Crystal C.

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My days are usually about the same as below

Breakfast - EAS Carb Advantage shake (digging the dark chocolate right now)
Morning snack - Chicken salad on 3 ritz ( Garlic are the best)
Lunch - 3 Lean Turkey Meatballs
Afternoon Snack - Laughing cow cheese wedge with 3 ritz
Dinner - Baked chicken or Fish and a piece of broccoli ( if i have room)

Butt load of water everyday, mixed half and half with Gatarade G3 (about a bottle a day)

the facts are 500-700 cal under 40 grms carbs and 80+ grms protien

mulit vit x2 a day, calcium X2 a day, Iron and b12 daily

 well here I am again...10 weeks out today from the start of the 2 week pre-op diet (yes 
I count that time,  I earned those 2 weeks).  heres the lists of good bad and ugly

Starting with the Good!
Lost 50 lbs (as of today)
Lost 34 inches from my fatty body
Lost all my work cloths (litteraly fall off my non-existing hips)
Lost the Diebetes meds (all of them)
Lost the High Blood pressure meds
Lost all hunger to the point of setting a timer to eat


Now the Bad
Can no longer hide behind "Im too Fat" excuses
Can no longer go grocery shopping by myself, have no idea what to buy the fam
Head Hunger is a Biotch
Can not see the results in the mirror...Brain will not catch up

Now the Ugly
Squishy saggy skin
Batwings
Boobs Boobs  is all Im goin say, girls you know what Im talking about



Ok so thats my list as of today....Im sure the first one will grow, and I will start to not care about the others

I have been amazed daily from this journey, I now love ME and can not wait to wake up everyday!

Thats all for now

Things I have learned so far :

1.  You eat too fast....pain
2.  you dont get your protien in....sluggish
3.  You dont get your water in....dry lips and skin

Things that are different

1.  I have a waist
2. Shopping in my own closet can be fun
3. Relations with the hubs....Nevermind TMI

So as of today, I am 40lbs down from High weight of 291 and 27 down from surgery date....Holy snickers batman...those are my numbers.  I have seen many people on here post similar losses, but I never thought that would be me.

I did have a hiccup last night, we took the girls to the pool at my jobs fitness center, the girls and hubs were going to swim, and I was going to go walk on the treadmill at the new state of the art fitness facility in the same building.  I have not been in the place (obviously).  I walked in, looked around, imediately started to have a panic attack and walked smooth back out.  Couldnt breath, heart racing, blurred vision, I swear I was about to pass out.  So what I have learned from this little "Exercise" is that I need mental help to deal with anxiety, food addiction, and overall craziness.

I am sooooo happy that I started this journey, I would do it a hundred times over....Enjoying my re-vamped life!

 Went to see the surgeon on Wednesday, everything looked great....all my incisions have healed, BP is way down, so is the Blood sugar readings.  All around feel great.

Yesterday I felt soooooo good and was completely bored....so I did my hair, makeup got all dolled up   it felt fantastic.  Even got a couple of compliments which I am soo not use to.

I have lost a total of 30 lbs since starting this journey....10 before and 20 since surgery date of 12/20 which is amazing, but I have hit the dreaded stall, but I am not stressing, I get on the scale in the mornings and just giggle.....cause it still says 258....lol.  Not many people get my humor, but I haven't been 258 since the day I got pregnant with my twins over 10 years ago...so I am stoked.

That's all for now

well here i am...1 week out and still feeling amazing...have had not major issues except the hiccups, and I can deal with them if thats all I have problems with.

I started mushie yesterday, did really well, I can get down oatmeal, tuna salad and pudding....yay me

Weight this morning is 261.  High Weight 291  Surgery Weight 278....DAMN I Love my Sleeve!!! 

ok Day 3 (friday) I woke up last night after being asleep for about an hour or two to the most horrible case of hiccups possible.  All I could think to do is get up and walk, but every step brought a hiccup so I stopped and started crying, which made it so much worse...lol

Fast fwd to now...been up for about 3 hours, have gotten in about 20 oz of fluid ( isopure, gatorade, water mixed) and feeling good so far.  Hopefully it was just a fluke, cause that stuff sucked.

Thats all for now 

Im Sleeved!!!!

It still seems like a dream, but I am home and WALKING laps in my house DRINKING ALOT TOO  the only issue I seem to be having is the burning when I drink, hope that goes away soon.  

 

 well its alomst time.....less than 48 hours and I will be sleeved.  Crapi feel like i am ready and not ready, doesnt make sense.

Mondays....o how I do not like mondays...woke up 30 min before my alarm, and just laid there thinking about food.  This is my biggest hang up...I am a mental eater....I dont eat when I am sad, upset, angry, joyous...etc.  I eat because it tastes good.  Being on this liquid diet has made the food monsters come alive...I dream food.  I crave food.  I want food, but I know I can not have it, and thats the kicker. 

I am starting to compare this 2 weeks to the first 2 weeks that I quit smoking ( last cig 9/25/2011).  I was bitchy, short temped and desided that everyone better stay outta my way or they would be smashed.  This last week...same friggin thing.

Today seems better on the emotional front, mornings are always better, but by the time I head for bed, I am an emotional wreak....it will get better and I can do this.  I did not come this far to quit, I have quit and taken shortcuts and cheated my entire life, I WILL NOT DO IT NOW!

Thats all

10 days before the surgeon gets to change my body...I dont consider it the time when my life will change, that was in july when I finally desided that my life needed a change, if I wanted a life at all.

Yesterday I sat down with my twin daughters ( kayla and Keagan 9 yrs old) and showed them exactly what was going to happen on surgery day ( bless Youtube).  They are now ok with this change, they are my police, if i even go near anything solid they are on me, although I havent cheated once in 5 days....been really tempted but not once.

Let me just say, this diet sucks...like omg sucks.  I cant go into the grocery store without my mouth watering going by the deli.  In out and home, I felt like I had gone thru a mental gountlett.  It will get better, or the hubby will be doing all the shopping GOD HELP US

Thats all for now