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Oh MY!!!!!!
Jul 28, 2011
I really didn't think it had been that long since I'd blogged! Wow, my bad. Anyway, our cruise was so nice -- we had a great time! The ship was beautiful, the food fantastic (bad girl, bad girl), our room was spacious with a balcony and king sz bed. I enjoyed dressing up, it was only required two of the six nights, but where else can I go and dress up just because? One or two nights I just wore a pretty sundress. I went horseback riding in SanJuan PR, that was really enjoyable. Another day my husband treated me to a hot stone massage, OMG!! that was way better than sex! If I had the extra disposable income, that would be on my schedule a minimum of once a week! Oh that felt so good! And the girl wasn't no bigger than an 11 y/o!!!! A whole hour of someone getting all the creaks out and loosening up the muscles. Um, um, um. Ok back to the cruise, the weather wasn't what we expected, rain, sun, rain, sun, typical tropical weather, but we enjoyed ourselves regardless. The HalfMoonCay (Carnival's private beach) was really nice, that day was hot and sunny, we rented a little cover, looked something like a half shell oyster made out of canvas, to keep the sun off of us, and we just lazed around, went in the water to cool off, ate a nice lunch, went back to the beach and did it all over again. St Thomas was hot and breezy, the beach was too far from the ship, plus I was tired so we just shopped, and I found a pretty white embroidered long dress, that I wore that night to dinner. My DH had a good time running around the ship and playing in the casino. We went to three or four nightclubs, didn't get to see any of the comedians b/c the venues would be filled to overflowing each and every night! They should have had them perform in the big theater. My DH got bit or rubbed up against some plant that gave him a nasty looking rash on his right leg that went from below his knee to his ankle on the last day of the cruise on Grand Turk! We didn't stay on the beach but 15 mins, b/c it started raining, so we walked around in the shops for awhile, we can't figure out where or what happened. Went to the ship's med ctr and they said it was an allergic reaction, so we used some corticosteroid cream and it cleared up in a couple of days. It didn't hurt, and it wasn't sore to the touch, but he said it started to itch at the end. But talking about looking nasty, I thought he'd caught the e-bola virus! Didn't want to get too close to it myself. 
The last day at sea was uneventful, and of course that's the day we found the Adults Only pool on the very top deck! Nothing against children, but the next cruise will be on a "less fun funship". Don't know how many times, my feet were trampled on, drinks spilled on my clothes, cannonballs landing on my head, shoulders, and hip, kids running up and down the hallways after midnight, ice cream cones in my lap, etc. We went down the spiral shaped water run 3-4x and we stayed out on deck almost all day that Friday, and I got a marvelous tan! The best tan I've had since I was a kid-kid. Hardly any peeling, it's still pretty dark on my arms, legs, chest and back, but it's fading on my face but I love it.
We also went to both sides of my family's reunions, held in the same park in Pennsylvania these past cpl of weeks in July. It was really nice seeing family that I haven't seen in 5-10 years. My Father's side has a reunion every yr, this was yr 44! Next yr they want to do something special for the 45th! On my Mother's side, this was only about the 10th or 11th, but we really wanted to go to that one b/c we hadn't been in a while. There was so much food at both that we could have fed 2-3 more family get-togethers! I didn't overeat at either one b/c I didn't want to feel bad. I just ate what I don't normally get a chance to have. The specialties!! Now I'm back to my regular schedule, back on track with the exercising and regular eating, but still on a stagnant plateau. No weight loss, started to keep track of what I am consuming, so I'll see what I'm doing/eating wrong. Sooooooo, going to fix my hubby some dinner, I'll TTYL..........Anita PS- will try to post some pictures too!
