Tami B.
Scale issues....
Sep 12, 2006
September 13, 2006
Well, I got the new scale, and let me tell ya, I've done better than I thought! This morning I was at 238.2 so close to 7 lbs down..PTL!...I can't wait to see what I will be at on Thursday when I go meet my surgeon! I love the people on this board, so uplifting and supportive...I love them all so much!
Well, I got the new scale, and let me tell ya, I've done better than I thought! This morning I was at 238.2 so close to 7 lbs down..PTL!...I can't wait to see what I will be at on Thursday when I go meet my surgeon! I love the people on this board, so uplifting and supportive...I love them all so much!
Sweet Hubby!
Sep 10, 2006
September 11, 2006
Had a nice long "pep" talk from my husband last night, he really knows how to motivate me, I love him dearly, he's such a wonderfully sweet man. Time to really kick it in gear! He told me no more food goes in my mouth that I don't know the calorie, fat, carb and sugar breakdowns. He also said that he'd diet with me to help me lose the 10%. So, today I had a protein shake for breakfast and lunch, a piece of 97% fat free ham for a snack, some pork rinds (I know, some think they are gross but man I love them, crunchy!) and for dinner had some barbqued chicken with the skin removed, zucchini and a salad. That's all the food for me today. Funny thing is yesterday morning the scale said 245 lbs. this morning it said 242 lbs. Time for a new scale, that's for sure!
Had a nice long "pep" talk from my husband last night, he really knows how to motivate me, I love him dearly, he's such a wonderfully sweet man. Time to really kick it in gear! He told me no more food goes in my mouth that I don't know the calorie, fat, carb and sugar breakdowns. He also said that he'd diet with me to help me lose the 10%. So, today I had a protein shake for breakfast and lunch, a piece of 97% fat free ham for a snack, some pork rinds (I know, some think they are gross but man I love them, crunchy!) and for dinner had some barbqued chicken with the skin removed, zucchini and a salad. That's all the food for me today. Funny thing is yesterday morning the scale said 245 lbs. this morning it said 242 lbs. Time for a new scale, that's for sure!
Consult Scheduled!
Sep 06, 2006
September 7, 2006
I got a call from the person who schedules the consultation with the surgeon. My consultation date is September 14th at 1:45. She says it's a 4 hour appointment. So now it's all about losing the 10% as quickly as possible. Guess I'll have to go through a battery of tests as well, should be fun!
I got a call from the person who schedules the consultation with the surgeon. My consultation date is September 14th at 1:45. She says it's a 4 hour appointment. So now it's all about losing the 10% as quickly as possible. Guess I'll have to go through a battery of tests as well, should be fun!
Blah blah blah
Aug 23, 2006
August 24, 2006
Wow, this is getting quite a bit easier! I'm trying to keep calories around 800 per day, but making sure I eat something mid morning and mid afternoon to keep the metabolism moving, but only a vegetable without any extra calories on it, or possibly a hard boiled egg. I feel like I'm almost teetering to the side of "anorexia" as in I just don't want to eat anything if I don't have to! Anyway, the good news to all my damn madness is that since I weighed on Sunday night, I've lost 5 lbs. Now I know most is water, so I'm not too excited, but hey, it's better than a gain. Oh, and I'm drinking water like crazy, I drink chlorophyll in water each day as well, enough so that I can "see" that I'm saturated in the stuff if you get my drift! I work for a holistic dentist who is big on supplements, and since I've been working here, I've learned so much and am really supplementing my meals with lots of healthy goodness!
Wow, this is getting quite a bit easier! I'm trying to keep calories around 800 per day, but making sure I eat something mid morning and mid afternoon to keep the metabolism moving, but only a vegetable without any extra calories on it, or possibly a hard boiled egg. I feel like I'm almost teetering to the side of "anorexia" as in I just don't want to eat anything if I don't have to! Anyway, the good news to all my damn madness is that since I weighed on Sunday night, I've lost 5 lbs. Now I know most is water, so I'm not too excited, but hey, it's better than a gain. Oh, and I'm drinking water like crazy, I drink chlorophyll in water each day as well, enough so that I can "see" that I'm saturated in the stuff if you get my drift! I work for a holistic dentist who is big on supplements, and since I've been working here, I've learned so much and am really supplementing my meals with lots of healthy goodness!
More stuff
Aug 22, 2006
August 23, 2006
Yesterday I ate MUCH better, very proud of myself! Blown away by the whole carbs thing though, today all I've had is a protein shake and a hard boiled egg for breakfast, a banana for snack, a weight watchers meal and a sugar free jello for lunch and I've already had 58 g of carbs! What the hell? So, if I'm gonna lose this weight fast, I have to keep the carbs under 30 per day, guess that means no more weight watchers meals for lunch, now I have to come up with something I can make quick and easy to take to work for lunch...trying to lose weight blows! Tonight will be a grilled boneless/skinless chicken breast and fresh green beans for dinner, with another protein shake for my evening snack. I think compared to my prior eating habits I'm kicking ass! If it doesn't come off with this much of a change, it never will!
