NO LAP BAND SURGERY

Please note : On some browsers I believe "ads" are popping up over my blog description for Lap Band Surgery . Or where to get lap band surgery , I IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM have ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS .. And I STRONGLY DISCOURAGE LAP BAND SURGERY .

About Me

My name is Mindy and I am a wife and mother of 2 boys, Ages 20 and 12. I recently started on the path of becoming a nurse something i have wanted to do since i was 11 !

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Some help Please!

I came across this site today , i checked it out and it is legit. They grant wishes to people for all kinds of different things.
I posted my wish to have my band removed and converted to a sleeve.
If you can take a minute and just share it maybe someone will see it, Its a long shot a VERY Long shot but you never know !
The site is called Wish Upon a Hero
Like i said if you can just share it on your facebook page, on your blog I would REALLY REALLY appreciate it ! http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=1171279

Sunday, March 25, 2012

New Light at The End of the Tunnel ?

For the past several years I have had issues with my lap band . I am now up to (insert weight I dont want to say ) and it just keeps coming on . I am doing what i can now to try to stop it but it still seems to creep back on .
My husband has been self employed for several years now . Sometimes it works out great sometimes , not so much . He has a couple job opportunities in the works that if they pan out we could possibly afford to get my band fixed . I am looking into converting it to a sleeve .
Im still looking into this option , to see what the pro's and con's of it are. But Its now an option .
So I am cautiously optimistic about this now ! I still have lots of research to do about my options, in the mean time I will still continue to exercise and eat right !

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Vegan, Vegetarian or neither ?


After having some issues with eating meat lately and being lactose intolerant I have been thinking about going Vegan or Vegetarian. Since my lap band has gone bad I have not been able to eat meat comfortably for over a year now . It hurts going down , it feels like it gets stuck nearly every time I eat it . So Its just not work it to me I dont think anymore.
I am not sure if I know how to be a vegan or a vegetarian , although I probably eat 80% vegetables as it is now . But it hit me the other day .. What I am doing is not eating correctly during the majority of the day because meat bothers me , so I am not getting much protein in , then I turn to high calorie high fat things like Ice cream and sweets to get " Full" on , which is causing in part my weight gain .
So is anyone a vegan or vegetarian ?

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Getting back on track and taking control


I have been in a pretty bad depression for a while. Lots of things going on in my life causing me to get down. So instead of doing my normal which is crawling in bed , sleeping for days and eating everything i can at night , I am doing what i can to NOT do that ! One thing I started was using things I have seen on Pinterest to organize my house. Normally I would let my house go , which only makes things worse. If your environment around you is a disaster you feel the same way !
So I started this blog Getting Organized in Texas as a form of therapy if you will.

Now that I feel like my house is nearly organized ( is anyones how ever 100% cleaned and organized ? LOL) I have decided to take back control of my weight. Ignoring it 10 yrs ago , not ever stepping on a scale for 10 yrs is what got me to 250 lbs ! I cant do that anymore.
I cant tell you what i weight right now because I have not stepped on a scale in months !
So I saw something similar to this on Pinterest but it was for a different reason ( to say why you love your husband , GAG LOL) so I adapted it for a weight loss chart . Its made out of a picture frame , so you can write on it w/ a dry erase marker ... I put it above my toilet so i had to see it everyday , no more putting it a side. The scale is right below it .
Hopefully this will help me some ?