Well it has been a while, but life has been very stressful lately.
Today I have had some great news and need to share it with the world. The surgeons office rang me today and asked if I would like to move my surgery forward one week. Needless to say I screamed YES OF COURSE back at them. That means one week less of dieing (sorry I mean dieting, optifast) ! Now we just have to make sure that everything goes through with APRA and the super is transferred in time. I am staying very positive everything has gone so well.
Now an update how I am going on the optifast diet.
I certainly have my ups and downs. A few tantrums along the way, one night I absolutely refused to eat my 1/2 cup of vegies because I was sick of them and wanted tuna and potatoe pie instead, I stormed off to the room crying! Yes I know it is soo childish. But you try starving yourself and watching everyone around you eat yummy food, it is very hard.
I have had plenty of time to think and came to the conclusion that the optifast diet sets you up for the lapband in a couple of ways
1 to cleanse your liver
2 to eat smaller amounts
3 to get used to never feeling full.
With the lapband if you feel full you have eaten too much and will probably bring the food back up, optifast with only the shakes and 1/2 cup of salad I never feel full. Unfortunately full used to be a friend of mine and I found comfort in it. So it has been a big change to have lost a friend but I just have to replace it with a healthier friend. I also came to the conclusion instead of counting down I should be taking it one day at a time. So instead of needing to get through a month of optifast I only need to get through today. Why I didn't think of this earlier in the process I don't know, it has been heaps easier if I feel tempted I tell myself that I just need to get through today.
Well weighed in today: 10.2kg down, never to be seen again.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
3 days down 46 to go!
Hi All
3 days down 46 to go!
Well yesterday and today were not so good. After lunch yesterday I suddenly came down with a migraine so I took my tablets and slept through until diner and then after diner I went back to bed. But before I went to bed unfortunately I slipped up and gave in to one of my cravings. I went to bed feeling like a failure.
I woke up this morning feeling better but still tired. Had my optifast breakfast, had a bit of a melt down because I was already hungry. I talked to my support team and decided that I can do this, no matter how I was going to loose weight it was never going to be easy. I just need to take it one day at a time and I will get there.
It is just lucky that I gave myself an extra week on optifast get through the tough stage so that I can give my liver the full 6 weeks of detoxing the surgeon asked for.
Hope this post finds you all well?
Jacqui xox
3 days down 46 to go!
Well yesterday and today were not so good. After lunch yesterday I suddenly came down with a migraine so I took my tablets and slept through until diner and then after diner I went back to bed. But before I went to bed unfortunately I slipped up and gave in to one of my cravings. I went to bed feeling like a failure.
I woke up this morning feeling better but still tired. Had my optifast breakfast, had a bit of a melt down because I was already hungry. I talked to my support team and decided that I can do this, no matter how I was going to loose weight it was never going to be easy. I just need to take it one day at a time and I will get there.
It is just lucky that I gave myself an extra week on optifast get through the tough stage so that I can give my liver the full 6 weeks of detoxing the surgeon asked for.
Hope this post finds you all well?
Jacqui xox
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
2 days down 47 to go!
Hi All
I am doing 7 weeks of optifast because the surgeon told me i needed to do 6 weeks because my bmi was so high 50.7, so I have given myself the first week to get into it without perfection. I need to keep reminding myself of this! I have been great though I made it through yesterday without any deviation. I went to bed at 7.30 and did not sleep very well at all I woke up every hour. I woke up this morning with a very bad headache. I know that I only usually have to put up with this until the third day which is when I usually start feeling heaps better and wake up with lots of energy. For diner I had stir fried vegies (1cup) and then the optifast chocolate bar. I tried to eat slowly like I would after op but I was a bit too hungry. I would say that the hardest time was waiting for diner and then after I went to bed which is when I would normally snack on chocolate!
I was having my last meal from the time I set the date for the surgery, i put on about 2 kilos over xmas. I was sick of eating by the time i was ready to start opti and was getting really bad pains in my stomach, so that is when i decided to start opti one week early.
Found a good quote yesterday: I eat a little so that I can live alot!
I am going to plaster this everywhere it sums up what i am doing this for, there is so much i want to do after i have lost the weight.
When will you find out about your date. I would find that very hard.
I got a letter from APRA yesterday saying that they received our application and gave us the reference number. They said it may take between 10 to 30 days to process, so i am not going to hassle them after 10 days I will ring and ask them how it is going.
Well I better go and keep myself busy!
