Wow, it has been along time since I was last here! I have just started a new blog which might explain why I haven't been around for a while - it is called FixaRuppa and it is about the house I have bought - my very first!
It is strange how having a band starts to be part of the rest of your life after a while. You always know it is there - but you start to get used to it and other things start to take priority. I suppose that is a pretty healthy way to be when you think about it.
I do wonder, though, whether I would have bought my house if I hadn't been banded. I am such a different person now. Even when I first walked into the loan office, I know I was thinking that at least I could talk to them without thinking that they would be focussed on my weight the whole time. I think I am a bit tougher now too - I seem to spend a lot more time telling myself "I can" these days rather than "I can't" !
Life with a band is often awkward. I often don't know what I can eat until it is too late - and it can get pretty frustrating when other people around you keep watching to see what you are eating or try to fuss too much. Even the compliments get a bit awkward at times - there are only so many times that you can say "thank you - and I love that skirt you are wearing!" without starting to sound a bit forced.
Chocolates and cake still go down too easy, and I don't get as much excercise as I should - probably the reason why my weight loss is slower than I would like (and the scales tell me off whenever I get too cocky!). But I have lost a total of 26 kilos now, which is more than I ever dreamed of - and I don't even look through the window at Autograph any more - its size 16 all the way.
So if anyone out there is still thinking about getting banded - I would definitely recommend it. Banded life isn't perfect - but it can definitely be very good!
Monday, 22 June 2009
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Same-Same but Different
Hi all - I only have time for a quick note here right now but I promise to write more soon.
I am travelling really well. The weight loss went backwards a bit over Christmas but I have got back to my pre-Christams weight now and lost another kilo - a total of 18 kilos down! I have had two fills since being banded (a total of 3 mls so far - will give you all the goss on that later) and am getting some restriction but haven't found anything yet that I absolutely cannot eat. It is a bit of a double sided sword really - not missing anything but I find it hard to stop myself from being naughty either. The portion sizes really vary - one day I can only down half a sushi hand roll for lunch - the next I can polish off a whole medium sized spaghetti dinner - totally weird and a bit frustrating at times, cos I never know until after I have taken the first bite!
My body is changing too - but I seem to be between two sizes, so I am still wearing most of the size 18's I had in my wardrobe pre-banding (but the 20's and 22's are packed up looking for new homes!)
Even though appetite wise and size wise, lots of things are very much the same, the big difference is energy levels - and I am actually excercising - OMG!!! And sort of enjoying it OMG!!!!!!!!!! And I even raced my daughter up the stairs at the cinema the other day - just for fun - without even thinking about is as an effort - AND almost beat her, when she was on the escalator and I was on the stairs -OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who IS this person I am turning into??????
Oh well - you will have to wait for the next instalment to find out - and to hear the adults only edition too ;-)
CYA next time, Dizzy
I am travelling really well. The weight loss went backwards a bit over Christmas but I have got back to my pre-Christams weight now and lost another kilo - a total of 18 kilos down! I have had two fills since being banded (a total of 3 mls so far - will give you all the goss on that later) and am getting some restriction but haven't found anything yet that I absolutely cannot eat. It is a bit of a double sided sword really - not missing anything but I find it hard to stop myself from being naughty either. The portion sizes really vary - one day I can only down half a sushi hand roll for lunch - the next I can polish off a whole medium sized spaghetti dinner - totally weird and a bit frustrating at times, cos I never know until after I have taken the first bite!
My body is changing too - but I seem to be between two sizes, so I am still wearing most of the size 18's I had in my wardrobe pre-banding (but the 20's and 22's are packed up looking for new homes!)
Even though appetite wise and size wise, lots of things are very much the same, the big difference is energy levels - and I am actually excercising - OMG!!! And sort of enjoying it OMG!!!!!!!!!! And I even raced my daughter up the stairs at the cinema the other day - just for fun - without even thinking about is as an effort - AND almost beat her, when she was on the escalator and I was on the stairs -OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who IS this person I am turning into??????
Oh well - you will have to wait for the next instalment to find out - and to hear the adults only edition too ;-)
CYA next time, Dizzy
Friday, 7 November 2008
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