Katie_C
Walking
Jul 22, 2009
We have two dogs, Guinness who is a 78 pound Pharaoh Hound, and Dwyer who is an 89 pound black lab. We had a vet appointment this past Saturday for Dwyer and grooming for both which is also at our vet. Well to make a long story short... Dywer, like his mama (me) is overweight. Dwyer is considered a medium size dog, he must be at the large end of medium, but he should weigh about 75 pounds and he is 89. It is not that we over feed him, he only gets 2 cups per day, no people food, and some treats, but not a lot. We buy all natural foods for them and he is still overweight. He is not at all as active as Guinness. Guinness will play in the house, while Dwyer will just watch. He is super active when we take him to the dog park or the dog beach, but never at home.
SO the changes that we have made are:
Dwyer is now on weight control food and treats
We walk four days per week
The changes are good for all of us. We will sometimes add a 5th walking day in, but we for sure do the 4 days. Today we walked 2 miles. Not only will this be good for Dwyer, Guinness loves going along also, and this is great for me. We have walked Monday, Tuesday, today and we will walk again tomorrow. We don't do the 2 miles everyday, but we do at least one mile every time we go. I get up early and take them at about 6am, depending on how far we go we will be out for 30 minutes to an hour. What is nice about going that early is it is not that hot yet. In Florida it gets SO HOT and it stays hot until about 9pm and sometimes it is still hot after that. At least in the morning it is cooler from overnight. I also feel that even though I am tired I have more energy for the rest of the day. I have been feeling better the last few days and I am sure that is because we are walking. I will keep you posted on mine and Dwyer's progress in our losses.
This past week I was up .7 of a pound. I was a little surprised, but sometimes the body takes a little time to catch up to what you have done. I also was out and about Saturday and am sure I did not get in enough water that day. I hope to see better results this week.
More soon...
Katie
Small Update
Jul 13, 2009
I did weigh in this morning... and I am down 2.5 which is not bad for a total of 76 pounds lost to date. I just wish I didn't feel like crap.
Dumping
Jul 12, 2009
My first disclaimer (I hope there is only one) is that I know that I am the one that did this to myself.
It started with lunch yesterday. My sister and I went running around in the morning and then up to my Moms house to deliver a Pampered Chef order. Mom wanted to take us to lunch so we went to a Chinese place in "town" (Mom lives in the sticks). Not the best option for any WLS patient, but I tried to do my best at making good choices. Well I felt SOOO bad after we got home. It may have just been the food, or it may have been that I went over on my portion sizes. I am not good at all at eyeing food portions when we are out. I have joked about seeing if I can find a portable food scale, but it may not be a bad idea. Later that evening we also went out for dinner... I know what was I thinking... but it seemed that we were not at the house all weekend long. I did good at dinner, but I think the damage was already done... I was up half the night in the bathroom and I had gas pains so bad that it was like when I first got home from the hospital all over again. THAT SUCKED!!!
Today was better... My sister and I went to the beach with the dogs in the morning and had a great time. I could have drunk more water, but that is another story. We went out again for an early dinner... I am beginning to see how much money we spent this weekend on meals... ouch!!! I was very good... I ate some pork and some veggies... then we came home...
Tomorrow I have to do a Pampered Chef demo on a new Summer Dessert so I made it for my family this evening. I swear I was not even thinking and licked the spoon and ate some strawberries and blueberries (fresh). About 10 minutes after that... sweating... nose running like crazy... heart racing... no cramps (thank god, but that may still come) and the shakes... I am sooo stupid... there was sweetened condensed milk in the recipe... I don't even want to go and look at the can to see what is in there...
Well lesson learned I guess, and a swift kick in the ass of realization... I need to be aware at all times... I also need to figure out what to do on weekends when I am out and about the entire time. I do great during the week, I measure everything and weigh everything... weekends tend to be harder for me. I need to get one of the bento boxes that I have seen on the world according to eggface blog... she packs a days worth of food into this box that has icepacks and everything... I will have to look into that.
enough for now... still gurgling but feeling a tad better now...
18 Weeks Post-Op (aka 4 months)
Jul 01, 2009
The Changes...
I wanted to give a loss update, but I was so pre-occupied this weekend that I never weighed in. I am glad that I am not on the scale all the time, I never was before, but I thought that that would change after surgery. I always thought I never weighed myself because I didn't want to know, which I think was true, but I don't do it now either. Like I have said before... I am odd.
The biggest thing I notice is that I feel great. I walk faster, I can do more and I don't cringe when I get ready for work in the morning anymore because I look like crap. We have 2 dogs and I take turns taking them for morning walks. The other day I took Dwyer, our youngest lab for a long walk, and he slacked and was dragging (not literally) behind.
My hair is falling out like crazy, but I hear that is normal. My stylist is not concerned, she says that it is growing in just as fast as it is falling out and it is not coming out in clumps. I have frizz head from the new growth, but at least I am not bald, I will leave that to my husband.
I posted a goal last week that I wanted to weigh less than my husband, so I will make sure that I weigh-in this weekend so that I can see. The last time I checked I was only two pounds heavier then him.
