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Well I did it!  I meet one of my mini goals.  I wanted to lose 40lbs by March 1st, and I did it by February 26, 2011.  Whoo Hoo.  I am two and half weeks post op.  I am feeling so much better already.  I can't wait for the rest of this journey!

Traci

So yesterday I did two photo shoots, both very young babies.  Totally killed my back.  Plus I was diagnosed with a chest infection, with some wicked throat pain.  My belly has been burning since last night as well.  I guess I need to slow down a bit.  Other than that feelin good.  Down half a pound this morning.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

Whoo Hoo,  I am down to 312.5  not bad.  It has been 5 weeks since I started optifast and I am down 38.5 pounds.  It is two weeks since surgery.  Not hungry,  just the head hunger.  I am so glad that I got this done.  I just need to get over all those friggin commercials.  They are going to be the death of me!

We went to McDonalds, and I did not even try one french fry.  McDonalds is my nemese.  

Protein, protein, protein.  Water, water, water.

Oh yah.  10% of my body weight is gone for good!

I am almost 2 weeks post-op.  I am feeling so much better now.  I am hardly taking any pain meds.  Getting back to my normal life of being a mom to four young crazy kids.  I still am not lifting my youngest as he is 24 pounds.  Still not hungry.  Had a little stall but that broke today, lost 2 pounds.  I upped my protein yesterday so that seemed to make the difference.  I did start taking measurements and those have been shrinking.

Took my oldest to hockey yesterday and a couple of the moms commented on how well I was looking all ready.  Now just to get rid of another 150 pounds.  lol.

Hope you all enjoy Family Day Today.

Well I have had my first stall.  A little disappointed but I finally measured myself to see if I am loosing inches as well as pounds.  Feelin pretty good still lots of pain though.  Did a photo shoot yesterday and that went really well.  Too bad I can't spell or type anymore.

Have a great weekend!

It was a week yesterday since the surgery.  Still lots of pain, learning how to manage that though.  I still can't believe that I have been given this awesome gift.  I am no longer hungry, just learning to deal with the head hunger.

My first Valentine's Day as a new me.  I am so excited.  I received a beautiful swaroski pink heart necklace from my kids.  I love it.  I also love the fact that it is too small for my neck, so I put an extender.  It will remind me of where I was when I first received it.  Where I will be going.

Today is another brutal day for pain.  I ended up taking 3 Oxycontin's last night.

Went walking today.  Could hardly breath through the pain.

So here it is 2:20 in the afternoon and had to take 2 pills already.  I have put a call into my surgeon to see if all this pain is normal.  Waiting for a call back.

Lost some more weight.  WHOO HOO.

So instead of being bunged, I now have diarrhea.  Oh what fun.

Here is to another day in my new body.

So I have been home since Friday afternoon.  My littlest one came home on Saturday afternoon from a week at Nana's.  I am in tons of pain today.  Had a shower and hoped that I could get to the boys hockey game, but no such luck.  I haven't taken any of my pain meds, hoping to not use them at all.  But I think for tonight I am going to have to give in.

Finally went to the bathroom today.  Twice actually.

Also down 30.5 lbs.  Whoo Hoo.  I have lost 3 bags of potatoes.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day,  Hope that the kids have a great day.

So glad that I started this journey.

Love Me.

So I have been home for 24 hours now.  Things have been going really good.  My youngest son just came home after spending 6 days with his Nana.  I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to deal with him as he is only 15 months old.  But so far so good. 

I could not lie down on my side, so I spent the night laying elevated with the cushions from my couch, but all in all I had a great sleep last night. 

Tried to have some applesauce with my meds today.  And holy cow was it ever sweet.  I though it was sugar free, but it wasn't. 

I have not had any puking yet (thank the lord).  But I also haven't gone poop yet either.

Pain is still pretty intense, so I am taking it easy.  I hope to be able to go to the boys hockey game tomorrow.

I am so thankful for this opportunity on having this done and paid for by OHIP.


 

I haven't had a chance to post for a bit.  I had my surgery on Tuesday February 8, 2011.  The first day of my new life.  It was a lot more painful than I thought it would be.  I meet a wonderful fellow oh member by the name of Sue.  She came to the hospital and visited with me for 3 and half hours, as well as brought me some unexpected goodies. It was so nice meeting someone has already started the journey and to see all the she has accomplished in just under a year.  Since no one from my family or friends came to see me, it was very special that she did so. I finally came home today, a day later than originally thought.  I had an allergic reaction to something, and had some major chest pains.  So today I set out with just my flip flops on, and no winter coat, as my driver forgot to bring them for me.  We hit a couple of stores on the way home to get some of the vitamins and my prescriptions filled.

I still can't believe that I have been given this gift of a new life.  A new start.  A healthier me.  Sure the pain is excruciating, but so is being fat.  So for each day that I have been given a new life, onward and upward.  Here is to tomorrow!