The Day After....

Thursday, November 01, 2012 Halloween, in the past, has been just another day. My kids have never really been big on Trick or Treating. November 1 is usually the day that the kids and I go to Walmart or Walgreen's and each person buy their personal favorite candy by the industrial bag and take it home and pig out the next week or so.

Well this year I bought one bag a week prior to, and let the teenager get it after I took my initial 5 pieces and yesterday I had 1 bite size Snicker and that was it. I'm so proud of myself because I love chocolate and caramel! I had two beef chili dogs and at the end of the day I was still 5 points from using them all. Now that was a direct violation of my kidney diet, but I don't do that often, so...*shrug* I had to go pick up the kid from school because he's dizzy. I'm pretty sure because he didn't stay hydrated at the skate park last night. Well I used that time, since I had to buy him a small arsenal of Gatorade anyway, to stock up on lunch options. Michelina's lite meals are on sale right now for $1!!! I'm stocking up because they are actually pretty good. I came back to the office and configured the point value for everything I bought and labeled them, so I know ahead of time what kind of snack I want to have for the morning and afternoon. My choice for lunch today was a Smart Ones Slow Roasted Turkey Breast. Taste-wise, it wasn't bad. I don't add salt to my diet, so it was just fine for me. The sodium in the gravy evened it out. To me though, there was too much gravy and not enough turkey. One good thing about the kidney diet is that I need extra protein, so yay meat. I'm topping off my meal with a mug of Lemongrass green tea, with a teaspoon of Splenda. I've been sipping on it for about 20 minutes now and I'm almost stuffed. Seems to be a good fullness tactic. I'm really excited for next Wednesday to come around so I can see the fruits of my nutritional changes.

Annnnnd The Results Are In.....

Written by afrodeezha on 10/31/2012 4:07 AM -1.3 lbs YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY! It's the first time in months that there has been a loss of weight (not just fluid). I had to kick start my weight loss again, so I've stocked up on yogurt and Lean Cuisine/Smart Ones and any other meal my picky self will eat. It's been over a year since I had a lapband fill and I've come to the realization that thanks to Medicare's rules (even though my work insurance is secondary) I can pretty much bank on doing this on my own. I need to change my lifestyle anyway, not depend on saline fills. Well it's 4 am and my alarm wails at 6:30. I had to report my good news! Several hours later and I want to try and remember to post what I've had for lunch. The worst thing in the world is to be hungry and trying to lose weight and get a meal that sucks! Today I'm eating a Michelina's Lean Gourmet-Chicken Alfredo Florentine. It's pretty good, but the pieces of chicken are very small.

Getting Motivated Again

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 I re-joined WW less than a week ago and I can already tell the difference in the fit of my (still a little tight) jeans! This time I joined a challenge to try and stay motivated. It's a challenge to lose 30 lbs by January 31st. My mind set is to do 5 lbs at a time, so things don't seem so overwhelming. My main goal right now is to get to a point where the waist of my pants isn't digging into my skin. It burns and leaves scars because I refuse to buy bigger jeans. True, sometimes I sit at my desk with my pants unzipped so I can breathe (just another fat girl trick), but I can't stay like this...I just can't. Dialysis is tonight, so weigh in tomorrow. I'm excited to see a loss, even if it's one lonely pound. The thing I like about dialysis is that they weigh you by kilos and your weight doesn't look SO bad... Now to get motivated to work out again...

Here I Go Again

Friday, October 26, 2012 It has been months since I've written and I can't even count how many surgeries I've had, but I can tell you that I have put every single pound back on since April. I refuse to be defeated. My jeans are tight as hell and I also refuse to buy anything bigger than what I have. I can do this. I WILL do this. My life depends on it! They don't give kidneys to fat people. The thing that I have on my side is that I'm not diabetic and my blood pressure isn't high. LET'S GO!

Must it ALWAYS be an uphill battle?

Monday, April 02, 2012 Well, I have failed miserably at the weight loss challenge. It's not totally my fault. Since January 1st, of course I lost my dad, but two days after his funeral, I had a kidney related surgery. I had another last Monday and last Thursday and I'm about to have another procedure done now. Gotta go. See ya...

I'm Back

Monday, February 20, 2012

The last time I posted, I'd just found out that my father had pancreatic cancer just 7 days before. He went into the hospital on January 14th. He died on January 24th. I think I stuck to my plan up until about the 18th. I'm not sure what I weigh. I haven't paid attention when I go to treatment, but I know I need to get back on again. I am an emotional eater and during the days following the funeral, I ate, ate, ate. There were so many things to choose from, it was pointless to try. I was very close to him and though it was very hard for me to go through those last days with him, I wouldn't trade them for the world. In September my parents remarried after two decades of being apart and I joked that I'd been his daughter longer than my mother had been his wife. That was in the beginning, when I thought he'd just have a couple of surgeries, get chemo/radiation and go home. Never in a million years would I think that I'd go into February without my Daddy. Today is the day I get back on track...

Yikes!!!

Friday, January 13, 2012 It's 11:28 am and I'm already eating lunch! I'm stahvin' today for some reason! For breakfast I had a Boost-Glucose control. I'm not diabetic, but it's what I can have, with reduced calories and I had a Weight Watchers Praline Nut Cluster. Can you say YUMMMM? Mid-morning I had some fruit in unsweetened juice. Yesterday I went to bed with 0 points available for the first time! With that said, I just had a Smart Ones Cranberry Turkey Medallions meal and I've got 26 points left. I'm thinking what I might have to start doing is having a "traditional" lunch. I have to watch my sodium intake too, with the Smart Ones. It helps my bp stay at a regular, but I don't want it to go overboard! Dialysis again tonight, so I think I'll save some points for some Snackwell's sandwich cookies (yumm again). Have a great weekend!