Lap Band 1 day post op

Well, I got banded yesterday.  Today I feel pretty good- I’m having a little gas pain in my stomach, but other than that, I haven’t take many meds since yesterday afternoon.  They did give me some today before I left.  That was good because the weather is sucking here (so.much.snow!) and the ride was bumpy/unpleasant.  

I napped for a couple of hours, which left me disoriented and confused, but now I’m ok.  I just can’t wait until tomorrow so I can start eating some food (protein drink, soup, etc).

I’ve been posting videos on youtube, so the blogging is a bit slow, but I figured I’d update since I am done with surgery!!

Day 4 pre-op diet

It’s been hard.  I don’t like sweets enough to enjoy a protein drink.  I got very sick on Monday night and all day Tuesday.  Wednesday, I decided I would add in some low carb food, so I had cheese.  Since then, I have had a bit of cheese and a bit of chicken.  Every day, I start with the plan to just stay on liquids.  Today, I’ve had broth and milk (not at the same time).  I tried some unsweetened protein powder, but it was pretty terrible.  I have plain protein powder on it’s way- I’ll try to mix that with broth.  Otherwise I might just have to give up on life!  

If I can make it to Tuesday, I’ll be good.  I plan on being on clear liquids all day wednesday.

Today I am hungry.  HUNGRY!  I’m usually pretty good at being hungry- don’t mind it so much.. but today, I’m just HUNGRY!!!

This post isn’t well thought out, but I’ll blame that on my funny headedness.

Pre-Op liquids Day 1

So, I’m officially on my pre-op liquid diet.  I have been awake for about 5 hours and I can tell you that it kinda sucks.  Now, for me the issue isn’t that I don’t get to eat- I’m not all that hungry, but I don’t eat artificial sweeteners often.  My protein drink, jello, carnation instant breakfast- it all has it in there.  Now, I have a headache and I think it’s because of that.  

Since today starts the liquids, i’m making today’s weight my start weight.  The good thing about that is that it is less than I weighed last week.  The sad thing is that it’s about 15 pounds more than my low over the summer.  

Start Weight: 249.4

I think tonight I’m going to have soup and cottage cheese.  I need something with substance and I think that will do it.

Now for a fun story- For lunch, I made a protein drink.  I poured everything into my blender bottle and started to shake.  Then, it popped open!  I got protein drink all over me!  I texted a pic of myself to my husband and he laughed at me.  This was not the first time something like this has happened- When I got it, I washed it by shaking soapy water in it.  When I opened it, everything flew out all over me.  He laughed then, too.  

Lesson learned- make sure you close the top VERY well before you shake

Rewards

I’ve made a list of things I’m looking forward to doing when I lose weight.  It’s nice to sit and think about some of the little things that I look forward to (collar bones, taking pictures at normal angles, etc).  While I was making that list, I was thinking about how I would celebrate milestones.  Much like most people in this society, I celebrate things with food- dessert, go out to dinner, etc.  I don’t want to do that- it’s something I have to avoid.  

So far, my list consists of 1 and a half make-up products, 1 and a half skin care products, and shoes.  

I’m thinking of adding some smaller (read: less expensive) items for smaller milestones (every 10 pound?), but I can’t think of anything.  The key to rewards is that it has to be something I’m looking forward to.  Maybe I’ll buy myself a $10 giftcard somewhere- or go to the movies. Any ideas?

Food bender

So, I start my pre-op liquid diet on Monday.  The surgeon’s office says the 27th, but it’s supposed to be a 10-day liquid, so I’m going to start on Monday.  I’m kind of excited about it. I find when I’m not caring about what I eat, I eat such junk that I don’t find any joy in the food I eat.  I think the liquid diet will be hard, but it will be worth it!

I don’t want to go on a “OMG! I’m never going to be able to eat again!!!” food bender this week.  There are a couple of things I want to eat, but for the most part, I want to make this week fairly easy on me.

Another thing I have to do before my surgery is read a book that the psychiatrist recommended to me.

Mindful eating is going to be important to post-op living.  I think it’s important to all living.  As soon as I finish the book, I’ll post a review.

 

Welcome to my blog

Hey.

I like to blog.  Often times, I start them and fall off the face of the planet, but this time it’s going to be a bit different.  I don’t have any grandiose dreams about the future of this blog.  Rather, I want a place that a) I can work out issues that will be upcoming and 2) can help people that may stumble across my little corner here.

In just under 3 weeks, I am scheduled to get Lap-Band surgery.  

Over the summer, I had a bad night and gave up on my weight.  I decided that I would have weight-loss surgery.  My husband convinced me to try one more time.  So, I did.  It was great!  I lost 30 pounds and was incredibly positive about it, then school started and it all fell apart.  I have gained back almost all of the weight.  

Before the new year, I decided to check out the surgery options for me.  I was leaning toward Gastric Sleeve, but I had two hospital choices- and the one I wanted only did Lap-Band.  

I met with the surgeon and his staff- still not sure what I was going to do.  They got the ball rolling.  I was offended at their presumption that I was absolutely sure about it, but looking back, I’m glad they did what they did.  They are all so very nice and the more I think about it, the more I want it.  

I know this is going to be  long road ahead.  I know it’s not going to be easy.  But, I’m going to do it… because I have to.

I have had a hard time finding blogs about the lap-band that I care about reading.  I want to put my story out there.  So far, the only person that knows that I’ve even thought about this is my husband.  I have no plans to tell anyone that I’ve done it.  I’m not ashamed, I’m just extremely private when it comes to my non-online life.

I have a week and a couple of days before I start my pre-op liquid diet.  This part scares me more than anything.  At that time, I’ll start with weight, “before” pics, and I’ll probably use this space to vent and be scared.

*sigh*