Finally..

Well after everyone having birthdays in my house within one month's time and me eating what ever I want I have finally started to lose again. The lap band is definitely NOT a fix all! It can't tell you not to eat something! I have ate cake and Reeses and Ice Cream, etc. etc. etc... When I went for my 5 month check in I actually gained 1.5 lbs. I know, I know, its 1.5 lbs. It's not 10 but It might as well be! My dr told me that what has happened is with eating all those carbs, the carb cravings had came back. And that couldn't be more right. So, I was told I was to eat zero carbs for 4 days. That included fruits. No fruits, no breads etc. But, I did it and I lost 4 lbs in those 4 days. I just started my weight loss again. I have been doing great and that has been 1 week ago. I weighed in this morning at 206.5 and I'm on my period so thats including the bloat lol. I will be so happy when I can get down to 50 lbs lost! My 18's are starting to get a little big on me now. I think this weekend I might go to Ross's and try to find a dress to wear to Easter which is this weekend. Well, I just wanted to update since I hadn't in over a month. I've been hiding I think since I've been doing bad with my weight loss. I'll have to go bathing suit shopping sometime soon too.. ;( I'm a little scared of that! lol Wish me luck!

Slow going..

I haven't posted in almost a month. I have been soo busy and my weight loss has been slow going. I am at 216 this morning. I was really hoping to be at 208 by April 7th but I'm not sure if it will happen or not.. April 7th is Scarlett's 1st birthday and I was at 208 when I found out I was pregnant with her so I would like to be at "pre-pregnancy" weight at least by 1 year. It's just a little hard lol. David and I got our YMCA membership back so I have been going at least 2 times a week. 3 if I can manage it. I also signed up to sell Lia Sophia Jewelry! Which is awesome! I am absolutely loving it! So if you are interested in learning more about it, email me! :) Serenity will be 5 on March 28th..where has the time gone? She is getting so smart and has also started having those melodramatic break downs that I thought only started in the teen years. Apparently, I was wrong! lol Some of her lastests include but isn't limited to: You don't understand me, I dont want to talk about it, You treat me like a 2 year old! (She's 4!) and a few others.. oh, I'm in for it with her. I can already tell! But, she is soo funny. Some of the things she says just cracks me up. The other day she said "You wanna here what my belly says?" and she puts my head to her belly and in a deep voice says "I want a cookie" LMBO I about died. LOL!! Then on Sunday we took her to Monkey Joes (an indoor playground) and when we leave she said "Can we come back tomorrow?" And I said, No, I have to go to work tomorrow. The she said "How about Tuesday?" ?!?! She knows days of the weeks now?? When did that happen? Or was it just a coincidence that she was right? lol I guess Ill never know! My kids are just awesome. They are what keeps me going, besides my hubby of course. LOL. If when I die, my kids no nothing else. I hope that they know exactly how much their mother loved them and wanted nothing but the best lives for them. Well, my post wasnt exactly about being a "bandster" today. But My progress is going...just going slowly lol. I'm thinking of doing my 2 week pre-op sometime. To jump start my weight loss. We'll see how it goes! :)

Darn you, Dessert menu ;)

So I have been eating out a lot here lately.. working odd hours and special occasions. In the past week I've had some Cheese cake, Peach Cobbler and Tiramisu.. My Dr would probably have a stroke if I told him that! lol But I have been smart the rest of those days and ate like I normally do so I just bounced in between 2 lbs the past week. Yesterday I finally realized its the devil trying to take a hold of me. I've been reading my Bible and getting closer in my relationship with God and the Devil is trying to get to me through food. Ugh. SO, last night when I got gas I opened my center console and there was a bag of Reese's Pieces. (!) I couldn't believe it and I dont even remember where it came from! So, I gave them to my mother in law and decided he wasn't going to win! So this morning my scale said 217.5 lbs.  Hopefully I can get out of the 210's before March! I think my "goal" is to be at 214 by March 1st but I almost feel like that isn't good enough! So, well see. I have been terribly busy lately. I've been doing my Avon and I signed up to sell Lia Sophia Jewelry (which is AWESOME!) and I took my daughter to go see Beauty and the Beast on Broadway ect. Its just been a really busy two weeks (hense all the eating out). But hopefully, things will slow down a little bit and I can plan my meals a little better. Well, that is my update for now. :)

35 LBS GONE- I Love My Band!

This morning I am at 219 lbs. That is 35 lbs less than the day I started this journey at 254. The band has helped me get a grip on my life and for that I will be forever thankful. I stayed at 219.5 for a few days because I ate a few things that weren't perfect for me (carbs lol) but, yesterday I ate perfect and finally kicked that .5's ass! lol AND this morning I got into another pair of jeans that I used to wear about 3 years ago :) I am 11 lbs away from the weight I was when I got pregnant with Scarlett. She turns 1 on April 7th and I hope to be atleast to 208 by then so I can say I lost all my baby weight with in the first year. lol I hope that my kids never again have to see me at 250 lbs. Serenity told me the other day that I have a fat belly...ouch. That hurt! But she is 4 and speaks the truth. Her Gee (my ex-mil) wears a size 10 so shes skinny. So if Serenity compares me to her I guess I do have a fat belly! lol! BUT, it wont stay this way forever!! I want to say right now thank you to JESUS for seeing me through this. For helping me to get healthy for a brighter, healthier future for my self and for my girls and husband.  Well, thats my update for now! Until next time, I will leave you with this quote:
"If you deny me in front of your friends, I will deny you in front of my father." ~Jesus Christ

