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This morning I was woke up by this beautiful pic of the morning horizon from a very close friend who was out walking at like 7a. I recently joined a group here, Walking away the pounds, & the one the leader set up on FB also as a secret group. I got this friend to join also as she is struggling with her weight after 3 kids. Yesterday she text me & said she didn't think she's be able to hit the group goal (25 miles per week) as her history on her Bodybugg said she had only ever done a little under 6000 steps in a day & to hit the goal in a 7 day period is just under 7600 per day. I told her to start at say 5000 for a week & if she made it then move to like 6000, etc.  Yeah I get this text then when she's done, she texts & reports on FB that she has done over 3000 steps already!!!  Well, that got me out of bed! Then I log on here & see that Michael has been kicking butt & taking names & is very active & has lost 100lbs!!! What an inspiration. So I jump up grab my work out clothes & do a half mile warm up, week 1, & for me day 1 in full, of my sonic runner & then cool down at 3.0 walking pace until I hit 3.1 miles. I did it in 56 minutes, which I'm happy with considering this is my first 5K since surgery. Now the training really begins because I am signed up for The Color Run October 6th. I will run the entire thing!!

Today I hit 191.00 & of course am anxious to get below 190 now...lol!  I can now comfortably get into a couple pair of size 14 capris from old navy & bought a new belt. My energy level is up which in return means I have had a better attitude overall.

Life is good & I love my sleeve!

Well, the weekend went well & the concert was amazing as always! I didn't actually have a margarita but did have drinks of pina coladas, strawberry Daiquiri, banana daiquiri & about 1/3 of a shot of chocolate cake UV vodka. this was over the entire weekend by the way....lol!  surprisingly  i didn't really want much of any of them though. I think it was because they were all so sugary maybe.  I also had a few bites of Chicago style deep dish pizza & some other stuff. So basically I had a weekend of usually no no's for me. I stepped on scale & it showed a bit cause I was at 194.00 this morning. I can't get upset though cause I made the decisions to have these things.

I wanted to meet up w/ a friend from here (OH) but by the time we got on the road home we were all SOO exhausted! I need to text her & say sorry cause I forgot yesterday to let her know. My bad.

I will be loading pics when I get home today.

I love that my sleeve has given me a new life & all weekend I didn't get wiped out just from walking somewhere. I also wasn't the one sweating profusely during tailgating time either, cause of carrying around the extra 55lbs I used to.

I even bought a Landshark & concert t-shirt that were both "ladies" cuts!!!!  they both feel a bit tight in the tummy area(not used to fitted t-shirts, I think...lol) but real close to comfortable & I just can't believe I could even consider a "ladies cut" let alone fit in them!

So really, my spending this weekend was on shirts, new purse & sunglasses. no big food bills for me....lol. These things were my treats rather than edible ones.

Today has been back to getting on track. Tonight I go back to Zumba & plan out my meals for the week.

Well, i got my labs back last week & all of my results are good. even the vitamin D which i was deficient on before surgery!
My weight is currently 194.4lbs & I'm down a total of 54.4lbs since this journey started. I have my next visit at the surgeons office tomorrow & am excited to see what all comes out of it. They had me specifically make a food log to give to NUT to see what she thinks. so I figure she can use that data & my bodybugg data to come to whatever conclusion she will.

I had a NSV today. I fit into some cute capri dress slacks my sister gave me over a year ago that haven't ever fit!! i'm wearign them tomorrow! i will have a friend take pics & after this weekend at Buffett I will try to upload pics & post on forum.  I haven't dressed up in ages & I can't wait to wear these with a nice dress shirt tomorrow!

Yes, it's Buffett this coming weekend!!! So excited! Now I feel like i need to try things on to decide what I will wear...LOL. We'll only be in Chicago Fri., Sat, & Sun. but i feel like it has to be just the right clothes. what a weird I am...lol

Oh, I also measure today & since 6/3/12 I have also lost a total of 7.5 inches!!!

It was funny last night because we went to Texas Roadhouse to eat & since theor times were so far off they offered us free cheese fries or onion appetizer. well, Brian said fries cause you can't turn down free cheese fries...LOL! mind you we used to order these things all the time. well, he also hasn't been eating anywhere near what he used to since his surgery.  The fries come & I ate like 3 fries with chesse on then & used some ranch. (they're the steak fry type) then our dinner came, we shared a bbq chicken & steak dinner & Brian got corn & baked potato for himslef for sides. I ate maybe 1-2 oz of both the chicken & steak combined & i was miserable forever after this. He was too. We even said when the fries came we shouldn't have done this cause just the amount of fried alone would've been more than enough for both of us for a meal. Needless to say i have leftover meat for today or tomorrow & we decided we learned our lesson & won't do that again!!!

