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April 17 2008

The last fill in February, was 1 ½, all I could keep down was a spoonful at a time, most of what I eat, comes up as soon as I swallow.  This last fill is very tight. I do not feel hungry, it is because I think of food that I run to the fridge and eat, and then turn around and bring it all back up. I also go shopping every weekend, and fill my fridge with stuff that I know I cannot eat. I think I was become a food horde, until I saw Oprah show on the topic, Hording. So I have cut back on how I shopped. I went from a size 26 dress to a size 16, for every inch or pound, that I lose I celebrate. Now that I am in a size 16, I went and brought a size 14 dress, which is my next goal to fit into that 14 dress. I do a speed walk around my block at 6 am in the morning. On March 12, I was 237, I lose 7 pounds. I have not weighted myself this month, and I will not until I see the doctor in June,  June will be one year since I had Weight Loss Surgery. It is my hope that I am 190 pounds. I want to leave that 200 behind.   These days my meal is  either shrimp and mushroom and onion, or some chicken, after dinner I do eat a bit of bitter sweet chocolate

 

January 21^st 2008

I went to the doctor yesterday and only lost a pound. In spite of the fact that I had my stomach adjusted on the 19 December. The doctor wanted to know what to know what I was eating, and how much, I did not mention to him that I was eating salty snacks, and candy, and having a drink made with sweet milk…

 

On February 13, he wants to give me a fill,  while looking at my band with an x-ray scan, as I drink liquid to see if there is any blockage.

 

Lord I promise to turn over a new leaf, and not mess up all the pain I had to go through to have this surgery, With your help, I plan to make it work so that I can get to my desired weight.

Glass of hot prune juice

Breakfast----egg

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My new life began on Saturday June 9. I woke up at 6.30 clean my six-room house. Went to my kitchen, and had a cup of hot tea. I clean some celery, onion, turnip, cilantro and green peppers and carrots, added some cut up tilefish head. Squeeze some lemon and a little salt. And made myself a pot of soup. At 306 pound, this meal is the first of many that I will be consuming for the rest of my life.

I made a pro complex shake 4 ice cube and 4 ounce of water; it was yucky, am going to try it with crystal light or milk.

 

Brought me a pair of walking sneakers, I had my first drink of pro-complex protein shake and my prenatal vitamin.

 

I felt a little weak from not having solid food, but I am determined to stick this out until Tuesday when I have the gastric lap band surgery. My goals are to weight 160 pounds by October. With God, all things are possible.

 

I cannot drink anything that has artificial sweetner it gives me a headache, am going to save the crystal light for my sister.

Saturday evening my husband came home with some big black sweet cherries after having not eaten anything but liquid since morning, I pop a few of them in my mouth and had the juice or pulp of a mango.

 

6-10-07

Sunday morning I had some of my soup broth (celery, onion, green pepper, lemon, and fish)

I made a complex pro shake with milk to take to church with me; it tastes much better with the skim plus milk.

I also had my communion, of wafer and grape juice.

 

Once we return home from church, I had a cup of hot tea, mango pulp. Water, later I will heat up some soup broth.

 

6-11-07

6.45 am

This morning I had a bowl of hot broth, This morning on my third day of liquid I thought I would feel weak and tired, but I feel very energize, I haven’t had a bowel movement,  I have to urine often.

I had a pro complex shake

I made another pot of soup

Cauliflower

Broccoli

Zucchini

Scallop

Onion

Carrots

Celery

Onion, lemon juice

I had a cup of broth from the soup. Afterwards I had a half bottle of Citrus magnesia

Bowl of hot broth for dinner

 

6-12-07

Today I am having my surgery so I am NPO all day.

 

 I was taken into the operation room at 11.12 am, all I remember is getting on a narrow hospital bed, and being told that my feet should touch the baseboard of the bed. The next thing I knew I was talking to Cecil and in a lot of pain, out in the recovery room. Everything must have gone ok. All during the session that we went too, we were told that it would be painful, but Lord, this was PAIN LIKE I NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE... I needed pain medicine right away.

 

About 4.30 Aunty and Cecil came by to see me, they both prayed with me. Once they left I dozed off for a while then one of the nurses gave me my first one ounce of water, I had three more one ounces of water, thank God I did not need anymore pain medicine. I stayed in recovery until about 9 pm they finally found a bed for me on the tenth floor

 

That night I became nauseas and started to make the motion of vomiting but nothing came it hurt to make those sudden jolts of tightening my stomach. I had some pain medicine I asked the nurse if she could turn TV and lights out so that I could sleep but sleep could not come I sat up in the bed and toss, I cannot wait until morning to get out of this bed.

