238.4
I am doing well. Did I say that we joined the YMCA? It is good and my friend Teri and I are going to do the 12 week program there. Today I am getting a massage to try to get my IT band loosened up some.
This surgery helps you lose weight. What it doesn't do is get rid of cavings or hunger or change bad behaviors. That is all up to me. I still spend a lot of time on the computer but I am doing more that before. The food that I should be eating (lean protiens) a painful to eat. I eat lots of legumes. Indian dahl and garbanzo beans.
Eating information after my surgery has not come from my surgeon. I get it from blogs and other websites and people.
I am listening to my hypnosis cds. Exercise is very important. I am starting to get a bit of a gobble wobble in my neck that I am FREAKING out about. I need to start my plastic surgery fund!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday Oct. 5
240.5
Happy 2 month anniversary to me! Two months ago today I had my surgery. August 4 I weight 269.9. August 7 I weighed 274.5. I had my 2 month post surgery appointment last Friday and my ANRP said I was doing really well with weightloss. I feel good. I still have my right side pain (the reason I had the surgery) but I have joined the Y and am swimming. I ran away from Eli yesterday for the first time. I am doing more, getting out of the house more and am over all a happier Andi. I have not gone to try to go back to work yet. My goal is to be able to touch the floor without pain. I have been drinking and I need to stop. It is worse than before in the respect that I am trying not to get too many carbs so I am making very strong drinks. I do use diet cranberry juice so I shouldn't worry about it so much and just make weaker drinks or stop drinking.
Food consumption is weird and sometimes frustrating. Some foods make me sick. Salmon and some chicken I think. I can eat a lot of bad foods just fine but not some healthy foods that I would like to be able to eat. Today I made some broccoli soup. I steamed some broccoli and carrots in chicken broth. I blended them in my immersion blender. I added a few tablespoons of Rotelle and blended more. I topped my soup off with a little freshly grated Ramano. It was good.
I do feel hungry a lot and that is frustrating. For that part I wish I could have had the sleeve gastrectomy surgery.
Happy 2 month anniversary to me! Two months ago today I had my surgery. August 4 I weight 269.9. August 7 I weighed 274.5. I had my 2 month post surgery appointment last Friday and my ANRP said I was doing really well with weightloss. I feel good. I still have my right side pain (the reason I had the surgery) but I have joined the Y and am swimming. I ran away from Eli yesterday for the first time. I am doing more, getting out of the house more and am over all a happier Andi. I have not gone to try to go back to work yet. My goal is to be able to touch the floor without pain. I have been drinking and I need to stop. It is worse than before in the respect that I am trying not to get too many carbs so I am making very strong drinks. I do use diet cranberry juice so I shouldn't worry about it so much and just make weaker drinks or stop drinking.
Food consumption is weird and sometimes frustrating. Some foods make me sick. Salmon and some chicken I think. I can eat a lot of bad foods just fine but not some healthy foods that I would like to be able to eat. Today I made some broccoli soup. I steamed some broccoli and carrots in chicken broth. I blended them in my immersion blender. I added a few tablespoons of Rotelle and blended more. I topped my soup off with a little freshly grated Ramano. It was good.
I do feel hungry a lot and that is frustrating. For that part I wish I could have had the sleeve gastrectomy surgery.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday Sept.26
243.9 or .7 can't remember.
Eating has been tough. I almost don't want to eat because the healthy things hurt and the bad things don't Protien powder makes me a little nauseacious. I can't spell! Salmon hurts like hell then a throw up pink foam. I have been eating Indian Dahl. It's soupy, has legumes, FLAVOR! and some rice to make it a complete protien.
I JOINED THE YMCA! The whole family joined. We even got Eli on our membership. We went swimming today and yesterday. I kicked 10 laps with flippers. I don't even move without them.
I bought Eli a pair of rubber boots today. It made his day. They have glow int he dark spiders on them. The reason I am bringing this us is because he and I walked outside so he could jump in mud puddles.
