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So it has been a while since I have been on here. I have officially surpassed they weight loss goal they set for me of 151. I am currently 148. I am in a size 8/10. It is hard to believe that when I started this journey I was in a size 24W. I see my old jeans and I cant help but ask myself "What was I thinking"? "How could I let myself go that bad"? I feel great and I have loads of energy! I have been sick the last 3 days with a head cold but other then that things have been great. I have never dumped and I have never thrown up. I do not take chances with sugar though. I will taste something here or there but thats it. I do not regret getting this surgery,although there are times when I watch "The Biggest Loser" I ask myself why couldnt I do it on my own like they did without having to take such a drastic measure and I know thats because I was looking for results now not 2 years from now. In 6 months I was down to a size 14 from a 24W now that is getting results fast. My arthritis is better, my sugar issues are better, I sleep better, I just feel better all over. I am seeing bones and curves I didnt know I had and learning how to be flexible again. The other day when I went strawberry picking, I remembered last year how miserable I was trying to pick berries and this year I picked over 80lbs no problem! It's the little things that my head hasnt caught up with my body yet. This saved my life!

So I finally broke dwn and bought 2 pairs of jeans Friday night and at first I did put on 18W JMS and I hated the way they looked and felt on me not to mention the fact that I wanted to get out of the "fat" clothes. I went and got a pair of Riders 18P and they fit!!!! I won't be in them for long but it was the BEST feeling to be out of the plus size clothes!! Last night I also cleaned out my closet and gave ALL of my size 22W, 24W, 20W and 3X shirts, 18W/20W shirts away to my husbands daughter. That felt GREAT! I wont do a BIG shop though till I am down to my goal weight. Thank God for friends who have clothes I can have rather then buy since I hope to not be in them long anyway. That was the first time I spent money on clothes for myself in 4 months. With the excpetion of Bras and panties of course that was last month.

Wishing everyone luck and success on their journey!!
 

So this morning, I pulled out my favorite jeans!! I put them on and NOT only did they FIT!! But, they were loose on me!! I am SOOO excited. I used to have to lay on my bed to get these jeans zipped up, they used to look like they had been painted on!! So now I have went from a size 24W to a size 18W. I am happy with that!

Wishing everyone the best of luck on their weight loss journey!!

So a friend of mine told me about this website. We are in home group together through church and in our group we have 2 diabetics, I have had RNY and another friend who will be having RNY December 2nd I think it is so our group has had to reform ourselves and change eating habits. What I like about these recipes is it shows you the nutrition information and reviews. I also think some more things could be substitued such as splenda for sugar and splenda brown sugar for brown sugar as well as sugar free chocolate chips (which I just found the other day at the store but I could b the slow one here as they could've been out for a while) and sugar free fat free cool whip in place of the real stuff. Anyway, just alot of neat things for people trying to come up with new menu items and new things to try. Last night I tried spaghetti squash for the first time while the rest of the family had regular spaghetti noodles. It was really good. Zuchinni is also a good substitue in place of pasta for lasagna. I learned that off of Biggest Loser.

If anybody else has any ideas please let me know esp. with the holidays coming. Would be nice to see what we can come up with w/o feeling to deprived this holiday season.

Also if anyone could help, I know Splenda says cup for cup but to me that is just a little too sweet, also how does it do for baking?? Any help or ideas would be great!!

Here is the website I am referring too BTW...http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/

So I have been sick the last 2 days. My daughter was sick last week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a head cold. I came down with it Monday night. I felt TERRIBLE yesterday. I didn't want to do anything I didn't even eat anything until 2pm and that was a couple of bites of soup and same for dinner I had a couple of bites of soup and 2 bites of fruit. Water has become my friend lately as opposed to unsweet tea. Amazing how your tastes change overnight. Anyway apparently the only thing I can take is liquid tylenol thank God it has been working (Childrens) at least giving me some relief as well as running the vaporizer with vicks and I have been using these things called vicks vapor patches and that really helped last night. Feeling a little bit better today but being sick sux when you cant take anything!

