Heat Wave

 

Been enjoying this spot of nice weather were having this week at Work
Was especially nice today as now down to 14 stone 13 lbs and not had first yet

14 Stone Club

 

For first time in over 15 years Im now under 15 stone which is amazing since I havent had my first fill yet
Went on a blind date last night which went well

Cant wait to get another stone off and get to goal and with help of my Band - Keep it off

55lb loss

I am well chuffed to report that my weight loss since 1 Jan 2009 is a whopping 55lbs
that means 1 more Lb for 4 stone - I dont have my first fill until a week on Tue so hopefully wont need much in

I'm getting loads of mileage in on my road bike - 170 miles this week and 970 miles YTD
I feel so much better on the bike with some excess weight off - Still World of Pain on the hills though
Im doing a Charity bike ride in Spain in October - La Vuelta A Espana
I therfore want to get down to my goal weight of 13st 9 lbs which is a weight loss of 5 stone and a half stone or 77 LBS or 35 KG

I've always been good at loosing weight when I put my mind to it - BUT i'm equally good at putting it back on hence my Lovely Band
I'm still getting used to her - Previously I ate everything on my plate plus some wheras now I put a very small portion out and am not phazed if I dont finish it. It varies from day to day how much I can eat but I guage by each mouthful and as soon as I think I can prempt that full signal I stop as I know only too well that another bite and it will get fired back up
I am very pleased with myself as feel great and never looked so good, I dont eat any of the things I ate before and enjoy only the best food now as my portion size is so small

To summarise

I don't eat until I'm hungry
When I'm hungry - I eat straight away
I don't eat any pre prepared food - I cook everything fresh myself
I juice daily
I do lots of exercise
I feel great

Measurements

Waist - Lost 8 inches
chest - Lost 8 inches
Hips - Lost 6 inches
Legs - Lost 3 inches
Arms - Lost 2 inches
Neck - Lost 1.5 inches

Week 5 update

Its now 5 Weeks since I had my band fitted and all is good
It was bit frightening going back onto solid food after the mushy state but no problems
I now have cereal, bran or porridge for breakfast
For lunch its fish or mushy peas or soup
For tea its spagetti bolognaise, small pasta with lots of sauce or fish with jacjey potato or cous cous
I can also get down ryvita and occassional slice of toast
I am getting used to the warning signals from eating a little too quickly or not chewing enough
Productive Burping PB - Where basically you pouch above the band refuses and fires the food back up in same consistancy as it went down - Not very pleasant at all so will be looking to avoid that in future

I now dont eat until I am hungry and when I am hungry I eat straight away
I now do juicing every day and both me and my kids are loving it

Favourite recipe so far
1 Whole pineapple, 4 apples, 4 oranges - Tastes lovely

Ive loads of energy and getting plenty of mileage in on my road bike - 110 miles over the bank holiday weekend so that puts me on 922 miles year to date

I am however looking forward to seeing Wendy on the 28 April for my first fill

I am doing a charity bike ride in Spain in Oct 09 with Action Medical Research and their PR manager has contacted me with regards to doing some PR and is especially interested in my weight loss and banding journey so that could be interesting if any of the local or National papers, magazines or tv want to use it - I have requested that WLS group is mentioned and their website address is given so it could be good for everyone

Well Im in the 15 Club - Its been over 15 years since I was less than 16 stone and i'm well chuffed

I had my official weigh in at Weightwatchers at the weekend and came in at 15 stone 12 lbs fully clothed with shoes on
I did a 50 mile bike ride on Sunday to Burnsall and felt great. Am starting eating normal food again from Wed 8 apr - That now seems frightening

19 days post op - Just got back from 50 mile bike ride from Leeds to Burnsall just past Bolton Abbey- Great
I went to WW meeting on sat and have lost 4.5lbs this week - Thats 3 stone 2 lbs in total and thats 20kg which is airline luggage limit know wonder it used to hurt cyling up hills at 19 stone
I feel great have loads of energy which is amazing as all I eat is a slimfast for breakfast, small soup for lunch and half peice of fresh fish for tea with bit of garliv mayo, mango chutney and some cracked pepper - I threw out the salt grinder and the sugar
Looking forward to my firstofficial meeting with Wendy on Tue although I dont get my first fill until 28 April _ I hope to be 15.5 stone by then. Im amazed that having already shed 3 stone I am looking forward to shifting that spare tyre round my waist another 2 stone off and it will be gone.
My clothes are falling off me jeans that I couldnt wear for party at xmas as were unfastanable are now flapping in the wind well I have lost 6 inches from my waist
The cycling going really well and am up to 725 road miles ytd. Tommorrow I pick up new new secret weapon another bike this time a pimped out carbon fibre beast thats means I can still go cycling twice a week evan if raining as will just go round woods where its partly sheltered.

I now dont eat until im hungry I have bought a juicer off ebay and have a blender so will start doing healthy juices as getting that down will be no problem and will be good for vitamins and energy.

As McDonalds say - I'm Lovin It
Cant tell you how good I feel all my clothes are starting to fall off me and beer belly is all but gone
On Sun I went to the WLS group conf in Blackpool and it was a great day
I really understand more now about the procedure and how I can make it work for me
What did shock me was a plastic scale model replica of stomach with band fitted - I thought it went half way down like an egg timer to give restriction but no way it sits right near the top and the pouch above is only the size of a golf ball - Now how am I gonna fit a fully loaded large pizza in there - Im not
New revelation - In now officially on the mushy stage of the diet thank god I was bored with fluids.
Well basically I now have fish every night for tea - I but fresh daily from asda in one of those cook in bage 2 filletts my son Lewis 14 and daughter Holly has 3/4 and guess what I have a 1/4 so am saving amazing amount of money on food because I just buy food for my kids and I have a tiny bit
Whats amazing is a dont feel hungry - I now learnt from the conf dif between head hunger and physical hunger - When my stomach growls I eat but only small portion naturally and then feel contented
I am booked in for my first fill with the lovely Wendy on 28 April and hop eto be down to 15st 7lbs by then so will only be 1.5 st off target
I actually starting to think about what happens when I get to goal - I'll have to have some fluid taken out
I'm back 2 work today and have been doing loads of cycling - 200 miles since surgery
I've lots of energy and am not on a DIET - I think carefully about what i'm gonna eat as because the portion size is so small I want it toi be nourishing and very tasty
This programm works for me and is far easier way of losing weight than anything else I have evr tried in my life
For anyone thinking of Weight Loss Surgery I highly recommend WLS Group - Their customer care and committment to client is exceptional and all their surgeries come with 2 years aftercare