NYE tradition...

mongo shrimp and spicy cocktail sauce.. these things are HUGE...
(12-14/lb)
yum

I feel

like a fucking beached whale..

its TOM and I am so bloated that I just want to stay in bed and not
move. cramps are horrible, my back is killing me.. did I mention I
just wanna stay in bed?

in fact, that's where I am now.. I <3 my iPhone sooo much. laying
(lying) in bed listening to Damien Rice 'Blowers Daughter' over and
over and over again. I threw a few movies on my phone, DD will be
going to school, DH is going in to work, I think i will stay in
bed... under the nice warm flannel sheets.. yay!!!!!!!!

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its a mushy!!

really...

and no, I alone didnt eat all of that.. DD&DH helped - a lot

just realized ...

when I was REALLY FAT (as opposed to just FAT now) not only would I
scarf my food, I would eat it all cause after all, I was wasting money
- throwing it away - if I didnt eat it all...

now, not so much... went to wendy's for lunch (large mushy chili and
small frosty) after eating about 3/4 of the chili and 1/4 of the
frosty, I'm finished... the rest is being thrown away.

pretty cool! ;)

HOLY PB batman!

can you say restricted?

i need to learn to eat more like a bandster i guess. i am the most restricted i've ever been and my fill was a few weeks ago.

i will be the first to admit that i take 'normal' bites and chew/swallow in stages (chew, swallow a little, chew more, swallow more, etc...)

last night we went to Pho and i had a little beef (maybe 2 ounces, about 4 pieces paper thin), then i ate some of DD's chicken. i know in my heart of hearts that i didnt chew well enough but thought i would be ok, cause after all, i was fine before ... oh dear God. on the way home i couldnt swallow my own saliva, DH had to pull over and i PBd in a parking lot. thought i was fine, but almost got home, yup another PB.

this is my 2nd PB in a week. not a good thing. i dont think i am overfilled, just am at the sweet spot. i can get liquids down fine and i know if i chew my food well, i should be OK with solids.

so, needless to say, liquids for breakfast (coffee w/ extra 'boost').

weight-wise, losing the same 3-5 pounds over and over. i'll get down to 261.8ish and then back up to 264... i dont get it.

you dont get thin

eating cookie dough....

not...that...i....am....doing....that....

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so fucking fed up

there was an LBT post from someone who had surgery 4-5 days ago ...

a different brilliant person posted the following:
man that's a long time to be on all liqids I had only 1 week on liquids second week soft soilds week three regular food , I say try some tuna in the second week just a tablespoon something that will stick to u and not hurt

WHAT ... THE ... FUCK?

i finally just completely lost it at the arrogance and stupidity of this poster and basically said who would you rather listen to, someone with horrid spelling and grammar or your surgeon.

i did end up taking it down, because it wasnt a RnR thread, she did see it and claimed
"wayne I guess if we all was prefect like her we would not be here. oh!by the way its called a typograhical error it happens to the best of us.thanks again for your input..."

other examples of her posts ... these are NOT typos ...
thank you so much for not being selfish for relizing that family comes first and that your brother love you so much and will do anything in the world for you . you finally relized that money is not everything and will not make you happly. we went though some much together, our lives and stories are amost exact I love you so much and will be there when your baby girl is born

I lose more eating soilds because I got full faster and the soup have so much salt it keeps the weight on you.

I seriously doubt that a tablespoon of tuna in the second or third week will kill someone or harm there lapband process.

well actually u did miss th MD after my name thanks for noticing, and I know he would mine because I ask already thanks for you input.

and i KNOW i am far from perfect but good fucking god... typos ??? ummm, i didnt know you could typo correct words when you meant different ones... the soup have so much? that last one just has me seeing stars .. ?????

can you say restriction??!!

whoa!!

merry Christmas - had dim sum for lunch and pb'd it up for the most part ... **sigh** totally unexpected.

so im on liquids right now - great christmas dinner **eyeroll**

i hope everyone had a great christmas!
LJ

Monday 12/24 exercise

Monday 12/24
14:19 mile
15 x 2 of the following:
ball pass
weighted crunch
twists 30
rolling ball bridge
reverse crunch
1 leg bridge 10 each leg
bicep curls 5lb 15 each
flye 8 lb 15 each
tricep on ball 8lb 15 each
leg press machine lvl 4 15 each
leg extension lvl 4 15 both
leg curl lvl 4 15 both
stretch x1
bike for 1.15 mile DH sick so I left

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damn that felt good

cant sleep

for the past several nights, I've been waking up around 330-400.
tonight is no exception, going to go work out I guess.

