Barbara C.
I had my 6 Month Check Up today
Dec 12, 2007
Good news. I'm ahead of the "curve". I've lost 69% of my excess weight. They consider you a bariatric success if you get to 60% by 1 year. They said to expect the weight loss to slow considerably ... I told them it already has. They said that normally you lose about 2/3's of your excess weight by 6 months and the last 1/3 during the next 6 months. They said that if all holds true I should have no problem getting to my ideal weight of 137 ... that said, they also said it's not necessary to go that low ... that most folks never do and that's fine.
I talked with them about my mind not really catching up with my body ... they said that's pretty normal too.
I got a b-12 shot. I'll continue with my multivitamins, calcium w/D and Prilosec. I'm to just stay the course ... They were pretty happy with me and I guess I am too.
Six month anniversary
Dec 03, 2007
So very much has changed in the last 6 months. I look different. But more than that, I feel different. I haven't felt this good in more than three decades. I know that having the surgery was a risky endeavor, but I truly feel that not having it would have been riskier.
I am delighted to have my type 2 diabetes resolved, have more energy and endurance than I have had in years.
I'm still struggling with "feeling" fat ... okay, may not so much fat as chubby ... but, I still really see the chubs I still have to lose. Sometimes, I see myself and I can hardly believe the slimmer, trimmer me. Other times, I see myself and I still see the chubs. I know that part of it is reality and part of it my head needing to catch up.
The weight loss has really slowed over the last 4 to 6 weeks; and while I "knew" that was to be expected, it is a little scary. I'm finding that I have to "work" at losing now; the weight doesn't just fall off. I'm hoping that I'll be able to lose somewhere between 15 and 25 lbs over the next 6 months.
I have to say that I am hopeful that I will be able to maintain my loss in the long term with the help my pouch and the new skills I've been developing.
