Tag: Bariatric surgery & Health
100 – An Announcement And Time For Audience Participation
It’s official! I’VE OFFICIALLY LOST 100 POUNDS! Actually I’ve lost 102 pounds. I went to the surgeon’s office this afternoon for a fill. I cried when I saw the scale. Then I jumped off the scale, grabbed my phone and jumped back on to take a picture. I was on a scale that said I’d [...]
6, 75 and 300
A couple of people have emailed me asking how I’m feeling. Well, I can’t believe it’s been six months since surgery. I am so thrilled to be able to say that I have lost more than 75 pounds and weight less than 300 pounds. I haven’t weighed less than that since TJ was born. I [...]
A Trying, Crying Experience
I have never liked clothes shopping. All that trying on is a big pain in the ass. I especially hate trying on jeans. I’m not one of those people that likes jeans. I haven’t liked wearing jeans since I was about 18 years old. I haven’t liked anything I’ve worn in a long time, that [...]
Daisy Cottage Cheese Review And Freshen Up Your Fridge Contest Info
Have you heard about the Daisy Freshen Up Your Fridge Contest? Daisy Brand Cottage Cheese is holding a contest and one extremely lucky winner will receive a year supply of Daisy Brand Cottage Cheese and a new Whirlpool refrigerator. Contest ends 08/31/09. Go to www.FreshenUpYourFridge.com to receive a $0.75 coupon and to enter the contest. [...]
Eli’s Skinny Cheesecake
I have always loved cheesecake. I’ve even gone to a few extremes to have a piece of cheesecake throughout the years, but that’s a story for another time. It’s one of the few foods I never tire of and could eat on just about any given day. It never gets old either, because so many [...]
Fruit2O Essentials Review
One of the folks at Fruit2O read my review of their flavored water and offered me the chance to try their new line of flavored waters, Fruit2O Essentials. I’ve always enjoyed non-carbonated flavored waters. Since surgery I’ve been drinking more water then ever so I was looking forward to something new. Fruit2O Essentials is a [...]
Eight Week Update
I can’t believe it’s been nearly eight weeks since my Lap band surgery. I had my first fill in May. It wasn’t quite what I expected. It worked well for the first week but now I’m getting a little hungry at times (nothing requiring weight loss pills or anything). I think I need more restriction. [...]
Review Of Fruit2O Natural Lemon Water
I like to drink water. Since surgery I’ve been trying some different beverages, to mix up my routine. This week I tried Fruit2O Natural Lemon, courtesy of my Mom. Fruit2O comes in a variety of flavors including cherry, orange, tropical fruit, peach, lemon, strawberry, raspberry and grape. One serving of Fruit2O is eight ounces and [...]
A Post Fill Note
My first Lap band fill was three days ago. After the fill the doc told me to only have liquids that day. That wasn’t a problem as I wasn’t hungry after the fill. That was the end of Lap Band hell for me, at least for this time around. Thank goodness I don’t feel like [...]
Review Of General Foods International French Vanilla Cafe Decaffeinated Coffee
I’m not supposed to have caffeine as part of the post surgical diet I’m on. At work they drink regular coffee so I had to find an alternative. General Foods International makes French Vanilla Café, a flavored sugar free instant decaffeinated coffee that I decided to buy and bring to work. The French Vanilla Café [...]
Lucky 13 And My First Fill
I saw Dr Hottie the surgeon today. I had my six week follow up appointment and first Lap band fill. The first thing they did was weight me. Now I’ve been a bit hungry and eating for over a week. Not hungry and eating like before surgery, a lot less than that but more than [...]
Review Of Designer Whey Strawberry Protein Supplement
Designer Whey graciously offered to help me in my endeavor to lose weight through bariatric surgery. They sent me two 4 pound containers of their Designer Whey Original Protein Powder in the strawberry flavor. I have been using Designer Whey Protein Powders exclusively since coming out of surgery. I haven’t mentioned it previously but until [...]
Week 5 Post Surgical Update
It’s hard to believe it’s been a little more than five weeks since I had surgery. I went for a follow up visit a week ago and was a little bummed to find that I hadn’t lost any additional weight. (I hadn’t gained any either, thankfully.) See, I’d started being a little hungry. The surgeon [...]
Stop & Shop Heat And Serve Chicken Broth Review
I’ve liked chicken broth for as long as I can remember. We always have boullion cubes in our house, they’re great for making a hot drink and for cooking with. I shopped for the first week ‘s post surgical diet ahead of time knowing I wouldn’t be able to drive and that I might noy [...]
Chris Freytag Personal Fitness Blender review
This is a short video review (5 minutes 10 seconds) of me using the Chris Freytag Personal Fitness Blender to make a smoothie (shown above) with strawberries, skim milk, ice cubes and Strawberry Designer Whey Protein Powder. The blender did a great job mixing everything and the resulting smoothie tasted just as good as any [...]
