Well folks i have become an Avon representative. hahahah can't you see me coming to your door step. I actually wanted to get a representative ship so i could purchase it on my own. but if anyone wants to buy that is fine.
you know my arm is even bigger lumpier... I have been over working it. and lord it hurts like heck. i can barely raise my arm above my head. or swing it across my chest. I have been icing it but it's not going down. I hope that tomorrow the chiropractor will fix it a little better. Lord lifting Gavyn was troublesome... I kept fearing that I would drop him. My arm was so weak and even with help on Friday I still had to pick him up because he wasn't feeling well. And then of course I had to take my Trash to the dump on Saturday (the extra stuff that the garbage truck wouldn't pick up) of course no help at all to get the hot water tank off the bed or anything... yep strong woman brenda did it all on her own while the garbage man watched me from the cab of his tractor. but i muscled it and bullied it into the big garbage bin. and that thing was no light weight. a 40 gallon water tank even empty was extremely heavy. of course that may be why my arm is double the size it was .. well i had to get it done.
I am still losing but now it has slowed down... I wish it were faster but it won't be. I know that next time I will have to get a fill because even though i am dieting i have noticed that I am able to eat more than i should. and while it is not what i was used to eating.. It is still more than i should. Next time I need to be closed off even more... yeah me....
I truly do not want a fat gut or a fat butt any more... I am ready to be a size 12 or so even a 14.... No more size 22/24 or 24/26.... of course those are going into the garage sale next weekend... i am now in a size 18/20... yeah yeah yeah
well my eyes are blurry today I can't read small letters and i am having trouble seeing the TV. I am not sure what is going on there either but i don't see Dr. Nanda until the 24 of April. I am thinking a trip to the regular eye doctor this week... Lord i am afraid i am going blind... and I don't want to... I have done all this Laser surgery, lapband, insulin medications etc to reverse this and I don't know what i will do if this doesn't work..
Oh well my friend tomorrow is another day.
Showing posts with label lapband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lapband. Show all posts
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Bikers
I got a new bike yesterday. It wasn't my idea it just showed up on my porch. And tada it was there when I got home. It even has a book carrier on the back. Now as most of you know I haven't ridden a bike since I was probably 6 and I have got to be the most clumsiest person in the world. I can find the only hole in the yard just by walking out in it. Actually probably near the last time I actually rode I swooped down the hill at Grandpa's house around the corner to go up the hill to mom and dad's wrecked my bike and sprang my ankle. Some of you will know just to point out my clumsiness that as I was walking to a restaurant i stepped up on the curb, Actually missed the curb caught my toe and tripped and fell. Sooo what am I going to do with a Bike besides probably kill myself in the process of staying on it. Now the person who gave it to me thinks that this will be good for me because we will go riding together... I have to laugh because I am going to have to learn to ride the darn thing before i go out into public and try to ride it. Well stay tuned skinned knees here I come... Well at my age I hope it is just skinned knees...
After yesterday's turmoil of having a storm come through I found the answer to the question does the band get tighter during Storms... Well this little tidbit was not in the pamphlet... YES High Pressure systems, Airplane Rides, High Altitude Places, Deep Sea Diving, any change in the air can cause little bubbles in the band causing it to tighten. and this is after your stomach swells because of that fact. That is why people can fart so much more healthier in Air Planes. Yes the article I read said that. Tiny little air pockets (bubbles) build up in your stomach and in your band causing the band to be so tight that even water won't go down... So next time I am going for an air ride I am going to make sure that my band is not tight... I wonder if Gas-X will work to cut down the bubbles...
well back to work at the Grind Stone... Hey would anyone be interested if I started a tanning and toning business... just wondering... Thinking of it anyway
After yesterday's turmoil of having a storm come through I found the answer to the question does the band get tighter during Storms... Well this little tidbit was not in the pamphlet... YES High Pressure systems, Airplane Rides, High Altitude Places, Deep Sea Diving, any change in the air can cause little bubbles in the band causing it to tighten. and this is after your stomach swells because of that fact. That is why people can fart so much more healthier in Air Planes. Yes the article I read said that. Tiny little air pockets (bubbles) build up in your stomach and in your band causing the band to be so tight that even water won't go down... So next time I am going for an air ride I am going to make sure that my band is not tight... I wonder if Gas-X will work to cut down the bubbles...
