Fat to Slim with help: Celebration

Fat to Slim with help: Celebration: "Well I thought I would weigh myself to see if I had lost any weight. So drum roll please .................. I have LOST 9lbs in 5 ..."

Fat to Slim with help: Celebration

Fat to Slim with help: Celebration: "Well I thought I would weigh myself to see if I had lost any weight. So drum roll please .................. I have LOST 9lbs in 5 ..."

Celebration

Well I thought I would weigh myself to see if I had lost any weight. So drum roll please ..................
I have LOST 9lbs in 5 days whoop whoop and to celebrate im going to do a little give-away.
I have a food related prize.
Madeleine's, Muffins & More. A nice little cook book.
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment and tell me a diet related tip.
If you cant think of one that's fine, just leave you twitter name so I can contact you if you win,
also follow me on twitter so I can DM you.
@laylafletcher.
Good luck all.
Comp will close on the 3rd Feb, the day before my operation.

Confirmation and Diet Day 2

I weighed myself and believe it or not I was shocked, I weighed less than I thought. If you want to know my weight DM me and I will share it with you, im not bold enough to share it on here yet!


The Diet


As promised I am going to share my diet with you.
This may be a boring read for some of you, so I will type it in green if you want to skip lol.


The diet is designed to give you approximately 100g of carbohydrate per day. It is low in fat (although the extent to which will depend on the foods chosen) and moderate in protein. The energy value of the diet is between 800-1000 Kcal. The following sample menu shows you what a typical day`s intake may include.


Breakfast (15g carbohydrate)

• 3 tbsp / 20g of Branflakes or Fruit & fibre
• OR 4 tbsp / 15g cornflakes or rice Krispies
• OR 1 Shredded Wheat
• OR 1 and a half Weetabix
• OR 5 tbsp / 35g of All Bran
• OR 25g of rolled Oats
• OR 1 slice medium sliced toast with a scraping of margarine.

LUNCH (15-20g Carbohydrate

• 1 slice medium bread/toast
• Or 2 crispbreads
• Or half a bagel
• Or half a pitta bread

With

• 2 eggs (no more than 5 eggs per week)
• Or 50g / 1 and a half oz cheese (no more than 3 portions per week)
• Or 8 thin packet slices of ham, chicken of turkey
• Or 1 small chicken breast without skin
• Or 4 rashers of grilled back bacon
• Or 100g / 4oz (small portion meat)
• Or 2 grilled sausages
• Or 100g / 4oz fish
• Or 100g / 4oz quorn or Tofu

With plenty of vegtables AND/OR salad (low fat dressing).

Evening Meal (20g Carbohydrate)

• 2 Average old potatoes (boiled or mashed)
• Or 4 egg-sized new potatoes with skin
• Or 2 small roast potatoes
• Or 2 tbsp cooked rice (any variety)
• Or 2 tbsp cooked pasta (any variety)
• Or 40 strands of spaghetti (count when raw)

With

• 2 eggs (no more than 5 eggs per week)
• Or 50g / 1 and a half oz cheese (no more than 3 portions per week)
• Or 8 thin packet slices of ham, chicken of turkey
• Or 1 small chicken breast without skin
• Or 4 rashers of grilled back bacon
• Or 100g / 4oz (small portion meat)
• Or 2 grilled sausages
• Or 100g / 4oz fish
• Or 100g / 4oz quorn or Tofu

With plenty of vegtables AND/OR salad (low fat dressing).

