Update
Apr 07, 2014
Hello to all my weight loss journey partners!
It has been a long time since I last posted here, and a lot has happened!
In January 2013 I got pregnant with my second child and I was a bit apprehensive, for various reasons.
I am happy to report that my pregnancy was healthy, my second baby girl is now almost 6 months, and I am back on track on my weight loss journey!
I am back at y lowest weight since WLS and hopeful I will soon reach my goal! For all it is worth, I do not believe this would have been possible without the band.
It is not PERFECT, but it sure has helped me greatly!
Hope all of you are in good health and spirits as well! :)
Fourth fill = feeling even better!
Oct 31, 2011
I am so excited about how I have been feeling!
I have been off to a slow start but now I feel the band doing just what I hoped it would!
Hunger is less of an issue every month and the weight is coming off - slowly but steadly.
I feel better and more confident everyday!
Thank you, Jesus!
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I have been off to a slow start but now I feel the band doing just what I hoped it would!
Hunger is less of an issue every month and the weight is coming off - slowly but steadly.
I feel better and more confident everyday!
Thank you, Jesus!
Oh I am loving this!
Sep 30, 2011
Yesterday I got my third fill and my band is now a little over halfway full (6.5cc).
For the first time I actually felt it getting tighter! For the first time in many years I can say I do not feel hungry and it feels OUTSTANDING!
What a wonderful feeling it is to not have that anxiety about feeling hungry and chosing between what you want to eat and what you should eat and how much of what and when! I FEEL SO FREE! Enjoyinh my cup of coffee, content, at peace, just being NORMAL!
Oh I hope this feeling lasts! I was discoraged by how slow the weight has been coming off and now I feel re-energized and ready to conquer this!
GOD IS GOOD!
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For the first time I actually felt it getting tighter! For the first time in many years I can say I do not feel hungry and it feels OUTSTANDING!
What a wonderful feeling it is to not have that anxiety about feeling hungry and chosing between what you want to eat and what you should eat and how much of what and when! I FEEL SO FREE! Enjoyinh my cup of coffee, content, at peace, just being NORMAL!
Oh I hope this feeling lasts! I was discoraged by how slow the weight has been coming off and now I feel re-energized and ready to conquer this!
GOD IS GOOD!
Lost almost all my baby's weight!
May 24, 2011
My six month-baby's weight, that is! =)
Almost 15 lbs!
7.5 of these lbs, post-op!
I feel GREAT!
i just love my band!
I am rarely hungry, I don't feel deprived, and I am craving healthy foods instead of junk! This is such a freeing experience! I feel like I am finally becoming who I have ALWAYS been meant to be!
This past weekend I had a revelation:
I have diet many times before, and lost a lot of weight doing so... but al of those times, I kind of "held my breath" through it, if you will... I followed the healthier guidelines, but always with an expiration date. The gold in the of my rainbow was to be able to eat the foods I used to love again, at a healthier weight.
This time sometime incredible is happening:
Thanks to my band, I understand these changes do not have an expiration date and I have been embracing them, believe it or not, enjoying them!
I suppose to many this may seem like a no-brainer, but to someone who has, for someone who for almost 30 years identified herself as a non fruit or vegetable eater without one athletic bone in her body, craving a salad and looking forward to a walk is a life-changing event!
I couldn't be more hopeful of the future!
I LOVE THESE CHANGES! I LOVE MY BAND!
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Almost 15 lbs!
7.5 of these lbs, post-op!
I feel GREAT!
i just love my band!
I am rarely hungry, I don't feel deprived, and I am craving healthy foods instead of junk! This is such a freeing experience! I feel like I am finally becoming who I have ALWAYS been meant to be!
This past weekend I had a revelation:
I have diet many times before, and lost a lot of weight doing so... but al of those times, I kind of "held my breath" through it, if you will... I followed the healthier guidelines, but always with an expiration date. The gold in the of my rainbow was to be able to eat the foods I used to love again, at a healthier weight.