well back to work at the Grind Stone... Hey would anyone be interested if I started a tanning and toning business... just wondering... Thinking of it anyway
Thursday, March 5, 2009
My First Fill
Well today is the day. I am kind of excited but sort of scared about it. I know that I will stand straight against a wall and drink a cup of water slowly as they insert a needle into my port and add saline solution into my band. successfully closing the upper stomach pouch so I will not be able to eat all I want. I can't even do that now but this will make it even harder. I am worried about all the throwing up that I have had that I may have twisted or turned over the port or done something wrong to the band. I am 98 percent sure that I haven't but it's that other 2 percent that I have. but I will find out today. Hmmmm so today is the big day the one I have been preparing for. I have been watching my calories and I have been doing very well on that point. I have lost a total of 56 lbs that can't be that bad... 15 inches lost.... My "big" clothes are loose and I have already started a box of "big" clothes to get rid of. yeah I can say I have "big" clothes...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
It's the simple things
Lapband was the best thing I have ever done. I can't believe I didn't do this years ago. I went three years ago but chose not to do that because I was afraid i wouldn't get to eat again because food was my life. I lived for food. It's amazing when you take away the food and so what do you live for. Well yesterday my three girls were so happy to see me come home. Three little dogs so glad that Me... Brenda Faye Bean is home for the day and they just want to be around me. All evening the girls played with me bringing the ball and waiting for me to throw it. Listened to every word I said to them. And was happy when I petted them or spoke to them. It's the same with Gavyn. I go to pick him up. he smiles at me when I show up and raises his arms to me. I can't believe that I missed these signs a lot. In the next couple of weeks I am going to be putting a garden in and I have a couple of flower beds to put in and also to put in an herb garden. And there will be more of Gavyn's smiles to see and more antics of the girls to watch. You miss a lot when you are so focused on one thing.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
BP'ing and Slimming
Well I had a very interesting weekend. I learned two new vocabulary words. BP'ing and Slimming. Now don't try to look these things up because they don't exist in Websters. Of course by the end of my journey they probably will.
BP'ing a lovely word not something that you ever consider but it actually means Burping Productively. Oh by this you wonder what this means. Well it is simple you get gas from something you ate and then the gas builds until you start to feel it getting ready to come out. Only it is not the stinking air you think it is. It is heavily fortified with what you ate. Your stomach rumples tosses and turns and oh and then the pain begins. it is only at this time that everything comes back up. And it doesn't matter what the food was it may have been something you ate all the time or it may have been something trivial... oh yeah it is so pleasant especially driving on a highway when it hits. Of course that was my fault because i shouldn't have been eating on the run. A big big no no with lap band or for that matter any time. All I could think about was pulling over and throwing up just to feel better. But next that is the biggie.
Slimming.... oh that sounds like a good word. slimming that dress looks slimming or those pants look slimming n you but that is not what it means in the WLS (weight loss surgery) world. It means that you ate something too fast or too large (remember no bigger than a pencil eraser), you gulped air or gulped water. It hits you right away there is no waiting or stopping no waiting to see if it passes. Your saliva builds up to where it is choking you or feels like you have a thick fluid in your throat oh and it keeps building until you are frothing... yes i said frothing and foaming from the mouth and you begin to regurgitate. Oh you spend several minutes just foaming the the real food comes out... only it is foamy. your stomach is a mess... your sinuses are leaking you feel like hell and the only thing that helps is keeping very still, DRINK NOTHING, and hoping you survive to go again. Then after all that the only thing you can eat is shakes, liquids and of course the hot tea. Lots and lots of hot tea.
My favorite hot tea has become TAZO calming... it is actually not a strong tea and something that I can keep down.
Oh I found a recipe on DVO and i will publish it here.
Baked Salmon with cucumber-Dill dip.