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The last day at sea was uneventful, and of course that's the day we found the Adults Only pool on the very top deck! Nothing against children, but the next cruise will be on a "less fun funship". Don't know how many times, my feet were trampled on, drinks spilled on my clothes, cannonballs landing on my head, shoulders, and hip, kids running up and down the hallways after midnight, ice cream cones in my lap, etc. We went down the spiral shaped water run 3-4x and we stayed out on deck almost all day that Friday, and I got a marvelous tan! The best tan I've had since I was a kid-kid. Hardly any peeling, it's still pretty dark on my arms, legs, chest and back, but it's fading on my face but I love it. We also went to both sides of my family's reunions, held in the same park in Pennsylvania these past cpl of weeks in July. It was really nice seeing family that I haven't seen in 5-10 years. My Father's side has a reunion every yr, this was yr 44! Next yr they want to do something special for the 45th! On my Mother's side, this was only about the 10th or 11th, but we really wanted to go to that one b/c we hadn't been in a while. There was so much food at both that we could have fed 2-3 more family get-togethers! I didn't overeat at either one b/c I didn't want to feel bad. I just ate what I don't normally get a chance to have. The specialties!! Now I'm back to my regular schedule, back on track with the exercising and regular eating, but still on a stagnant plateau. No weight loss, started to keep track of what I am consuming, so I'll see what I'm doing/eating wrong. Sooooooo, going to fix my hubby some dinner, I'll TTYL..........Anita PS- will try to post some pictures too!
Finally........
Apr 21, 2011
the scale has moved. Man oh man! That was a long 6 weeks! I had stopped weighing myself every Saturday, just walked right by it. Now I'm at 207, 27 lbs from goal. At least my surgeon's goal for me. I'd like to have room for the "bounce back" weight, so my personal goal is 175, which may be ridiculous b/c I haven't weighed that amount since I was in my twenties, and that's a looooonnnnnngggg time ago. My daughter keeps saying I'm starting to look crackhead skinny and that she cannot imagine what I'll look like losing almost 30 MORE lbs. I mean I can see that I've lost weight, and a lot of inches for sure, but I still don't think I'm skinny. Slimmer yes, but skinny, that's not what I see when I look in the mirror. A lady that used to come to the water aerobics class that I go to regularly, hadn't been there since Sept 2010. Well I had my surgery a month later, so she hasn't seen me. She walked right by me w/o speaking, so I walked behind her and tapped her on the shoulder, when she turned around I said, "HI Gerry, where have you been all this time?" And she looked like she was trying to figure out where she knew me from, then she looked at me closely and said, "I thought I was going crazy b/c I thought that was you, but then I told myself that it couldn't be you unless you'd lost like about 100 lbs! How did you lose all that weight? I want to get like you!" I steered the conversation in another direction like where had she been? Anyway, later on when there were only a few people left in the locker room she came over to me and I told her about the surgery, and not surprisingly she confided that she had been thinking about having a RNY also, but didn't know anyone who had been through it. Once we got the rest of our clothes on, we went out to lunch and I told her all about my surgery. So now, she's going to start the process, made her appointment with her primary care doctor to get the referral. Now she can't wait for the program to start.
I've been going through my closet again, so far I've got five 33 gal bags full of clothes. I've got a lot of tops, sweaters, and blouses that I'm going to start trying on to see if they're too big, and if so they'll be going into the sixth bag. Pretty soon my wardrobe/closet is going to be really spacey, which is sad b/c I'll have to wear the same stuff over and over again until I can afford to start buying more clothes to fit! That's the downside/upside of WLS. Your happy that you're smaller, but then you have to come out of your pocket to buy more clothes to replace the ones you can't fit anymore. Some things that I love I'm going to try to have them altered.
On another note, my hubby and I are going on a cruise with another couple from NC on May 28th. We're going to drive to Wilson, NC on the Thursday before and then catch a plane from Raleigh/Durham airport to Miami, then catch the boat on the Saturday. It's a 7-day cruise to Half Moon Cay, St Thomas, & Puerto Rico. I can't wait! It's really a delayed honeymoon, I mean really delayed. We got married 3.29.08! So that's about it on this end, ready for the w/e, I'm tired and need to relax. Until next time,,,,,,,,,,, Have a nice Easter!
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I've been going through my closet again, so far I've got five 33 gal bags full of clothes. I've got a lot of tops, sweaters, and blouses that I'm going to start trying on to see if they're too big, and if so they'll be going into the sixth bag. Pretty soon my wardrobe/closet is going to be really spacey, which is sad b/c I'll have to wear the same stuff over and over again until I can afford to start buying more clothes to fit! That's the downside/upside of WLS. Your happy that you're smaller, but then you have to come out of your pocket to buy more clothes to replace the ones you can't fit anymore. Some things that I love I'm going to try to have them altered.
