pru_lady2000
So it's been awhile...
Apr 21, 2010
I've been completely MIA (well almost MIA)....things have been going great!!! For the month of March, I lost a total of 7lbs...woooohoooo!!! I was so happy when they told me how much weight I lost considering that for the month of February I only lost 3lbs but I guess a loss is a loss is a loss, lol....so in short, it's better to lose something than to not lose anything at all. I'm only 11lbs away from losing a total of 50lbs and I'm trying to decide what I want to do to celebrate. Finding something to do is a little harder than one would think it would be. I mean, how hard can it be to reward yourself for your accomplishments lol...but for me I guess it's pretty darn hard.
Before my fill appt. (last week) I initially had 5.4cc's and my PA decided that I may have been too tight and decided to take out 0.2cc's which puts me at having 5.2cc's currently in my band. Initially, I didn't think that 0.2cc's would make a difference but obviously I was sadly mistaken. I've lost restriction now and on my next fill appt. I'm definitely having them put my 0.2cc's back, lol.
I'm still working out 5 days a week for an hour and a half to two hours Monday-Friday. I've actually bumped my workout up b/c I feel like my body is getting used to my routine and it feels as if I'm not challenging myself anymore. I'm now able to run on the treadmill at a speed of 5.2 for 25 minutes straight. Considering that I could barely last running 2 minutes at a speed of 4.5, I'm doing GREAT, LOL.
Last Saturday I went to a friends b-day party and I received so many compliments on how great I look. A lot of my friends have not seen me since I started this weight loss journey and they were completely shocked to see how much weight I've lost. It made me feel so good b/c I was actually feeling a little down. I had just bought some new jeans and I thought that they were a lil too tight and that I thought that it drew a lot of attention to my rolls and I started to second guess wearing my outfit but luckily for me I didn't b/c no one even noticed (what a relief).
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Before my fill appt. (last week) I initially had 5.4cc's and my PA decided that I may have been too tight and decided to take out 0.2cc's which puts me at having 5.2cc's currently in my band. Initially, I didn't think that 0.2cc's would make a difference but obviously I was sadly mistaken. I've lost restriction now and on my next fill appt. I'm definitely having them put my 0.2cc's back, lol.
I'm still working out 5 days a week for an hour and a half to two hours Monday-Friday. I've actually bumped my workout up b/c I feel like my body is getting used to my routine and it feels as if I'm not challenging myself anymore. I'm now able to run on the treadmill at a speed of 5.2 for 25 minutes straight. Considering that I could barely last running 2 minutes at a speed of 4.5, I'm doing GREAT, LOL.
Last Saturday I went to a friends b-day party and I received so many compliments on how great I look. A lot of my friends have not seen me since I started this weight loss journey and they were completely shocked to see how much weight I've lost. It made me feel so good b/c I was actually feeling a little down. I had just bought some new jeans and I thought that they were a lil too tight and that I thought that it drew a lot of attention to my rolls and I started to second guess wearing my outfit but luckily for me I didn't b/c no one even noticed (what a relief).
My 3 Month Post Op Update!!
Mar 05, 2010
So today officially marks 3 months post op for me and things are coming along just fine. I had my fill appt today and last month I weighed in at 258lbs and today I weighed in at 255lbs, so I've lost a total of 3lbs for the month of February. Some may be sad or upset that they've only lost 3lbs but I'm excited because any loss is a good loss in my book, lol. I did get a fill today. My doctor only added 0.6cc's in my band so I have a total of 5.4cc's in my 10cc band. I'll have to see if I can get some restriction this time around (fingers crossed). I'm still hitting the gym 5 days a week, so I'm most definitely maintaining that goal. I'm still excited about making the decision to have wls. When I see friends that I haven't seen in awhile and they tell me that I look great, it only reminds me of what a great choice I made for myself. I also was able to fit into a pair of jeans that I have not been able to fit into for about 4-5 years and of course that made my day. My journey will be a successful one!!!
