Teresa J.

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SV and NSV - This morning I weighed in at 189.2!!!!! I have not been in the 180's in over 20 years. Yesterday, while watch my youngest play baseball, I noticed I am getting boney knees! I have ...

Going back to basics - Just read Mario's blog on how inspiration found him and found inspiration from him.  I have gotten very lazy with my food and need to get back on track.  I got too comfortable with...

What a difference 2 months can make! - Today is my 2 month surgiversary!!! I am down 40 pounds today and could not be happier. I am so glad I put my fears aside and took the steps to go through with the band to sleeve r...

What a great Monday!!! - I had a band to sleeve revision on 8/6/12 and LOVE my sleeve!!  As of today I have surpassed my lowest weight with the band.  I have reached 3 of my goals already.  1) To reach...

Gladiator Protein powder - A couple weeks ago I went to Smoothie King and had a small Chocolate Gladiator smoothie with strawberries and banana.  I was in love.  With 45 grams of protein I knew that I could ...

Six week post op check up -  Today was my six week appointment and my doctor is very pleased with my progress!! I have my starting weight as 225 but he has it as 233. If I go by his number I have lost 34 lbs ...

Can't wait for dinner - Tonight is Italian night at our house.  I decided to make the Eggface Ricotta Bake for my self with some turkey meatballs while my family feasts on spaghetti and meatballs with sal...

Awful, horrible, very bad day -  That about sums it up! Will get back to basics tomorrow. Nothing I can do about it now.

I should have listened!! - I have been told by many people not to weigh everyday but I just could not leave well enough alone.  Two days ago was at 198.6, yesterday 199.0 and today back to 200!!! I think...

ONEDERLAND!!!!! - One month and one day after my band to sleeve revision I am happy to say that I have hit ONEDERLAND!!!  The scale said 199.6!!!  Only 5 pounds away from my lowest with the band.

One month post-op!! - One month ago today I had my band to sleeve revision!!  This morning I weighed in at 200.0 lbs!!  So close to onederland.  I am only 6 lbs from my lowest with the band and 55 lbs t...

How would I count this? - I am a preschool teacher and today was meet the teacher so our preschool ordered pizza for all the teachers to have lunch before the kiddos came to meet us.  I had the cheese toppi...

Yummy!!! - Today I start the soft food stage.  For breakfast I made 1 scrambled egg with 1/4 T of ricotta cheese.  I am not a scrambled egg fan unless of course it was cooked in bacon grease ...

Starting soft foods tomorrow!!! - After 3 looooonnnnngggg weeks of clear liquids I get to move to soft foods tomorrow.  I am stocked with eggs, riccota cheese, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese sticks, tuna, can...

I think I can do this!! - Have be struggling with protein drinks for two weeks now and was ready just to drink what I could and worry about protein once I get to start the soft stage.  Well, this morning I ...

Protein drinks are making me gag!! - Pre-op I really liked protein drinks but post-op they are horrible.  Pre-op I drank the Premier Protein drinks and tried another one today and it has taken me an hour and a half to...

One week ago today!! - This time last week I thought I was dying!!!  I survived the surgery and a blood pressure spike in recovery.  Had to stay two nights in the hospital due to high blood pressure that...

Pain in my neck!! -  I have a horrible crick in my neck and not sure if it is from the gas or 3 days on my back in the hospital! Please help!!

Countdown begins!! - Have to be at the hospital at 5:30 Monday morning to finish out my band to sleeve revision.  I am terrified!  The thought of only have a small part of my stomach left just freeks m...

Goodbye old Friend!! - In just about 3 hours I will be having my band removed and begin my journey to the sleeve.  I have had theis band for 5 years now and it was my friend for the first couple of years...

Band removal - I am scheduled to have my band removed on Monday 7/30 and had a question about recovery. I remember when I got the band 5 years ago tomorrow that it took about 3 days for me to ...

Starvation Mode - We have all tried every diet in the book and it has been beaten in our heads that if you don't feed your body enough it will go into Starvation Mode and you will stop losing weight...

Question about the pain - I am scheduled to have my band removed on 7/30 and my sleeve done on 8/6!!!  So excited!  I have a question about the pain that many of you have talked about after surgery.  Was it...

Reflux question - I have had the lapband for 5 years now and am scheduled for a revision to sleeve on August 6th.  I have heard on the revision forum several people talk about acid reflux.  I had ho...