Amanda C.

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It's been quite some time since i last posted!  The Biggest Loser contest ended yesterday - I won!! I lost 21 pounds total over the last 6 months.  That money is going towards my wedding dress (i picked out a wedding dress YAY)

 

We are going on Friday to try on / order all our dresses.  I also picked out bridesmaid's dresses and a flower girl dress!!

FLOWER GIRL DRESS (as seen in below photo but with the aqua colored sash)



BRIDESMAID DRESS (as seen in below photo)



And that's it for the dresses!

OK!! Today is the official second weigh in of the Mini Biggest Loser contest!  One month ago today I weighed in at 317 pounds.  AND TODAY (drumroll please!!)

I weighed in at 306 pounds for a total one month loss of 11 pounds!!!!!! YAY!!!

Also... please note that TOM is in town for MANY contestants LOL (including myself)

Other progress -
Sonya is down 1 pound this week
Stacy is up 2 pounds (but TOM may be to blame)
Lashaun and Kristi still have to weigh in today so I dont know their exact numbers yet.

Many more contestants have been exercising! (YAY) including myself.I have upped the amount of laundry i do (4 flights of stairs each way) to around twice a week (from zero lol) which makes my fiancee VERY happy.  I went to water aerobics 1 time this week (cause i got a sitter for the baby) and I bounced around on my new mini-trampoline for about 5 minutes (and i was pooped!)

And dont forget my adult extra-curricular activities in which i have switched to doing most or all of the work LOL!!! - HEY it COUNTS!

So I am doing good so far.  Sonya told me that she might be getting RNY so right now she told me she is trying to "make up" for what should wont be able to eat.... I tried to tell her thats the WRONG way to think about it... but i was just as hard headed in the beginning of my 6 month diet too so Im sure she has to find her own way!  Not sure who won this weigh in yet *(cross your fingers for me!)*

i will keep you posted!

Ok.  So yesterday we had the first weigh in for our Mini-Biggest Loser contest and I WON!! Here were the results -

1. Me losing 7.5 pounds
2. My friend Lashaun losing 4 pounds
3. My mom losing 1.5 pounds
4. My friend Kristie GAINED 1/2 a pound
5. My friend Sonya GAINED 2 pounds

I think overall it has been a success and hopefully this week's weigh in will make everyone more determined to give it their all b/c Im NOT backing down LOL

So i won $15 and bragging rights for the next two weeks!!! YAY! 

I honestly feel SO GOOD lately!  I have energy (even though its a little more mental energy than anything else LOL) my skin is COMPLETELY clear (no blemishes) overall i just feel lighter and happier!

Its actually kind of weird now too b/c when i have a "treat" its something like chicken WITH skin. or GASP chicken nuggets!!! and that is a once in a GREAT while (like once a month) thing. And i feel NO shame about it because i know that 99% of the time i am making healthy choices that I DO feel great about!

OHHHHHH... and i sometimes FORGET to eat now!  I have to stay on a schedule b/c if i go somewhere at night or Im busy I will LITERALLY forget to eat dinner (until i start wondering why Im so tired)

So overall I had a GREAT 2 weeks and Im looking forward to these next 2 again!

Ok so today is day 1 of our mini-biggest loser contest.  I am overall the largest person competing (weighing in - sadly - at 317) but hopefully that will be changing soon.

Todays menu looks like this so far

B-A Large Bowl of mixed fruit (pineapple, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, mango)
S- Baby Carrots
L- A subway chicken breast salad with vinegar as dressing

Snack will probably be a piece of fruit (grapes or apple) and not sure on dinner yet - either tuna and veggies or organic chicken breasts and veggies.

Im trying to get the MOST fruits and veggies in my diet as possible, and I have to say i actually feel AWESOME!!!  TOM even came to visit today but i feel pretty good!

So Root Me On!!! Here we gooooooo!

Ok... so perhaps i should've weighed myself!  The last time i weighed in was at my last dietician appointment and i was at 320 again (back where i started) and i weighed myself this morning and I am 304!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That means i lost 16 pounds in the last 3 weeks... HOLY CRAP!

I have been eating fruit and salads all day (breakfast and lunch) instead of fast food and fatty breakfast takeouts but i didnt think it would make THIS MUCH of a difference!  Lets just hope this continues!!!

Also.... my surgeon's nurse called me today to discuss what options i have for getting banded.  She told me that had they found out sooner they could've squeezed my surgery in this month (and the price of the surgery INCLUDES 6 months of aftercare so i would be covered on that part too!!) I was SO UPSET!  She said the only reason they cant squeeze me in now is because the surgeon begins a 2 week vacation at the end of this week so he wont be around (and this is the ONLY surgeon that Kaiser will cover!) That killed my day!!

