Turns out, that losing weight is great. Problem is, I lost alot of muscle mass off my shoulders.
Went for a run with the dog. Dog freaked out, I feel over, dog went backwards at 3000 miles an hour, with his lead tied around my hand.
Now I have a “sub luxed” shoulder – a dislocated shoulder thats not completely out of joint. The doc and the physio cant really understand it. Xrays and ultrasounds show nothing except inflammation.
So, today its off to the doc to get a referral to the specialist. I am in a lot of pain, because from the surgery I cant stomach any “decent” pain killers. Its making me tetchy and grumpy, and making it hard to think straight (yes yes ha ha.. I know thats not all that much of a change 
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Well, I hit 122 KG today, (269lb for you americans, or 19 stone for the Poms..wow, just realise I have gone for 33 stone to 19 stone)
Its really quite amazing, I am now lighter than I have been since I was 20.At high school (13-17), I was between 90 and 110 KG, so its entirely possible I will get to be slimmer than I was at high school.
I still have issues though, my tummy burns sometimes since I stopped taking omprezole, I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to eat a steak or a roast meal, but I cant.
Oh well.. life’s tough eh?
Edit:
According to my diet plugin:
Weekly loss: 14 lbs. – Daily deficit: 7000 calories.
You will reach your goal of 220 lbs on 2010-04-16. (75 days early!)
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because I havent lost weight for a bit. But then, the realisation that since I had the stents out means I have been eating more, and I have been more active, going to the pool and walking the dog etc, means i have been putting on muscle and kinda cancelling out the weight loss. This means I had bette measure myself, so here goes:
Neck: 46 => 45
Wrist: 18.5 => 19.5
Bicep: 40 => 39.5
Stomach: 133 => 138
Chest: 135 => 138
I’m guessing that either last time, or this time my measurements werent very accurate. I’ll get the wife to measure me and get a more accurate gauge.
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Well, things are progressing in the food stakes. I need to be really careful I am not eating bad food though. I am sitting here eating a slice of burgen toast with about a tablespoon of baked beans on it. Its taken me all week to eat a tin of baked beans and its still 1/3 full
Last night I had a little lasagne for dinner, it was very tasty and beats my usual poached egg and chicken I am going to start integrating some salad into my meals now, the problem is, the meals are so small, the salad is also going to be tiny, but I need to, so that my stomach can handle lots of different types of food.
My biggest issue is eating slowly.. really… must… concentrate. Eating too fast causes me massive discomfort… heartburn, indigestion, and a really really full feeling… not like the old “i’m too full” discomfort… but real pain.
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I cant begin to tell you how much better i feel. No vomiting.. I ate a little bit of sausage last night..
I had a tiny coffee for breakfast.. I’m currently eating half a weatbix and half a pot of yoghurt. I was able to drink well over a litre of water last night too… its amazing.
Turns out the stents are huge and also my stomach had collapsed somewhat so it was only a few mils is size.. now we’re back to the full 100ml and zooming. Today i think I try baked beans for lunch!!!!
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and it feels good.. I finally saw one and they are HUGE.. no wonder i was having isssues… I’ll let you know how I get on without em
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First Alex got a tummy bug that made her vomit and poo, then I got it. Now my stomach and chest are sooooo sore from vomiting and coughing, and my back is sore from sleeping in a chair.. its crippling. Ah well, at least its only 4 more days till stents out, then maybe I can return to a real bed. I’m hoping and praying.
Current weight: 137.9KG
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Went and did some work at a customers on monday, and yesterday I went to see the bariatric dietician (who said I was doing fine) and then went to Dad’s office to get some prayer (http://edc.org.nz).
I have been vomiting like nothing on earth. My daughter is now too so I am wondering if there isnt some bug.. but man, my stomach is so tender its not funny. I am so sick of it.
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Well, on the 9th o go into hospital to have the stents removed. At the moment they are blocking the entry to my stomach. They are stopping the valve that prevents reflux and they hurt and make me vomit from time to time, so hopefully some or all of this will stop when they’re gone, and I will be able to sleep on a bed again.
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Well I visited the bariatric nurse Kate, yesterday, and she was very helpful.
I’ve really got to try and drink more water, but I find it really hard. I made it to 1.2L yesterday, which is pretty good for me. I took my nightly meds last night and the stupid pill got stuck on the metal stents in my stomach, which made me “upchucktheboogie”. Not great, but it felt good afterwards cuz that pill was driving me mad. Such a tiny one too.
Gotta concentrate on protein now, and small amounts eaten slowly. I think I have been trying to eat too much, and then eating it too fast. So today I concentrate on that.
My next mission is to figure out what I am going to do for money. I want to be in ministry, but I just dont know. I need to make some money somehow, especially from home here because its been 10 months with no real income, and things are getting desperate. If anyone has any ideas, drop me a line at geoff (at) gummer (dot) co (dot) nz.
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