So it has been a busy week for me. This was my first week starting home daycare again and let me tell you keeping up with three 3 yr olds and one 2 yr old is NOT easy. We are still recovering from my grandmothers 2 strokes. (She lives with us) that has become a FULL TIME job in itself trying to help her get around and maintain her physical therapy and medical appointments. Home group with our church just started back as of this past Monday. Not to mention my own kids in school and Chrome, as well as music lessons. We are fixing to install new floors down stairs. My husbands daughter is supposed to be staying with us in November for 6 weeks and ONLY 6 weeks and In the mist of all of this I still maintain a household, cook for the family (MOST of which I CANT even eat anymore, What gives??) dishes, house cleaning and laundry...I'm EXHAUSTED by the time 7-8 rolls around. 6:45-6 with kids makes for a LONG day! I got a break yesterday when I went to see my nutritionist for the first time since my surgery. She said I am now in stage four. She said I can eat veggies, raw or cooked, fruit, bread, (which I have NO desire too for bread) skim milk, etc...we are still trying to figure out the protein thing though, anyway, lately all i have wanted is veggies. I have NO desire for meat at all with the exception of tuna, salmon, shrimp, crab meat, etc...but thats it. I DONT want any other kind of meat at all!! I know thats a source of protein but I cant help it. I have started experimenting with fresh spices such as cilantro and parsely. I make my own brushetta like Olive Gadrens and use it in everything esp. eggs. we even put it on the fresh salmon we grilled last night. I also made my own "seafood sald" if you will with immitation crab meat but it had lots of protein in it and was really good. I seem to go through stages where i will eat somethng for a few days and then not want it at all. Anyway, nutritionist said I was "ahead of schedule" as far as my weight loss. I feel great now. I have energy now, even though i am tired when i go to bed and even though i am trying new things I have had no issues with dumping and i havent thrown up once. There are some things though that I cant stand and believe it or not pasta is one of them! I tasted it twice but the texture and taste was terrible and i spit it out! Before surgery i LOVED pasta! Wierd how tastes change! I also would never eat anything cold, let me explain, but the other night i took a bite of salmon that we had grilled and ate it cold rt out of the fridge and it was good. Anyway so far so good. My Outlook Is Good!!

Well it has been almost a month since my surgery and I FINALLY am beginning to feel like myself again! I am beginning to taste things and test things. I am learning how to use spices including FRESH ones and that is something I have NEVER done in my life. So I am excited about that! I hope it is normal for the weight to fall off a little slow. It seems though that I am losing more inches rather then pounds. Is that normal? My rings dont want to stay on my fingers and last night I put on a pair of jeans I havent been able to wear in a year!! I still cannot do the protien shakes as they make me sick to my stomach. Milk is also another thing that turns my stomach and I detest any form of pasta. I tried a small taste of it and I knew I couldn't eat it again. I have not dumped or thrown up since my surgery!! I am learning new and creative ideas and I will begin writing a cook book for gastric bypass patients. So anyone that has any recipes send them my way. There doesnt seem to be alot out there for bypass or lap band patients as far as cookbooks, and what to expect before and after surgery and I dont know about anyone else but it was a scary, nervous ordeal. Anyway, I also started doing home day care this week and I have four 3yr olds everyday so they keep me busy and on my toes. My first nutritionist appt. is this Thursday so we will see how it goes. It was a rough road the first 2 weeks and I thought I would NEVER feel like myself again but now it has been worth it!

So today I had my first post-op appointment. I have ost 22 pounds so far! I am still pretty tired though. My grandmother is still in the hospital so it has caused olot of unneeded stress right now. So far so good!

So I have been home a week. I have lost 13 pounds. It has been a stressful week. My grandmother was admitted to the hospital yesterday for a stroke. So trying to go see her and take care of myself as well as get in my protein, water, etc...has been difficult. I am exhausted! My home care nurse who comes by to give me my shot of Levonox for 10 days also monitores my oxygen levels, heart rate, as well as my temp. Seems like every afternoon I runn a temp. 99.6-100. Is this normal? Anyone else had this problem? Also has anyone else had symptoms of hunger or anything? Everyone I have spoke to has said "Oh you won't be hungry and you won't miss a thing" I beg to differ. It is harder then it seems. It's hard to walk through the door and smell someone cooking. Sometimes it makes me queasy and sometimes it smells really good. Today when they brought my grandmother a gingerale, it almost made me cry at the thought that I wll never be able to drink gingerale again for fear of dumping. So whoever thought this would be easy, is FULL OF IT!

So I have been approved for my surgery and I have my surgery date for September 10th. Just a few days away. I have pre-op today so reality has set in after talking about it for so long and now it is almost here. BIG reality check and now  I am going through all the emotions of being excited and worried and terrified all at the same time! Unforunately this is all happening right when the kids go back to shool and 1 month after my husband had hip surgery himself not to mention trying to get new floors put in thanks to Sears and their screw up. So ALOT is going on around us all at once. I leave it in Gods hands and let him work out all the details. I know I can't do anything without him!