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2 Months Post Op.....WOW!!!
Feb 05, 2010
Today I am officially 2 months post op and honestly it does not seem like it's been that long. Things have been great for me this past month. I had a fill appt. today and I have "technically" lost 7lbs.....woooohoooo. On my follow up appt on Jan. 20th with my surgeon, I had gained 2lbs but I didn't post that gain on here b/c I'm not a "daily weigher" and I only check/update my weight loss and or gain once a month which is only when I have my fill appts. So you may see that it will say that I've lost 5lbs this month but technically its 7 b/c I weighed 265 lbs on my follow up appt w/ my surgeon. I also got a fill....so I now have 4.8cc's in my 11 cc allergen band. This time my fill didn't freak me out, I guess I've either gotten used to it or because I already know what to expect, it doesn't bother me as much as it did before. I'm hoping I will have some restriction now, because I can still eat pretty much whatever I want and just about how much I want and that's not good. Lord please, please send me some restriction (let the church say amen, lol).
Like I said, things have been going well for me. I've started back working out and it feels great. I go to the gym Monday-Friday and I workout for about 2hrs and I burn over 500 calories each time
. I'm determined to lose this weight so I can enjoy my life. I'm hoping that everything continues to stay in place b/c I'm a full time student and a full time homemaker and considering that school just started back last month and I know as time goes on, it's going to get more challenging and I'm hoping that I can juggle
it all.
Also, last week I was able to by a shirt in a size 1X and 2 pairs of workout shorts (spandex) in a size 2X. I have not been able to fit into a 1X shirt in God knows how long and for the day of my surgery I bought a pair of pants (spandex) and I had to get them in a size 3X b/c that was the only size that fit me comfortably. I can definitely feel that I've lost weight in my clothes but I cannot see it when I look at myself in the mirror or when I compare myself now to some of my older pics. I hope that my eyes will catch up with the number of pounds I've lost or will lose soon, lol.
My band is working for me now and I hope and pray that it continues to work for me because I'm definitely working for my band!!!! My new motto is "if you work for it, it will work for you"!!!!!!
Week 7 Post Op Update
Jan 29, 2010
Today is week 7 post op for me and I couldn't be any happier. I began working out last Wednesday and I have gone to the gym everyday since then. So in short, I have worked out for 10 days straight, wooohooo!!! Can you believe that???? I can't hardly believe it myself, lol. It was hard work but I did and I feel fantastic. That was a huge accomplishment for me. Next week I have a fill appt and hopefully I can get a fill b/c I don't have any restriction what so ever and I am eating way more food than what my doctor told me I would be able to eat after having surgery. I have no gripes or complaints this week b/c things have been great and I hope that next week will be even better.
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6 Week Post Op Update
Jan 22, 2010
So today officially marks week 6 post op (1 month and 2 weeks.....sounds much longer when I say it this way, lol) and things are going great. I had my follow up appt with my surgeon on Wednesday and finally got full clearance to workout full force, YAY!! The bad part of my visit was that I gained 2lbs and that is due to me eating 3 meals a day and not really being able to workout yet but that did not get me down b/c the scale could have said that I gained 20lbs but it didn't so oh well. I guess I can also look at it as that I'm not losing weight in regards to pounds but I'm losing weight in inches but unfortunately I did not take any body measurements at the beginning of this process but that's ok. I can tell that I've lost weight b/c I can feel it in my clothes and every time I put on something that fits a little bit looser than it did the last time I wore it, that's enough satisfaction for me. My goal throughout this process is not to make myself feel upset or depressed if the scale says I've gained 1 or 2 pounds. I've had enough depression in my life and I'm no longer going to let little small things like that get the best of me. I'm also not a "daily weigher"......I truly only weigh myself when I have my fill appointments and that's when I will give my update on the amount of weight I've lost so in other words....I'm only updating my weight loss once a month. Moving on.......my doctor did say to me that he could tell that I've lost weight in my stomach area and that it seems to be shaping up nicely and that really made me feel good. I walked out that office feeling like a million bucks, lol. I notice that I've lost weight in my stomach area b/c I can no longer lay/sleep on my left side b/c I can feel my port and it kinda hurts and it definitely is uncomfortable. My concern with that is that if I'm having issues with my port now at my current weight then I can only imagine the issues I will have once I get to my goal weight. I'm hoping that I will not need port revision surgery b/c that would kinda suck. I did start working out on Wednesday and I've gone to the gym (3 days straight) everyday since then and it really feels good to be back. My goal is to workout 5 days a week, Monday-Friday and since I started working out during me middle of the week, I'm going to workout for a total of 10 days straight until next weekend. Then I'll be on the routine that I'm supposed to be on and things should be smooth sailing from there (hopefully).
