So...Happy New Year! I'm so glad to have met you all...
I'm starting 2010 weighing in at 257.5 lbs on my home scale...the one that has been at 280+ for the past year at least...280 lbs when I went for my surgery consult, and 277 when I started my pre-op diet after being sick to death with bronchitis for the past two weeks...I'm counting it as a 22.5 loss so far! I've been banded for exactly ten days, today! This means I met my goal of being 258 on January 1! This was the lowest weight I have been for two and a half years - since I moved out of my fabulous apartment in Soho and started working at a series of long hour desk jobs, moving 4 times, being completely depressed and unhappy...which turned around completely, as I found a great apartment, met and moved in with BF, and have become a weight-losing machine!
I've been mulling over a post for a while, but it isn't coming out...I will work on it and put it up soon. I'll hint that my word of 2010 is FOLLOW-THROUGH. My resolution isn't to diet...finally;)!
Here's what I had yesterday, after my horrid day of pain and stuckness...there was no PB, just what I described. Woke up feeling better, esp. after a session with the heating pad, but still not 100%. Had a little drinkable yogurt and a pudding cup in the morning, some mashed potatoes and farmer cheese - curdy, not cheesy - for lunch, and a mashed up chicken meatball and half a potato for dinner. To celebrate 2010, I had half a mashed banana, and about a 1/3 of a cup of ice cream - chocolate chip cookie dough!
Today, I had a drinkable yogurt when I woke up. I wasn't feeling stuck, but definitely tight, and the idea of eating didn't appeal. I hear this often happens in the morning, which is a shame, because I love breakfast! But I can have it for supper, I suppose! After a big mug of hot mint tea and an episode of Nip/Tuck - I am obsessed! - I was ready for a version of Heuvos Rancheros - a bit of black bean soup, pureed, with a poached egg, a little slice of chevre, a dollop of non-fat yogurt, a bit of farmer cheese, and a teaspoon of guacamole...I skipped the pepper jack that BF had, as I am now scared of cheesy-guoey cheese!
I think I'll be going out tonight for the first time post band. I plan on ordering a soup, and having a bit of that, and some mashed potatoes or polenta for my main...and definitely a glass of wine!
Getting a lap-band to be healthy and even more gorgeous ;)
Getting a lap-band so as not to let weight decide what I do and how I live my life.
Wow! Amazing results in such a short time.. you will certainly be an NYU superstar without a doubt. I love that you are being such a gourmand-- it seems like the joy of eating is still there when you decide to put something in your mouth. That is my goal: to have small portions and make them really count (when I am allowed to eat again.) Just 2 more days/ 3 more sleeps until band day for me-- I cannot wait to get over that hump... enjoy being out!
ReplyDeleteOuch on the stuck food!! You're probably a bit swollen now which is tough because no you won't feel like eating. Its a bit of a circle situation.
ReplyDeleteI hope you night out went smoothly and that the soup went down that way as well! Have a happy new year Yana!
ReplyDeletewoohooo that weight is going to fall off you girl. keep up the good work and you are off to a great start. I agree that when you get so little that making the most of flavor is the way to go!
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You are having great success so far! Keep it up and Happy New Year to you!
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