Joanne C.

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5/17/08
I weighed in at Weight Watchers this morning.

Drumroll please......

down to 239! I lost 3.8, but had gone up .4 and .4, so I am down a total of 3lbs.

I am going to stick to the Core Plan for a while.

And I still have pretty good restriction, so all is well.

I couldn't stand the suspense.

I got on my home scale this morning.

Now, according to that scale I am down about 2lbs.

Weigh in tomorrow, so we shall see.

You would think I would get tired of the fish and Fiber One, but I'm not. I love that Parmesan Talapia!

And boy howdy! All of that Fiber One...I bet my colon is darn near squeaky clean!

5/12/08

My first week on WW, doing the flex plan, I gained .4.

My second week on WW, doing the flex plan, I gained .4.

My third week on WW, I switched to core plan, it was my TOM, I didn't bother seeing how much I gained.

SO, this week I am on Slim Fast, Protein shakes, Fiber One, plain oatmeal, and fish and veggies.

If I haven't lost something on Saturday, I'm going to...I'm going to...well, I guess I am going to just keep trying.

4/20/2008

I joined WW yesterday with my husband. I know it is a good program, because I have joined a million times before. I have always lost weight with the program, I just never kept it off. I always eventually quit because I just couldn't take being HUNGRY anymore.

I am very hopeful that the combination of WW and my band will be MAGIC. I have the good program to follow, and my band to help me not be hungry. I am so confident in this that I changed my goal to 140lbs. That may end up being too low, and I may have to adj back to 150, but for now I am setting my sights on 140.

The WW scale weighed me exactly the same as my doctor scale. Bummer. That makes it official that my home scale weighs less then it should.

So. I changed my tickers to reflect my WW weight. Which means according to THOSE scales, I have not lost 100lbs. Yet.

4/08/08

I know I shouldn't put so much emphasis on the scale, but it is soooo hard not to!!

I finally made it to the CENTURY CLUB. -100 lbs.

I love my band!!

4/3/08
My 2nd anniversary came and went.

I didn't take pictures, I didn't take measurements, I didn't do the traditional "Bandiversary" post.

I didn't make any of my goals. I'm not below 200 , I'm not even at -100 yet.

But I am ok with all of it.

I got a fill in February that put me at 3.5. I have decent restriction about 85% of the time. I am making good choices about 90% of the time and I am exercising a lot more regularly than I was.

So I am ok. I just keep telling myself that, several times a day. I AM OK.

3/18/08

Why oh why do we sabotage ourselves?

I got a fill at the end of February. I have pretty good restriction about 92% of the time. I was all psyched up and ready to get back on track.

Even though I didn't make it to under 200 by the end of 2007 (HA! not even close). Even though I didn't make it to 100lbs lost by the end of 2007 (kinda close!). Even though I have not been to the gym since - maybe - once in December.

I was gonna be back on the wagon after that fill. Even if it meant *gasp* DIETING. I thought I could handle dieting for a little bit. I mean I have done WW about a million times and was good for a few months anyways.

Nope.

Didn't even make it a week and a half and I ate Krispy Kreme donuts. BIG mistake having that 2nd one. I was miserable for HOURS!. Last weekend: a snickers bar, 6 little chocolate donettes, 6 Swiss cookies, and 1 trip to the Chinese Buffet where I DRANK WITH MY MEAL. On purpose!!

Now it is 11 days from my 2 year mark. If I am not at 100 lbs lost by then, I am afraid I will be so disgusted with myself that I may be tempted to do something I haven't done in years....like have a bag of snack size Hershey bars for dinner.

I haven't gotten on the scale since early last week sometime. I was back up to 244.

Fluctuation, fluctuation, fluctuation

I keep telling myself that. It is just normal fluctuation.

I have been making better choices. I have tried to stop fighting the band and actually listen to my body and STOP EATING and not try to just squeeze in a few. more. bites. I have been walking at lunch, either 1 1/2 miles or 2 miles. I even got on the elliptical at home the other night (and as a side note - I did 15 minutes! When I first got that thing I couldn't even do 3!) I am planning on hopping on again tonight.