On another note, my hubby and I are going on a cruise with another couple from NC on May 28th. We're going to drive to Wilson, NC on the Thursday before and then catch a plane from Raleigh/Durham airport to Miami, then catch the boat on the Saturday. It's a 7-day cruise to Half Moon Cay, St Thomas, & Puerto Rico. I can't wait! It's really a delayed honeymoon, I mean really delayed. We got married 3.29.08! So that's about it on this end, ready for the w/e, I'm tired and need to relax. Until next time,,,,,,,,,,, Have a nice Easter!
OK, sooooooo
Mar 26, 2011
it's been two weeks and the scale stopped again!!! I found a 10-day plateau buster diet in one of my files that I saved from when I was researching my RNY back in the summer of 2010. I printed it off, looked at it, and decided to see if it'll work. 3 oz of protein 5x a day, with servings of certain veggies and fruit, plus the exercise, vits/minerals and 64 oz of water. I'll gladly give it 10 days if it will MOVE THE DIGITS ON THAT SCALE!!!
On another topic: Heartburnnnnn! Acid reflux! Ugh, ugh, and more ugh! When I was more obese than what I am now, I NEVER ever had either!
Now it's like a 2nd cousin, I get it at least 1-2x a week! I'm perplexed b/c it's not like I'm eating heavily spiced foods, I'm not. Most of the time I don't even season my own food, maybe a dash of salt and pepper, that's all. But man oh man, I end up sleeping on 3 or more pillows propped up under my back, but at least it's usually gone in the morning. It's trying to go to sleep with it that bugs me! It's almost 3:30am Sunday morning and I'm sitting here typing this and this heartburn is here again! Another nite of sky high pillows here I come. Anyway, take care and have a good week all. Anita (PS: my 10 day plateau buster diet starts at breakfast when I get up Sunday. Wish me Luck!)
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On another topic: Heartburnnnnn! Acid reflux! Ugh, ugh, and more ugh! When I was more obese than what I am now, I NEVER ever had either!
Now it's like a 2nd cousin, I get it at least 1-2x a week! I'm perplexed b/c it's not like I'm eating heavily spiced foods, I'm not. Most of the time I don't even season my own food, maybe a dash of salt and pepper, that's all. But man oh man, I end up sleeping on 3 or more pillows propped up under my back, but at least it's usually gone in the morning. It's trying to go to sleep with it that bugs me! It's almost 3:30am Sunday morning and I'm sitting here typing this and this heartburn is here again! Another nite of sky high pillows here I come. Anyway, take care and have a good week all. Anita (PS: my 10 day plateau buster diet starts at breakfast when I get up Sunday. Wish me Luck!)
The scale has.....
Mar 12, 2011
finally moved! DAMMN! I thought it'd never go down, but it has. I now weigh 210 lbs. 30 more pounds to goal and I'll be a happy camper. In fact, 11 more pounds and I'll be under 200 lbs. That hasn't happened since the late 70's. The 210 is what I weighed when I got married the first time, 9/26/81 on my wedding day.Haven't seen it since! This surgery is just freaking incredible! I was just looking at my closet, and all the blouses/tops/sweaters/jackets/suits/skirts/dresses/pants/jeans etc that I'm going to have to give away and or sell. Most of my clothes are in really good shape, b/c you always have your favorites that you wear over and over, those will be given to Goodwill. I've found a new site to purchase my in between sizes jeans/dress pants so that I don't have to invest a lot of money. Yay for DOTS!!! I love clothes and I came to the conclusion years and years ago that they're always overpriced, so unless they're not at least 25% off AND I really, really love it, it stays on the rack. But even so, I've still accumulated a ton of clothes, and I'm loathe to get rid of them. It'll take me years to get back to that level, but I'm finding more and more things that I bought but for some reason or another didn't wear it, so now I'm shopping for smaller clothes in my own closet. What fun!!!! I'm thinking about having some of my favorite clothes altered if they can be, if not, I'll sell them on consignment.