1 - 4 oz Salmon Fillet
salt and pepper
lemon juice
bake in oven on 350 for 25 minutes or until salmon is flaky and opaque (means pink and not see thru)
Dip
1/2 cup of diced cucumber ( i used the regular but and English would be nice)
1 teaspoon of dill weed (actually i used more like 3 teaspoons but I like the taste of dill)
salt and pepper
2 table spoons of Sour Cream (I used 2% Greek Yogurt instead of Sour Cream because i needed the protein)
lemon juice
2 green onions diced small
Mix all with spoon and spread over fish when fish comes out of oven
Now most of you know I am a country girl that never ate a fish that wasn't battered and fried. But this was actually good. I am getting better at eating fish which is not a strong point.
well that is all for tonight. I hope that everyone had a great weekend.
BP'ing a lovely word not something that you ever consider but it actually means Burping Productively. Oh by this you wonder what this means. Well it is simple you get gas from something you ate and then the gas builds until you start to feel it getting ready to come out. Only it is not the stinking air you think it is. It is heavily fortified with what you ate. Your stomach rumples tosses and turns and oh and then the pain begins. it is only at this time that everything comes back up. And it doesn't matter what the food was it may have been something you ate all the time or it may have been something trivial... oh yeah it is so pleasant especially driving on a highway when it hits. Of course that was my fault because i shouldn't have been eating on the run. A big big no no with lap band or for that matter any time. All I could think about was pulling over and throwing up just to feel better. But next that is the biggie.
Slimming.... oh that sounds like a good word. slimming that dress looks slimming or those pants look slimming n you but that is not what it means in the WLS (weight loss surgery) world. It means that you ate something too fast or too large (remember no bigger than a pencil eraser), you gulped air or gulped water. It hits you right away there is no waiting or stopping no waiting to see if it passes. Your saliva builds up to where it is choking you or feels like you have a thick fluid in your throat oh and it keeps building until you are frothing... yes i said frothing and foaming from the mouth and you begin to regurgitate. Oh you spend several minutes just foaming the the real food comes out... only it is foamy. your stomach is a mess... your sinuses are leaking you feel like hell and the only thing that helps is keeping very still, DRINK NOTHING, and hoping you survive to go again. Then after all that the only thing you can eat is shakes, liquids and of course the hot tea. Lots and lots of hot tea.
My favorite hot tea has become TAZO calming... it is actually not a strong tea and something that I can keep down.
Oh I found a recipe on DVO and i will publish it here.
Baked Salmon with cucumber-Dill dip.
1 - 4 oz Salmon Fillet
salt and pepper
lemon juice
bake in oven on 350 for 25 minutes or until salmon is flaky and opaque (means pink and not see thru)
Dip
1/2 cup of diced cucumber ( i used the regular but and English would be nice)
1 teaspoon of dill weed (actually i used more like 3 teaspoons but I like the taste of dill)
salt and pepper
2 table spoons of Sour Cream (I used 2% Greek Yogurt instead of Sour Cream because i needed the protein)
lemon juice
2 green onions diced small
Mix all with spoon and spread over fish when fish comes out of oven
Now most of you know I am a country girl that never ate a fish that wasn't battered and fried. But this was actually good. I am getting better at eating fish which is not a strong point.
well that is all for tonight. I hope that everyone had a great weekend.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Good Evening My first Post
Well this is my first post. This is kind of exciting to say the least. I am sitting here watching or half way listening to The Last Templar it's not a bad movie. Well a little about me. I am a new Lap Bander as of January 22, 2009. So I will hopefully be losing weight and get down to my skinny self. I will post pictures when I deem it necessary or when i feel I have changed enough for notice. I am 42 years old. Very single for you guys out there, pretty happy about being single but am not going to pass up a chance to not be single if the right situation comes around. I have a daughter Jodi who used to be my entire life but she graced me with a beautiful boy named Gavyn that took up part of that she had. Oh and then there is her husband who is pretty special too his name is Doug. I have three special girls in my life Blossem, Daisey and Chloe, all are my fur babies who have sweet faces, btw they are pugs. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago with diabetes so you will probably hear me bitch about that or since lapband maybe i will be yelling for joy... well that is all about me for now. going back to watch my movie. Oh by the way i am a movie buff, passionate cook, quiltingaholic, dog lover, scrapbooking nut and a genealogist. Oh and I do all that along with my real job as an accountant for a small oilfield company.
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