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My First Stuck Episode
Jan 13, 2010
Today I had my first stuck episode and boy it was sooooo not a good feeling. This morning I decided to make myself some eggs and a slice of toast for breakfast and apparently I was either taking too big of bites or not chewing it good enough. I could tell that my food was stuck b/c I could feel it in my throat and I tried to sip some of my coffee to help it go down but that only made it worse. Eventually, I ended up throwing it up and after throwing up for almost 5 mins 
, I finally began to feel relief. Now it hurts where my port is at and I'm hoping that I haven't damaged anything 
.
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, I finally began to feel relief. Now it hurts where my port is at and I'm hoping that I haven't damaged anything .
4 Weeks Post Op
Jan 09, 2010
Ok guys I'm going to make this one short and sweet b/c I'm out of town but I wanted to give you all an update about my progress.
Yesterday I had my first fill appt. and the first thing I found out was that I had my numbers completely wrong. Before my pre-op diet I weighed 287lbs and on my day of surgery I weighed 273lbs (wow...a 14lb weight loss from being on my pre-op diet). I actually thought for some reason that I weighed 280 on the day of surgery but that was sooooo incorrect. Thank God I asked them what I weighed the day of my surgery so I could know exactly how much weight I've lost since having the surgery. Well guys, as of now I currently weigh 263lbs. That means that I have lost 10lbs since surgery and I'm soooo excited. All together I've lost a total of 24lbs and I can't believe it!!! My clothes are beginning to sag and I couldn't be even more happier about it, lol. Anyhow guys....those are my "numbers" and I look forward to updating you all in the future on my progress.
Oh I almost forgot.....I got a fill too. My surgeon filled my 10cc band with 2.8cc's after my surgery and yesterday they added 1cc......so I currently have 3.8cc's in my band and I'm waiting to see how my body reacts to it. Also....the fill process is sooooo freaky. I felt weird, I've never had a shot/needle in my stomach and it felt very strange. It didn't hurt but it just felt surreal and my body had to get over the initial shock of being stuck in the stomach, lol.
Have a wonderful day and be blessed!!!
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Yesterday I had my first fill appt. and the first thing I found out was that I had my numbers completely wrong. Before my pre-op diet I weighed 287lbs and on my day of surgery I weighed 273lbs (wow...a 14lb weight loss from being on my pre-op diet). I actually thought for some reason that I weighed 280 on the day of surgery but that was sooooo incorrect. Thank God I asked them what I weighed the day of my surgery so I could know exactly how much weight I've lost since having the surgery. Well guys, as of now I currently weigh 263lbs. That means that I have lost 10lbs since surgery and I'm soooo excited. All together I've lost a total of 24lbs and I can't believe it!!! My clothes are beginning to sag and I couldn't be even more happier about it, lol. Anyhow guys....those are my "numbers" and I look forward to updating you all in the future on my progress.
