As of this past Tuesday I have hit the 2 month mark since my lap band weight loss surgery. To be perfectly honest it feels longer than just 2 months since I had this surgery but not for the reasons one would think. I have returned to my normal life so quickly with really no complications that its so easy to forget the surgery was done. Amazingly enough I feel I have also adapted to the restrictions placed on me with the lap band that eating has no longer become such a huge part of my life. Only occasionally will I wake up and immediatly think about what I am going to eat that day and obsess about it like I used to do every day of my life. I find now its easier to dismiss those obsessive thoughts and continue on with the rest of my day. I no longer eat because I am bored and can actually now drive the almost 2 hour ride home without having to have something to eat to keep me from being bored during the drive. I have to continually keep myself in check though as I have found myself eating a few things I should not be eating once in a while.
I think now that 2 months have passed I have settled into a comfort zone and have not challenged myself to not only lose weight at a more rapid pace but I have also found myself no longer trying different, heathier eating options. I feel like I have made myself so comfortable with my current lifestyle and happy with the 2 pound weight loss per week that I am willing to cut corners and do things I should not be doing. Dont get me wrong…. I am not out there eating big macs and bags of french fries. I have just deviated from what I was doing to give me early weight loss success and I need to find the path back to where I was.
The lifestyle my wife and I established years ago regarding our eating habits is still in place. We rarly make a actual dinner and will many times eat a bowl of cereal or something else that is prepared quickly because I am just too tired to cook when I get home. I need to make a meal plan for the week not only for dinner but for breakfast and lunch as well. I need to use this plan as a road map and follow it so I can be more successful with my weight loss goals.
Speaking of road maps…I heard a the doctor from the tv show “Celebrity Fit Club” on the radio yesterday and was really impressed by what he had to say about health and weight loss. He mentioned something that I had already known regarding edible foods that are white. White bread, white rice, baked potatoes and other “white” food items are frequently full of starch that will rapidly turn to sugars in your body causing fat buildup. Anyone who knows me knows white bread, pasta and potatoes are my 3 major food groups and if you add pizza to the mix you get a pretty good idea of my pre surgery food pyramid. It is these food items I have felt myself returning to on a more frequent basis and I need to learn to limit these items and replace them with more healthy alternatives.
Speaking of the doctor from Celebrity Fit Club, he also mentioned that there was a web site he started called www.50millionpounds.com whose goal is just that…to have people lose a combined 50 million pounds. This web site is using State Farm insurance as a sponsor and you can go to any State Farm agent in the country and receive a weight loss kit that includes a pedometer and other weight loss tools. I have signed up for the 30 day meal plan that will provide meal ideas as well as shopping lists to make the job of eating right so much easier. I am really looking forward to starting this plan and it seems this is just what I need to kick my butt into action. Check out the website, I think you will like it. (No I get no money or anything else from the site!!) 
I will keep this blog updated regarding my meal plans and let you know how its going.
Well off to have a beautiful weekend here in the midwest as temps are forcasted to me mild with sunny skies. Should be a great weekend here and hopefully it will be where you are at too!.
