OMG doing the very happy dance!!!!
I reached my first goal this morning....99.9kg under the 100 wooohooooooo.14.1 horrible kilos gone and I'm feeling bloody fantastic.
I am so excited and motivated.
Changes in me so far...
*Having my darling hubby and kids tell me how proud they are of me...means the world!!!
* Confidence...has gone up and up
* Don't care attitude...as in I don't care if people are looking at me/watching me, I am beginning to like ME so don't gaf what other people think
*Wearing smaller clothes, back into 16's again
*Wearing jeans again and feeling comfortable
*Having a go at study...enrolled in a single unit at OUA it's from B Ed...will see how that goes lol
Next goal is for my birthday/Christmas which is to get to 20kg gone :)
Did I ever mention the lap band is just an amazing tool???
I love my band :):)
Weight Chart
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
An extra 1.0 ml
Back to drs rooms today, saw Dr Charlie Elliot instead of Dr Martin.
Charlie had trouble finding my port, tried 3 times. I could feel him kind of flicking the port with the needle.
Turns out that my port is stitched to my stomach wall with 4 *grips* as he put it and it appears one has let go, thus putting my port on an angle. When he did eventually find the port he showed me the angle of the needle. So now not only do we need a long needle, I have to ensure he aims for the small of my back. Oh delightful.
I had 1 ml put in, liked the way he did that, got me to drink after putting some in and then withdrew some until I could feel the water trickle through.
Let's hope this gets the weight moving on down, still needing to get under 100kg lol
Charlie had trouble finding my port, tried 3 times. I could feel him kind of flicking the port with the needle.
Turns out that my port is stitched to my stomach wall with 4 *grips* as he put it and it appears one has let go, thus putting my port on an angle. When he did eventually find the port he showed me the angle of the needle. So now not only do we need a long needle, I have to ensure he aims for the small of my back. Oh delightful.
I had 1 ml put in, liked the way he did that, got me to drink after putting some in and then withdrew some until I could feel the water trickle through.
Let's hope this gets the weight moving on down, still needing to get under 100kg lol
Monday, October 12, 2009
feeling blah....
Not sure what the heck is wrong but I'm feeling very average.
I have been forgetting my vits so thats a possible cause, I'm also sleeping alot and feel sleepy when I'm not lol.
Eating probably a little more than I should be, weight didn't move for over a week, I think another fill is definately in order. Roll on the 21st.
I need to up my water intake as well, it's been very sparse, actually any fluid intake has been sparse hmmmm could be solving my own problems here hehehe
As I have been introducing more foods back in to my diet, it's been interesting and kind of proved a point to myself.
I had suspected a long time ago that I may of had a problem with some intolerance to milk and bread, they were big staples in my diet, loved both alot.
Well milk it seems is ok in a very small amount ie 1/2 cup for cereal any more than that and I suffer terrible pains in my tummy, get bloated etc and although I haven't had any bread I have had crackers, 1-2 are ok any more and I get similar probs to the milk. I will try to remember to discuss this with the dietician.
I am really really into eating fish at the moment, loving tthe tinned salmon, haven't been game to try fresh salmon but maybe this week, someone on the yahoo septemeber bandits forum posted about a salmon quiche, sounds great:)
Well I hope my fellow bandits are all doing well.
Keep well and healthy:)
I have been forgetting my vits so thats a possible cause, I'm also sleeping alot and feel sleepy when I'm not lol.
Eating probably a little more than I should be, weight didn't move for over a week, I think another fill is definately in order. Roll on the 21st.
I need to up my water intake as well, it's been very sparse, actually any fluid intake has been sparse hmmmm could be solving my own problems here hehehe
As I have been introducing more foods back in to my diet, it's been interesting and kind of proved a point to myself.
I had suspected a long time ago that I may of had a problem with some intolerance to milk and bread, they were big staples in my diet, loved both alot.
Well milk it seems is ok in a very small amount ie 1/2 cup for cereal any more than that and I suffer terrible pains in my tummy, get bloated etc and although I haven't had any bread I have had crackers, 1-2 are ok any more and I get similar probs to the milk. I will try to remember to discuss this with the dietician.
I am really really into eating fish at the moment, loving tthe tinned salmon, haven't been game to try fresh salmon but maybe this week, someone on the yahoo septemeber bandits forum posted about a salmon quiche, sounds great:)
Well I hope my fellow bandits are all doing well.
Keep well and healthy:)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
First Fill
I had my first fill yesterday.
Was an experience, Dr Martin couldn't find the port with the small needle so had to swap to a larger one, still had to dig around a bit but it wasn't at all painful so it didn't really bother me.
I now have 4.5 ml in my band.
I told him I wasn't hungry but he said I would be so he insisted it went in.
Noticed immediately the restriction with just drinking water, it kinda gurgled down. Great I now sound like a drain .PMSL.