238 238 238 238

I thought I had lost all restriction Monday night, I was able to eat with no trouble. Tuesday and Wednesday- same thing. But thank goodness, by Thursday I had restriction again. Lunch was Braums on the road, and I could only eat about 1 1/2 chicken fingers - they were out of chilli :o(

Big Thanksgiving meal - about 3oz worth of fried turkey and a couple of taste of the fried skin, baked sweet potato, dressing, squash. My little bit of seconds were 2 extra bites of dark meat and more baked sweet potato. I was stuffed to the gills.

But now, on Friday, no restriction. I ate breakfast quiche. Lunch I ate a cajun porkchop almost the size of my head, stuffed with crawfish stuffing. Dinner I ate several helpings of the greatest crawfish etoufee and 2 brown and serve rolls. Then part of a piece of sugar-free pumpkin pie.

So Saturday on the way home we stop for chinese food and I barely get 6 bites in. I actually threw up. First time. It was the shrimp. I have to very careful with shrimp, apparently.

So I do still have restriction.

Had my doc appointment today. Lost 6 lbs since last appt 6 weeks ago. It was more until Thanksgiving. So no more fill yet.

I am still at 3cc in my 4cc band.

This should be good for a while. I do mostly have restriction. My only problem is my stupid head. I still need to get it in line with the rest of me.

I want to be below 200 before March 29, 2008, my 2 year mark.

I am still hanging in there.

My progress is slow. But it IS progress.

I quit my part time job because it was interfering with my ability to make time for me. I wasn't going to the gym, I was eating badly, I was constantly tired.

I am more focused now. I feel like I did right after I had surgery. I go to the gym at least 3 times a week. I walk on my lunch hour - 1 mile - at least 4 times a week. Some days I take extra time and do 2 miles.

I pay more attention to my eating. I don't fight my band as much.

Scale hasn't made any great leaps, but I am losing inches. I have new extra saggy spots on my thighs (Hello Plastic Surgery!) and I won't even go into the droop that is my upper arms.

I am almost down to a size 18 pants. Tops are 16/18 or 18/20 - depending. Pants are 20 or 22 - depending.

I had a goal of wanting to be under 200 before the end of the year. Well, I am not going to be. But I am ok with that. Because it may not be by January 1, 2008...but sometime soon, I will see a 199.

I am still hanging in there.

5/12/07

It has been a tough month. I started suffering from sciatic pain about 1 1/2 months ago. I have never had it before. I was put on steroids. It worked but I gained 7 lbs. I was soooo upset. It was so hard for me to get out of the 250's and it only took 3 days of that medicine and I was back up. I ended up at 254. It is slowly going back down. I was 250.8 today. So hopefully in the next few days I will be back where I was.

I am just holding my breath though to see if the pain comes back. If it does I just don't know if I am willing to take steroids again. I may decide to just suffer through it.

Other than that not much happening. I got a part time job at WalMart. I had lost a lot of inches from all the walking around and bending over. By the way, it was not the cause of the sciatica, it started before I got the job. Now, I am not saying it didn't make it worse, because it probably did, but it didn't cause it.

Anyway, I have lost a lot of inches and I think my abs are firming up just a little. I make sure that everytime I bend over to get something off the floor (which is ALOT) I tighten my abs and bend like I am doing toe touches. I am basically in 20's and 22's. I bought some 18's, and I can put them on, but they are still too tight. I also bought some tops that are 16/18. Just plain old 16/18. No plus size. I can put them on, but they are still a bit too tight and show of the "blub". Soon though!

I have decided to start looking into plastic surgery for my boobs later this fall. I would like to have a reduction in the spring. I am setting a goal of being below 200 by the end of the year. That should be close enough to goal to get a lift done. Because I'll tell ya, they just don't seem to be shrinking with my weight. I have gone from a 46 to a 42, but I am still in a DDD and should probably be in a bigger cup, but since that is the biggest that you can easily/cheaply buy, that's what I wear. They have always been down by belly button. I can't even imagine what it will be like to have them up where they are supposed to be. It gets more uncomfortable the more weight I am losing. That is why I decided to get them done before I get to goal. I am hoping my insurance will pay it.