BigSean’s FatBlog

Morning

280 kcal Ms Fields Fudge Cookie
16oz cappuccino
360 kcal V8 Splash Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
20oz Diet Dr. Pepper

Hmmmm - what seems to be the problem with *this*?

Breakfast

220kcal, 12oz strawberry banana nectar
diet orange fanta

Lunch

420kcal, sugar binge - mini Mr. Goodbars, mini peanut butter cups
120kcal, large piece of peppered beef jerky

It’s quite easy to change your weight fast.

1. Stop tracking what you eat.
2. Eat a lot of sugar and fatty foods.
3. When stressed: eat.
4. Stop exercising.

Your clothes will tighten up and you’ll be having recurring chest pain again in no time!

3oz vegetable chips w/ 1/2 container of chunky salsa
Big Mac
parafait with granola
parafait with granola
pint of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
20oz watermelon jolly rancher soda
20oz Dr. Pepper
1 Liter Diet Coke

Notes:
Binge city.

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:

1. Control your intake.
2. Expend more calories than you consume.
3. Eat a nutritionally balanced diet.
4. Stay hydrated

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.