A new day, a new challenge…

Yes, it’s one of those days again. I re-read my manuals, delved into my conscience and figured out what I should do.
It’s 13 months ago that I had my stomach surgery and almost 8 months since I really lost weight. Lacking the will to make a change has bothered me for some time now, while [...]

Scales…

On my own scales it looked that I lost another 2 kilos, you just have to wait till tonight [for an update] if it is two or more kilos that has gone down the drain. As of late last night the Autumn Holiday is over and our last 4 weeks of treatment at the Eating [...]

Where’s that photo you promissed?

I lost another 1,4 kilo’s over the last 14 days, hurray for myself! The only thing I have to do now is, next to losing more kilo’s, post of photo after I lost another 10 kilo’s since last time, which was just before the lap-band surgery. I will have one taken today on my own camera. [...]

Progress…

Last Monday I spoke with my dietician, she contradicted the surgeon by saying that I should at least lose at least a kilo a week instead of half a kilo. I hope I can do that. My food intake may go up a little, the 100 grams of vegetables is a bit to low for me, [...]

Shout…

I am not the person to shout at the top of my voice… but I have lost 7 kilos in weight after surgery. It also explains why I feel cold in the evening while the indoor temperature is still 24ºC / 75ºF. It would be nice if the outdoor temperature would be the same, but [...]

Sleeping on the job…

It felt like sleeping on the job, when you work from home you make your own hours… and because of that I totally forgot my update on last Thursdays weigh-in at the eating disorder course. I lost 2 kilo’s again, after gaining almost 3 kilo’s a fortnight ago. Again they told us we were not there [...]

I must confess…

One of my friends just left after we had coffee and a good conversation. One of the topics was this log. He asked me what had happened because between my weight posts there are large gaps with a lot of information about not relevant things.
He is right, the eating disorder course is still on and [...]

Hurray !! Weightloss

Okay boys and girls, let me start with the good news… my blood-pressure is the pressure of  ’a young God’ as the nurse told me in the hospital, 113 over 63. I do not see myself as a young God, but I am [very] satisfied with the results.
There is more good news… I lost the last 4 weeks [...]

There’s a call on extension #9…

Yesterday, the day course finally started, all those sessions on Monday where just a starter of things to come. The new group is made up of seven women and two men and we get support from a bunch of coaches, all specialists in their own field.
Since you never know how door-to-door public transport will work [...]

Back in the saddle…

Maybe you have read the post below on Dutch food, most of these treats are not in my food group. I can eat ‘Vla’ but only the light variety and just a small bowl a day. Buttermilk is also allowed, same goes for ‘Stamppot’ and pea soup. A Dutch New herring just once a week, since [...]

Physiotherapy

Yesterday I had my first fysio, as we call it, in years.  Now I am feeling the pain in muscles I did not know I had. It was an hour’s session, with some cycling [since I don not have feeling in my feet, not a good idea, I do not know where the pedals are], some pushing [...]

A new day

Hi boys and girls, I told you of the new food rules, even with the 6 food moments a day I lost 3,2 kg !  I only should add a bit more meat, poultry or veggie burgers to my menu, and more fruit. I was astounded that I had to put low-fat margarine on my [...]

First day

This afternoon I met my fellow obese starters for a slimmer life. Not all of us will have surgery for a gastric lap band, but some do. Our group is made up of 8 women and 3 men, and since Amsterdam has some 200 different nationalities, you’ll find 9 of them in our group.
There’s one golden [...]

A small introduction

My name is Peter, and in the coming weeks I’ll have surgery for a gastric band. When people asked me “what is your weight?” I always said ‘to much’, and it really was to much. I’m morbidly obese, next to that I’ve diabetes and a rare bone/mucle disease [Charcot] which only occurs in my feet and [...]