My eating has calmed down, I'm getting used to knowing when I'm on my way to being full. I hate that "I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack" feeling which is when I've eaten too much! The bad news is I haven't eaten any food that my new tummy doesn't like/tolerate. I've read on this site about certain foods making ppl throw up, break out in a sweat, etc. Not for me, so I'll always have to take tiny steps when adding more carbs/sweets. I was hoping that my surgery/stomach wouldn't tolerate the fattening/sweet foods, no such luck. Oh well, such is my life. Still happy with my RNY though. Anyway, have a good week, TTYL
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My eating has calmed down, I'm getting used to knowing when I'm on my way to being full. I hate that "I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack" feeling which is when I've eaten too much! The bad news is I haven't eaten any food that my new tummy doesn't like/tolerate. I've read on this site about certain foods making ppl throw up, break out in a sweat, etc. Not for me, so I'll always have to take tiny steps when adding more carbs/sweets. I was hoping that my surgery/stomach wouldn't tolerate the fattening/sweet foods, no such luck. Oh well, such is my life. Still happy with my RNY though. Anyway, have a good week, TTYL
Ok, I've been too......
Feb 20, 2011
LAZY!!!!!! I think I said this the last time I wrote didn't I? I've got to do better! This past week was not a good one. The alternator on my car is acting up, this is the last repair that was done on my car in January! Now the voltage regulator inside of the alternator is defective, so our mechanic has to exchange it out for another one, so I'm going to be without my car for a few days so that means no morning water aerobics, and I'm thinking that I'll finally dust off my elliptical bike/trainer and get some of the money's worth out of it since it's only got about 5 miles on it (aka circa 2005) !!! Anyway, not exercising is just one of my problems, I've been bad. I've been sneaking sweets and potatoe chips on the sly! Bad, Bad, Nita! I feel so guilty when I do it, but the guilt doesn't stop me. I did so good with the exercise and the no sweets/no carbs BEFORE surgery, and up to the last two weeks, but I ate one cookie and it was oooonnnnnnn after that. Sooooooo, today I didn't eat anything that I shouldn't, so I've started back on the right track. Tomorrow, I'll hit the elliptical and the free weights, drink some protein and take a good lunch to work. Broiled pork chop, broccoli, and an apple and banana for my two snacks. It's getting hot up here in the loft, Mr Florida (husband is always so cold) so I'm going back downstairs and chill out. Have a good week all.......Anita
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since it's only got about 5 miles on it (aka circa 2005) !!! Anyway, not exercising is just one of my problems, I've been bad. I've been sneaking sweets and potatoe chips on the sly! Bad, Bad, Nita! I feel so guilty when I do it, but the guilt doesn't stop me. I did so good with the exercise and the no sweets/no carbs BEFORE surgery, and up to the last two weeks, but I ate one cookie and it was oooonnnnnnn after that. Sooooooo, today I didn't eat anything that I shouldn't, so I've started back on the right track. Tomorrow, I'll hit the elliptical and the free weights, drink some protein and take a good lunch to work. Broiled pork chop, broccoli, and an apple and banana for my two snacks. It's getting hot up here in the loft, Mr Florida (husband is always so cold) so I'm going back downstairs and chill out. Have a good week all.......Anita
Man am I being
Feb 11, 2011
LAZY!!!!! This has been such a bad week for me. I ate what I was supposed to eat, no cheating, but the exercise went by the wayside this week. All I did was 5-6 sets of weight lifting for my upper arms per day! I was so busy, I had three different doctor appts, physical therapy appts, work (worked extra hours this week too), gave my daughter a ride to and from CSU for two of her classes, support group meeting, etc. it was just too much! This evening I'm so tired I don't know whether to go to bed, and end up waking around 1 am, or trying to hold out until 11pm, so I'll sleep all nite! One thing I'm going to do is go to the pool tomorrow morning from 10a-1p and get a workout in! I feel so guilty for not doing much physical this past week. When I woke up this morning I couldn't believe it was Friday already! My weight is still on a stall, but my clothes are still getting looser, so I'm at least losing inches! Thank goodness for small favors! I'm going to lay down, C'ya Anita
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Groundhog Day!