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spam comments

apparently some spammer likes my "fuel" (food) entries and likes to post their shitty links.

i've enabled comment moderation for that reason...

yup, he's a fucker.

19December

only 71 days til my abdominalplasty ... gack!!

i truly am a chicken shit and hate pain. HATE pain... but this is going to be worth it. a few weeks of pain and then a lifetime to live. no huge gut hanging down my thighs.

i'll be able to run with no issues, i can get up from whereever - couch, floor, etc without being worried that i will lose my balance and topple over (yup, it's happened more than i care to admit).

i nearly look drunk sometimes getting up, just losing my balance for a few seconds ... no more of that! :)

oh damn...

i hate pain ... WTF am i doing? im such a chicken shit...

18December food

planned

18Dec exercise

Treadmill
15:30 1.05 miles
5 min warmup
3 min run
2 walk
2 run
2 walk
1 run
:30 walk

Bike
5:34 2.00

Strength training - arms & stretching

off to run

yay

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73 days until surgery

... not counting today. my surgery is scheduled for 29February, 08.... this of course depends on if my boss gives me the OK...

oh shit, i am nervous!

boy im fucking cranky lately ... holy shit. i feel like i am going to start any second now, cramps and everything. WTF????

17December food

not bad, kind of high in fat though


1326 cals
70g fat (47%)
103g carb (31%)
74g protein (22%)

why plastics now?

i think i will be more proportioned after the procedure... i have a 40 bust, 38 waist and 52.75 hips ... that's just so wrong. and yes, i am big boned, but the bones arent that big...

head hunger is a bitch today...

i am so not physically hungry. i just had a nice lunch with about 3 pieces of shrimp **eyeroll**, some salsa type stuff and some whole wheat orzo pasta. it was OK... i can feel the food in my pouch, so i know i am not physically hungry... but i want to eat something. preferably chocolate...

*sigh*
it cannot be that TOM again ... it just cant.

funding complete

plastics is a go, just need to find a date that works with DH's and my
work and do it...

oh boy...
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15 December

had a training session with Steph today. wow, it had been about a
month and I felt it!!

did 2 mins running 2 walk 1 run as well.

LOTS of ab/core work, arms and legs.

measurements:
neck - same
chest - down .5
upper arm - down .25
forearm - same
waist - down .5
hips - down 1
thigh - down .25
calf - same

total lost - 2.5 inches last month.. not bad.

my body fat% is down to 33.1 (1.2% more lost will put me in the
"normal" category) it was 39% in June.

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after reading last night's entry..

PROGRESSIVE tension sutures

"dont do it" eye roll, I am going to use the I was tired excuse...

still no offers on the 10600... ;)

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forgot to mention..

dr said that he didnt think I was really a BIG GIRL... except of
course for my massive pannus...

oh and another thing... the gown which they said time and time again
was EXTREMELY small... fit!!!

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plastics consult

ok, I really need to get to bed but I wanted to post a tad..

- full abdominalplasty (tummy tuck) including muscles.
- lipo where needed
- mons lift included
- 1 night in hospital

- continuous tension sutures ( I think that is the name) helps with
healing.
- NO drains due to special suturing
- running in 4-5 weeks at a slower pace
- basically if it hurts dont do it
- sigh - anyone wanna give me $10,600?

I wanna do it. now.

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good god, how difficult is it to be ON TIME??

sigh. 9:00 appt, 926 now. I mean really, I busted my ass to get here
on time. this guy better be good.

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14 December

worked my ass of at the gym this morning. it was amazing..
had my fill yesterday, up to 11ish ccs, not sure how much it holds,
but she said to come back if it doesnt work. I told her to pretty
much close me up... ;)

I am stuck in traffic on my way to a plastics consult.. fun. will
post more later.

