Eileen D.
I sing in three choirs. I have two sons who are 16 and 20. I am an RN on disability due to diabetes complications and I am having the Lap Band procedure on Sept 14, 2005
I enjoy working out at the gym whenever I can.
Sept 14th, 2005
The surgery went well.....Dr malhotra said I had lots of adhesions from two previous surgeries but he still got the job done. I spent the evening in the Recovery Room and finally got up to my PRIVATE ROOM at around 9PM
They have fancy new "bariatric beds" which break in half and turn into chairs so you can stand. I actually preferred getting out of bed the old fashioned way but the nurses had me walk as soon as I got up stairs
By next morning, I didnt want morphine anymore..I think that made me feel worse than the actual surgery. My husband says I always remind him of Lucy Ricardo so I didnt need any help from morphine lol
The codeine was much better and I went home on Sept 15..the ride in the car was the only point when I felt nauseous but I never actually vomited ( I HATE THAT!!!)
Sept 18, 2005
I have a husband and two boys who are 16 and 20 and still have to eat. As I write this my 20 yr old is cooking bacon and last night they had Chinese food, it isnt even bothering me because I know I am doing something really "BIG" this time
My sister gave me two dresses in a size medium for me to put away (she doesnt want them anymore) and I want to buy ONE item from Ann Taylor!!
My blood sugar was 74 this morning and I had to suck on a hard candy
I managed to drink two cans of Slimfast Low carb shakes without feeling overly full or sick but I had no interest in anything more yesterday
I am down two pounds from the day I cane home to 262
I had lost some weight on my own doing WW before the surgery because my original date was sometime in October.
I am down a total of 24 pounds now
I MUST get my picture scanned!!!
I was up two pounds when I came home but not concerned after IV fluid etc etc
Sept 20, 2005
Tomorrow I will be one week postop. On Sunday night I drank too much chicken broth without really paying attention to how full I felt and all day Monday I felt crummy. I called Emelda and she reassured me that this happens and to be more careful. She said to try to stay hydrated. I felt exhausted and drained and as if I had eaten thanksgiving dinner in its entirety three times over Imagine that..all from some broth. This moring is the the first time I feel my appetite resuming somewhat. I am sipping S-L-O-W-L-Y on a Slimfast shake and I pledge to be more alert!! Girl Scouts honor!!!
PS Thanks to all of you who wrote such nice notes to me before my surgery. I am proud and honored to have such courageuous and inspirational people in my corner!!!! Hope I can do the same for you some day!!!
September 23, 2005
I finally have an appetite but I proceeding with extreme caution. I ate some strained lamb a la Gerber (I REALLY fed my babies that stuff???) and some strained 99% fat free cream of broccoli soup
I am doing better with the shakes as I found some new flavors (Atkins strawberry and cafe au lait) and I put some almond extract in the Slimfast chocolate and banana extract into the vanilla for some variety
My blood sugar was 107 this morning and so far the worst part is crushing all of my nasty pills YUCK!!!!
I am down to 255 now. I have lost just over thirty pounds between surgery and WW
Way to go Dr Malhotra!
Way to go WW!
WAY TO GO EILEEN!!!!!
September 29, 2005
I am scheduled for my first adjustment on October 19th. I saw dr Malhotra and Emelda the nurse practitioner on the 27th and I had my staples removed.
I have lost a total of 33 pounds and everything is going well
Today I am very hungry and anything I consume isn't lasting more than two hours.
So I got to have a scrambled egg. I ate it very slowly and it was GOOD!!
Soup for dinner, I think!
I have choir practice tonite so I am looking forward to getting out and seeing my freinds.
October 5th, 2005
This is my "official" weigh in day for Weight Watchers. Yes, I am following WW online..I am a "card carrying" member! So, I weighed my self today and I am down to............................................................................................................................( a drum roll please ).............................248.6 pounds for a grand total of 37.4 pounds. Pretty cool, huh?? 22 of those pounds are preop from WW and two weeks of shakes and the other 15.4 pounds are post op. Today is also my three week anniversary of my surgery. I would throw a big party but my guests (other than my WLS freinds) would probably frown on scrambled eggs, light yogurt, cottage cheese and diet snapple tee hee
October 22, 2005
I havent written for a bit. My older son (he is 20)had all four wisdom teeth pulled on October 14th. And we all know what "wonderful" patients men can be!! But to boot, I had the "root canal from hell" on October 15th..ANOTHER root canal on the tooth next to it on October 18th and wound up with an abscess on the tooth next to THAT one on October 19th. My son and I are making the Vicodin and Codeine people rich beyond their wildest dreams
He got his stitches out yesterday but my face is still swollen like a chipmunks.The infection still isnt cleared up and I am back to soup and scrambled eggs and yogurt as well as codeine and amoxicillin.