Oh I almost forgot.....I got a fill too. My surgeon filled my 10cc band with 2.8cc's after my surgery and yesterday they added 1cc......so I currently have 3.8cc's in my band and I'm waiting to see how my body reacts to it. Also....the fill process is sooooo freaky. I felt weird, I've never had a shot/needle in my stomach and it felt very strange. It didn't hurt but it just felt surreal and my body had to get over the initial shock of being stuck in the stomach, lol.
Have a wonderful day and be blessed!!!
Follow Me
Jan 02, 2010
Hey everyone.......first and foremost I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a fun and safe celebration for 2010.
I just wanted to let you all know that I'm also on youtube and you all are more than welcome to follow me on there. I am doing both a written and video diary of my weight loss journey. There are also many, many, many other videos that you all may find helpful and informative about your own weight loss journey. You can find me by searching for prulady2000 and hopefully you will enjoy my videos.
Peace out and many blessings to you all.
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I just wanted to let you all know that I'm also on youtube and you all are more than welcome to follow me on there. I am doing both a written and video diary of my weight loss journey. There are also many, many, many other videos that you all may find helpful and informative about your own weight loss journey. You can find me by searching for prulady2000 and hopefully you will enjoy my videos.
Peace out and many blessings to you all.
2 Weeks Post Op
Dec 27, 2009
First and foremost, I want to wish everyone a late Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.
In one of my previous post I mentioned that I hadn't told my family about me having wls. Sooooo, of course I went home for Christmas and of course everyone kept offering me food to eat and I politely had to keep saying "no thank you, I'm not hungry." Eventually, I had to tell them that I had lap band surgery b/c they were starting to wonder why I was not eating. Much to my surprise, everyone was very supportive. I didn't get not one single negative reaction....thank God. That made me feel sooooo good. What a relief!!!!!
So Christmas day marked exactly 2 full weeks for me post op lap band surgery and I was finally able to start eating soft foods. I was looking forward to eating mashed potatoes, lol. I enjoyed finally being able to eat something other than jello, pudding, broth or yogurt. I have to admit, I did nibble (and I do mean nibbled) on a few items that I was not supposed to have such as chocolate cake and a piece of chicken. I tried my best to avoid eating it but I lost that battle really quick. Even though I knew I wasn't supposed to have that food, I didn't beat myself up about it. I guess I made it ok in my mind b/c I only had a small bite of it. I have to make sure that I do not continue this habit in the future b/c I know that this can become a problem. This is a process and I know that I will make mistakes along the way but this cannot be my excuse to purposefully do things that I know will not allow me to be successful on this journey. I WILL GET THROUGH THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!!!!
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In one of my previous post I mentioned that I hadn't told my family about me having wls. Sooooo, of course I went home for Christmas and of course everyone kept offering me food to eat and I politely had to keep saying "no thank you, I'm not hungry." Eventually, I had to tell them that I had lap band surgery b/c they were starting to wonder why I was not eating. Much to my surprise, everyone was very supportive. I didn't get not one single negative reaction....thank God. That made me feel sooooo good. What a relief!!!!!
So Christmas day marked exactly 2 full weeks for me post op lap band surgery and I was finally able to start eating soft foods. I was looking forward to eating mashed potatoes, lol. I enjoyed finally being able to eat something other than jello, pudding, broth or yogurt. I have to admit, I did nibble (and I do mean nibbled) on a few items that I was not supposed to have such as chocolate cake and a piece of chicken. I tried my best to avoid eating it but I lost that battle really quick. Even though I knew I wasn't supposed to have that food, I didn't beat myself up about it. I guess I made it ok in my mind b/c I only had a small bite of it. I have to make sure that I do not continue this habit in the future b/c I know that this can become a problem. This is a process and I know that I will make mistakes along the way but this cannot be my excuse to purposefully do things that I know will not allow me to be successful on this journey. I WILL GET THROUGH THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!!!!