This time sometime incredible is happening:
Thanks to my band, I understand these changes do not have an expiration date and I have been embracing them, believe it or not, enjoying them!
I suppose to many this may seem like a no-brainer, but to someone who has, for someone who for almost 30 years identified herself as a non fruit or vegetable eater without one athletic bone in her body, craving a salad and looking forward to a walk is a life-changing event!
I couldn't be more hopeful of the future!
I LOVE THESE CHANGES! I LOVE MY BAND!
Life's good!
May 18, 2011
5 days post-op, I feel like new! Stitches have been removed today, surgical wounds look pratically healed!
Everyday I feel I am adjusting better to my new lifestyle and my 12 lbs are off of me FOR GOOD!
I cannot say I have no hunger or that I have no desire to eat some of the foods that good me in trouble, but I can certainly say this has been as managenable as ever and I have NO SHADOW OF DOUBT I will succeed!
This is a miracle in the making!
I am LOVING my new life!
P.s.: Yesterday I went for an 1hour 15 min walk! I will be repeating that today! Couldn't be any happier!
Viva la band!!
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Everyday I feel I am adjusting better to my new lifestyle and my 12 lbs are off of me FOR GOOD!
I cannot say I have no hunger or that I have no desire to eat some of the foods that good me in trouble, but I can certainly say this has been as managenable as ever and I have NO SHADOW OF DOUBT I will succeed!
This is a miracle in the making!
I am LOVING my new life!
P.s.: Yesterday I went for an 1hour 15 min walk! I will be repeating that today! Couldn't be any happier!
Viva la band!!
My new beginning - Friday the 13th!
May 16, 2011
Friday the 13th!
The first step towards my NEWLY RECLAIMED LIFE!
I had my realize band put in Friday, May the 13th 2011! I was terrified, but once again God carried me through it and I made it!
3 days post-op, today, I feel great! Recovery has been easier than most colds I have caught! I took the pain meds for Friday and Saturday and haven't felt the need to take any yesterday or today.
The liquid diet SUCKS, and although I have no hunger, I do feel weak at times, but belly hurts and rumbles, and my head hurts at times. Not to mention that I obviously didn't get to be 80 lbs overweight for only eating when I am hungry so I still do need to have enough self-control to deny my urges.
The GREAT news is that I KNOW that this is the edge I needed to be victorious! I feel as I haven't felt in years! I have NO DOUBT that this is it for me and I am TAKING OFF!
Not feeling hungry is incredibly liberating, and knowing this is not a temporary feeling conditioned on my on and
off will power is as freeing and empowering as I have ever felt! I feel renewed! Nothing can hold me back now!
Thank you, Jesus, for making this miracle a reality for me! I
you!
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The first step towards my NEWLY RECLAIMED LIFE!
I had my realize band put in Friday, May the 13th 2011! I was terrified, but once again God carried me through it and I made it!
3 days post-op, today, I feel great! Recovery has been easier than most colds I have caught! I took the pain meds for Friday and Saturday and haven't felt the need to take any yesterday or today.
The liquid diet SUCKS, and although I have no hunger, I do feel weak at times, but belly hurts and rumbles, and my head hurts at times. Not to mention that I obviously didn't get to be 80 lbs overweight for only eating when I am hungry so I still do need to have enough self-control to deny my urges.
The GREAT news is that I KNOW that this is the edge I needed to be victorious! I feel as I haven't felt in years! I have NO DOUBT that this is it for me and I am TAKING OFF!
Not feeling hungry is incredibly liberating, and knowing this is not a temporary feeling conditioned on my on and
off will power is as freeing and empowering as I have ever felt! I feel renewed! Nothing can hold me back now!
Thank you, Jesus, for making this miracle a reality for me! I
you!
YAY!
May 05, 2011
Day 4 - 7.2lbs lost!