It's still amazes me at times at all the changes my sleeve has brought me & I am grateful for them all. I bought myself a new purse for m accomplishments. this is new because food used to be a reward. I know I'm not a dog but it always was. It was also my comfort & whatever else I thought I could find an excuse to use it for. Because I can't eat like that anymore I have had to make these changes & I like it!

I'm registered for the Color Run in Des Moines in Oct & am totally excited!!! In factt there's a group of my friends all going to do it & my boyfriend & his son!!! what a blessing.  Today I found the Hell Run in Chicago on Sept. 1st & am really interested in this. However I can't yet seem to get Brian interested. But maybe Tia & alison will & then we can  say it's a girl weekend to go do some crazy mud filled obstacle course!!!  these things wouldn't have even interested me a year ago & now I'm psyched! Changes they are a coming!!

I love my sleeve & my new life! 

Today I have lost a total of 50lbs since this whole journey started. I'm very happy about this not only for the accomplishment but in how I feel physically & mentally.

There are still many lessons to be learned & so many new things to experience on this journey & I am looking forward to all of them,.

I registered myself, my boyfriend & his 6 yr. old for the color run Oct. 6th when it comes to Des Moines. We are all excited & I am going to get back on track for training. Although this is a fun run (walk/ run) event, i would like to be able to run it. It's 5K & I don't think that's asking too much from my body between now & then.

Currently it seems the more strict I am with myself on my food the slower I lose, if at all.  I make sure to get in my protein by havign 2 shakes (30g each) & then whatever I eat. I get in my fluids also & am continuing to strive for a little more as right now I usually get in about 60oz, sometimes more.

This week I have to get my labs drawn for my next visit to surgeon on the 25th. I  hope all my levels are good.... we'll see.

Brian has been after me for awhile now to get a new phone cause mine is on it's last leg. well, I think i've decided on getting an iPhone (this will be my 1st smartphone) because of a few reason s but one is being able to sinc up my BodyBugg so I have easy access to record my food all day. I know what I eat, but am not always good about tracking cause i'm not a fan of writing it down & can't access my profile from work. BodyBugg is having a sale on the SP system that lincs with phone for $99 instead of $249 so all in all seems like my sign to do this.

I bought a new dress from Vanity, which I haven't shopped in since I was in highschool!! Even better is that it's a large!!  I get my hair done on the 19th, so I figure I'll put it on & take pics to post out here that day. The dress is a total step out of my comfort zone because well it's a dress, & it's above my knees. I like it though & plan to wear it when we go to Chicago for Buffett concert at the end of this month.

well, I anxiously hopped on the scale this morning in hopes of being under 200lbs & was up to 203lbs! WTF. so I had a gain of 1.4 lbs. not cool.

Idk what could caus ethis since it's not that time of the month & I haven't eaten anyhting crazy. i guess I just hang on & hope it turns around.

I am 201.6lbs today & am so anxious to break that 200lb mark!!  So I measured today also & have lost a total of 7 inches since 5/19/12. My BMI is under 40 also, I'm happy!


4:37p-- Brian handed me letter from mail yesterday. It's a confirmation of no supplemental ins from UHC. So I check & finally the hospital billed..... wait for it...... $56,368.64.  Holy shit! I already had received surgeon, her assistant, & anesthetiologist bill.  Very grateful for ins right now.

 

Well, we have a food day at work today. I got myself a plate with a couple bites of many things. However I am finding I don't like the things I used to by a long shot. The choc. chip cookie, brownie & gooey cake all were gross & I spit them back out. I mean hey why waste space in the little tummy if it doesn't even taste good...lol.  homemade dips/ spreads no good either. in fatc the only thing I like that I got is the almonds & bbq chips. I know the chips aren't good for me but surprising to me cause I wasn't a big chip person pre-op. But I now know it's something to avoid.

We're going up to grandparents this weekend to help get bushes trimmed, weeds pulled, deck cleaned, air conditioner put in etc. Brian is on cooking duty since he still has restrictions from his back surgery. But I'm doing the shopping so I know what is in the meals. :-)  The boat won't get put in this weekend, but hopefully soon. then I can start working on my goal of being able to water ski again. 

