Well, my pre-op was scheduled and finalized today. On June 13th I will be doing my appointment with the surgeon at the hospital to go over the final details of the surgery. I am also going to be meeting with nutritionist again to go over diet and requirements pre and post op. On June 11th begins the preop diet so I am almost there!
Past 2 days at the gym I did C25K week 4 day 1 and day 2
day 1:
Time: 32 minutes.
Calories Burned: 372.5 cal.
Distance: 1.93 mi
day 2:
Time: 32 minutes
Calories burned: 353 calories
Distance: 1.96
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
30 days!
Thirty days, exactly one month from today, begins a start for a new life for me :). I am really excited and feel like this is it. This is the final stretch of this journey that has been years in the making! I will be starting liquid diet on June 11 so that will definitely be a challenge but one that I am looking forward to, as I know it will help jump start weight loss prior to the surgery :)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
32 days left
So my little count down thing is showing me as having 32 days until surgery. That means 17 days until I start my pre-op liquid diet.
During these next 32 days I am challenging myself to drop some weight. I am challenging myself to get down to a weight of at LEAST 290. I have bounced back up and down so much as of late, it is so frustrating, but i know I am doing it to myself. I started going to a boot camp program at my gym on saturdays... I have gone to 2 classes thusfar and love them. They are VERY physically demanding on me, and very difficult, but I know by the end of the class I will be a stronger person that has been able to work through this. I weighed in at 309 at the gym, so my goal is to lose 19 pounds before the surgery. I know that I can do this if i put my mind really to it... I am guessing that with pre-op diet i will be able to easily shed 8 pounds minimum, considering its 2 liquid meals a day, with only 1 regular healthy meal. I need to get back into exercise mode, and know that I am doing it to myself finding reasons (some valid, but reasons none-the-less) to not be able to go during the week.
So, I also found another 5K I am interested in. The registration is already open, and I am waiting to get paid to be able to register. So, as of right now, I am looking at doing two different 5K's, one in August (on august 11th) and one in November (november 3rd). One is "Color Run" and the other is "color me rad".... same idea with them, fun and relaxed with no time constraints, but still a '5k' in that sense. I have been taking it easy with c25k... repeating each week at least once so that I know I can do it... I think its helping, but it does mean the program won't be 9 weeks for me, more like 18 weeks... plus with the surgery coming up in 4 1/2 weeks I will have to take a break from c25k for recovery, although i don't think I will need to start back all the way at week 1... (I am in week 4), I will try week 3 to see if I can do it sucessfully after surgery when cleared, hwoever if needed I can drop down to week 2
Alright, so I am going to wrap this up (not even sure if anyone read this, or if just for me, but either way still wrapping it up). leave a comment if you want :)
During these next 32 days I am challenging myself to drop some weight. I am challenging myself to get down to a weight of at LEAST 290. I have bounced back up and down so much as of late, it is so frustrating, but i know I am doing it to myself. I started going to a boot camp program at my gym on saturdays... I have gone to 2 classes thusfar and love them. They are VERY physically demanding on me, and very difficult, but I know by the end of the class I will be a stronger person that has been able to work through this. I weighed in at 309 at the gym, so my goal is to lose 19 pounds before the surgery. I know that I can do this if i put my mind really to it... I am guessing that with pre-op diet i will be able to easily shed 8 pounds minimum, considering its 2 liquid meals a day, with only 1 regular healthy meal. I need to get back into exercise mode, and know that I am doing it to myself finding reasons (some valid, but reasons none-the-less) to not be able to go during the week.
So, I also found another 5K I am interested in. The registration is already open, and I am waiting to get paid to be able to register. So, as of right now, I am looking at doing two different 5K's, one in August (on august 11th) and one in November (november 3rd). One is "Color Run" and the other is "color me rad".... same idea with them, fun and relaxed with no time constraints, but still a '5k' in that sense. I have been taking it easy with c25k... repeating each week at least once so that I know I can do it... I think its helping, but it does mean the program won't be 9 weeks for me, more like 18 weeks... plus with the surgery coming up in 4 1/2 weeks I will have to take a break from c25k for recovery, although i don't think I will need to start back all the way at week 1... (I am in week 4), I will try week 3 to see if I can do it sucessfully after surgery when cleared, hwoever if needed I can drop down to week 2
Alright, so I am going to wrap this up (not even sure if anyone read this, or if just for me, but either way still wrapping it up). leave a comment if you want :)
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thoughts on final goal...
Well, not doing too well remembering to post often. I am 37 days away from surgery and will definitely be posting more the closer I get.
Today I am posting about goals after surgery. Now, when you have surgery the goal of what is considered a "success" is to be at 60% of excess weight loss. So first excess weight must be determined. For my height a "goal" would be 150. That puts meat a body weight with bmi of 22.8. That is normal. My actual goal would be 175 but that is still considered "overweight". 60% of my excess body weight loss would leave me weighing in over 200 lbs, with a loss of 99 lbs. to me while that is a big loss I know I can do better. For me to reach less than 300 I need to lose 70% of excess body weight. If I lose 80% it would put me af a weight of 184. Still overweight but a much healthier overweight. I have read and talked to people who have done it. Who went from 300 lbs down to 140 so I know it is possible. I just need to keep the mind frame of how to achieve it.