The liquid diet has been TOUGH, and I have fallen off the wagon a couple of times... but I still lost 7.2 lbs in 4 days!
I am STOKED!
I need to remember this feeling whenever I feel like giving up!
This week I have learned that I can fall off the wagon once or twice, as long as I don't jump off! In the past, every time I felt weak and ended up cheating on a diet I would go all out and binge on the worst possible food! I felt that since I am cheating, I might as well have ALL I want to eat and just be super strict for the next few days.... Well, that super strict part didn't always happen and pretty soon I was just off the diet and eating more and worse than ever.
This week, even when I cheated, I cheated as little and as healthy as I could. I cheated just enough to relieve my hunger but not enough to reward (actually it was more like punish) myself. Who would have thought this would work and even though I cheated I still lost weight that day?! Well... I guess people with more common sense and healthier eating habits, that's who. But since hindsight is 20/20, I can say I am now part of this group!
Healthier me, here I come!!
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The liquid diet has been TOUGH, and I have fallen off the wagon a couple of times... but I still lost 7.2 lbs in 4 days!
I am STOKED!
I need to remember this feeling whenever I feel like giving up!
This week I have learned that I can fall off the wagon once or twice, as long as I don't jump off! In the past, every time I felt weak and ended up cheating on a diet I would go all out and binge on the worst possible food! I felt that since I am cheating, I might as well have ALL I want to eat and just be super strict for the next few days.... Well, that super strict part didn't always happen and pretty soon I was just off the diet and eating more and worse than ever.
This week, even when I cheated, I cheated as little and as healthy as I could. I cheated just enough to relieve my hunger but not enough to reward (actually it was more like punish) myself. Who would have thought this would work and even though I cheated I still lost weight that day?! Well... I guess people with more common sense and healthier eating habits, that's who. But since hindsight is 20/20, I can say I am now part of this group!
Healthier me, here I come!!
Day 2 - a success!
May 04, 2011
I am doing this!
Day 2 was a success, with no cheating AND a 20 minute cardio workout!
Healthy life style, here I come!
Pre-op Liquid Diet here I go!
May 03, 2011
Hi everyone!
Even though I have been researching, learning, praying, and going from doctor to doctor contemplating, deciding, and preparing for my surgery, I will consider May 1st the beginning of my journey towards this new beginning for my life!
My surgery is scheduled for May 13th - YES! FRIDAY THE 13th! - and I began my pre-op liquid diet yesterday (May 1st)!
Emotionally I have been doing a lot of "work" in order to get to this point, but physically my "work" starts now and I am pumped and ready!
Even though my surgeon did not put me on a pre-op diet, I've decided to follow for 12 days a diet that is as similar to my post op diet as possible; protein shakes, carnation instant breakfast, clear liquids, and LOTS of water.
Yesterday wasn't easy, but my excitement about this new life carried me through most of the day! At night I broke down and had two pieces of pizza. I feel badly about that, but I am not beating myself down! Today I WILL carry it all the way through!
Let the pounds drop! =)
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Even though I have been researching, learning, praying, and going from doctor to doctor contemplating, deciding, and preparing for my surgery, I will consider May 1st the beginning of my journey towards this new beginning for my life!
My surgery is scheduled for May 13th - YES! FRIDAY THE 13th! - and I began my pre-op liquid diet yesterday (May 1st)!
Emotionally I have been doing a lot of "work" in order to get to this point, but physically my "work" starts now and I am pumped and ready!
Even though my surgeon did not put me on a pre-op diet, I've decided to follow for 12 days a diet that is as similar to my post op diet as possible; protein shakes, carnation instant breakfast, clear liquids, and LOTS of water.
Yesterday wasn't easy, but my excitement about this new life carried me through most of the day! At night I broke down and had two pieces of pizza. I feel badly about that, but I am not beating myself down! Today I WILL carry it all the way through!
Let the pounds drop! =)