2 Month Post Op Visit

I went to my two month post op visit yesterday. According to their scale I was 225 yesterday which was a total of 29 lbs down and a total of 23 % of my excess body weight. She said at a year out they normally expect their Lap Band patients to be at about 36% so she said I was doing "Stellar" lol. I have decided after yesterday NO MORE COFFEE! It seems like every time I drink coffee for a few days I gain a lbs or two. It's probably because I cannot drink black coffee. I literally have to have 8 packets of splenda and about 5 hazelnut or vanilla creamers. So, no more coffee until I absolutely cannot wake up lol.This morning my scale said 223. My goal by Feb 1st was 222 so I should meet that in the next day or two. (I hope). We are going to be booking our cruise in about a week and its going to be Sept 10th. Its a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise. It goes to Cozumel, Grand Cayman & Ochoa Rios, Jamaica! I am SO excited! If I can lose 8 lbs per month then I would def be at my goal weight by cruise time! When we first started planning the cruise I thought it would be around July or August and by then I wanted to be at around 175 so now that I have another month or two I shouldn't have a problem meeting that goal as long as I stick to it. I REALLY want to look cute in a bathing suit standing next to my handsome hubby :) Scarlett has been KILLING us with her sleep patterns here lately. David and I are getting tired and frustrated because she doesn't want to sleep more than 2-3 hours at a time. It's horrible! She just turned 9 months and has teeth coming in and is going through a little bit of anxiety and learning how to sit up and pull up and all that so I'm sure that's why shes waking up.. but WHEN will it end?? lol Serenity is almost 5 and she still wakes up at least once per night to go to the bathroom. I want to know when that stage comes that they can make their own cereal and watch TV until mom and dad wake up? lol I miss SLEEEEEPPP. BUT, I know that these years will go by so fast. Serenity is almost FIVE!!! Time has flown by with her! This past year has flown by with Scarlett! We are about to have to start planning birthday parties! I think this year I will do separate parties for the girls just so Scarlett can at least have her own 1'st Birthday Party but after that they will probably have a shared birthday party. Their birthday's are only 10 days apart! It would cost way to much to do it separately each year.

But anyways, back to the lap band! I got 1 more CC added to my bad yesterday. Total of 3 cc's in a 10 cc band. It does feel a little bit tighter now. But it will probably be ok for a week or so then I'll start feeling hungry again like I did last month after my fill. I think the only way the weight is coming off right now is because I'm eating low carb. I'm insulin resistance so when I eat any carbs/sugar i automatically gain weight. :( It sucks. BUT that was the life I was dealt. If I can keep those two things out of my diet, then I will be a skinny girl in no time lol!

Well, I hope you all had a GREAT Christmas and New Years! 2011 Is my YEAR!

New Clothes :)

So, I finally had to go get some new clothes like my hubby was suggesting :) I went to Old Navy and walked out with not one size smaller but TWO sizes smaller! I got two pairs of size 18 jeans! I know size 18 is still huge but considering I started out in 24's, that is great for me! The scale this morning was at 225 so I'm down a total of 29 lbs. I hate my scale by the way. Sometimes it goes up and down depending on where I'm standing on the scale. Like this morning, when my center of gravity was to the back of the scale a little bit it said 223.5. I want a scale that doesn't change its mind no matter how I'm standing lol. I'm doing great with my band. No problems at all. It's like I dont even have it! I have had a few times were I had to wait a minute for the food to pass through but other than that, no problems! This is the best thing I have ever done for myself and my family. I'm so excited for this summer to get there! Hopefully I'll be around 175-180 and feel ok buying a swim suit this year. As I have said before, this year I was so big I had to swim in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt..NOT THIS YEAR! I refuse! I am determined that I will be able to buy a bathing suit and feel confident in it! I'm eating low carb now. Which is really not that hard when you do it for a while. Every once in a while I will eat a little piece of potatoe and on New Year's Eve I had a piece of Sweet Potatoe Pie which was AWESOME lol But carbs are not a part of my daily eating anymore! Like yesterday I had a cup of Cottage cheese for breakfast, Some left over meatloaf, green beans and a very small ceasar salad for lunch and for dinner I had some fish and zuchinni. Today, I had a low carb sausage scrambler from Krystals (love them!) and for lunch I have a grilled chicken ceasar salad and for dinner I have Salmon defrosting in the fridge. Simple. Low Carb. :) The best fish recipe I have found yet is baking Salmon with Dijon mustard on top with a little bit of dill at 375 for about 10-15 minutes until the fish is flaky. That is GOOD! Well, I have to get back to work. We are also in the process of buying me a new car! Whoo hoo! :) Have a great day everyone!

Smaller Clothes.. :)

My pants are getting too big :) I love saying that. Even my husband has noticed and told me it's time to get some new jeans. I went to Old Navy and could fit really nicely into a 20 and just a LITTLE uncomfortable into an 18. Considering I started out in a 24, that's nice to me. This morning the shirt I put in was actually a little loose on me when it used to be almost skin tight. Now that my clothes are starting to hang off of me, I can tell I've lost some weight. So that is nice motivation to keep going! My first doctors visit I was at 254, this morning I weighed in at 227. So thats 27 lbs. I can't wait to go see my Ob/Gyn (who ever says that?!) so he can see I've lost almost 30 lbs since I've last seen him at my 6 weeks post op from having Scarlett. BUT, I dont know when I'm going to see him so maybe I'll lose even more by then! My goal was to be at 230 by the new year, but I've already past that! Yay! Doing the happy dance! When I got my first fill on 11/16 the scale at the dr said 234, so thats 7lbs down in not even 2 whole weeks! WOW! I'm loving my band! :)