Feb 02, 2011
Six more weeks of winter, of course it is, it's only February for God's sake! I've started back doing my water aerobics and it's been great! I thought I'd be exhausted afterward but I wasn't, actually felt pretty good. I went M, T, W, T, and F. Just did my elliptical on Sat & Sun.. It's been about 0-30 degrees outside with snow on and off since Xmas! We got about 4-6 inches Monday nite, and another 2 last night, with an ice shower no less. Of course I shouldn't complain b/c some other states got it worse than we did. Actually Ohio hasn't been at the top of the list of highest snow fall this year. And believe me, that's a real surprise to b/c we ALWAYS get snowstorm after snowstorm after snowstorm. Anyhoo, my weight is around 211, so when I get to 208 I'll be at my 1st wedding day weight. What's funny is my 2nd wedding day weight was about 270! Can you believe that? I've got 31 lbs to go before I get to goal at 180. Daily, I've been learning how to gauge how much I can eat before I get that "food stuck in my throat feeling" b/c the couple of episodes I've had have not been a picnic. That is the most horrible, uncomfortable feeling I've ever had in my life. This last time, I was dozing off sitting up but it wasn't going too good. So I got out of bed and went into the other bedroom and tried to lay across the bed piled up high with pillows. Starting to doze off I felt something easing up my throat into my mouth, luckily I wasn't completely knocked out, b/c it was only about 5-10 seconds before I hurled everything into the toilet. I threw up 4x, and after that was so weak I had to hold onto the walls/furniture to get back to the bed. After I threw up, I felt the pressure in my chest and the awful watering of the mouth go away just like that! Now I really take more time, listen very closely to my stomach to tell me to slow down to try gauge when I'm full. Going with my daughter Friday to get my hair cut! An early b'day present. Haven't cut my hair into a style in years, so she suggested it, and I'm going to do it. Something different for my new body, yeah..............
Oh, Oh, oh, my husband gave me 4 different gift cards for Xmas, so I took one and bought a pair of red pumps at Macy's, the 2nd one was for DSW (DallasShoeWarehouse), there I found a pair of kick-azz black knee high stiletto boots, yee-ha! I started not to try them on b/c they were a lot higher than I normally wear, but b/c they had a platform in them, they're easier to walk in, I also found a pair of Madden Girl black patent leather pumps and a pair of Tahari nude peep toe pumps, cute. Legs look really good in all of them if I say so myself. Yeah........... TTYL Anita
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Oh, Oh, oh, my husband gave me 4 different gift cards for Xmas, so I took one and bought a pair of red pumps at Macy's, the 2nd one was for DSW (DallasShoeWarehouse), there I found a pair of kick-azz black knee high stiletto boots, yee-ha! I started not to try them on b/c they were a lot higher than I normally wear, but b/c they had a platform in them, they're easier to walk in, I also found a pair of Madden Girl black patent leather pumps and a pair of Tahari nude peep toe pumps, cute. Legs look really good in all of them if I say so myself. Yeah........... TTYL Anita
Ugh!
Jan 24, 2011
Is what I'm feeling right now. Got home from work, and was a little hungry, so I warmed up some mashed potatoes/gravy. Just a couple of tablespoonsful in a small (my cereal bowl). I ate three spoonfuls and it was up in my throat again,,,,that was at 8:30pm (it's now 1230am) and I still feel like crap. I'm not overindulging, barely eating a 1/3 of what I should be, and I'm still having problems with this. I'm eating slow, chewing the food until it's soup, taking small bites, still eating off a baby spoon, etc. Anyway, I took my measurements today and even though I'm not getting in enough food, and not losing that much weight, my measurements are still going down, so that's a good thing.
I started back doing my water aerobics classes, yay!!!!!! The water felt so good, but I was sore 4 hours later already! I'll go M-W-F at 10a-11:15a and on Tues-Thurs at 6-7pm, then on Saturday it's open swim for 3 hrs, so I do a mixture of aerobics/water jogging w/ a noodle. Who would have thought that using a noodle in the water would be so much fun!
I also have been on my elliptical down the basement. I paid over $300 for that machine probably about 7 or 8 years ago and I bet you money that I haven't been on it 10x! But hey it'll come in handy for my exercise routine for the rest of this life of mine. OK, my eyes are still dry/sore from the chlorine so I'm going to use some Visine and go to bed. C'ya Anita
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I started back doing my water aerobics classes, yay!!!!!! The water felt so good, but I was sore 4 hours later already! I'll go M-W-F at 10a-11:15a and on Tues-Thurs at 6-7pm, then on Saturday it's open swim for 3 hrs, so I do a mixture of aerobics/water jogging w/ a noodle. Who would have thought that using a noodle in the water would be so much fun!
