Breakfast
1/2 cup of banana chips - threw up about half
16 oz apple juice
16 oz apple juice
Lunch
A few bites of salad and chicken pot pie - got stuck on a piece of chicken and threw it up
16 oz unsweet tea
cup of coffee with splenda and french vanilla coffeemate
Dinner
8 oz coconut nectar
1/2 cup of banana chips - threw it all up
ensure - chocolate flavor
about 20oz flat diet coke
Whenever I’m under stress, I binge on sugar, eat crap, and crave nicotine. I should be exercising instead. I quit smoking in January 2008, not for any New Year’s Resolution, but because I was waylaid by a flu virus and bronchitis. Ugh.
In very short order, my weight shot up from the 310s to 332.25. My low since being banded was 296. At my peak weight, I was over 500 pounds. Anyway, I stopped exercising. While it’s true that I have a bad back, that doesn’t keep me from using a stationary cycle or walking around the track. I sold my BowFlex, which I had bought just before I injured my back a tad over two years ago.
It’s Spring, I’m well, the weather is either rainy or good, and the gym awaits. Yes, I’ve been extraordinarily busy at work, but that too shall pass. The only thing I haven’t been short on is excuses.
Losing weight is not rocket science, it’s medical science. While it’s more complicated with the morbidly obese than Joe Average, the principles are relatively simple:
It’s logically very simple, but overeating is emotional. Stress drives me to sugar. Sugar makes me feel better psychologically and for a short while physically. But it’s bad for me. Exercise is a better stress reliever, provided I don’t go overboard and frak up my back.
One down side to the lap band is that you don’t get the sugar aversion experienced by many (if not most) Gastric Bypass patients. In fact, my sweet tooth got worse. But folks with the gastric bypass typically have an 18 month window before the body adapts to malabsorption. Malabsorption doesn’t go away entirely, but it’s effacy is reduced over time.
Anyway, these are just a few thoughts. Feel free to comment.