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Ok I am officially a bander, Yippeee. My date was 04/05/07. I am happy that I did it. This pic is about 11 months older than the band. So I start my story here. I hope I can post or will post alot, but for today I do. Today is 4/7/07. I am 261 or at least that was my surgery weight. Maybe I should get on the scale and see what my home scale says and go from there. My home scale says same thing, 261. My BMI is 46.2. I am 5'3". The most I have weighed is about 290 probably more. At one point I would not even look at a scale or take pics. So it was probably more. So now I will start my Loser Life. I never been considered a LOSER in my whole life. Well this time is a great time to be called a LOSER. Well I will post sometime later. I now have to find out how to make my page beautiful like some of the others I see on here. LATA YALL.
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04/10/07 OK I pick the best time of year to have my surgery so I could also take some time for Dee outside of my house and just chill in my backyard. So why in the hell is the weather funky since I had surgery here in LaPlace LA. I can't go outside and walk, I can't go in my backyard and sit in my chair under my umbrella and do nothing, I can't even hose off the damn back yard because it's raining or cold or something. And I am somewhat from the ole school which basically says after surgery your should not get rained on, LOL or be in cold weather. Well anyway I can't change the weather so I am going to have to deal with it. I guess that means clean the house. Today I am only 5 days post op and really haven't lost a pound. WTFreak is going on. I wake up 3 lbs lighter than when I go to bed. I haven't been eating half as much. I am bloated and possibly constipated. I asked Dr. Curry and he basically said take some BeneFiber. So on the way to the store I go. Thursday I go into Dr's Moores office for a week after follow up and will see what happens then. I'm almost to the point of saying I should have just kept losing by myself, but once the insurance was approved after waiting 3 years or longer, I was like oh hell no, I'm doing it. I just think I need to get out this house and go walking, walking, walking. I think I am going to go to Walmart and just walk around there. I also think my blood sugar is extremely low. I need to go somewhere and check it. Oh well enough of my griping. I just did not have a rainy day plan. I just thought the weather was going to be beautiful most days.
Ok today is 4/16/07. I went to my first week post op follow up Friday the 13th and I was so excited, I am down 27lbs. Yes. I don't know what else to say but that's it, 27lbs. since I started which is about a month right now. Man I went in there thinking I had not lost one damn pound and I better start losing or they pulling it out of me. But that is because I got a new scale which is digital with all these different things on it and obviously was pressing something that said previous weight. Anyway I down 27lbs. I feel good, but you know what, when I told somebody who is supposed to be happy for me, he was like oh ok. No congrats or nothing. When I told my ExHubby, he was like yippee. Hmmmmm. But anyway, yes I am on my wayyyyyyy. Gotta go.
04/22/07 I am getting a lil scared. I am 2 1/2 weeks post op and I am not feeling full like I was. I don't go in for my first fill until May 18th. I got all screwed up when I went to the damn Dietician with a group of people who had surgery the same time as I did. Here I am following the program to the letter, scared I'm going to mess something up and the rest of them are eating like they are on week 5. So I came home and tried some other stuff to eat, chewed well, drank 1 hr after I ate and was fine. So now I am eating normal. I only eat about 800 calories a day, probably 30 carbs a day or less, but I don't feel full. I just don't eat because I am scared. I don't know what to do. They are adamant they don't do fills for 5 wks post op. I better not gain my 27lbs back. I don't see weight loss on the scale. Hmmmmm. I am not hungry at all, not full, so I don't know what I am.
05/08/07
Ok yall today I don't know my weight because I decided I wasn't going to weigh myself no more until I go for my first fill. So as far as I can tell I have loss some inches but not too much weight. Mainly because of the walking. So my first fill is 05/18, I can't weight, Oops wait, I learned from Frances after my previous post that I was ok. My band is not full and everything I am feeling is normal. So I will see in about 10 days where I am. But I have a story of course to tell. I went out on my first dinner date with a gentleman since surgery who does not know I had surgery. It was so funny. I know I can't eat a big meal so I ordered a childs plate. He looked at me like what the mess is this about. I told him I was trying to lose weight. He teased and teased and then called me a cheap date. So I took it all in stride and laughed about it. I was like oh man first date, he aint calling back. But we have been talking and he works out in SNAP 24-7 gym, so after the 18th he and I will work out together some days.
