Frustration Station!!!

Hello there.  I'm sorry that I didn't have a weigh in update last week.  My husband, daughter and I all took turns being sick so things were a little crazy around my house.

So, today I had another appointment with my Lap-Band nurse.  In the last TWO WEEKS I have only lost .4 pounds.  I can't even get a half of a pound!?  I also took my measurements in hopes that it would make me feel better about my small loss....nope.  I have lost ZERO inches over the past 2 weeks.  To say that I am frustrated is an understatement.  Kristi (the nurse) is really nice and told me that a loss in weight is a loss so she doesn't want me to get frustrated.  I understand where she is coming from, but weeks of hardly any weight loss after having weight loss surgery is hard to be ok with.  We talked about my meals and she decided to put another .5 CC's in my band which makes my total 4 CC's.

In my previous posts, I mentioned that I am doing hot yoga for my exercise.  This is still true, but I have also found another form of yoga that I really enjoy.  It's called Vinyasa.  It's more of a "flow yoga" and it's completely different than hot yoga.  I enjoy going to both but Vinyasa seems to be a slight cardio type of workout along with muscle strengthening and toning.  I have been going to yoga 3 times a week up to this point but I think I am going to increase to 4 now.  I will probably do 2 Vinyasa classes a week and 2 hot yoga classes a week.

I think that is all I have to say for now.  If you have any suggestions of how I can start seeing the loss on the scale, please leave me a comment!  I am also open to any recipes or food ideas you have that might help me on this journey!

Thanks for reading.  I will see you in a week for a weigh in!

Weigh In, Measurements and 2nd Adjustment

Hello everyone.  As you may recall, last week I was pretty frustrated because I haven't been seeing loss on the scale.  Well, today I weighed in and I have only lost .4 pounds.  This is definitely frustrating, but I do have some good news...

I have been doing 90 minute hot yoga classes 3 times a week.  I generally hate the heat, but I really enjoy hot yoga.  It's somehow relaxing and ridiculously hard at the same time!  While being able to enjoy my workout, I have lost 4 inches in the last 2 weeks.  This makes the minimal weight loss a lot easier to take because I know that I am losing fat and gaining muscle.  I will post my updated measurements at the end of this post.

This morning I went to my doctor for my 2 week post-fill appointment.  I talked to the nurse a little bit about how much I could eat at a sitting and how long it was before I was hungry again.  She decided that since it only takes about 2 hours +/- for me to get hungry after I heat that we would do another adjustment.  She added .5 CC's which makes my current total at 3.5 CC's.  I'm hoping that this will help with the weight loss.  Today I have to stick with liquids and tomorrow I have to eat only mushy food.  I will get back to normal food on Thursday. 

I have another appointment with my doctor in two weeks.  I will probably post my measurements on that same day just to make sure I am still losing inches with yoga.  After that I will probably (no guarantees) move the measurements to once a month.  Ok, now for the measurements.

Weight - 188.0 --- -.4 pounds (10.6 total)

Measurements:

Upper Chest --- 42 inches --- -1 inch (2 inches total)

Bust --- 45 1/2 inches --- -1/2 inch (1 1/2 inches total)

Midriff --- 39 1/2 inches --- Same  (-2 1/2 inches)

Upper Arms --- 14 1/2 inches --- Same (No loss)

Waist --- 38 inches --- -1 inch (2 1/2 inches total)

Upper Hip --- 44 1/2 inches --- -1/2 inch (1 1/2 inches total)

Lower Hip --- 46 1/2 inches --- -1 inch (1 1/2 inches total)

Upper Thighs ---28 inches --- Same (1 inch total)

Mid Thighs --- 27 1/2 inches ---Same (1 inch total)

Calves --- 15 1/2 inches --- Same (1 inch total)

2 Week Total - 4 inches

Total Inches lost - 14 1/2 inches