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on my way

to work out... joy

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this is SO not cool

ok so last week I did really really well going from 270.6 to 261.8!!

I was OK during the weekend, absolutely nothing overboard thank to my
wonderful restriction! :)

well I got on the scale this morning, fucking up to 266!!! WHAT THE
FUCK??!??! I am so fucking pissed. that's it, no more weighing
except once a week and I am tempted to just have DH record it for me..

I just dont get it. 1-2 pounds maybe, but I did not eat 17,500 EXTRA
cals!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Christine
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10December food

Breakfast
Atkins Caramel shake

Snack
8 honey sesame Kashi crackers
1 wedge Laughing Cow light cheese

planned
Lunch
2-3 oz baby blends salad w/ red onions, 3 cubes of ham and a pinch of shredded cheddar
each bite had a dab of ranch dressing.
oh boy those onions were strong!!!

Snack
1 oatmeal dark chocolate cookie
1 Atkins Mocha shake

dinner
Italian herb fish
cajun fish (i needed to up my cals, not sure how this will work with me being so restricted)
.5 cup green beans (canned)
.5 cup baby blends salad
.5 TBSP peppercorn ranch salad dressing

sometime during the day i am also going to have 1 cup of V8 light splash berry blends.

horrid pictures ...

DD's birthday party ....

notice the arms ... ick ... ICK ... ICK.

notice the pannus more.... yup ... touching the ground. i look like i weigh 400 pounds still. **cry**


where do the 'girls' end and tummy begin ... hint - the girls are the flattest part of the picture.

**sigh** no plan for Monday

i forgot to cook chicken tonight for lunch tomorrow.

no freaking clue what i am going to eat tomorrow.

B
Atkins shake
S
cookie ??
L
muscle milk shake ?????
or
Atkins shake
S
?????
D
?????

looks like im kinda screwed.

this weekend food wise wasnt awful but it wasnt great either. ate a tad more than i should have tonight for dinner, but **shrug** ok, i really dont have any excuses...

im tired and really need to get to bed, but i just dont want to yet. i am taking the day off working out (yeah, thats the way to drop the weight **eye roll**)

i ran again today

What a great sweaty mess i was this morning.

1 mile total on the crappy hotel treadmill and about 7 miles on the bike.

It felt amazing!!!

Not sure what my schedule is going to be this week with running, etc. i do have a trainer appt Saturday.

1/2 the woman...

about 12 months ago this size 6XL jacket was very SNUG... could barely snap it shut. the left snaps can be brought over to my right side, same with the right snaps ...

i am so so pleased .. :)

DD's party...

last year for my DD's birthday, I had 2 pretty big pieces of cake.
this year, not even 1/2 of a small one..

we went to pappadeaux's for dinner. I had a cup of gumbo (with some
bread added) and 1/3 of a piece of sausage. I was satisfied...

my MIL commented. 'you look good'. I think that's all I will get
from them, but that's ok... not doing it for the kudos.. ;)

ok sleeeeepy!! running again tomorrow...
night

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I RAN!!

woo hoo
it felt so amazing
1.5 min run
1.5 walk
3 run
1.5 walk
2 run
1.5 walk
2 run
1.5 walk
3.25 run
1.25 walk
1 run
1 walk
1 run
1 walk
then ab work and stretching
then back to running
3 run
1.5 walk
1 run
2 walk

it felt so amazing to get back on that treadmill.

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oh dear ...

lunch went pretty well, i was full but not FULL ...

well, my office is across from the kitchen. they brought all the leftover food to the kitchen. brownies ...

i took a chunk (ok, a piece) and ate it... UP it came ... WTF????

07Dec food

my plan today is to eat as best as possible and try to log everything.

we have a pot luck at work today and then my rents are coming in for DD's b-day and we are going out to dinner. i can eat whatever i want, just a lot less...

OH SHIT!

in a good way of course! lowest i've been in well over a decade.

14 month pictures

i finally had to retire the 'paint splattered' bike shorts ... the pants im wearing now are black running pants (size ladies XL from Target) ... yup, they are skin tight...

im posting a tad early cause my parents AND my in-laws are visiting for DD's 4th birthday ...

another 14/16

yup, i went shopping (see hangers/junk - sorry about that)... and you even get to see some of my cleavage cause i was too lazy to put on a tank top...

again - aside from the upper tummy, looks pretty good.