I had my band adjusted on October 13..that was easy
I actually gained four pounds or so but I think it was stress and pain med because its coming off as fast as it when on. My clothes are reallllllllllllllllllllll lose
I had laser surgery for my retinas on October 21 because i had bleeding due to diabetes complications. That was easy too and I will be fine..no blindness in my future
All in all not a great week b ut I couldnt eat to take my mind off my troubles. I am getting my nails done today even if my face is swollen..............
My current weight from Wednesday is 252..yes I am up but it isnt from eating so let's not dwell on a silly number.....Ouch my mouth HURTS!!!!!
October 25, 2005
My mouth is still sore and still a bit swollen but not as noticeabl...All that extra weight is coming off and I am looking foward to a good "official" weigh in tomorrow
Just found out my husband is taking me and my two boys to ITALY next summer for two whole weeks..How awesome is that? I will need all new clothes!! AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
We went to Roosevelt Field on Sunday and walked all around the mall. I really felt ok..no back pain and not as tired..Losing the weight was a big help and very encouraging! Somehow my increase in stamina is more important than how I look!
What a beautiful thing!!
I am going to have my profile "spruced up" soon by Tracie!! Three cheers for Tracie!!!
(Hi Tracie!!)
Will let you know about tomorrow's weight..Wish me luck!!
OK My "official" weekly WW weih in results are as follows:::
I am now 246.8 pounds for a total of 39.2!!!!
I am soooooooooooooo close to that 40 pound mark!!! Horray!!!
I bought little bags of pretzels and teddy grahams for the trick or treaters this year....Avoiding temptation!! Good stratergy, huh??
October 29, 2005
Tracie did an awesome job on my profile, didn't she?
WTG, Tracie!!
In case, you didn't notice, I am an avid Disney fan and Cinderella is my favorite princess and yes, I beleive in fairy tales and I beleive dreams can come true!
We just have to do our fair share of the work!!
Keep dreaming!!
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
From: Pinocchio Lyrics: Ned Washington
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those to love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true
A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES
From: Cinderella
Lyrics: Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you’re fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartache
Whatever you wish for you keep
Have faith in your dreams
And someday, your rainbow will come shining through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you just keep believing
The dream that you wish will come true
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you’re feeling small.
Alone in the night you whisper
Think no one can hear at all.
You wake with morning sunlight
to find fortune that smile on you.
Don’t let your heart be filled with sorrow
For almost in tomorrow
the dream you wish will come true.
The dream is a wish your heart makes
The dream is a wish your heart makes
You wake with the morning sunlight
to find fortune that smile on you.
Don’t let your heart be filled with sorrow
For almost in tomorrow
the dream you wish will come true.
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you just keep believing
The dream that you wish will come true
November 9, 2005
My "official" weigh in for today is 241.8 pounds for a grand total of 44.2 pounds.
No complaints from me..I am feeling very proud of myself!!
"If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."
- Mary Pickford
Jan16, 2006
My 51st birthday!!!
I wanted sushi and champagne and cake and I did!!!! Happy Birhtday to me!! Send flowers, ok?
had some ups and downs with my weight..I had two fills and i know i want another but I am leaving for Itally on Aug 7 for two weeks so I dont want to have fill till I get back.
I sopped following Weight Watcher's on line and resumed going to meetings. I think I need the little extra "kick n the butt" and the support the meetings give me is just what I need. I stll have the DAMN cast on my left leg but i cocnsistently go to the gym and do loys of stength training.It shows (especially in my upper body) I am wearing sexy topss with thin straps and I feel wonderful
My weight is down to 236 which is a 50 poind weigh loss The weight loss is slow (about a pound a week) but EVERYBODY from Dr Malhotra to Weight Watchers says that is the healthiest and the best way to go
I have one word of advice to all of you in this heat and humidity: WATER WATER WATER WATER
I plan to enjoy my trip to Italy and NOT focus on what I cannot eat..I will avoid the pasta and the bread and listen to my body when it tells me I am full and satisfied. I will enjoy some gelato without going overboard and i will have a wondeful time on a once in a lifetime well deserved trip
And IF I should gain a little weight, I promise to 'fess up and be honest wwith you all!! My first Italian phrase is" SONO EN DIETA!!
