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Well it has been a year since I posted... guess I should update my stats.

I had the baby in October.  He is a beautiful boy and had added so much to our lives. 

Unfortunately I also gained quite a bit of weight with the prengancy.  I actually didn't gain more than 10 pounds until my 6 month of pregnancy.  Then, in 8 weeks time I gained 30 pounds.  I got a little addicted to cereal and milk.  I actually drank a 3 gallons of milk most days. 

So, I was a bad girl.  I left the hospital with my 8 pounds baby, weighing 40 pounds more than I did when I got pregnant with him.  I didn't get a fill again until December.

So... since December how am I doing?  It is progressive.  I am losing weight very differently this time.  I am back to where I was before I got pregnant but it took me until now to get there... yes I have a 8 month old baby... so it took me 8 months to get back... but only 6 months of trying. (of course that is where I was when I got pregnant not where i was two months after since I ost 15 pounds after I got prego)    I am kicking my crap in gear again.  I used to always lose 10 pounds a month.. no matter what without trying... but I was religious about counting my carbs...and i never drank anything but water.   Now I am drinking alcoholic beverages and eating more carbs than I should.  But odd thing is that I was working out like crazy and the scale wouldn't move AT ALL... then I would take a week off and drop 5 pounds... apparently the more I work out my body wants to hold on ot the weight.  So, I took a break from the workouts from the past month and my weight just kind of stood still.   Which wasn't bad.. since I didn't gain. 

So, I am going back to my basics that I was doing before I got pregnant... which is basically eat no more than 30 carbs a day.  Drink tons of water.  Do an hour on my treadmil 5 days a week.

I will check in later to let you know how I am doing.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

By the way... I am no way consider this a failure.  It is important to remember I weighed 294 pounds 2 years ago.  Now I weigh 212.   Although I gained weight while I was pregnant... I haven't gained weight in any month other than the pregnancy.  Without even watching what I eat I do not gain weight... I just do not lose weight either.  I have never kept weight off for any lenght of time before this.  So If you look at things.... I have still lost 82  pounds in a two year time period and kept it off.  That is a lot of weight.  Am I at where I want to be.. heck no.  But, I know I will get there. 

Well I have been trying not to lose weight... but it keeps happening.  I am currently weighing in at 188.  It is both exciting and confusing for me to be in the 180s.  Exciting because I have not been in the 180s in more than 12 years... confusing because I have been eating crap and I am still losing weight.

My doctors are not worried about the weight loss, but I am concerned about it only because I am trying to not lose weight.  I am going to Dr. Baptista next Friday and going to ask for a slight unfill.  Maybe then I can start eating more proteins and vegetables. 

Right now I have to eat something every couple of hours to even get enough good in... unfortunately a lot of what I have been eating has been chocolate or other high carb foods.  It disolved easily and goes down well.  Heck even pudding takes time to go down.  I feel it sitting on top of my band for at least 20-30 minutes after eating it.  I can only have a few bites of meat at any one sitting... most meals I have consist of less than a 1/2 cup of food. Sometimes much less.  

But, I am not sure how long it will last.

I am pregnant.   My obgyn thinks it is okay if I keep losing weight.  My band doctor doesn't see a need for me to get an unfill unless I start to have problems eating. 

I am currently not focusing on losing weight.  While I still am not eating a lot of carbs, I have taken a break from counting every carb.  I have added a few more snacks to my day.  But, I still lost 13 lbs last month.

It would be great to make it to the end of the pregancy without weighing more than 200 pounds but I will not be too upset if I start to gain a few pounds. 

Okay...I was stalled around 214 for the past couple weeks, then all of a sudden I dropped five pounds.  For the past few days I have been weighing in at 209 in the morning and 210 at night. 

I have lost 47 pounds since I had the lap band on September 9!  Since I started my weight loss journey in  November '07 I have lost 84 pounds. 

I am getting so close to being under 200 pounds. If everything goes well I should be there before March.  I can't even remember when I was below 200 pounds... maybe after I lost weight on phen-fen in 1995.  I know I weighed in above 200 when I got married in 1997. So it has been at least 10 years since the scale didn't begin with a 2.  I am starting the more important countdown on my weightloss to date, the countdown to 199. 

10 pounds to go!!!

