I got my lapband in 2009. I do not recommend.
I weight 320 pounds according to their scale, day of surgery. I know I weighed more than that at one point.
Today, I weighed 219.2. I have been doing Profile by Sanford, and have resolved two heart conditions. I am using very little insulin but I am on Ozempic and Farziga.
Back when I stopped being able to eat and stopped losing weight with my lap band, I was sent to a cardiologist to prepare for surgery.
She found a leaky valve. I saw her in July, started Profile in December, and a year later saw her again. That was 30 pounds later.
During that visit, she found an arterial dilation but the leaky valve had resolved. I saw her again this week, about 35 pounds later and lots of exercise minutes and the dilation had resolved.
So not only have I lost weight -- and I have just cleaned my closet of clothing that is too big for me -- again, but I have also improved my heart health. I was a bit concerned that the vaccine might have had something to do with the dilation, but if it did, it wasn't a long term effect, and much better than most of the COVID side effects.
My endo set a goal of 140 average glucose and 80% in range
I was 123 this week and 123 average glucose with 8 units of insulin.
I have also lost two pounds.
The new plan is working really well. Really glad I got upset and pushed.
It's only been two days on Performance, but the scale is moving in the correct direction.
Being on the Reboot/Reduce plan and doing 90 minutes of exercise a day was just too hard. My coach was encouraging and felt that I should add some protein to the plan, but that was still leaving me hungry in the evenings, and making me feel like I was cheating.
On Performance/ Reduce I'm not hungry at the end of the day and I'm not tempted to eat the wrong food. That's a huge difference for my mental attitude.
I don't want to reduce my workouts. My ultimate goal is to participate in Agiity Trials again. I also need a great deal of strength and endurance to be able to compete at conformation.
I have to share an "OOPS". I have been logging food at MyFitnessPal and I thought I was eating too much until I realized I had set MyFitnessPal to lose two pounds a week. I'm actually right there.
I've spent the last few weeks frustrated.
Mostly because my medical team and my weight loss team don't get how much I exercise.
The straw that hit the camel's back is when my Profile coach mentioned in the meeting recap, that I work out 20-30 minutes a day.
That's just the warm up. Seriously. I walk 20-30 minutes a day, then 10-20 minutes of weight training, and another 30-45 minutes of cycling. I am currently working with a personal trainer, and that's 45 minutes of strength training, with the cardio sandwich. I will say I do cardio only on the day before and day after the workout with the personal trainer but then I step up the cardio to 60 minutes.
According to Apple Fitness, my resting energy is 2140 calories and my active energy is 790 calories. Profile had me on a 1500 calorie a day plan, and I was literally starving in the evening.
I finally got Profile attention when I posted in the Facebook group. They heard me and talked to the manager and she agreed that I needed to go to their Performance Plan. I was already better yesterday evening, didn't feel like eating the house. I did make a slight mistake by eating an extra starch, not a fruit, but it's a process.
My social worker is having me not weigh and to focus my mind on losing weight. We'll see how that works. I did weigh because I have a telemedicine class today, but I am losing weight, so there is that.