I went for my first follow up visit since surgery. According to the doctors scale I officially lost 9 pounds...My scale says different...booooooo...My incision sites are still very itchy but are barely sore at all. I can sleep on my side and on my stomach...very carefully. Im NOW on mushy food. WooooHoooo. Cottage cheese has never tasted soo good...lol.

The doctor said I could walk, or swim but not do any other strenuous exercise until I see him next...(which is about 4 weeks)...At 4 weeks I will also get my first fill.

As of right now, I can pretty much still eat anything I want, there is SOME restriction, but not much.

-14 pounds down (10 days post op) (I can now fit into a size 22W pants..comfortably)

I woke up last night around 3:00a itching my stomach like a mad woman. I went in the bathroom and started taking off my steri-strips.. Carefully trying not to pull any scabs off..After getting them off I noticed I have welts around my incision site...I must have had an allergic reaction to the strips...they dont hurt...but they sure f-ing itch like a mutha....You can see the redness, but I couldnt get the welts with my camera phone....dayum whatta gut!!! 

  Other then that, Im doing GREAT! I did have some pain last night around my 2 middle most incision sites, but that went away after whining for a few minutes....Im drinking water, taking my vitamins and drinking lots of protein shakes....

A VERY small NSV-yesterday a girl at work said "You look like you have lost some weight"...WOOOHoooo..I liked hearing that...made me want to go out and buy a bikini..lmao...

What a F-ing IDIOT I am...I went to work without ANYTHING to drink...Im still on liquids...A girl in the office ordered Pizza HUT...I was SALIVATING..and I have been fine at home with everything around me...I went to the store and bought a few protein shakes and put them in the fridge...I didnt have a problem at work..a few times I had to get up and move, but other then that I was fine. WoooHoooo..

I did NOT tell my boss/coworkers that I was having weight loss surgery...Not that I am ashamed..But I just recently was laid off and this is a NEW job..I have NO time off, and was toward the end of the WLS process...So I lied...I told them I was having emergency gallbladder surgery....Stupid me...but I was just soo happy that I found a job that I honestly didnt even think to tell them that "hey, oh BTW...I will need some time off in a month or two"....Oh well...what's done is done...

-13 pounds down (9 days post op)

Hang in there people....it only gets better!!

As Mary J would say "Im fine"...

Hell Nawl...

I am doing great!

My pain is minimal, though I still have limited body movement. I am still unable to sleep on my side...but I have been sleeping in the bed! WOoHooo! I am still sore, but have been able to get in and out of bed and out of my recliner without any problem at all...ALSO...my incision sites itch like a bytch!!

My hunger has returned, but NOTHING like it was before surgery. My meals consist of Whey Protein shakes, EAS and Atkins Protein drinks, Jello, SF popsicles, and broth...wooooo...I will be sooo glad when I hit the mushy stage....5 more days until COTTAGE CHEESE....YUM!...lmao

I was feeling a little (a lot) aggravated that my husband had the nerve to eat anything and everything in front of me...I was honestly LIVID!! But HE didnt choose this surgery...I DID...I can not expect everyone around me to "baby" my hunger and food problem... I have to conquer and control this....NOT THEM!!

Today is the first day that I go back to work...(Yes on a Sunday)..I hate my job....I think I could have gone back a few days ago...but I liked being off too much!!! I will let you know how THAT goes..My work almost DEMANDED that I come back on Friday....HA....So, Im not on their good side at the moment.

-10 pounds lost

So, the rest of 4th of July went quite smoothly. We didnt get to see any fireworks because it rained...BUT I felt a whole lot better last night. Despite the fact I was around hamburgers, hot dogs, chips,dips...etc I ate my jello and drank my water and did fine.

I slept pretty good last night. I didnt get to sleep until around midnight and I got up early...around 5am...but I think I am going back to sleep when I finish typing this....I did sleep IN THE BED..and didnt wake up 50 million times. I didnt have shoulder gas pains or gas pains period...WoooHooooo..Im thrilled!!!  My incisions are starting to itch like crazy though.