I am moving more. People tell me that I look better. I think it is almost time to take more pictures.
The thing I like most about the surgery is how I fit into cloths. I try on old clothes and they don't fit. They almost fit but not quite and I give it a week and they fit.
I like the progress.
Andi
Eating has been tough. I almost don't want to eat because the healthy things hurt and the bad things don't Protien powder makes me a little nauseacious. I can't spell! Salmon hurts like hell then a throw up pink foam. I have been eating Indian Dahl. It's soupy, has legumes, FLAVOR! and some rice to make it a complete protien.
I JOINED THE YMCA! The whole family joined. We even got Eli on our membership. We went swimming today and yesterday. I kicked 10 laps with flippers. I don't even move without them.
I bought Eli a pair of rubber boots today. It made his day. They have glow int he dark spiders on them. The reason I am bringing this us is because he and I walked outside so he could jump in mud puddles.
I am moving more. People tell me that I look better. I think it is almost time to take more pictures.
The thing I like most about the surgery is how I fit into cloths. I try on old clothes and they don't fit. They almost fit but not quite and I give it a week and they fit.
I like the progress.
Andi
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday Sept. 22
247
I am having a hard time finding food that is good for me that goes down well. I can eat some food that isn't as good for me without any problems but eating meat is very hard. I need to find a support group so I can talk about this. I need to figure it out.
My doctor has so many rules that others don't have to follow that I think he is setting me back. I am taking his extra rules and modifying them. He says fruit not more than twice a week. He says no dairy. I'm not eating proccess sugars. I think the other two need to be limited but fruit is better than white rice or bread.
Walking is an issue. The issue is that I'm not going enough.
I walked. I am proud. I walked fast. I didn't time it but I had a good pace. I listened to a new book on my walk. It is good. It is me.
Knowing when to stop eating is hard.
I am having a hard time finding food that is good for me that goes down well. I can eat some food that isn't as good for me without any problems but eating meat is very hard. I need to find a support group so I can talk about this. I need to figure it out.
My doctor has so many rules that others don't have to follow that I think he is setting me back. I am taking his extra rules and modifying them. He says fruit not more than twice a week. He says no dairy. I'm not eating proccess sugars. I think the other two need to be limited but fruit is better than white rice or bread.
Walking is an issue. The issue is that I'm not going enough.
I walked. I am proud. I walked fast. I didn't time it but I had a good pace. I listened to a new book on my walk. It is good. It is me.
Knowing when to stop eating is hard.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday September 19
247
I need to walk more. My pain level is getting better, not great but a little better. I have been going to the chiropractor and she has helped me some but I am almost out of my 10 visits.
Eating is ok. Meat hurts. Fruits are good but they don't want me to eat them more than twice a week but then I find myself eating greasier foods and I think fruits are better. Soups are good. I plan on going for tortillia soup with Diana tomorrow. Broth is good because I can drink quite a bit of that and eat my 1/3 cup of solids and be good.
Protien drinks are challenging. I bought chocolate this time. I can't have milk so water and protien powder is not fun three times a day.
Vitamins are a pain in the ASS! I don't crush them anymore. I am taking my vit c and multi vits almost daily. Iron kinda ok. The rest not ok at all! I need to do better.
I stopped my antacid because I didn't see a need for it. I don't get heart burn at all. What I get is analburn!!! So bad that it is more painful then childbirth. So here is my theory. Things don't absorb in my small tummy. My stomach acid goes straight through my intestines and sits in my colon untill everything is ready to come out (not fast enough for me). Well I have these things called fissures. They are like tears in my colon and the stomach acid (or butt acid at this point) just sits there and burns like a mother effer. So I am pretty good at taking an antacid.
I am in old clothes. I am moving better. I am doing more and feeling pretty good. I am not regretting getting my surgery at all. I feel better. I just don't want to have pain anymore. Maybe I will have to wait for heaven for that.
I need to walk more. My pain level is getting better, not great but a little better. I have been going to the chiropractor and she has helped me some but I am almost out of my 10 visits.