I also have been on my elliptical down the basement. I paid over $300 for that machine probably about 7 or 8 years ago and I bet you money that I haven't been on it 10x! But hey it'll come in handy for my exercise routine for the rest of this life of mine. OK, my eyes are still dry/sore from the chlorine so I'm going to use some Visine and go to bed. C'ya Anita
Wow! Just figured out that I was
Jan 11, 2011
DUMPING!!!!!! ALL THIS TIME Ate some bacon with the rind on it yesterday with a piece of whole wheat bread about 1pm. When I got ready to go to work the sandwich felt like it was still in the process of going down, right at the base of my throat! Got to work and felt like I was having a heart attack, couldn't breathe deeply b/c it hurt, couldn't swallow a sip of water w/o hurting, I was just miserable. Then, finally about 7pm my mouth started watering, and I started dry heaving, luckily we've got an employee bathroom about 10 steps from my desk so I made the mad dash (didn't even bother to close the door mind you) and it all came up, IMMEDIATE relief! Thank the Lord for small favors! Please, I can't say I won't ever eat bacon again, b/c that's one of my favorite things in the world, oink oink! But it will be a long time in coming. Luckily I'm not a picky eater, (that's one of the reasons why I got so damn big in the first place and I blame Margaretta, hey Mommy! for that, "I'm from the clean your plate so you can drink your Kool-Aid group from the sixties!) so there are many things I can choose to eat! That clean your plate before drinking has finally come in handy, b/c now since surgery, it doesn't bother me to not drink while eating!!!!! 
I haven't tried beef yet, chicken and turkey goes down fine, TYJ, b/c w/o chicken I'd be a sad sack. Chicken in all forms is a staple in our house! It's like toilet paper, we've always got some. Shrimp, pork chops, catfish, orange roughy, tilapia, perch, red snapper, salmon, it's all good, haven't tried a hamburger yet either. In fact I'm going to have salmon for lunch. My daughter was over a couple weeks ago, and I had a pot of water boiling on the stove, for what now I can't remember. Well she was hungry so I told her to look in the fridge/freezer to see what's in there. Well, she found salmon filets frozen individually, so instead of defrosting in the microwave I told her to put it in the water on the stove. I had turned the element off, so it was just steaming. After 5 minutes, she took it out and it was cooked! Needless to say, that's the best way to defrost/cook fish when you're hungry or in a hurry! In fact when I finish writing this, that's what I'm gonna have for lunch. Like right now! C'ya, and I'll TTYL Anita
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Ate some bacon with the rind on it yesterday with a piece of whole wheat bread about 1pm. When I got ready to go to work the sandwich felt like it was still in the process of going down, right at the base of my throat! Got to work and felt like I was having a heart attack, couldn't breathe deeply b/c it hurt, couldn't swallow a sip of water w/o hurting, I was just miserable. Then, finally about 7pm my mouth started watering, and I started dry heaving, luckily we've got an employee bathroom about 10 steps from my desk so I made the mad dash (didn't even bother to close the door mind you) and it all came up, IMMEDIATE relief! Thank the Lord for small favors! Please, I can't say I won't ever eat bacon again, b/c that's one of my favorite things in the world, oink oink! But it will be a long time in coming. Luckily I'm not a picky eater, (that's one of the reasons why I got so damn big in the first place and I blame Margaretta, hey Mommy! for that, "I'm from the clean your plate so you can drink your Kool-Aid group from the sixties!) so there are many things I can choose to eat! That clean your plate before drinking has finally come in handy, b/c now since surgery, it doesn't bother me to not drink while eating!!!!! I haven't tried beef yet, chicken and turkey goes down fine, TYJ, b/c w/o chicken I'd be a sad sack. Chicken in all forms is a staple in our house! It's like toilet paper, we've always got some. Shrimp, pork chops, catfish, orange roughy, tilapia, perch, red snapper, salmon, it's all good, haven't tried a hamburger yet either. In fact I'm going to have salmon for lunch. My daughter was over a couple weeks ago, and I had a pot of water boiling on the stove, for what now I can't remember. Well she was hungry so I told her to look in the fridge/freezer to see what's in there. Well, she found salmon filets frozen individually, so instead of defrosting in the microwave I told her to put it in the water on the stove. I had turned the element off, so it was just steaming. After 5 minutes, she took it out and it was cooked! Needless to say, that's the best way to defrost/cook fish when you're hungry or in a hurry! In fact when I finish writing this, that's what I'm gonna have for lunch. Like right now! C'ya, and I'll TTYL Anita
Here'ssssss January 2011 !!!!!