Talk soon
Jacqui xox
I am doing 7 weeks of optifast because the surgeon told me i needed to do 6 weeks because my bmi was so high 50.7, so I have given myself the first week to get into it without perfection. I need to keep reminding myself of this! I have been great though I made it through yesterday without any deviation. I went to bed at 7.30 and did not sleep very well at all I woke up every hour. I woke up this morning with a very bad headache. I know that I only usually have to put up with this until the third day which is when I usually start feeling heaps better and wake up with lots of energy. For diner I had stir fried vegies (1cup) and then the optifast chocolate bar. I tried to eat slowly like I would after op but I was a bit too hungry. I would say that the hardest time was waiting for diner and then after I went to bed which is when I would normally snack on chocolate!
I was having my last meal from the time I set the date for the surgery, i put on about 2 kilos over xmas. I was sick of eating by the time i was ready to start opti and was getting really bad pains in my stomach, so that is when i decided to start opti one week early.
Found a good quote yesterday: I eat a little so that I can live alot!
I am going to plaster this everywhere it sums up what i am doing this for, there is so much i want to do after i have lost the weight.
When will you find out about your date. I would find that very hard.
I got a letter from APRA yesterday saying that they received our application and gave us the reference number. They said it may take between 10 to 30 days to process, so i am not going to hassle them after 10 days I will ring and ask them how it is going.
Well I better go and keep myself busy!
Talk soon
Jacqui xox
Monday, January 5, 2009
First day of Optifast today!!
Hi All
Started optifast today!
1 day down only 48 to go!
All was going well until about 11 oclock this morning, I started to get all jittery and really hungry. All of my muscles are fatigued (jelly legs) like I have just spent the day at the gym. The rest of the day has continued that way except for my 2.5hour nanny nap. Woke up at 4.30pm starving wanting diner but I am holding myself out until at least 7.00pm. Lucky that I am not working this week and HD was here to help today. Have others rostered on for the next couple of days, supervision is absolutely required I am not at all in control of my hunger pains or emotions.
I know it all sounds bad but I am the most confident that I have ever been for the first day of a diet. Knowing that it is basically the start of my operation and the beginning of the rest of my life!How are the rest of you going?
Talk later
Jacqui xox
Started optifast today!
1 day down only 48 to go!
All was going well until about 11 oclock this morning, I started to get all jittery and really hungry. All of my muscles are fatigued (jelly legs) like I have just spent the day at the gym. The rest of the day has continued that way except for my 2.5hour nanny nap. Woke up at 4.30pm starving wanting diner but I am holding myself out until at least 7.00pm. Lucky that I am not working this week and HD was here to help today. Have others rostered on for the next couple of days, supervision is absolutely required I am not at all in control of my hunger pains or emotions.
I know it all sounds bad but I am the most confident that I have ever been for the first day of a diet. Knowing that it is basically the start of my operation and the beginning of the rest of my life!How are the rest of you going?
Talk later
Jacqui xox
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Excited but anxious!
Hi All
Having a good day today. We are just hanging around inside because it is so hot outside. This blog thing is no where near as hard as I thought it was going to be.
I am trying not to eat everything that I can find. Have a strong feeling that I am not going to get to eat again but that is not true. I start my pre lapband surgery diet (Optifast) tomorrow. We do get to eat after the surgery just very small amounts. I have do the diet for six weeks. It helps to get all the fat out of your liver so that the recovery post op is a bit easier. It just goes to show that your mind has alot to do with what we end up doing. I think this is something that I am going to need help with after surgery.
Apart from all of that I am looking forward to the surgery and a new chapter in my life. Of course I couldn't do this without the help of my supportive family and friends, you all know who you are.
Will post as often as I can.
THANKYOU
Jacqui xox
Weight 153.6kg
BMI 50.6
Having a good day today. We are just hanging around inside because it is so hot outside. This blog thing is no where near as hard as I thought it was going to be.
I am trying not to eat everything that I can find. Have a strong feeling that I am not going to get to eat again but that is not true. I start my pre lapband surgery diet (Optifast) tomorrow. We do get to eat after the surgery just very small amounts. I have do the diet for six weeks. It helps to get all the fat out of your liver so that the recovery post op is a bit easier. It just goes to show that your mind has alot to do with what we end up doing. I think this is something that I am going to need help with after surgery.
Apart from all of that I am looking forward to the surgery and a new chapter in my life. Of course I couldn't do this without the help of my supportive family and friends, you all know who you are.
Will post as often as I can.
THANKYOU
Jacqui xox
Weight 153.6kg
BMI 50.6
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