Something that's been nagging at me since surgery....
I miss being able to chug water. Badly.
I'm almost 5 weeks out from surgery, and still can barely hit 40oz of fluid intake a day. That being said - that amount is double my intake from the week before, when I discovered how wonderful straws truly are. I thought all liquids gave me...
I was super excited to fit into this shirt I haven't been able to wear for awhile and these size 18 (no W after it!) pants from Walmart (those I had to stretch out last night by doing the fun lunging and squatting :)
I was working with some young kids releasing butterflies and one of the other teachers took this nice shot. If you compare...
I have a bad habit of explaining everything, in detail. Sometimes I don't realize how wordy I really am. I'm not sure if it's because I've been shut in for so long, or the fact that I type over 100 wpm, or my mind races faster than my chubby little fingers can type or that I need information & details from others and it's...
One year ago today I had my Vertical Sleeve. I can't believe its been a year already. I went from 240 lbs in Feb 2011 to 229 lbs the day of surgery May 18 2011 to 142 lbs today. What a transformation it has been. From a size 20-22 to a size 6. From low self esteem to finding myself and the high self esteem I used to...
when I am "good" and eat mostly proteins and little bit of carbs but snack my food during the day to get my calories my weight stalls but when I eat 3 carb rich meals per day,dont count cals or anything for that matter my weight starts coming off much faster...until I get paranoid and think I shouldnt eat carbs and change what I...
This is my first attempt at blogging so I hope I don't ramble on. I received a great birthday present yesterday morning. My date! I am scheduled for May 25th.
I feel scared, nervous, excited and nauseous all at once. I am a single parent and I do not really feel like I have the emotional support that I need. I may even be at the...
Now that I am in the week before surgery, my family who is very supportive, has shared there fears and concerns with my about the procedure I am electing to have. They have made it a point to make sure I know how much they love me no matter what I weigh. This week I am having to reassure them, that I am making a very educated choice, not just...
As I have stated before I am not a patient person. I am still checking the mail as soon as I get home from work in hopes that my insurance company has sent an answer.. In the mean time I am looking at all these pictures of people that have reached their goals and I am jealous! I want to be thin and...
I had indigestion prior to my sleeve surgery. It was rare, but when I did have it, it was bad. So, I got a pill to make it all better. When I looked into getting the sleeve, I was excited to see that my stomach juices would calm down and this feeling of wanting to just throw up would never happen again. Boy, was I wrong. I hate to say this,...
is anyone always hungry ? iam hungry all the time what could this be iam 6 weeks out and 25 pounds down help
Here I am again. Standing at the beginning of this long road only this time, I'm 5 years older. Now 28, I am 221 lbs, on marriage number 2, still suffering from PCOS and unable to get pregnant, and quite frankly, I feel like I complete failure. At 23, I was banded. I thought that getting the lapband was the...
Frustrated right now. Just type out a long and nice first blog entry to only have the website not save it and come back up with a blank screen. VERY frustating.
Anhow, today is day 6 post-op. I am feeling pretty good. Since I wrote so much earlier I will just write the basics now because I don't want to type all of that out again.
Took...
Hi Everyone,
Well at last I have managed to get myself a little more co-ordinated and am now doing the step plus daily. Before you ask, yes I am still a klutz, with two left feet and no sense of direction. But, now I am a klutz with two left...
My weight loss is at a snails pace right now and it is very frustrating. I know I didn't put it on over night but dang it I want it off over night!!
I want to look in the mirror and see the person I know, the one that is inside waiting sometimes impatiently to get out.
This is my fault though, I made this body over many years, and...
Well I went in today for my 1 week post opp follow up. I can say that I was very happy with where my weight was and the nurse was happy with my progress so far. I started on May 4th, 2012 at my pre-opp weighing 324.5 lbs. Today I weighed one and a half weeks after pre-opp and one full week post opp of 305.0 lbs. This is the most exciting thing...
Not a good day for me. I actually cheated on my preop diet with two boiled eggs and lettus and this is the second time. Once last week as well. I am so worried that my liver will NOT shrink enough for surgery. That may sound rediculous but I have fatty liver disease and am just so scared that I'm going to be put under and wake up with no...
Maybe there has been some confusion.....as I read some of the responses....I believe....some of you thought that I have had the surgery already...I have not.....I am in the very begginning phases of the process....I have been doing mental battle for about 3 years...and finally in Oct....started taking real steps towards my end goal......I have...
One key stroke and I lost everything I wrote! I forgot to save as I was typing. Oh well, I was just explaining how I realize that today I may be drinking my last coca-cola forever. I only drink cokes when things rub me the wrong way at work (it's the equivalent of the old 3 martini lunch for me)
Fortunately, this...
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