think.  You are supposed to type whatever is on your mind, but............in the back of your mind you are like, but someone is gonna read this and might think you seriously crazy.  (I'm not it's been proven!!)

So this morning I had my usual, a slimfast.  It was easy and gave me time to think about what I might do about the rest of the day.  This PTO stuff is great!!  Nothing to do all day!!  YAY ME!!  So I decided that lunch would be a protein shake and small amount of soup.  I made a great shake that I made when I was doing WW. 

Recipe:

1/2 C light n fit yogurt vanilla
1 1/2 C Orange Juice
1 scoop whey protein powder vanilla
a few ice cubes

Blend and Enjoy!

If you like Orange Julius you should like this shake!!  I'm thinking you could use pineapple juice even.  So that was lunch and then it happened.....It was like the music from Jaws creeping up on me.  The "head hunger" was back.  That dirty B*^%#H!!  I wanted everything from pancakes to a Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl's, mmmmm.

I think I was in such denial that if you would have asked me a week and half ago if I was addicted to food I might have said No.  This surgery has really opened my eyes.  I love everything about food.  The taste, cooking it, baking it, and plating it up, hell even watching other people enjoy it.  "Hello, my name is Kelley and I'm a food sicko"!!  So I just said screw this Damnit I'm gonna be thin...thinner!  

Sooooo dinner came and I was desperate.  I even left a question for ideas on the message board.  The outlook was gloomy.  I've been eating what I'm supposed to be eating and I have to continue this bland palate for the next 2 weeks!!  Grrrrr.  So I sucked it up and had some cream of chicken soup, that I doctored up a bit.  

Before surgery I was actually worried about the mushie stage.  Thinking that all that blended food didn't sound appetizing at all.  Now I can't wait!!  I'm gonna try everything blended.  It may look likebut it's gonna be worth a try.

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TTYL............................

So the first of July was my DD 9th birthday.  She's a different child than I was.  She likes to read and write and I think if I got her a filing cabinet, paper and pens she would be so freakin happy, but no thats not what I did.  Thinking she needs to be a more active child I decided to get her a motorized scooter.  Kinda looks like a vespa!  Sooooo cute.  Well she was dying to ride it but I wanted to wait until I got her a helmet and pads and so forth.  She wasn't havin it.  (BTW this thing goes up to 15 mph)  So since I'm a little laid up DH decides to take her out and gives her the run down on the acceleration and brakes.  Well she accelerated when she needed to brake which caused a break.  Today she finally gets to see the orthapedic Dr and she has "cracks".  Not complete breaks.  Needless to say I feel like the worst mother on the planet.  Why didn't I just get her a freakin filing cabinet..... So this was my day.  I didn't really do much else. I REALLY felt the "head hunger" today.  I was almost to the point of feeling a little resentful towards anyone that can eat...  Why does it have to be so hard????  So I decided to watch "What not to wear" all day.  Why do all these skinny people dress so poorly? LOL  Now I'm just being a dork.  So anyways I'm feeling pretty good today.  The only thing I noticed was that I have weird pains when I have to burb.  It kinda feels painful in my back. Weird?  Oh well, if thats my only problem I'm doing good.  I've read about how people are having a hard time sleeping and I don't have that problem at all.  So I suppose thats all for today!  Thank goodness for this board!!

TTYL............

I guess this can be like a diary......

So I'm 2 days out from surgery and honestly it is really best that I waited that additional day to post a blog.  If I had posted yesterday I would have either scared someone away or sounded like a wimp.  

When I woke up I honestly thought the nurses, the anesthesiologist, and the surgeon had been using my stomach as practice for the next UFC fight.  I told the nurse I was in some pain and she put some happy juice in my IV....ohhh thank you kindly.  After that I started to perk up and was taken back to the outpatient area where I was greeted by my husband.  He looked worse that I did I'm sure. (Silly worry wort)

I was home by 11 am and spent most of the day in bed.  I did get a little walking in, and some dinner which consisted of chicken broth and jello.  I feel pretty good today and am down 7 pounds!!

Today was another somewhat relaxing day.  I had a slimfast for breakfast which I don't know if that would be on anyone elses meal plan, but my Dr. said it was okay for a full liquid.  (Cheap and Easy........Slimfast, not me)
For lunch I had some chicken noodle soup  that I didn't blend.  The noodles were practlcally moosh by the time I got done with them anyways.  For dinner I had Vegatable beef soup blended....yummy.  You know I wasn't much of a soup person before surgery, and now I know why.  I can do this though.  I'm so serious about this its not even funny!!

TTYL.............