Jan. 11 2011

210.9

Congrats to Kyle and Melissa had Caleb Evan Hancock today at 7:14 AM. He weighs 7 lbs. 12 oz and is 20.5 inches.

Now back to me. My friend Nikki has helped me a lot when it comes to making protien drinks easier to make and eat. She also gives me good ideas about things to make and eat. Today I make an opened faced sandwich that I want to share. Get the Costco Bruchetta . It's 60 calories for 1/2 cup. Buy sandwhich thins and foster farms cooked chicken breast strips. All at Costco. I toasted the sandwhich thins and put 3 pieces of chicken across each slice and topped each slice with 1/4 cup of bruchetta. It was delicious. I can only eat one at time so it was 130 calories.

January 5 2011

212.8

Happy New Year!!! I bought and put on a pair of size 14 jeans. They are not wearable yet but I could zip them up. I made it through Christmas. I exercised a lot and lost a little weight. I am drinking my protien at about 75%. I need to do a better job at taking vitamins. I need to get out more. I am doing more at home but I don't think my kids would agree.

I still have ADD and it's not going away. Behavioral changes are essential. Cravings are still here. I have modified them. Sweets have never been a biggy. Salty fatty things are my weekness and right now I still eat them but I eat less. Eventually my stomach will get bigger and I will be able to eat more and that is bad so I have to get them out of my system. I had my last drink Jan. 1. It was not working well for me. I was getting trashed. If this doesn't work for me I will probably do some type of rehab. It's not really that hard to not drink. The hard thing is that when I drink I can't control it.

Thngs are good. I feel good. I need a job.

Happy New Year!

Tuesday Dec. 8

221.4

I'm four months post op and I can move. I feel so much better. I can walk without getting out of breath. I can sit up in my bed without a struggle. I can not touch the ground yet but that is another problem.

I am in a regular extra large size in shirts and almost a 16 in pants. I am not exercising enough right now and I have all of the excuses in the world. I think the biggest thing I would say to someone who is thinking about this surgery is that it helps you get the weight off but it doesn't change who you are. You still have to do all of that on your own and you have to do it or you will put the weight back on. I still get totally overwhelmed by my house and it's still really hard for me to clean. I have more energy but I HATE cleaning. I always have. I am very ADD and I get overwhelmed easy.

I am doing some weight lifting at home daily and at the gym when I go. I have the same right side hip pain that I have had for 3 years. I am not sure if it will go away or not. I am stretching regularly.

I am doing pretty well with eating. I do my protien and eat small meals. My big problem is the booze. I have NO self control so I just really can't drink but still I do. I know this slows my weightloss down, it makes my kids mad and yet I still do it. I may have to go somewhere but UG I really don't want to.

So that is where I am. I feel better but I am still whiney! I will post pics soon.

Thursday Nov. 4

231.7

Yesterday I bought my first xl shirt. No plus sizes for me! I am doing well for the most part. My tailbone still bothers me and my normal right side hip/groin pain that I have had for about 3 years is still there but I can do more before it hurts. I just hope I dont' need a new hip. I need a new doctor.

Eating: I am doing pretty well right now with my protien drinks. I bought some chai tea from Fred Meyer bulk spices and I mix my morning protien with that. For my afternoon protien I found sugar free pumpkin syrup and ginger bread syrup. They are both good but I prefer the gingerbread. Since I can't eat string cheese I have been eating nuts. I am not convinced that nuts are better than dairy. I did find small packs of spicey planters peanuts at Costco business. I can usually get 3 snacks out of a pack (2 for sure). I don't eat with the family much. I dont' eat what they eat is what I mean.

Exercise: I am going to the YMCA. Eli is with me during the week right now while his mom is doing a 10 week training program so I put in in child find. He goes to swimming lessons and tumbling class.

Tomorrow is my 3 monthaversary since surgery so I should post pics.

Thursday Oct. 14

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!

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.

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