Gastric Bypass patient....checking in

Let me just tell you about my day. First, I didn't want to get out of bed for ANYTHING but i dragged my sluggy tail out of bed and to work. WITHOUT my lunch. grrrrrrr.... I swear I felt like I was moving in slow motion for the first whole half of the day. I decided to get on the SCALE. It said 99 - I got off. I got back on It said 98 - I got off. I got back on - It said 99. I said "DAMMIT!! My scale is BROKE!" How's a girl suppose to know if she was successful this week?!?!?! Grrrrrrrrrr I left work early today to go see my PS (almost 2 hrs away) for a revision. I asked him a couple of months ago to snip the little dog ears off the ends of my scar.... so that's what I was going in for. I get allllll the way up there...get in the room.....get in the little gown..... and observe all of the tools laying on the tray. There was a LOT of stuff sitting there. Looked like someone was about to have surgery! Needles, syringes, clamps, gauze, wrap, chux, SCALPEL....back up.... SCALPEL. I got a little panicky. So I looked at my elbows trying to decide if I really needed to go through all of this and DO YOU KNOW those little itty bitty dog ears were freakin flat as could be? I was like "OMG what am I doing here?" So the doc comes in and says lets look at your scars.... and I said "you, know - I'm not sure that I need to do this anymore - look" So he looked and was pretty impressed. So we talked about the trade off between how long of an incision he would have to make to remove such a tiny little thing that is getting flatter and flatter all on its own. We decided together that it was probably the best decision to NOT do a revision. I thought he would be aggravated with me - but he wasn't. He was wonderful. He said if I change my mind, to come back because he stands by his work and wants me to be happy. So, I'm putting my shirts back on and realize there's a big ole scale sitting RIGHT THERE. I got on the scale.....fully dressed....shoes and all......4:00 in the evening....I have eaten and everything.... It said 128!!!!! Last week, my scale said 130 stark nekkid with an empty stomach first thing in the morning AFTER peeing!! So I think it's good news!! I won't be satisfied until I get a new battery in my scale and see it for myself on my own scale....the one that has been with me through all of this. Sooooooo FOOD: Hmpft... I shouldn't tell..... A venti SF vanilla latte (decaf/skim) A blueberry muffin A banana An english muffin with ham, pepperoni, provolone heated up A handful of reeces peanut butter M&M thingies A venti SF vanilla latte (decaf/skim) A banana A side salad with ranch 6 steamed shrimp 4 zinc lozenges (trying to fight this cold) I stopped at Giant and made a huge salad and picked up some steamed shrimp. When i put it on the table at home, my daughter said "Mom, I got on the scale and it says I weigh 98 pounds! That's not right is it?" Yep - it's broke. How's everyone hanging today? Hugs, Pam

OK, so I had a really good day...I stuck to my plan and had a good day ( YEAH!!! ) Pam, I do hope that you get to feeling better soon...I know it's awful when you feel so lousy for days on end. May I add that I woud love to jump on your scale right now, mine is up 1/2 lb from those darn cookies yesterday. UGH! Hang in there and hopefully it will pass soon (the cold that is). Anyway, it must have been a day for latte's because I also had 2 of them...YUMMY. Here's what I had today: 7:00Turkey & FF cheese sandwich with mustard 7:45 Venti SF Vanilla latte (decaf/nonfat) 9:30 yogurt & apple 11:15 RB & FF cheese sandwich w/mustard 2:30 string cheese & 2 choc. graham crackers 3:45 Venti SF vanilla lattee (decaf/nonfat) 5:00 2 oz. chicken 6:30 4 oz. chicken with spinach 8:00 skinny cow (mint flavored) I still feel like I am eating too much...any suggestions on other foods to eat to reduce my calories and carbs. I am open to suggestions. I had to laugh when I looked in my profile it said that I had my surgery on 12/31/1969 and I wondered why it said that because that is not the date I entered when I signed up, heck I wasn't even born then...so I changed it. I need to upload a before pic and current one soon. My hubby is great with that type of stuf so I think this weekend I will see if he'll do that for me. Jamie

Hi Pam, You're post reminds me to put the mantra up on a piece of paper in front of me, I'm a visual person and seeing it helps...I'm not going to list my food for yesterday, I don't think I could even remember all the side tracks (graze, graze, graze)...Need someone to smack me around a little bit...My one side of my head says "the scale still looks good its okay to have those little bites" (a sf candy here and there, a prune here and there, a cracker here and there, you're getting the routine) the other side says "girl you got to stay on track, it can't last like this forever and you've got to build good habits and keep them"... So instead I'm going to list what I've had so far today and plan to do for the rest - let you know next time if I stayed on track: 1 pecan shortbread cookie ball 1 spoon grits and cheese (tasting my son's breakfast) 2 protein balls 10 oz cup strawberry hot tea 16 oz water sf jello and cottage cheese venti sf hazelnut & vanilla latte, skinny rest is yet to come, its social night for my Harley group so we will be going out to dinner, don't know the location yet, we will decide after the group rides out to do a food drop for our local food bank... praying regularly for guidance to keep myself on target...know the rules, just got to follow them... Alesia

Well Pam, I am happy for you hearing that the scale moved! And that you did NOT have to have an in office procedure (boy am I happy for you on that one, believe me!) I did soooooo good yesterday it is scary!!! Stuck to the program! Yogurt with protein powder and strawberries for breakfast. a microwave campbells soup (italian wedding) and 1 slice of toast with peanut butter for lunch dinner- had a teenie tiny salad with cheese and sunflower seeds a little ranch dressing 1/4 grilled chicken breast monterey and 5 bites of baked potato. Had a couple of bites of dessert. Went to work third shift and packed a low fat high protein yogurt and a south beach peanut butter bar. Did good! Lots of hot tea and water. Still working on the full amount though. Wendy