 

In the morning, a nurse said you cannot get out of bed, until you are given the ok by the head nurse, and have her help, me out of bed. I sat up, and waited, an aid placed a tray on my bedside table with tea and apple juice. As I sip the tea, the nurse said, do you have your measuring paper to add the amount that you are drinking. Cecil stopped by but I told him I did not know when I will be discharge

2 ounces, three ounces, four ounces when you reach to four ounces you can go home.

I was allowed out of bed I fix my hair and walk along the hallway, as I was passing one of the rooms I saw Tierney name on the door and called out Helen, I went in and visit with her for a while. She was already discharge waiting on the docs to give her pain med.

I went back to my room and drank some more liquids

 

Thursday

6.46 am 4 ounces of hot tea is my first meal, afterward I showered and made some pro complex protein shake

A prenatal vitamin (too sweet), and Nexuim, go out for my first walk

4 ounces broth

4 ounces of water

4 ounce of hot broth

Ice chip

I have lunch with my husband pro complex and then it is my walk time

4oz Water and 2 drops of grape juice

Dinner pro complex and walk back and forth in the house

Crush two pain pills with water before bed.

 

I am unable to drink four ounces of liquid, I try to finish the four ounces of pro complex since it give me the strength to go out and walk.

 

Friday 15 my Birthday

4 oz Hot Tea

4 Oz pro complex, vitamin, Nexium Walk

4 Oz Water

4 Oz   Hot broth

4 Oz Ice Chips

4 Oz pro complex Walk

4 Oz Ice chips

4 Oz Hot Broths

4 Oz Water

4 Oz pro complex walk

4 Oz water

4 Oz juice water

I moved to fast to get out off bed and had a lot of pain

Crush two-pain pill and sip with water, due to the bitterness I had to mix some water with grape juice to get the taste out of my mouth

 

The pain pill made me so sick in the morning

 

6-16-07

I was swimming and had a very difficult time when I went out for my morning walk. I would have to stop and sit down and rest my self. When I reached my house all I could do was crawl into bed. Drank

4 Oz of cold water

4 Oz of hot broth

Nothing seem to help I laid down and covered my self and slept for an hour and could not shake the meds of me until about 3 in the afternoon. I took the bottle of pain meds and poured it into the toilet bowl. I will only take Tylenol from now on.

4 Oz Hot broth

Etc

 

 

Sunday

Last night was difficult to sleep, no pain pill for me

Had

4 oz hot tea at 7.30

4 Oz pro complex shake

A baby spoon of olive oil—substitute for flaxseed oil

4 Oz Water

4 Oz Hot broth

No pain pill tonight

I had a tough time to sleep last night

 

Monday 6-18-07

Six days and no bowel movement

I sat and waited but only gas.

Took a baby spoon of olive oil

4 Oz tea

4 Oz shake skim plus milk, vitamin walk

4Oz Broth Nexium 

Etc.

No sleep, I hate the fact that I cannot sleep on my side or my stomach as I use too.

Was very nauseous cooking for my husband.

 

6-19

 

4 oz Shake vitamin

Bending is hard to do

Since coming home from the hospital in a matter of days, the pain I used to experience climbing up the stair is not there anymore.  I am looking forward to having more energy.

4 oz broth

4 oz ice chip

Baby spoon of olive oil

 

 

 

6-20-07

Feel like bowel but nothing comes.

4 oz shake vitamin, walk eight blocks

4 oz tea

4 oz broth

Movement I had to strain, it was green, and I know the iron from the prenatal vitamin is making me constipated.

First doctor visit, I lost 20 pounds. From 306-286

I made a pot of okra , and other vegetable and chicken breast, soup.

My first time to walk carry packages.

 

6-21-07

4 oz soup

4 oz shake

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

 

 

6-22-07

Same

4 Oz of pure    life ice tea ( with sugar )

My soup spoiled on the trip

Could not drink shake, I mixed it with water and it was horrible

 

 

6-23-07

No soup

4 Oz hot skim milk

4 Oz water

4 Oz milk

4 Oz water

I was feeling weak and the only thing I had at the hotel was some olive oil chips. I sucked the seasoning off the chips to give me some energy.

