Oh My!!! How Time Flies!!! It's one year already! One year since I had weight loss surgery. I've been missing in action for a while, but I couldn't just not come back and fill you in...so the following videos tell you about My Life After Bariatric Surgery...One Year Later! ENJOY!
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Week 16 - Sassy, Classy and Oh So GASSY!
Four (4) months later and I am 55lbs lighter, 4 dress sizes smaller, and much healthier & happier.I am grateful for so many reasons. I am grateful that I am creating a life that I love to live. Of course there are those mornings that I have to drag myself out of bed to go to work, but I am grateful that I have a job to go to.
There are those days that my teenage daughter has tapped danced on my last nerve but I am grateful that I have matured and can find 
calmness in God.
calmness in God.My love for food is still there, I just can't eat food the way I want to. My taste buds have changed. My ability to digest certain foods is still developing. I haven't been able to keep much meat down. I do okay with salads with a little tuna, shrimp and crab meat. My desire to have and eat good old soul food is a thing of the past. I don't crave it, and really when I begin to think about how it was prepared in many cases it's not worth me taking the chance to eat it...'cause I know what will happen...I'll be on Bathroom Patrol.
I have become one of "THEM", the protein bar eating, water bottle carring, protein drinking, going to the gym people. I am up at the crack of dawn (although that has always been the case) rushing off to the gym to go swimming; not because I really want to and like to, but because I am working on not developing excess skin.
Not eating enough protein causes me to be sluggish. Getting my nutrients is daily focus, but it seems everything that I manage to consume; the drinks and bar leave me soooooooo GASSY.
Not eating enough protein causes me to be sluggish. Getting my nutrients is daily focus, but it seems everything that I manage to consume; the drinks and bar leave me soooooooo GASSY.
Article: STARR JONES WEIGHT LOSS
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2007/08/star-jones-weight?currentPage=2
Article: MANAGEMENT NUTRITION COMPLICATIONS AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS
Article: WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY - RISKY BUSINESS
Thursday, January 7, 2010
week 13 - Oh My Goodness…Why did I have weight loss surgery?
Yes I did...I said it...
Oh My Goodness…Why did I have weight loss surgery?
Week 13, 3 months later and I have lost 50 pounds. But was it worth it???? I look great, but my insides don’t feel so great. It’s not that I am in pain, but whenever I eat anything of substance I experience discomfort and weird pangs. Meat right now is definitely a NO NO!
Most of the time I am a little afraid to sit down and eat without testing the waters first; always wondering if the food will stay down, or come back up. (((SIGH)))
As for eating out, grabbing a bite on the go or driving thru to pick up something to eat…right now it’s not happening. I am eating dividing my meals into smaller portions eating 1 half at a time.
Let’s see…My diet consist of:
Oatmeal with peaches
Soup; not eating the rice, meat and noodles
Grapes
Yogurt
Mashed and sweet potatoes
Baked fish
Tuna without/ or very little mayo
Soft cooked vegetables
Peanut butter and crackers
Protein bars
Popcorn…go figure???
Juice from the whole food blender
Canned peaches
Apple sauce
Sometimes coffee
Sometimes cocoa
Sometimes watered down juice
Sometimes salad w/ vinegar no salad dressings because of the oil
Sometimes salad w/tuna or crab meat
Unable to eat oranges
Unable to eat eggs
Unable to eat chicken
Unable to eat beef
Unable to eat deli meat
Unable to eat bread
Unable to rice
Unable to eat noodles
This is pretty much what I am consuming now, and I am a firm believer of go with what works…
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