Wow, So today I got on the scale and I am under 200 lbs. I just can't get over that, I haven't been under 200 Lbs in years, so needless to say I'm feeling pretty darn good about that.  It's just a great feeling.  I couldn't be happier, My husband had better get out his dancing shoes because I see ballroom dance classes in our future, our very near future..lol

So I'm 6 1/2 months out and 86 lbs down.  I feel great!  

I'm starting to be more confident, although at times I feel like I haven't lost one once, how strange is that.  What I mean is at times I still feel fat, really fat, I think in some way I will always be fat at least in my head.  Don't get me wrong I don't feel like this all the time,  you know every so often I might say to my husband "I feel really fat today" or "I feel like I've gained 10 lbs"  I know it's all in my head but at what point will these negitive thoughts go away and never come back?  

On another note I have not yet had any problems everything has been going really well for me, we even went on vacation where I fully expected to gain a couple of pounds, I didn't gain an ounce which made our trip all that much better.    

I had my 6 month follow up with Dr. B and now it's time to have my blood work done, I'm fairly confident that it will all be just fine.

I haven't lost any hair, in fact I thin it out.  I can tell you that if I have a little hair come out I panic thinking here it is, it's my turn, but I've been very lucky.

As far as food goes, most everything agrees with  me, I have a tough time with chicken, and eggs and that's about it.  When we were on vacation I had a couple of cocktails, (Pomegranate Martini's) no problem!  I will say this I got a quick little buzz and it was gone as quick as it came. The Martini's were YUMMY!  

Anyway So far I feel that I have been truly blessed to have been able to have this surgery and it is giving me my life back.  I feel better, I have more energy, I do more things than I did a year ago, And the best thing is.....I'm a lot healthier now than I was at this time last year.  I can't wait to see what the next 6 months has in store for me.  I just have to say I couldn't have come this far without the remarkable Dr. Roc Bauman, I thank him for making my new life possible!

So I thought I would come her and jot down how I have been feeling for the past couple of days.  Energy level not so good, treadmill not able to stay on it for more than 5 minutes before getting dizzy and breaking out in a sweat.  On and off I have been having dizzy spells, Yesterday in shower, which this time was accompanied by tiny little floating black spots.  This first espisode was when I was doing dishes and I thought that  maybe I just stood up too fast, now I'm thinking that's not the case.  

I tend to panic and I'm trying not to so that, and I really hate to bother Dr. B I know how busy he is, but then I really hate to have him get mad at me for not calling.  So I thought I'd try a couple of things on my own and see what happens.  

1st~ I'm going to up my intake of fluids
2nd ~ Protein I'm getting that in without fail
3rd ~ Vitimins, maybe there is something here that I'm lacking or maybe need more or less of???
4th ~ Eating, measuring, watching surgar, carbs, fats etc:

If things don't change for me within a day or so I will call Dr. B's office and see if he has any suggestions for me. My fear is going back into the hospital.  I've been so very lucky that everything for me has gone really good, and I'm fearful that somethig could be wrong, hopefully it's just a little anxiety, but I don't think so.   

I'm also concerned that I have not lost enough weight, I really hoped that by now I would be at least close to a 100lb loss, and so that kind of has me a little bit down.

So I will take each day as it comes and up what I can and hope for the best.  We'll see what happens!