4 Oz of hot soup

4 Oz shake

4 Oz ice chips

 

6-24-07

Back to normal

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

4 Oz

Had some Yoplait yogurt

Had three spoon of critics magnesium

Did not send me to the bathroom

4 Oz water

 

 

 

6-25-07

4 Oz shake I am beginning to hate this shake vitamin, will take nexium at lunch time

4 Oz soup

4 Oz tea

4 Oz water

4 Oz soup

4 Oz ice chips

4 Oz shake

 

 

6-26-07           

4 Oz hot soup, okra, and crab

4 Oz of pro complex shake and a vitamin

4 Oz  ice chip

4 Oz soup

.4 Oz water

4 Oz ice chip

4 Oz shake

 

 

4 Oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-28-07

I hate this pro complex shake

4 Oz shake  vitamin

4 Oz water

4 Oz water

4 Oz water

4 Oz water

4 Oz water

4 Oz soup I want to have something new beside soup and shake

4 oz water

4 Oz water exercise , no outside walking because of the heat.

Chewed a piece of beef and spit it out after it was soft.

 

I need some spices seafood

 

 

 

6-29-07

 

 

July 3^rd I now weight 272

 

Today I change my diet to puree.

I loss 9 more pounds…

First meal was a teaspoon of ricotta cheese

A teaspoon of plain yogurt

A teaspoon of beans

A teaspoon of fish.

It was very hard trying to eat all that food.

 

7-4-07

4 Oz pro complex shake

Eggs for breakfast

Water

Ice tea

I am wearing clothes that used to be too tight for me to wear.

Walking with out getting tired.

My husband still insist on taking me everywhere, when I can walk

 

 

7-5-07

4 Oz pro complex shake mix with applesauce unsweetened

Lunch was two chicken wieners

Water

Jello

 

 

 

Dinner

Fish

Yogurt

Cottage cheese

Beans

Water

 

The food is going down smooth; I chew for 100 counts before swallowing.

Had some nuts cashew, pecan, pistachio

 

 

Breakfast

Sardine, teaspoon of cottage cheese, teaspoon of yogurt, jello

 

7-6-07

4 oz shake

Water

Oatmeal with raisin, cottage cheese (three teaspoon of oatmeal, one of cottage cheese)

Water

Walking

Water

Lunch

Egg, cottage cheese, and yogurt jello

 

 

 

I am still having problems going to the bathroom.

7-10-07

4 Oz shake

4 Oz aloe drink

Water

4 Oz soup

Lunch, egg cottage cheese

Water

Water

Dinner chicken bake, broccoli, cottage cheese

 

 

7-11-07

Gained 3 pounds 275

 

 

 

 

7-12-07

4 oz shake vitamin

4 Oz water

Breakfast, egg

4 Oz water

Water

Diet Snapple

Water

Lunch, I tried to eat the puree vegetable, it tasted like puck

Water

Diet Snapple

Water

Ice chips

Dinner, Salmon, teaspoon of yogurt, teaspoon of ricotta cheese

A new pill (

Water

Water

 

7-13-07

Shake

Water

My mother passed away today, I am a motherless child.  I am glad that I had a very good relationship with my mom.

Most of the day I drank water,

At 5.45, I had some salmon, ricotta cheese, and yogurt

And a shake.

On Tuesday, Doctor Zambon gave me three sleeping pills; I have not slept since my mom passed away.

 

Once we arrived in Grand Bahamas.  We went shopping to three supermarkets, no plain yogurt, or cottage cheese.

Got a few cans of soup broth.

 

7-19-07 private family viewing of mom

Shake

Water

Ice chips is about all I can stomach

Drank the pulp juice of a mango

I am still very constipated

Water

Ice chip

 

7-20- public viewing

Cup of hot milk, the hotel has no yogurt or cottage cheese

Water

Water

Water only,

Every where we go to find food for my husband , there’s only peas and rice fried fish or ribs or chops and cole slaw, starchy food, no soup.  There something called souch but it has a lot of grease swimming on top and to much pepper or lemon.

Water until later when I can get some of my shake

 

7-21 my sixth wedding anniversary and the day of my mom’s funeral what a day

 

Had some oatmeal at the hotel able to eat two spoonfuls no appetite

Water

Water

Water

After we put her in the ground, they had prepared food for the family

I had some fish.  Everywhere we go people want to know why I was not eating, I got up and mingle with my mom’s friend and out family it would seem as if I was too busy to sit and eat...

 

7-22-07

Shake

Water

Will have breakfast with my brothers as we go over my mom’s estate, I was glad when I got there it was only pastries, I had a cup of tea, later I had some stew fish.

Shake

 

7-23-07

We will clean up my mom’s room

Shake

Water

Most of the day it was water or ice chips

Some chicken breast.

Today for the first time since coming here my brother was able to find me some plain yogurt.

 

Had yogurt for lunch.

 

7-24 packed my mom clothes for the Salvation Army

Eggs for breakfast

Ice chips.

Shake

Water

Shake

Fish for dinner

 

7-25 – 07

left Grand Bahamas Island, arrived in Nassau at 10.30 am, while at the airport, there was a bomb scare, we were told to clear the airport as fast as possible, I thank God I had loss a few pounds, I would not have been able to run with my luggage in my hand, with out getting tired.