Still doing Zumba & am enjoying it. Have started the Sonicrunner program but haven't been consistent yet. Which won't get me far if I'm not. Next week's goal is to do that.

I'm back to eating regular food & so far all is good. I haven't attempted any raw veggies again & am honestly a bit scared to. I'm still doing my 2 protein shakes. I am going to check out  some cookbooks for after WLS & see what I find.

Yesterday I walked my 15 min. morning break & my 30min lunch. Then I came home & did half of the 1st day of the sonic runner training (only half because of zumba) & then went to my 45min zumba class. I feel good today. I expected to be a bit sore but I'm not.

Today I will do the entire sonic runner, which for the 1st week is 24 min. walk 2min then run 1min & repeat.

I feel like my loss rate sucks. I lost 1.6 lbs last week. I have felt like my loss rate has been slow for quite a while & everytime I ask or have posted out here, I get the whole everyone looses at a different rate. Well, I get that but I think I should be doing more than what I am. I started wearign my Bodybugg again to see if I can figure something out. I really wish someone would give me a clue. It's even more frustrating when you ask a vet that has been very active out here & the response is that they never exercised. Currently they're 105 lbs....wtf.

My fear being that if the "fast rate" of loss is in the 1st 6 months & then it slows & usually after 1yr you pretty much stop, then I will stop by the 6 month mark & will fall very short of goal. I considered WLS for many years & maybe I expected to much from it when I finally decided this was my last resort.

I'm out here daily at least reading others posts. Then when I see good replies or posts I even go out to that persons profile to read their blogs, etc. I'm really seeking more.

well i posted a discussion on the forum & after an hour & 21 views & no answers I called the surgeon's office. my post was as follows.

This just started recently where when I eat  not long after my stomach wil cramp up & then release & do this over & over for probably 20 minutes or more. When it cramps up it sometimes pushes food back up into my throat. It can be rather painful also.  I have been measuring everything & haven't gone over, & it's also been things I have eaten before that I had done fine with previously. I'm not drinking the 10 min. before & 40 min. after either.

has anyone else had this? If so what it is & how can I get it to stop??

I honestly am starting to get turned off on the thought of even eating anything solid because of this.

well, after seeing so many people look at my post & no answers, I figured that was my queue to call my surgeon. The nurse said she needs to run it past the PA & will get back to me. Apparently this isn't something any bit common. Just hoping now it's not bad.


I am now a bit nervous to find out what is going on with me. Usually the nurse can answer your questions or someone out here replies.   well, back to work for now & I will post out here on the outcome.


I just heard back from my surgeon's office & apparently something I ate, my sleeve didn't like. So it inflamed my sleeve & that's why ever since my sleeve wants to push food back out after I eat.

They're putting me back on the Hyocosamine (sp?) for a few day s every 4 hrs & I go back to a full liquid diet for 2 full days & then to soft foods for 1 day & then try regular foods again. They think all should be fine then but if not call again

Well, I went for my revisit w/ surgeon PA & then had exercise check also.  Exercise physiologist only clered me for cardio, no weight/strength training. & she only cleared me to do 2.5- 2.7 on a tred w/ no incline. how boring!!

I decided I need to take more control as this is my life & start a regimen. not just stuff like Zumba a couple days a week but I read a post out there about sonicrunner.com & have purchased that prog.  It is music set specifically to help train you for nothing to a 5k in 9 weeks. It has voice overs to tell you when to run & when to walk & how far into work out you are. This I think will give me more focus.

I also reactivated my Bodybugg. This will help me track my food better. Also with the armband I will be able to track my calories out & steps w/o me having to think about it. I really liked this when I used it faithfully when I did Optifast. I quit when I started gaining again. Not a good reason, quite the opposite really.

A friend of mine also reactivated her bugg & is going to download running prog. also. We committed to start this on Monday. We have lots going on between now & then so that seemed best day for both of us. I also have another friend that is looking into bugg & has asked about the sonic runner so I sent her text that the 2 of us are starting Mon. & download is only $4.00!! I hope she decides to do this also. How fun to have others doing it with you.

I am back to drinking 2 protein shakes daily because since back to work I am not eating more than 2 meals a day. This way I can be sure I get it in. plus it helps w/fluid intake.