On a side note... I must say my ass hurts when I sit too much... I never had this problem with all of the added padding that I had. We went to the movies last Friday to see Transformers (it was very good) and I was SO uncomfortable the entire time... I tell my husband all the time that the only thing that I miss is my butt fat... I am glad that it is gone... but it is funny to me that I can actually feel the difference from just sitting. I have yet to fly somewhere to see the difference, I am sure that will be huge, except for my ass hurting.
I will weigh in this weekend and let you know how it goes...
Katie
Pampered Chef
Jun 22, 2009
I was a Pampered Chef Consultant for many years, and recently dropped out because I had my surgery. Well I now see how stupid that was... I just re-signed today so I am back in action... I figure I use my Pampered Chef stuff all the time to create WLS friendly meals, so why not... I signed up because I love the products and it is a good way to get more of the products and get paid at the same time.
Katie
Pictures
Jun 20, 2009
Also - my pouch didn't like wine, and I didn't want to try beer or liquor, so it was only a few sips.
We had a great time, but I am SOOO Tired... the dogs woke me up... I guess I will have a nap today.
Down 4 pounds this week... YEAH!!!
20 Year Reunion
Jun 20, 2009
I am killing a little time before I need to get dressed. This weekend is my husband's 20 year High School Reunion Weekend. Last night we went to downtown St Petersburg, FL to a happy hour followed by a pub crawl. It was fun, and a little ackward for me, since I didn't go to that school and didn't know anyone. This morning we went to a breakfast and tour of the school, that was fun, and we made friends with some of the other people there. My husband graduated early and went into the Marine Corps, so he was not at prom and graduation, so I think that he is a little hard to remember. He also had very long hair, and now is almost bald, so he also looks totaly different.
Tonight is the Reunion Prom. We are going to get our Prom picture taken so I will post with the flying pictures (see last blog) tomorrow. I can't wait to get into my dress, I am soooo excited about it.
Talk to you all tomorrow... I may try a little drinking tonight, but I am the DD so only one.
A lot to say about not a lot of stuff
Jun 13, 2009
Earlier last week I decided to stop taking the birth control that I was on. Now don't FREAK OUT, it is just until I see the doctor next week. I was on a generic for Ortho Tri Cycline, and then the pharmacy stopped using that brand and changed me to Tri Nessa and that is not being nice to me. I started getting very bad headachs and VERY MOODY (just ask my husband). I have an appointment this coming week so we will see what I get. The bummer is that because I stopped taking the pill Aunt Flo from Redbank, NJ came for another visit if you know what I mean.
I had a loss this week, but I am hanging steady at a 64 pound loss. I am fine with my progress, I know that I will have some ups and downs in this and am ready for the long haul life changes that I am making.
I picked up the paperwork that my NUT gave me at the hospital and realized that I was able to eat more than I was eating at this point. I can eat no more than 8oz per meal, but I have been holding at 4oz. I don't seem to need more than that (4oz) at a time, but I am sure that there is a reason to adding more quantity at this point. I have been trying to do 6oz, but sometimes 4oz is just enough. I will work on this some more.
Excercise has been few and far between. BAD ME!!!!! For some reason I was up at 6am this morning, so I decided to take our dog Guinness for a walk. We had a nice time, it was not hot and there was no one out but us. Guinness tends to bark at everything, so not having anyone else out there was great. Reg (husband) and I are going to start kicking off the weeks right, we are going to start going to the gym together Monday mornings. He is off on Monday's so that will be nice. He usually goes in the afternoons when he gets home and I go in the morning before work.
SO I am VERY EXCITED about this next thing... A friend of Reggie's lives in one of those airplane communities here in FL. He invited us to go flying with him today. I first went up in a 2 seat cessna and then we all went up in a 4 seat Beachcraft. We went to Crystal River (north of Tampa, FL) for lunch. I will upload some pictures soon. It has been a good day.
I guess that I will go for now... I will blog more soon!!!
Katie
Head Hunger
Jun 06, 2009
Otherwise I am going good... feeling better than I have in years.
More soon!!
Katie
Memorial Day Weekend
May 21, 2009
I have been looking forward for this weekend for months... With my work situation I have not been able to take any time off since surgery, except an hour here or there for doctors appointments. My family and I are going to Orlando for the weekend, we got a great rate on a three bedroom condo and we were planning to become vegetables poolside for the long weekend. Well... Florida has been in a drought for a long time now, and not that we don't need the rain (it has been raining on and off for the entire week) I want it to go away for the weekend. We are planning on going to Disney World this weekend, and I told my husband that unless it is a monsoon with killer lightning (possible in FL) we are going. We will just have to bring our ponchos we got a Niagara Falls, or get the cool yellow Mickey Mouse ones...
On another note... I wasn't sure about riding roller coasters being only just about three months post op, but my doc has cleared me!
SO lets pray for no rain unless it is in the middle of the night so we can all have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
Work note - I will have to say that the ASS owner of my company (see prior posts) will be closing the office early tomorrow at 3pm. This is a slight redemption!
Katie