One Week and 4 Days Post-Op and the Worst Traveling Experience
Dec 22, 2009
Hi guys.....sorry I've been MIA. I was out of town and I left my laptop at home b/c I didn't feel like dragging it through the airport, lol. Anyhow....things have been going great, besides the hunger pains, lol. I have only 3 more days to go til I can eat something different (only soft foods though). I'm proud of myself for being able to last 2 weeks on a liquid diet. I know I've lost weight, but I'm not going to post my weight loss until my first fill appointment which is set for Jan. 8th. Can you believe that I have a fill already scheduled after 4 weeks?......hmmmm...guess they're professionals and know what they're doing but I didn't expect to have a fill until after my follow up appt with my doctor.
Today has been pretty rough for me. I traveled up north and seeing as how I live in TX, my body was not used to all that snow and cold weather so needless to say, I got sick. Not to mention being sick, I also had the worse traveling experience EVER. My plane was over 2 hours late
and we were sitting on the runway waiting for a part to come in for the plane and for the plane to be de-iced. Well......while sitting on the plane for over 2 hours, a passenger got sick and needed paramedics to take them off the plane. By this time I'm completely pissed off. So I called reservations and asked them to change my flight immediately. So the customer service rep changes my ticket to a flight that's leaving in less than 10 mins so I had to run down to the gate.....and once I got there, they told me the plane was completely full and that I would have to be put on standby....now ain't that a b****....all that damn running for nothing. So after I'm damn near in tears and pissed off to the highest of pisstivity (yes that is a word, lol) they call my name over the intercom and say I can board the plane. Now keep in mind that I'm sick and having to blow my nose, sneeze and cough every other min or so and people start looking at me all crazy up side the head. "My god, haven't you people seen someone sick before", is what I was thinking to myself. Anyhow, I make back to DFW, only to find that my bag has been lost and now I have to wait for it to arrive at the airport. The person who was supposed to pick me up from the airport, left a message on my phone saying that they couldn't pick me up, so I thought to myself that's fine....I can just take a cab home considering that I only live about 10 mins away from the airport. So I get in the cab and the guys tells me that I have to pay a minimum of $22.00. Now by this time I'm hot 
. So at this point I really don't have a choice and I take the ride home and angrily pay the $22.00 and go into the house. I've just taken me some meds and I'm about to go nite nite
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Today has been pretty rough for me. I traveled up north and seeing as how I live in TX, my body was not used to all that snow and cold weather so needless to say, I got sick. Not to mention being sick, I also had the worse traveling experience EVER. My plane was over 2 hours late
and we were sitting on the runway waiting for a part to come in for the plane and for the plane to be de-iced. Well......while sitting on the plane for over 2 hours, a passenger got sick and needed paramedics to take them off the plane. By this time I'm completely pissed off. So I called reservations and asked them to change my flight immediately. So the customer service rep changes my ticket to a flight that's leaving in less than 10 mins so I had to run down to the gate.....and once I got there, they told me the plane was completely full and that I would have to be put on standby....now ain't that a b****....all that damn running for nothing. So after I'm damn near in tears and pissed off to the highest of pisstivity (yes that is a word, lol) they call my name over the intercom and say I can board the plane. Now keep in mind that I'm sick and having to blow my nose, sneeze and cough every other min or so and people start looking at me all crazy up side the head. "My god, haven't you people seen someone sick before", is what I was thinking to myself. Anyhow, I make back to DFW, only to find that my bag has been lost and now I have to wait for it to arrive at the airport. The person who was supposed to pick me up from the airport, left a message on my phone saying that they couldn't pick me up, so I thought to myself that's fine....I can just take a cab home considering that I only live about 10 mins away from the airport. So I get in the cab and the guys tells me that I have to pay a minimum of $22.00. Now by this time I'm hot . So at this point I really don't have a choice and I take the ride home and angrily pay the $22.00 and go into the house. I've just taken me some meds and I'm about to go nite nite.About Me
Irving, TX
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Surgery
12/11/2009
Surgery Date
Dec 03, 2009
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