ARRIVERDERCI!
L'amore a tutto Elena
March 24th, 2007
My weight is 252.2 I am a total carb addict....I went back to Atkins
April 15, 2007
Down to 238.....so far I am happy, satisfied and content with the ANA (Atkins Nutritional Approach)
April 21, 2007
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
-Chinese Proverb
I went to the gym four times this week...My workouts are a little less intense becaue iit seems everytime I crank them up, I get another ulcer on my foot and that is sooooooooooo NOT GOOD!!
Tomorrow is my "official" weigh in day ( I think)..it might be the 23rd but I will stick to Sundays
Get ready..I hope it's a good one
I had a BIG salad for lunch and I never want to eat again; I am sooooo full!!
Until tomorrow
April 22, 2007
AS promised, my weight for today is 236 pounds
for a total of 50 pounds!!!!!!!
That is soooo awesome
But it isnt half a century, not half a ton it has to be half of something that sounds awesome..half a hundred will half to do
Cinderella went from rags to riches..Dunno if that will happen to me unless either Donald Trump or Paul McCartney comes along and sweeps me of my feet (and I choose to return the favor)
However, I am going from "morbidly obese" (how I HATE that word obese) to svelte and beautiful (like Catherine Zeta-Jones maybe)
Three cheers for me!!!!!
April 27, 2007
I have been managing to make it to the gym five times a week....So far , no problems with my foot...no ulcers and very little pain
I have been doing the exercise bicycle (which I hate, by the way) with the brace instaed of the cast and it seems to be working out. I put on my headphones and the only thing that makes it tolerable is Madonna's Immaculate Collection. It's a great workout CD
I went to the doctor yesterday and my Hgb A1C is down from 7.7 to 6.5...My cholesterol is 151 and my BP was 108/60....He put me on potassium because I stopped eating bananas (not Atkins freindly or diabetes friendly) and I have been feeling kind of weak and tired and achy....He said it won't hurt me..he said kidneys are "very intelligent' and will get rid of whatever potassium I don't need
If I had know my kidneys were so smart, I would have utilized them more in High School history class ( I hated history more than I hate the exercise bike) Incase you are wondering, because I have a broken foot, I can't do the treadmill or elliptical trainer so the bike is it.
Today is lower body day..bike, abs, abductors, adductors, quads, hamstrings..I like lower body day better than upper body day
Wow..I sound picky today with all my likes and dislikes..I am really not such a prima donna..ask my husband...ummmmm, on second though, don't ask him lolol
Getting hungry..gonna make my lunch
See ya!!
May 2, 2007
Put up in a place where it's easy to see
The cryptic admonishment "TTT."
When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb,
It's well to remember that Thing Take Time.
- Piet Hein
Right after I posted that I had gone down to 236, I went up to 239 and I appear to be stuck there
But before I went on Atkins I was eating almost no protein. In addition, on April 17, i resumed the gym and have been going four or five times a week. Between them both, I am building up muscle which will put on a little weight and mask the fat loss
When I get on the scale and see no change, I simply work a bit harder at the gym
Two benefits so far: I tried on a dress last month that looked AWFUL..I just tried it on again and I can wear it for my son's graduation
Also, I looked in the mirror yesterday and I found my waist line...YAY!!!!!!!
Till next time
May 3, 2007
Still STUCK at the same weight..I lost my tape measure and just bought a new one
I really don't have to take my measurements to see that I am losing inches..I am beginning to "swim" in my gym T-shirts...I can live with that
However, I think I fell back on my vegetable consumption so I must be more diligent..I am drinking easily 64 ounces of water, maybe half a cup of coffee and no diet soda (maybe one per week if that much)
Today was lower body day at the gym along with 22 minutes on the exercise bike on a hill profile at Level 7. Tomorrow I take the day off as I have been Monday, Tuesday, Wenesday, today (Thurs) and I will go Saturday
I also have to squeeze in nails and a haircut for a bit of well deserved pampering!!
The gym is going well..I am working out with a new brace on my foot and no ulcers at all. That is great news because eveytime I get another ulcer, I have to stop working out, I get all depressed and it seems to set me back a month both physically as well as mentally and emotionally
Until next time I challenge you to write down ten things you are grateful for even if it's as small as the kitchen light going on
1) I got my coffee this morning
2) My car started
3) I am breathing
4) I have food in the fridge
5) I have a roof over my head
6) it is a beautiful spring day
7) The Mets won yesterday
8) No ulcers on my feet
9) My kids and my husband
10) My friends
Keep smiling
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