Thats 9 pounds back on... not lost!! I am doing pretty bad with the weight loss.  I gained back all the weight I lost and I am back at 320#s again.  I found out yesterday that my new insurance will be CIGNA and when I called to find out if they cover WLS the girl told me that

 "nothing surgical or non-surgical in regards to weight loss is covered by the plan"

I am working on finding out if this is a supposed health insurance exclusion or if it is an employer exclusion.

I got really aggrivated the last time I went to weigh in at my dietician because she told me then that if I was close to my goal they could try to push me through before my insurance runs out (She may have had me confused with an RNY patient though and not realized the amount of aftercare i would require).  Had I know that i definitely wouldnt have slipped into this funk KNOWING that my insurance wasnt going to cover my surgery.

I was hoping they would but deep down I knew they wouldnt - so I stopped even trying to eat right and do the right things... and thats why in 2 months i am back up 9 pounds again...

Why is it SO MUCH easier to gain then to lose??

OK... how come EVERY time i write a huge drawn out entry it gets DELETED somehow before i save it?! Grrrrrrrrr

Ok... i weighed in at 309 which means 4 pounds down YAY

My new dietician is Laura - she is very nice - young and you can tell she loves her job!

Next appt is July 17th?? I think...


Time for bed =) Night night!

Hey everyone, 

I know its been a while since I've even been on... my work is cracking down about the internet during working hours (and its busy season again anyway so I dont have time for that either...) so you may have noticed I havent been on the boards lately.  I've been really lazy and eating bad... (of course) but I am working hard to get back on track.... 

As a side note... Kelloggs makes K2O protein water to go packs and they are DA BOMB in Kiwi Strawberry flavor!! and only 30 calories 5 grams of protein 5 grams of fiber...

I had an episode last week where i thought i had a hernia in my stomach but got checked out twice and was told it was just muscle pain (it still hurts every day though) and I found out I've been having somewhat of an acid reflux issue in the morning... which explains my chest pains ... i always thought it was hunger pains...

Today i was closing the window in my apartment (not knowing that they are double hung windows) and the window came crashing down on my head and I have a nice shiner to show from it... I am SO ACCIDENT PRONE!

Also, we have my bf's son this whole week... b/c he just wants him away from his mother for a while.  Sooooo its been a pretty busy time around the house... the kids having been eating dinner at 5 and then a second dinner at 8 b/c they are hungry again!! and then baths and t.v. and toys and cleanup, brushing the teeth etc.... before i know it the time is 11 p.m. and I am racing off to bed.  Hopefully next week things will be back to normal!

But just thought i would drop an update while I had a little alone time ... Hope to talk to everyone soon.  My next weigh in is May 1st so Im going to try and really crack down until then.

Talk to everyone soon.

So for the last week and a half I have been making VERY poor food choices. Yesterday I was SO embarassed of myself.  I actually bought a milky way and a snickers and went down to our company bathroom and ate them both VERY fast in the bathroom... THAT IS SO DISGUSTING and completely unlike me... but I didnt want anyone to make fun of me for having a candy bar..... I am SO UPSET that it has come to this.

All the issues started at my last weigh in.  I put off lunch b/c i had my dietician appt during the day and when i got out I was going to get ONE thing from Taco Bell (b/c I was picking up my mom lunch from there too) and my slimfast... well i was so hungry by then (it was 2 pm and i normally eat at 12) that I got a nachos bel grande AND a taco supreme... both with extra sour cream... the same thing my mom ordered... just to make it easy.

Since that day I have been overeating every day!  Yesterday I hit my peak (with the 2 candy bars) and went over 3,000 calories when Im supposed to be eating 1,500 to 2,000 calories.  I havent gained any weight though... WTF?! But I havent lost any either...

Someone needs to give me a swift kick in the butt!!!

Ok... I just called the nurse ... and she picked up on the second ring (i was surprised) ... she told me that he has done NO lapbands so far and they just decided to do them starting this spring. (I think Kaiser not him personally) She told me that the first 3 surgeries he will do in the same day - i think this is where someone comes to watch him do the surgeries to make sure everything with his procedure is a.o.k.

She said that there are about 15 people before me for the lapband and they want me to feel comfortable with my choice so i can wait as long as i want to make sure he has experience that i feel comfortable with....

So by the time I have my surgery he will have done at least 18 of them.

As far as aftercare.... I plan on GRILLING him in our in person meeting next month.  I want to make sure he knows his stuff as far as that.  I have a huge list of questions for him that I've written down along the way and Im sure this will add a couple!

I will keep going on this path...and its good to know that i am not FORCED to do anything... if i dont feel comfortable then I dont have to get the surgery... and if i dont feel comfortable with the surgeon i will be contacting Kaiser to explore my options....