Later tonight I will post about my Saturday mornings :)
Today I am posting about goals after surgery. Now, when you have surgery the goal of what is considered a "success" is to be at 60% of excess weight loss. So first excess weight must be determined. For my height a "goal" would be 150. That puts meat a body weight with bmi of 22.8. That is normal. My actual goal would be 175 but that is still considered "overweight". 60% of my excess body weight loss would leave me weighing in over 200 lbs, with a loss of 99 lbs. to me while that is a big loss I know I can do better. For me to reach less than 300 I need to lose 70% of excess body weight. If I lose 80% it would put me af a weight of 184. Still overweight but a much healthier overweight. I have read and talked to people who have done it. Who went from 300 lbs down to 140 so I know it is possible. I just need to keep the mind frame of how to achieve it.
Later tonight I will post about my Saturday mornings :)
Friday, May 4, 2012
Surgery date
Well I have the surgery scheduled. Originally they put me in for may 29th, however my work contract is having me work til June 1st so I couldn't do this date. I have been rescheduled to July 2nd! I start a liquid diet on June 18th, and do my pre op meeting on June 25th I believe. So I am pretty excited to be on this journey. I will post another update once I get on my regular computer. I haven't been on it in a while which is why I haven't updated.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Continuing forward one more step :)
Well I got a call from the surgeons office today. The psychological evaluation was received and they are moving forward processing the paperwork with the insurance. The woman from the surgeons office informed to that there is an opening on May 29th so I may possibly be able to do the surgery on that date, if the cards fall in to place so to speak. We will see what happens! I am double checking on my last contract date for work (I know one school i work at has a last day of work on 5/25, but the second school i am not sure yet) to see if I could feasibly do this date. If not, the next available surgery date is 6/12.
Its really going to happen :)
Its really going to happen :)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Thoughts from Psychologist visit
So, I thought today would be a good time to go over the experience with the therapist I was required to visit. I did not get to go to the gym after work today... My 2 year old got sick at daycare so when I got off work I went and picked up the baby from daycare (my husband picked up the 2 year old and took him home) and came home.
So, I thought while I am on the 'blog kick' so to speak and actually thinking about wanting to post, I thought i would go over some of the things discussed in the therapy session. Sorry if this is all over the place or if something doesn't make sense... Just sort of typing as it comes to my mind. If something doesn't make sense please post comment and ask a question, because if you are wondering it there is a good possibility someone else is wondering the same thing.
Ok, so when I contacted the insurance, they let me know who I needed to contact for a bariatric psychologist. The very first requirement was that it could NOT be a regular therapist, but an actual registered Therapist (meaning they are a doctor basically). So at my first appointment, the therapist informs me that we would do 4 appointments to really be able to go over everything. First appointment we went over my past, eating habits, and discussed the things that led me to where I am. The second appointment we discussed the surgery, the motivation for the surgery and discussing support systems. She also mentioned that she felt I was only going to need 3 sessions since I seemed pretty well on target :) The third session was about post surgery plans, family life, and just discussing the last details.
It was interesting talking to her about my motivations for the surgery, what I had done to get forward for the surgery, and just discussing plans. For motivation, I have my kids... I want to be there for them for the rest of my life and be there so that I can be with them as they get older and also see their children one day. I want to be actively involved in their lives and be able to go hiking, take them to the park, and just be able to be there for them pretty much. That is what is important to me.
So, now I am still just waiting for that phone call!
So, I thought while I am on the 'blog kick' so to speak and actually thinking about wanting to post, I thought i would go over some of the things discussed in the therapy session. Sorry if this is all over the place or if something doesn't make sense... Just sort of typing as it comes to my mind. If something doesn't make sense please post comment and ask a question, because if you are wondering it there is a good possibility someone else is wondering the same thing.
Ok, so when I contacted the insurance, they let me know who I needed to contact for a bariatric psychologist. The very first requirement was that it could NOT be a regular therapist, but an actual registered Therapist (meaning they are a doctor basically). So at my first appointment, the therapist informs me that we would do 4 appointments to really be able to go over everything. First appointment we went over my past, eating habits, and discussed the things that led me to where I am. The second appointment we discussed the surgery, the motivation for the surgery and discussing support systems. She also mentioned that she felt I was only going to need 3 sessions since I seemed pretty well on target :) The third session was about post surgery plans, family life, and just discussing the last details.
It was interesting talking to her about my motivations for the surgery, what I had done to get forward for the surgery, and just discussing plans. For motivation, I have my kids... I want to be there for them for the rest of my life and be there so that I can be with them as they get older and also see their children one day. I want to be actively involved in their lives and be able to go hiking, take them to the park, and just be able to be there for them pretty much. That is what is important to me.
So, now I am still just waiting for that phone call!
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