Goals for this year

Losing 50 pounds since surgery - 207 - met 2/8/09
BMI below 35 (moving from severly obese to just obese) - 203 - met 2/14/09
Finally being below 200 - 199 - met 2/27/09
Losing 100 pounds from highest - 193 - met 3/24/09
Lowest weight since age 20 - 180
BMI below 29 (moving from obese to overweight) - 174
Reaching my personal goal - 165
Losing 100 pounds since lapband - 157
Reaching docs goal - 150
BMI below 25 (being in normal weight category) - 145

Okay, so I actually made my goal of being under 220 for Christmas.  The week before Christmas I actually hit 218... then my parents visited and I made cookies and I started misbehaving.  So, I actually went to 220 again then fell to 218 again before new years.  So, I screwed up... I ate carbs.  I admit it.  But, I don't regret it.... because I am back on track now and I really didn't let things go too bad. 

I have decided that my band feels much tighter when I am on my period.  I didn't get a fill at my visit in December but I was thinking of requesting a small fill at my next appointment, then my period visited me and I started PBing my meals and have been eating hardly anything to feel full. So, do I get a fill so I feel that way the rest of the month and risk not being able to eat at all while I am on my period?  I will have to discuss that with my doctor next week.

For Christmas my mom got me the Zumba DVD set and I love it.  My husband also went to Sams and bought me a cool treadmill with a tv in it.  I have promised myself that I will do the treadmill every day at least 30 minutes and my Zumba DVDs at least 5 days a week.  So far, so good.

I will at least post again in the next month... or when I hit under 210, which I hope isn't too long from now.

 

Well I have dropped into the 220s in time for Thanksgiving.  I haven't seen the 230s on the scale for a week.  Hopefully I didn't put on any weight over the holiday since I didn allow myself to have a couple on no-count carb days. :)

I am hoping to be below 219 for Christmas.   :)

I have made a promise to myself to workout 4 hours every week.  I hate going to the gym. I hate the treadmill.  I hate sweating.   But, I also hate being fat and out of shape. 

So, what am I doing at the gym?  I am doing water aerobics, Zumba, weights and walking/running on the treadmill. I actually have been doing 3 miles on the treadmill each time!

So, what are you doing to get your heart rate up?

Okay... I have been bouncing between the 240s and 230s for the past two weeks.  Finally I have stopped bouncing into the 240s.   For the past three days I have been firmly in the 230s.  Now I am boucing between 235 and 237.  Maybe I will actually be in the 220s by Thanksgiving.  Who knows... maybe I will be completely out of the 2's by Valentines Day.... a girl can dream, can't she?

I went in for my first fill.  Of course I got weighed and at first was a bit discouraged that I have only lost 4 more pounds since my one week post-op visit (which was three weeks ago). 

I was worried that Dr. Baptista would be upset with me.  But, when he came in and looked at my weigh-ins he informed me that I had lost 10 pounds of fat since that appointment!  Wow!  He said I must have built muscle or be carrying extra water and that is why the scale wasn't showing it.  So, I am excited to say that I have lost 10 pounds of fat in only 3 weeks!

For the past two weeks I have been spending at least four hours a week working out at the gym... either on the treadmill, in Zumba class or water aerobics.

I am feeling pretty good.  My total fill is up to 5.5 now (apparently there was all ready 1.5 in there).

I will be on liquids for the next few days... I am looking forward to Monday when I can start to eat mushies again.  :)

I feel better. I would actually say I feel pretty good.

Yesterday I went for my post-op check-up and it was pretty much a waste of a 5 hour drive.  I was in the appointment for maybe 15 minutes.  They just looked at the sutures. Told me to just let them fall out naturally and said a few things about sticking to the program and that was it.

When I got home from Jacksonville around 4 p.m. yesterday I took a long nap.  Of course, I also ate some real food too.  I cheated a bit and had some mashed potatoes and they stuck with me for an extremely long time.

Today I got up at 9 a.m. and haven't taken a nap yet.  I still have pretty low energy but at least I am awake.  So far today I have had 1 scrambled egg, 1/4 cup of turkey salad and egg salad that was made from one egg.  I am able to drink more too.  I am full very easily. Which is good.  I do feel a bit deprived... so I still have food issues to work out.

So. I have to keep repeating to myself that I only get 30 carbs a day.  Carbs are not my friend. Sugar is not my friend.