I'm on fluids for 24 hours, but I think I will wait till tomorrow to start on mushies again:)
As I also went to the dietician yesterday, I am now able to start having solid food.
That will be interesting.
I had my first episode of not chewing/swallowing too much on tuesday. I had some salmon and decided a cracker would be good, well I completley forgot myself and ate it like I would of pre band.
OMG!!! the pain in my chest. I could feel it trying to go down and then I started salivating like never before. (OK so I'm a slimy drain;) I then coughed and up it all came just like it went down EWWWWWW but the pain relief was instant.
Lesson Learnt. Until next time :P
oooo I bought myself a dress today, from target in a regular 16. It's a black one (sorry Nat). I tried it on and could get it on but it will look much nicer with a few more kgs gone. So it is my Christmas goal dress:)
I am so excited about my band and how much better it has already made me feel in myself. Heck what am I going to feel like in another 10kgs...20kgs...I hope the rest of this journey will be as flowing as it has been so far.
Have a fab day :)
Was an experience, Dr Martin couldn't find the port with the small needle so had to swap to a larger one, still had to dig around a bit but it wasn't at all painful so it didn't really bother me.
I now have 4.5 ml in my band.
I told him I wasn't hungry but he said I would be so he insisted it went in.
Noticed immediately the restriction with just drinking water, it kinda gurgled down. Great I now sound like a drain .PMSL.
I'm on fluids for 24 hours, but I think I will wait till tomorrow to start on mushies again:)
As I also went to the dietician yesterday, I am now able to start having solid food.
That will be interesting.
I had my first episode of not chewing/swallowing too much on tuesday. I had some salmon and decided a cracker would be good, well I completley forgot myself and ate it like I would of pre band.
OMG!!! the pain in my chest. I could feel it trying to go down and then I started salivating like never before. (OK so I'm a slimy drain;) I then coughed and up it all came just like it went down EWWWWWW but the pain relief was instant.
Lesson Learnt. Until next time :P
oooo I bought myself a dress today, from target in a regular 16. It's a black one (sorry Nat). I tried it on and could get it on but it will look much nicer with a few more kgs gone. So it is my Christmas goal dress:)
I am so excited about my band and how much better it has already made me feel in myself. Heck what am I going to feel like in another 10kgs...20kgs...I hope the rest of this journey will be as flowing as it has been so far.
Have a fab day :)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Time flies....
...to goodness knows where??
I can't believe ive been on mushies for almost 2 weeks already!!!
Everything has been going sooo well, just waiting for the bomb to drop lol
Mushies has been great, although a little in your face when having to vitamise food which I used to grimace at when feeding the oldies at the nursing home rofl, BUT it tastes surprisingly wonderful. Was allowed to begin some firmer foods 10 days in from mushies, have had some crackers and they have gone down fine.
It seems my body has not forgotten what to do when intake has reduced. It started to hold on to my weight, sooo I thought bugger you and made sure I am eating 6 x 1/2 cups of food a day and guess what, body out of starvation mode and in to losing mode YAY.
As of today I weigh 102.2 woohooo.
First goal is to get to 99.9 and sooo close I can smell it lmao!!
Dietician and Drs on wednesday. I guess Dr Martin will do the first fill. I have made the decison that I want very little fills, don't want to go in with big amounts, hope Dr agrees with me ;)
I'm not finding I am overly hungry so that must be good.
I am looking for some work, am finding some confidence is returning and I want to get out of the house. Plus I'd really love to go to Adelaide for a holiday after Christmas and then of course the big trip back to England Christmas 2010. So I really need to get some money saved, have just about paid a debt we had to the inlaws which is great.
OK need to finsih what I was doing before going to pick DD up from work.
I can't believe ive been on mushies for almost 2 weeks already!!!
Everything has been going sooo well, just waiting for the bomb to drop lol
Mushies has been great, although a little in your face when having to vitamise food which I used to grimace at when feeding the oldies at the nursing home rofl, BUT it tastes surprisingly wonderful. Was allowed to begin some firmer foods 10 days in from mushies, have had some crackers and they have gone down fine.
It seems my body has not forgotten what to do when intake has reduced. It started to hold on to my weight, sooo I thought bugger you and made sure I am eating 6 x 1/2 cups of food a day and guess what, body out of starvation mode and in to losing mode YAY.
As of today I weigh 102.2 woohooo.
First goal is to get to 99.9 and sooo close I can smell it lmao!!
Dietician and Drs on wednesday. I guess Dr Martin will do the first fill. I have made the decison that I want very little fills, don't want to go in with big amounts, hope Dr agrees with me ;)
I'm not finding I am overly hungry so that must be good.
I am looking for some work, am finding some confidence is returning and I want to get out of the house. Plus I'd really love to go to Adelaide for a holiday after Christmas and then of course the big trip back to England Christmas 2010. So I really need to get some money saved, have just about paid a debt we had to the inlaws which is great.