Jan 05, 2011
It's after 12am, Thursday 1/6/2011. I have an appointment with my PCP today @ 4:30p. This will be the first time I've seen her since I got a referral from her for the pain center for my back, and I think that was this past August. Dr. Binstock was so nice about suggesting WLS to me. It had been on my mind for a long time, and I had even started researching it. At the time I didn't realize that my husbands' insurance would cover it. Any concerns that I have Dr. Binstock always takes me seriously, unlike some male doctors I've had in the past! Anyway, I'll be glad to see her, which is something most of us haven't said in awhile. In September I started going to the Pain Center to see if something could be done about the pain in my lower back. They started with the anesthetic injections. They really hurt when they're doing it, but afterward, there's so much relief, the pain actually goes away. Well I went back again right before my RNY surgery to have the injections again. At that time Dr Kumar told me that I would be a good candidate for the Radio Frequency procedure. Well the injections done in October are wearing off, b/c I can feel the pain creeping back. I thought losing weight would help with the back pain, but maybe not. My knees certainly don't feel better, and I know that with them both being bone on bone, nothing but replacement surgery is going to make them feel any better. But I'm not complaining, b/c I'm still on the topside of the grass, unlike some of my former co-workers, friends, and relatives. I wanted this surgery b/c I didn't want to die early and I'm hoping that I added 20-30 years to my lifespan! People who haven't seen me in the last six months are amazed at how I look now, and it's only been 11 weeks! I ran into an old boyfriend Xmas Eve. I didn't see him, but he said he saw me clear across the other side of the store. He kept staring at me, saying that I looked just like I did 20 years ago! He said that he just couldn't believe it was me! Of course he looked pretty good for his age which is 67, 8 years my senior, but I didn't tell HIM that! But that made me feel pretty good. Especially coming from him b/c he's a very vain person to be a man. Anyway, that's my NSV for last month. Can't wait for my NSV for January! Been stuck at 221 for a couple of weeks now, I'm hoping the scale will start moving soon, but I'm going to try not to obsess about it. I'm eating, drinking and exercising, doing what I'm supposed to do, so I know sooner or later the weight will start coming off again. Anyway, I'm going to bed. Have a good day tomorrow. TTYL Anita
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In September I started going to the Pain Center to see if something could be done about the pain in my lower back. They started with the anesthetic injections. They really hurt when they're doing it, but afterward, there's so much relief, the pain actually goes away. Well I went back again right before my RNY surgery to have the injections again. At that time Dr Kumar told me that I would be a good candidate for the Radio Frequency procedure. Well the injections done in October are wearing off, b/c I can feel the pain creeping back. I thought losing weight would help with the back pain, but maybe not. My knees certainly don't feel better, and I know that with them both being bone on bone, nothing but replacement surgery is going to make them feel any better. But I'm not complaining, b/c I'm still on the topside of the grass, unlike some of my former co-workers, friends, and relatives. I wanted this surgery b/c I didn't want to die early and I'm hoping that I added 20-30 years to my lifespan! People who haven't seen me in the last six months are amazed at how I look now, and it's only been 11 weeks! I ran into an old boyfriend Xmas Eve. I didn't see him, but he said he saw me clear across the other side of the store. He kept staring at me, saying that I looked just like I did 20 years ago! He said that he just couldn't believe it was me! Of course he looked pretty good for his age which is 67, 8 years my senior, but I didn't tell HIM that! But that made me feel pretty good. Especially coming from him b/c he's a very vain person to be a man. Anyway, that's my NSV for last month. Can't wait for my NSV for January! Been stuck at 221 for a couple of weeks now, I'm hoping the scale will start moving soon, but I'm going to try not to obsess about it. I'm eating, drinking and exercising, doing what I'm supposed to do, so I know sooner or later the weight will start coming off again. Anyway, I'm going to bed. Have a good day tomorrow. TTYL Anita
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Cleveland, OH
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10/19/2010
Surgery Date
Jul 13, 2009
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