Eating is ok. Meat hurts. Fruits are good but they don't want me to eat them more than twice a week but then I find myself eating greasier foods and I think fruits are better. Soups are good. I plan on going for tortillia soup with Diana tomorrow. Broth is good because I can drink quite a bit of that and eat my 1/3 cup of solids and be good.
Protien drinks are challenging. I bought chocolate this time. I can't have milk so water and protien powder is not fun three times a day.
Vitamins are a pain in the ASS! I don't crush them anymore. I am taking my vit c and multi vits almost daily. Iron kinda ok. The rest not ok at all! I need to do better.
I stopped my antacid because I didn't see a need for it. I don't get heart burn at all. What I get is analburn!!! So bad that it is more painful then childbirth. So here is my theory. Things don't absorb in my small tummy. My stomach acid goes straight through my intestines and sits in my colon untill everything is ready to come out (not fast enough for me). Well I have these things called fissures. They are like tears in my colon and the stomach acid (or butt acid at this point) just sits there and burns like a mother effer. So I am pretty good at taking an antacid.
I am in old clothes. I am moving better. I am doing more and feeling pretty good. I am not regretting getting my surgery at all. I feel better. I just don't want to have pain anymore. Maybe I will have to wait for heaven for that.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunday Sept. 5
249
Salmon does not seem to be my friend. Today was the closest I have gotten to throwing up. I did not eat too much but I did accidently drink afterward but I didn't last time I ate salmon and it hurt like this. I don't get it. I had a crab cake today and that was fine so it's not all seafood. I ate 3 oz. of crab yesterday and that was fine. I just don't get it.
Salmon does not seem to be my friend. Today was the closest I have gotten to throwing up. I did not eat too much but I did accidently drink afterward but I didn't last time I ate salmon and it hurt like this. I don't get it. I had a crab cake today and that was fine so it's not all seafood. I ate 3 oz. of crab yesterday and that was fine. I just don't get it.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Saturday Sept. 4
252.3
The weight is coming off again!!! I am eating solids now and it's kind of hard. I recieved a menu that was pretty doable then the PA at the office said to stay away from carbs and only eat fruit like twice a week. I am fine with staying away from processed sugars but natural sugars is a little ridiculous. If I try to stay away from too much I think I will start getting drawn to worse choices like chips and stuff. Dairy is also off limits from my doctor. The baratric assoc. of America says dairy is fine but my doctor believes that lactose it the gateway to other sugars. What can I eat then. I just ate 3 oz of fresh cracked crab but I can't eat that all the time.
I wish this guy was a little less nazi ish. Their is no room for decisions on my part. I am not limiting my fruit. I won't eat a lot at once but I am not only going to eat it once or twice a week.
I can't drink for an hour after I eat and that is one of the hardest things. Once you eat you want to drink. The reason for this is that water flushes the nutrients out and nothing gets absorbed. I try hard to not drink.
This interum time is hard. I want to cook. I am not cooking for my family but it's hard when I can't eat anything.
The weight is coming off again!!! I am eating solids now and it's kind of hard. I recieved a menu that was pretty doable then the PA at the office said to stay away from carbs and only eat fruit like twice a week. I am fine with staying away from processed sugars but natural sugars is a little ridiculous. If I try to stay away from too much I think I will start getting drawn to worse choices like chips and stuff. Dairy is also off limits from my doctor. The baratric assoc. of America says dairy is fine but my doctor believes that lactose it the gateway to other sugars. What can I eat then. I just ate 3 oz of fresh cracked crab but I can't eat that all the time.
I wish this guy was a little less nazi ish. Their is no room for decisions on my part. I am not limiting my fruit. I won't eat a lot at once but I am not only going to eat it once or twice a week.
I can't drink for an hour after I eat and that is one of the hardest things. Once you eat you want to drink. The reason for this is that water flushes the nutrients out and nothing gets absorbed. I try hard to not drink.
This interum time is hard. I want to cook. I am not cooking for my family but it's hard when I can't eat anything.
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