OK need to finsih what I was doing before going to pick DD up from work.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
I can start mushies :))))))
Who'd of thought such excitement could come from such a small thing LOL
Have to be on mushies for 10 days and then start adding some things like crackers.
I have to have 4 meals of 1/2 cup each which can be pretty much anything that can be mushed up. I am soooo looking forward to having some KFC mashed potato and gravy hehehe. For lunch I may try some egg, will have to mash it to death, maybe scrambled would be better for that:) I'm also allowed to have two snack 1/2 cup if I find I'm hungry, which could be stewed apple and a bit of custard if I wanted YUMMO!
Dietician very happy with what I've achieved so far and also my mind set, so thats all good.
Got a book too about food and the lapband thats wwritten by one of the dieticians at the Wesley, will have a read shortly. It will probably be my constant companion.
Ohhhh I'm not allowed any more optifast, will cope I think lol.
Cheers for now
Sam x
Have to be on mushies for 10 days and then start adding some things like crackers.
I have to have 4 meals of 1/2 cup each which can be pretty much anything that can be mushed up. I am soooo looking forward to having some KFC mashed potato and gravy hehehe. For lunch I may try some egg, will have to mash it to death, maybe scrambled would be better for that:) I'm also allowed to have two snack 1/2 cup if I find I'm hungry, which could be stewed apple and a bit of custard if I wanted YUMMO!
Dietician very happy with what I've achieved so far and also my mind set, so thats all good.
Got a book too about food and the lapband thats wwritten by one of the dieticians at the Wesley, will have a read shortly. It will probably be my constant companion.
Ohhhh I'm not allowed any more optifast, will cope I think lol.
Cheers for now
Sam x
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Two weeks tomorrow...
....since I became a bandit!!! woohoooo Did I already mention this is already the best thing I could of done???
I'm peeved at myself for not keeping up my blog, it would of been great to look back and see how each day I have improved.
Anyway 2 weeks tomorrow and I feel wonderful!
Wounds have healed, I took the bandages and steri strips off on saturday, they were really irritating me. True to form I had healed and well:)
3 of the wounds are barely noticeable, the other two are bigger and slightly raised but getting smoother every day.
I have basically been on optifast or up and go, had soup a couple of times. I am starting to crave some 'regular' food now ie avocado, philly cheese, chicken,tuna, salmon and egg lol
I have my dieticians appointment tomorrow morning so will ask if I can at least eat some very mushy egg mmmm.
I know this is going to sound very odd, but I am going to miss the optifast, I have quite gotten used to the taste but not only that, it is a safety thing too, I can't dislodge my band or choke with opti. Something psychologically I need to get over me thinks!
Anyhoo am now down 10.2kg, the weightloss has really slowed which is ok with me, I was getting concerned I was losing too fast.
I have been experiencing some dizziness/lightheadedness, I wonder if I do need more protein like my cravings are telling me?? I have my berocca every day without fail so I'm pretty sure I'm ok there. Will discuss with dietician anyhow.
I also need to upload my before shots here, OMG how disgusting are they pmsl. I think I need to get someone else to take further shots, a camera on my head ain't pretty either lol.
I finally remembered to do my measurements on monday DUH should of done them pre op because people are noticing my loss already YAY!!!!
OK will go and see how I put pics up here,
Be well xx
I'm peeved at myself for not keeping up my blog, it would of been great to look back and see how each day I have improved.
Anyway 2 weeks tomorrow and I feel wonderful!
Wounds have healed, I took the bandages and steri strips off on saturday, they were really irritating me. True to form I had healed and well:)
3 of the wounds are barely noticeable, the other two are bigger and slightly raised but getting smoother every day.
I have basically been on optifast or up and go, had soup a couple of times. I am starting to crave some 'regular' food now ie avocado, philly cheese, chicken,tuna, salmon and egg lol
I have my dieticians appointment tomorrow morning so will ask if I can at least eat some very mushy egg mmmm.
I know this is going to sound very odd, but I am going to miss the optifast, I have quite gotten used to the taste but not only that, it is a safety thing too, I can't dislodge my band or choke with opti. Something psychologically I need to get over me thinks!
Anyhoo am now down 10.2kg, the weightloss has really slowed which is ok with me, I was getting concerned I was losing too fast.
I have been experiencing some dizziness/lightheadedness, I wonder if I do need more protein like my cravings are telling me?? I have my berocca every day without fail so I'm pretty sure I'm ok there. Will discuss with dietician anyhow.
I also need to upload my before shots here, OMG how disgusting are they pmsl. I think I need to get someone else to take further shots, a camera on my head ain't pretty either lol.
I finally remembered to do my measurements on monday DUH should of done them pre op because people are noticing my loss already YAY!!!!
OK will go and see how I put pics up here,
Be well xx
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