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I am down 70 lbs, the dietician thinks its good weight loss for six months.  I am following a regular pattern that has really fast loss for six months, then a trickling off of the pounds until a year.  I have not had to have further restriction other than my sleeve, so I'm happy about that. 

I got my bloodwork done and my iron is low.  Folic acid is low.  B12 is low. So in addition to my regular vitamins, I have to take some supplements.  This was to be expected.  When I heard that the iron and folic acid were low, I decided to play with the dietician a bit and say "So, not a good time to be pregnant?"  She looked a tad stricken until I told her it was a JOKE. 

I need to up my exercise. Shouldn't be hard since there is only one way to go from zero. 

I have passed my half way point.  I am more than half way to my goal, and 70% of my doc's goal of 100 lbs in a year. 

As long as I continue to do what I'm supposed to do, I should keep losing weight.  I notice that when I don't do two protein supplements a day, I'm sluggish and so is the weight loss.


I went to the PCP the other day and my blood pressure is still high.  . The PCP gave me a reduced dose of the diruretic part, but kept me on the full dose of the meds to be rechecked in a month.  I'm a bit bummed.  I'd liked to have gotten off of that stuff! It was one big goal.  I'm weighing less than I did before I had my kids,  and didn't have hypertension, but I still have high blood pressure. I wonder if its the hormones in my IUD?

Oh well.  I need to go for a reeval with the cpap......I've not been using it regularly and I need to get an official  "don't need it anymore".
I have nothing witty, funny or insightful to say right now. I'm tired! 

My bras and draws are too big.  One pair of undies started to fall down when I was walking down the hallway at work. It was kinda funny! 

My underwear are headed up my back.   They're sticking out of waistbands and stuff.  I tried to hold off buying new stuff because I was trying not to have to replace as much but its unavoidable at this point.  Nobody deserves to have granny draws turn into super granny draws. So I got new undies today.

Earlier than this though, I started bra shopping.  I must have tried on at least 25 bras.  DD is now too large, I spill out of a D.  Nothing fits well!  Its like the cup needs a dart taken in it.  Being that I refuse to alter bras, I'm wearing the dd bras I have until I can fit a D properly.  It looks a bit odd under my shirts, but whatever. What else can I do?  

Weight loss surgery changes your life right down to your bras and draws!

I was trying on a dress recently and saw lines going down my shins from my knees to my ankles, on both sides.  What in the hell? I thought....

Well, it took a second but then I realized these things were called bones, and I could see mine again.   I read an article that said to make your legs look longer use shimmery lotion on the fronts when you lotion up in the summer.  After seeing the bones, do you know that now EVERY day I wear something that is bare legged from the knee down, I slather quench mousse lotion on my shins?!!   I feel soooooo good about seeing bones!

I can also see my shoulders, collarbones and my rings need to be sized.

I can't believe its been this long since I blogged. What a damn shame!

When I went back to work, it was really hard to get anything done in the evening.  I was so tired.  I'd have to take a quick nap in order to get anything done.  It takes a LOT out of your body to have your stomach taken out of your body.

Let's see...........what has changed......... I've lost over fifty pounds now.  I'm eating more regular foods now.  I am losing only two to three pounds a week, but I Think that's healthy.

I need to have my three/four month appt, I had to reschedule because I forgot ot get my bloodwork done!  I also have to go to the general practitioner and see about getting my bp meds lowered and I'm now at the weight I should be having another sleep study to see if I still need the cpap.

Some great things about losing weight:

I've had more fun with my kids this summer.  SO much so, blogging hasn't been much on my mind!

I enjoy shopping for myself, except that things I buy don't look good long because they get too big fast!

I feel a lot better about myself.

I weigh less than I did when I got married.

I weigh less than my husband.

My father said I look more relaxed.

I no longer beat myself up everytime I pass a mirror.

Best of all, I don't feel stuck anymore. I don't feel trapped by the constant battle and constant thoughts about my weight. I feel successful where my weight is concerned rather than reliving failure time and time again.


Best and worst together:  I get nausea from sweets. 

Worst thing?  Still have to diet. If I eat the wrong things, I don't lose weight--at least not as much.  It proves that this surgery was medically necessary for me to be a healthy weight though, so I made a good decision.

Not a great thing but tolerable/good tradeoff:  New stomach hates spicy stuff, but I love spicy stuff. 

April 25

This morning I woke up with some acid-y feelings and belching.  Whoa, what is this?   I haven't had ANY of this previously.  Then I start thinking...I switched from prevacid to zantac as per the doctor's instructions after one month.  Clearly this was a mistake. I've been miserable all day. Nothing feels good in my stomach.  I feel like I did when I had an ulcer in college.  Stomach pain, acidy burps, and the feeling that acid is crawling up my throat.  After a day of this, I finally decide that the surgeon is there for these kind of issues and I called the doc on call.  He called me in some more prevacid.  Thank GOD.  Whoda thunk six weeks out, my issue would be ACID!!!

I'm wondering now if my recent fondness for sugarfree ice laden things like fudgesicles and popsicles was a subtle warning that something was going on.   To top it off, I think I've hit my first stall.  I haven't lost any weight thus far this week from Tuesday until now.  Oh well.  I can't help but to lose weight, right?  It won't be forever.  I probably need to exercise more regularly. So after a pretty good six weeks, I have been miserable today, absolutely miserable.  

I'm sure I'll win the war, but this battle kicked my ass.