05/22/07
Ok Yall I went got my first fill and everything went well so far. I got it Friday, the 18th. I went to eat lunch with someone and all I could eat was a MikkyD's Vanilla Shake. BCuz I had been off sweets for a minute that was best tasting shake I had ever had. WHEW. After that I was able to eat a light dinner with no problem. So I was thinking ohoh I am not restricted. Sat I did good, ate except at dinner, I ate a little fried fish, half a biscuit and some pinto beans. I could not eat the rest of the dinner that was bought for me. Sunday I did ok, I ate Salt Free Potato chips and drank plenty water. Oh bcuz I was at the beach. My family was so proud of me losing just the weight that I have lost. They are truelly beginning to notice. Now Monday, was another story. I woke ate my Multi Vitamins and was a lil restricted just from that. For lunch I had tuna and 6 crackers, could not eat all the tuna, was very tight. I could feel the pain so I went walking and PBed a few times while I was walking. Last night, Monday night, I don't remember what I ate, oh I ate some pepperoni sausages and was full. This morning I got up and was tight again, so I drank a protein drink. Today I feel great so far. I am not hungry at all. I really feel great.
OH AND THE MAIN THING IS I AM UNDER THE 250 MARK. I weigh now 248.
06/16/07 Ok yall I am officially under the 250 mark. Well I went got my fill 05/22 then I weighed 248. The Dr's office called me to see how was I doing and I said ok, but I feel the same as I did before the fill. Well somebody thought I said I feel the same as before surgery, so the NP called me and said to come in. I went in on June 5th (I think). I was down to 241. YUP 241. So they did not give me a fill, which I was happy because I definitely don't want to be too tight for nothing. Well I go back June 22 for my next fill. I have been exercising every single day and eating right every day. I can feel the inches going away but I don't see the weight loss on the scale, but guess what, I am still happy. I do the treadmill up to 45 minutes, stationary bike up to 30 minutes and sometime do this thing called nustep for 30 minutes. I also do weights for my arms only, I am trying not to have flab under my arm. Well with all the exercise I hope and pray that I am down at least another 12 lbs since the first fill. So I wish me luck. which means I want to be down to 236 or 235. I can't remember the last time I saw that weight and it applied to me. LOL. But now it will. YIPPEE.
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I went to get a fill yesterday and I am now officially at 231, which my electronic scale says 229. LOL. So for once I am going with my scale. LOL. But I am happy with the weight loss. I cannot believe I am at the weight I was about 8 years ago. My Friend (male) says I am soooo light now. But he is checking me out all the time. We still wrestle and play around so now he is like I can throw you across the room. LOL. He is muscular. But throwing me across a room is a whole nother ball game. But back to me. Yep I am doing it, as one of my Lil Brothers say, I am bringing sexy back. The things that make me happy is not the numbers but the admirers I am now getting. And I don't just mean men (of course I love those) but so many of my coworkers are telling me how good I look, how happy and how healthy I look. We have several peeps at my job who had Lap Band at the same time as I did and don't look half as good (trust me I am not bragging), but guess what, they are not working out like I do. So to say that is just to say, don't just get the lap band and watch the pounds, work out and get the figure and the healthy look. Anyway I am officially somewhere between 229 and 231, by July 31st my goal is 227. So I have either 2 or 4 lbs before the end of the month.
March 9, 2008 - I haven't posted in a long time so I will post now. I am about one month from my anniversary. I feel great. I am down to 214 I think. I had a weight loss freeze for a few months, at first I was crazy upset, then I realized how much weight I have lost and feel great about myself. My goal was to be under 200 in a year, but that's ok. I am so close and starting to go back to weight loss I am great with it. Plus I must say, I am a damnnnn fionnnnne Sista. I want to lose about another 40 lbs, but everybody say I will look like an old crackhead. I carry my weight pretty well. I am going to post some pics as soon as I take some. But heyyyy I love me even more than I did before. I am doing the damn thing. Ok that's enough of me being full of myself. I just want to say thank you to everybody who supported me in efforts, LOL. I am just tripping but I do feel great. LUV YALL. I'm back.
June 27th, 2008. I am now 2 months and some change post anniversary. I have not been losing weight hardly at all. I think in the last 3 months or so I have only lost about 10 lbs maybe less depending on when I weigh myself. I don't know what to do. I know I need to exercise more and lay off the damn snacks. I walk almost everyday for at least 30 to 45 minutes. I have increased my distance which means I am walking harder and faster, but still no significant weight loss. I don't have time to do the gym like I used to because I work 2 damn jobs. I don't know what I am going to do now. My goal is to lose 50 lbs before my birthday. LOL. Just a wish not a goal. Anyway I am going to try something else. I had my upper GI and the everything is in order, he said I was a lil tight, but fine. So what should I do now. Just go crazy.
