Entries for May 27, 2008

Today I just had my fitness eval and everything went great. He just spoke to me about how exercise is great for me and how I should exercise as much as possible. Since I'm already doing that I should have no trouble. I'm excited that I'm one step closer to receiving my surgery date! Tomorrow I have my nutritionist appointment and the bariatric coordinator told me that she will help me with a diet to get my weight down some before I actually have surgery. I'm looking forward to what she has...

Only one week from today until my initial LAP-BAND^® consultation with Dr. Robinson! My PCP sent the referral today!!! I am BEYOND psyched!!!! yaaaayyyy!

I did it, I went to water aerobics class this morning at the Y. It was really fun and I think I like it. I will try to go again tomorrow and do either the aerobics class or walk the river. I don't know if I'm fit enought for a full blown water aerobics class. The one I did was for I arthritis. I can't belive I did it. I put my swimsuit on and did it.

I think I finally have some restriction. I'm eating only about half as much as I was a week ago. I will try to keep track of...

Well my scale is about 4 yrs old and it is a weight watchers digital scale. I have been weighing myself through out my two pre op diets and it been saying i lost 19lbs. Well the battery started fading out so i went to walmart to get a new battery and they didnt have one. So i went and bought a new digital scale...that says its so great b/c doctors use it. WELL i get home and i get on my new scale and it says i weigh 345.5 (that means i have on lost 5lbs)!!!! ERRR i was so mad. The...

This is the first blog I've ever done. I'm excited because I've gotten a surgery date and it is in 2 weeks!

June 9th is the big day and I'm ready for the journey to begin.

I've decided this is the year of me and I'm ready to start being the me I want to be. I'm already the me I want to be in so many ways, now I'm ready for my physical self to catch up with my emotional self.

Wish me luck on the journey!