CARLS JR LOW CARB BBQ CHICKEN WRAP

im sorry the image ISNT of the wrap as youd get it, this image is of the soft shell wrap...the one im siting all nutritional values for would be for a LETTUCE WRAPPED BBQ CHAR GRILLED WRAP

its a similar look, bit not the actual item, ill have to take that myself, i cant seem to find any image of the CHARGILLED BBQ CHICKEN WRAP at carls jr online anywhere

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:

CALORIES: 180

CARBS:  7

FAT : 4.5

PROTEIN: 53

 HERES TO HAVING CHOICES IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY!

MICHELLE

DREADING THE FOLLOW UP

i was reminded today, by my dear husband, that on the 29th (9 days from now) i have my 3rd follow up with my bariatric facility.

normally, i wouldnt let it get to me, except im still reeling from my last visit and the worthlessness i felt when i was in there.

i was there to attend a "follow-up DIET class" and to remember the things you have to do when your a bariatric recipient, like eat proteins 1st, maintain an exercise regiment, low carb, low fat, low calorie, low sugar, etc..i know all this.

follow all this. and the weight was (and still is) averaging a lb a week.

so i DREAD..i seriously dread...going in again, to hear them rail me again because im not at that 200 mark...like the drs assistant wanted me to be at by now.

seriously, i dont see it happening for another 50 weeks at the rate im going.

why is it they want such fast results? whats the drive to have it gone so fast for? i just dont get it.
slower is so much healthier.

since the last visit i HAVE walked almost every day.
added that to my routine. because they said that upping the proteins and exercise for longer (i was doing 30 minutes) and harder, would break a platue and youd see results to show that after 30 days..

well, i still lost an average of 1 pound a week.

so? whats the point? if i do it, if i dont...still 1 pound a week either way.

what can they tell me? that they havnt already?
i dont know.
all i know is i dread going in again...

ill be glad when im at a point and place when i can only have to visit them once a year.
cause it completely sucks to feel your efforts are minimal.

its not like im not trying. perhaps not as aggressivly as others. but im comfortable with how its going.
for the most part. i havnt gaoned any of the former weight back...maybe in small chuncks of 5 pounds here, but then i lose it again, and i drop beneath it...

so, for the past 6 months, ive lost...not truthfully gained.
and i dont know why thats an issue for this clinic.
and why im made too feel like i havnt succeeded in that effort.

this is now giving me a headache.
means im stressed out on it.

i hate to be stressed.

MICHELLE

NEWS - WHEN LAP BAND FAILS ONE BARIATRIC SURGEON SUCCEEDS WITH GASTRIC SLEEVE REVISION

 the numbers were staggering to me when i researched the weight gain, over time. 40% lap band recipients gain all, if not more weight back over time. that staistic alone was the reason i decided against the surgery, and opted for sleeve instead. MICHELLE

When Lap-Bands Fail, Bariatric Surgeon Succeeds With Gastric Sleeve Revision

By Leigh Page | July 27, 2011

 

With lap-band surgery failing to induce weight loss in a growing number of patients, a Dallas bariatric surgeon said he has been successfully using gastric sleeve revision surgery for them, according to a report by San Francisco Chronicle.

David Kim, MD, said some lap-band surgeries have failed to provide sufficient restriction without swallowing difficulty after the patient eats a small amount of food.

He said patients with failed lap-bands have had excellent results with gastric sleeve revision surgery, losing more than 65 percent of their excess weight.

PIC OF TUMMY AT TABLE

i LOVE to see how much my stomach has shrunk, its really hard for me to see that it has, other than clothes becoming loser, but for the most part i see the same ole me every day.

so when i get to go to steak and shake, i mark my progress for my weight loss by how many fingers i can get between my stomach and the tables edge.

this pic shows 3 fingers!

and MY view from my seat looking down between my fingers and the tables edge, i can see the floor!
to me thats a marked success.

i used to spill over the table with my stomach, i hated sitting in a booth because i was so cramped in it.
but now, i can see floor, and hold 3 fingers in between my tummy and that table!
MICHELLE

STEAK & SHAKE FOOD PIC

another day, and another shot of my CHICKEN SALAD.

yup, thats fried chicken, was really good.
when i orderd the chicken (grilled) salad last time, the chicken came cold.

not too crazy about cold chicken, to be honest. so i opted this time (when i was there for this meal) for the fried chicken.
so it wouldnt be cold.
i have this weirdness about chicken, any foul really. it has too be COOKED, and if its over cooked thats even better. i wont eat it if its cold, aue my brain says its not fully cooked and i could get sick off of it, so thats why i made the choice for the salad this time.
still couldnt eat it all.
freid chicken, just so you know is LOADED with fat.
not the best choice when youve had any form of bariatric surgery to be consuming.

but its SO good! lol.
i, again chose a balsalmic (they have a raspberry,/ berry) vinegrette, and i choose that to cut the fat don even more.

MICHELLE

SELF PIC

just a pic of me, goofing off in the car with a camera.
ENJOY MICHELLE

i can tell i was walking that day. i have my MP3 player on my shirt and my hair looks all crazy..lol
this was prolly one of the 1st days i did this.
my face was still very full in the chin area.

i can tell you i hated it. every second of it i hated it.
1st day i walked my MP3 player quit on me about 3 songs in, which made the walking that much harder to do.
my body screamed at me, to stop, every single step i took.

i did 10 rounds and was spent. thats a mile. in an hour.
the average is 3 miles in an hour by most healthy individuals.

i did it tho, i walked.
and i had committed to walking a month to see if any major weight changed occured or not.

MICHELLE

WEIGHT PICTURE

at the bariatric office for this pic, i can tell because the scale is digital.
this was the day of my 2nd follow up, and "diet class".

i was a little miffed that the scale read the exact same as my scale at home did. the last time i did a weight it was 3 pounds difference. but this time it was the same. kinda delfated my bubble.

i wasnt a very happy camper when i left the office either.
i was basically grilled by my surgeons assistant about not losing weight "quick enough" and i had to make sure i didnt walk out of there in tears, because my self value isnt based on my weight.

i didnt get this surgery to validate my self worth, i got this surgery to help me be healthier.
and i almost walked out of that office feeling like the entire thing was pointless.

but i claimed my value, while she sat in there, and grilled me for my "failure" i told her i felt that 1 pound a week loss was exceptionally healthy. and i was proud of it.
could i have done it on my own, perhaps, but not as easily.

so, i walked out feeling like a defeated runner, who was running a path, that apparently no one else runs and in a different way, achieved my results slower, and wasnt given any awards, or praise, or validation of success because of the slowness of it.

she was so focused on "if i lost weight too quickly and didnt exercise, my heart would expand, causeing greater issues."

my isue was, at the time i wasnt exercising and i wasnt loosing weight to fast...so i didnt see any issue.

in the diet class, i was told one thing i had never heard before, to break a platue (which i frequently sit within in ever 10 pounds) bump up the proteins, and exercise harder and longer.

and i prolly wouldnt see any major effect of that work until about a month out.

so, i was resolved, because i felt my body wasnt typical, to prrove these people right or wrong, and committed myself to walking every morning daniel had seminary, around the building. as many times as i can within the time allotted.

MICHELLE