Yesterday I ate MUCH better, very proud of myself! Blown away by the whole carbs thing though, today all I've had is a protein shake and a hard boiled egg for breakfast, a banana for snack, a weight watchers meal and a sugar free jello for lunch and I've already had 58 g of carbs! What the hell? So, if I'm gonna lose this weight fast, I have to keep the carbs under 30 per day, guess that means no more weight watchers meals for lunch, now I have to come up with something I can make quick and easy to take to work for lunch...trying to lose weight blows! Tonight will be a grilled boneless/skinless chicken breast and fresh green beans for dinner, with another protein shake for my evening snack. I think compared to my prior eating habits I'm kicking ass! If it doesn't come off with this much of a change, it never will!
Dieting....YUCK!
Aug 20, 2006
August 21, 2006
First day of the official lose 10% "diet" and I'm doing okay.....really stuck to 1200 calories if you don't count the graham cracker I messed up and ate today. Going to either swim or walk tonight for a good half hour. Will fill up on vegetables tonight, pretty much a safe food for now. I've been reading so many profiles and I have been so inspired, what these people here have accomplished with their weight loss "tool" is amazing, if I'm only half as successful, I'll be proud! I hate, just hate looking at my before picture, fat really makes you ugly, very ugly. I used to consider myself somewhat easy on the eyes when I was thin, but fat? God grant me the power to drop this 10% lickety split! -AMEN
Well, today was my first day of "eating right" and I really feel bad. I did fine all day, stuck to my 1200 calorie diet, but because I made some chocolate chip cookies over the weekend and didn't throw them out, I had three tonight, I feel horrible and like I cheated the hell out of myself. I can guarantee you I won't be blowing it tomorrow, I don't know what got into me...stupid choice, as soon as I was finished I wanted to throw them up so bad, but that's not something I've ever done, or could ever do, so I sat and sulked! Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
First day of the official lose 10% "diet" and I'm doing okay.....really stuck to 1200 calories if you don't count the graham cracker I messed up and ate today. Going to either swim or walk tonight for a good half hour. Will fill up on vegetables tonight, pretty much a safe food for now. I've been reading so many profiles and I have been so inspired, what these people here have accomplished with their weight loss "tool" is amazing, if I'm only half as successful, I'll be proud! I hate, just hate looking at my before picture, fat really makes you ugly, very ugly. I used to consider myself somewhat easy on the eyes when I was thin, but fat? God grant me the power to drop this 10% lickety split! -AMEN
Well, today was my first day of "eating right" and I really feel bad. I did fine all day, stuck to my 1200 calorie diet, but because I made some chocolate chip cookies over the weekend and didn't throw them out, I had three tonight, I feel horrible and like I cheated the hell out of myself. I can guarantee you I won't be blowing it tomorrow, I don't know what got into me...stupid choice, as soon as I was finished I wanted to throw them up so bad, but that's not something I've ever done, or could ever do, so I sat and sulked! Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
Orientation
Aug 19, 2006
August 20, 2006
Well, today I go for my orientation class in Fremont at the Kaiser hospital. I'm so nervous cause I don't know what is going to happen or what they will tell me. I'm worried about how they are going to determine my 10% weight loss, what are they going to base that on, my current weight, my heaviest? All I know is I have to take off that 10% as fast as possible, I want this surgery like yesterday. I'll be taking photos tonight and posting them....yuck, that will be an eye opener, and my husband will have to take them which will be hard for me because I try my level best to not let him see me in all my "fat glory!"
Well, back from Fremont, not really what I expected at all. Turned in my paperwork and wish I could have left after that, nothing they told me during that three hour ordeal I hadn't either read in "Weight Loss for Dummies" or on the internet somewhere, since I've spent hours and hours researching this and making sure it's something I want to do. But I sat there and listened.
I guess I will have my bariatric consultation within three weeks. Found out that I had actually lost a half a pound between June and today, my last weigh in was 245, and today I weighed in at 244.5, so I guess I'm already half a pound down towards my goal! Went to the grocery store and bought all my "healthy" foods for the week, I'm gonna see to it that I drop this 10% fast! Tomorrow I have to go buy protein supplement and sublingual B-12, I have the rest of the supplements covered. Oh yeah, took three pics tonight, still not sure about posting them just yet...I'll see.
Well, today I go for my orientation class in Fremont at the Kaiser hospital. I'm so nervous cause I don't know what is going to happen or what they will tell me. I'm worried about how they are going to determine my 10% weight loss, what are they going to base that on, my current weight, my heaviest? All I know is I have to take off that 10% as fast as possible, I want this surgery like yesterday. I'll be taking photos tonight and posting them....yuck, that will be an eye opener, and my husband will have to take them which will be hard for me because I try my level best to not let him see me in all my "fat glory!"
Well, back from Fremont, not really what I expected at all. Turned in my paperwork and wish I could have left after that, nothing they told me during that three hour ordeal I hadn't either read in "Weight Loss for Dummies" or on the internet somewhere, since I've spent hours and hours researching this and making sure it's something I want to do. But I sat there and listened.
I guess I will have my bariatric consultation within three weeks. Found out that I had actually lost a half a pound between June and today, my last weigh in was 245, and today I weighed in at 244.5, so I guess I'm already half a pound down towards my goal! Went to the grocery store and bought all my "healthy" foods for the week, I'm gonna see to it that I drop this 10% fast! Tomorrow I have to go buy protein supplement and sublingual B-12, I have the rest of the supplements covered. Oh yeah, took three pics tonight, still not sure about posting them just yet...I'll see.
About Me
Northern California, CA
Location
25.8
BMI
Surgery
04/24/2007
Surgery Date
May 18, 2006
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