We left Nassau at 4.15 pm I had to leave my container of pro complex, because it was open.

Once home I had some Tabatchnick cream of spinach soup.

My first bowel movement

 

7-26-07 forgot to buy shake

Tea

Water

Oatmeal

Water

 

 

7-27-07

7 am I mixed two packets of carnation instant breakfast together with some milk, each packets contains 9 grams of protein.  Later we will go to gnc to get a pro complex

Aloe drink and a vitamin

Nexium

 

Brought a bag of Whey mixtures, it has 24 grams of protein.  It tasted very good

Shake

Water

Etc…

Coconut water

Fish and cottage cheese for dinner…

 

7-28-07

Shake

Aloe drink

Water

My nails are very brittle and are breaking off one by one.

I felt nausea and was trying to vomit but only the motion, but it is such a painful thing to go through, this is the second time. For the rest of the day I was unable to drink anything. Before going to bed, I tried to drink a shake.

 

My stomach feels so raw and burning, I am taking my vitamin and nexium.

 

7-29-07

4 Oz hot soup (today my stomach is still upset, I will call doc tomorrow.)

3 Oz shake

Water

I am going back to my eating habits; I have not had breakfast since Wednesday.

Lunch, fish, cottage cheese, beans a teaspoon of each..

The water makes me nausea as well

What to drink………..?

Skim plus milk

Soup

Ice chips

Shake this whey mixture is very sweet. Yuck

Dinner fish and beans

Water

 

7-30-07

Hot broth, vitamin

Hot aloe

Breakfast egg and  some sardine

Shake

Water

Water

 Ice chips

Shake lunch

Water

Water

Dinner fish, yogurt.

Water

Ice

Shake

 

7-31-07

Aloe

Soup  vitamin, nexium.

Water

Shake

Water walk

Lunch, Oatmeal, and raisin

Water

Dinner, can chicken, cottage cheese

Shake

Rode my bike , four days no movement

8-1-07

I was so hungry at 3am, when I woke up at  6 am,  I did not feel hungry.

Hot chicken broth  vitamin

Aloe

Shake

8-2-07

Same old same oh

Had a bowel movement and did not have to strain

8-3-07

Did not get tired doing my walk, I walked further than I have ever walk before, almost to the bridge to go to Manhattan.

Lunch

Mash potato some beef it tasted like puck in the blender

Ice chips

Water

Shake, pills

 

Hungry

8-15-07

I now weight 256 pounds

My diet has not been change, so am content in eating the same old same old.

Shake

Water , aloe

Soup

Oatmeal

Eggs

Fish and chicken.

Exercise

Had some Irish moss ( sea weed, soak in water, boil until dissolve mix with nutmeg and milk, brown sugar )

I have a movement every other day. 

8-21-07

 

9-1,2,3,4 -12

Shake Water

Breakfast is egg and cottage cheese or  great grain cereal with yogurt and cottage cheese.

Lunch  soup

Dinner fish, or chicken

Vegetable, broccoli onion green pepper, tomatoes

No starch, no desert.

Fruits, banana, grapes

 

 

9-12-07

258 so far I have lose 48 pounds, my goal is to get to 170

Today I had my first fill 1ml

Liquids for two days. Shake, water, and soup

Milk in the am

Egg,  cottage cheese

Tried to eat a piece of beef, once I swallow, I got a burning in my  chest, as if I was having a heart attack,  I had to bring it up to get relief from the pain.

No beef for me

Chicken, tuna, fish, turkey

Raw almonds  4 pieces

9-20-07

 

Why is it bad for a bandster not to have sugar, I love chocolate and Baklava, and I ate the whole box. Now I feel like sick
I think I am feed up that my weight remain above 243. I worked real hard and follow my diet to a T. But it's seven months----the pounds don't wana move..I walk and do a stationary bike once a day.
I don't want this to all be in vain and not reach my desire goal of 170 

I am so happy, I was able to get into a size 16 jeans, I have seen a size 16 in my closet since 1997. Wow I am so please with my lapband surgery, it is making me into a whole new woman........

I had the gastric lapband done on the 12th of June 2007, and so far have lose 65 pounds...I am 245 pounds now, my goal is to be at my idea weight of 180 or 170, I am 5'9 1/2.


I saw my doctor on the 12th November, and had lose 10 pound. This week 12/19/07 it was 5 pound, I was still very happy with that, because I know with each pound I am closer to my goal, than i was before.

I am going out on Saturday and buy me a non-stretch size 16 jean pant and work on fitting into that..........