14/16!!!!

the tag from the sweater below ... 14/16 ... omg.

the 18/20 was actually too big in the side/chest/under arm area. wow.

see what im talking about

woo hoo

not bad .. went shopping (yes, again...)
**sigh** with exception to my upper tummy 'roll', it doesnt look bad

that would be DD in the picture

06December food - planned

im still super restricted ...


cals 640
fat 27.3 g (38%)
carbs 54.9 g (34%)
protein 43.7 g (27%)

protein still too low. maybe tomorrow i will have another shake or something...

dammit i lost my links

ive been playing with my templates and lost my links. grrrrr

it's a numbers game

dammit... i had a whole thoughtful post typed out and blogger crapped out on me...
grrrrrr....

myfooddiary has a sort of motivational system in place. if you are doing well and making good choices you get a nice green smiling face on your summary. if you could be doing better, you get a red frown.

my goal is, of course, to have mostly (if not all) green smiling faces greeting me.

in planning my food for the next day, i try to take this into account. last night i didnt have much time to plan so i just threw some stuff together that i knew were well balanced and would keep me satisfied. part of my choices included cheese and crackers. that's healthy, got a bit of fat, some carbs and a little bit of protein in there as well. **sigh** red frowning face. too much saturated fat grams (about 10%).

so i reworked it.

a few days ago, i bought these amazing Kashi dark chocolate and oatmeal cookies. they are really tasty and satisfy any sweet craving i am having. i replaced one of my cheese/cracker snacks with a cookie - voila! all green smiling faces! i guess i needed the fiber.

sooooo ... it IS ok to have a cookie (emphasis on ONE cookie) to balance out your day as long as you are making good choices the rest of the day.

this is not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. i fail miserably on diets (ummm... low carbing it sent me in a horrible frenzy of off plan for about 3 months. granted i lost a ton in a week, but what did i do the other weeks? nothing.)

on the weight loss front - - i am very pleased. down 6 pounds since this Tuesday. just by planning my day and watching what i eat. i am sad to say exercise has not been a priority lately. with DH gone (came back Tues night) and my stupid toe - still, it's just so difficult to do anything. im going to get there though. i really am.

i am 1.2 pounds away from my lowest weight in a very very VERY long time (think about 15 years!) yay.

happy birthday Maddie!

:)

05December food

was a nice day. i was not very hungry at all. the looks of it, i ate a ton, but it wasnt bad at all.
cals 687
fat 28.5g 38% (kinda high)
carb 60.3g 36%
pro 44.1g 26% (kinda low)

problem was i was not very hungry for dinner. next time i will cut the salad dressing down and hope to get a tad more chicken in. i just couldnt do it tonight. my DD and i split 1/2 a (large) breast and she ate most of it

thank you lap band!!

04December food

03 December fuel

Breakfast
Muscle Milk (Mocha Joe)
7 oz skim milk

Lunch
Starbucks Chicken sandwich ... yummie!

Dinner
Macaroni Grill Spinach Artichoke

Snack
Few handfuls of gingerbread mini cookies. **eyeroll**

so it was a high calorie day, figuring out tomorrow right now.

02December food

not bad. i did get quite hungry later in the evening. instead of going for chips though, i had another chicken strip.

breakfast
Atkins Mocha shake

snack
1 cup V8 splash diet berry blend
Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookie - yummo!

lunch
1/4 cup Cottage Cheese 1%
whipped with 1/4 cup frozen cherries

dinner
2 chicken breast strips (abt 3 oz)
2 tbsp Pace chipotle salsa
Mukimame Blend (soy beans, green beans & mushrooms) steamed w/ a bit of spicy stuff on top

snack
1 chicken strip w/ chipotle salsa

538 cals
16.1g fat 27%
49.3 carb 36%
49.7 protein 37%

a new plan

fuck it. we'll see what happens when I have a reasonable balance of
carbs.

will submit plan when I get my lazy ass out if bed.. ;)

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