Allowances throughout the day (40g carbohydrate)

• 1/3 pint /200ml of skimmed milk for drinks and cereal
• 2 portions of fruit or 150ml fruit juice
• Unlimited water, tea, coffee, low calories, squash, low calorie fizzy drinks
• One small pot (125g) low fat, low sugar yoghurt per day (diet or lite variety's) 

It is important NOT to eat less than the specified portions of carbohydrate as this can make you feel unwell. Other foods on the menu will provide you with protein and fat. The inclusion of these foods means it should not be necessary for you to take any vitamin or mineral supplement

Fruit Portions

A serving of fruit is 80

• 2 small fruit e.g. plums, apricots, satsumas
• 1 medium fruit e.g. apple, orange, banana
• 1 slice of very large fruit e.g. melon, pineapple
• 1/2 a grapefruit or avocado
• 1 cupful of berries e.g. strawberries, raspberries or grapes
• 3 heaped tbsp fruit salad (fresh or tinned in fruit juice) or stewed fruit
• 1 heaped tbsp of dried fruit e.g. raisins, sultanas

As you can see it is a very limited menu and I was used to eating alot of chocolate and sweet foods!

I have to give alcohol up for a year also.

Im feeling good though, and I visited my Mum today.

She will be having the same operation on March 8th 2011.

I also saw a very good friend and grumbled that I was hungry. They told me when you feel hunger pains you are losing weight :0)

I am confident I am going to succeed in this Diet.

2 weeks today I will have had my operation. I feel like my life is going to be transformed and am beyond excited.

My only vice is that im still smoking. Im doing my breathing exercises and believe that im in top shape lol.

I also spoke about the reason I am this size.

When I was growing up I was thin and my legs where like pins, but I had a little belly.

I was teased and bullied for years being called names such as Fat orphan, permanently pregnant and even Ethiopian ( this was during a famine so they where skinny with bloated bellies)

I think this is why I am big (I dont want to make excuses) I just thought `sod it` they call me fat so I may as well get fat.

I have tried all the diets and lost a few stone on weight watchers, but as the same as most I put it back on plus more.

This is the biggest I have ever been and will ever be. Because in a fortnight I will have had the bypass.

Anyway Im going to finish now as I need to enter my comps lol.

I will write some more in a few days.

About me

Where do I begin?

My name is Layla and I am overweight!

I am a Mum of one who enjoys eating vast amount of bad foods including chocolate and cakes!

I never lost weight after giving Birth, the weight just continued to go on and on and on.

So my mum suggested Bariatric surgery.

She had gone to the dentist and had spoken to the receptionist, who was rather slimmer than in recent times. 

So my mum asked her what she had done to lose all her weight.

Later that day Mum booked an appointment with her doctor.

She called me and suggested I ask my doctor, so I also booked an appointment.

We both got referred to the hospital and from there the story begins.

The whole process up to date has taken around 9 - 10 months.

I first went to a group session where we meet a dietitian, the surgeon etc..

The whole session latest a few hours and towards the end of the session a few post op patients came in and told there stories.

One had a sleeve, one band and one bypass.

I had gone there thinking I wanted a band, but changed my mind after speaking to the post ops.

I opted for the sleeve or by pass.

After that you have to get bloods, ECG, see doctors, psychiatrist etc.

After doing all this I have finally got my operation date.

I will be going in on Friday 4Th February and I cant wait.

I got the confirmation call this morning and now it all seems real.

The reason I am writing this blog is so that people going through surgery can relate to this. 

I couldn't really find anyone's story of what it is like so I hope to be as honest and open as possible.

I have to start my pre op diet in a few days and part of me cant wait to tackle it and part of me is really scared.

After reading a popular woman's mag last week I was mortified to read a women's story, not because it scared me but all the lies she told.

Like the day before her op she went to her local kebab shop kebab and ordered the biggest kebab they had ever made and set her alarm so she could wake in the night and finish it. complete b"llocks!!!

As I said, you have a strict diet that you have to adhere to. You need to shrink your Liver so a lot of foods are off limits or very limited.

Also you have to fast as your going to be put to sleep for the op.

They have warned me, if I cheat they wont do the op as before they start the surgery, they will insert a camera to check my liver, if I cheat my liver will be fat and they wont operate, they will simply wake me up and send me home.

So there you have it. 

I hope if you choose to carry on reading you enjoy my journey. 

Please comment and ask me anything you wish. 

I will try to be as open and honest as I can.

I will update soon on my diet.