http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/melissa S.'s Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2010/03/16/please-help---almost-five-months-and-only-lost-56-pounds/Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2010/03/16/please-help---almost-five-months-and-only-lost-56-pounds/Im miserable.  Today I gained two pounds I'm not eating carbs with the exception of almonds .  I am chickened out.  My doc wants me to have ultrasound on my abdomen to see if theres anything wrong.  So disgusted with myself.  I feel like I'm failing at a surgery that ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2010/01/11/slow-loser---/Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:38:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2010/01/11/slow-loser---/Okay today is week eleven since surgery.  WOW.  I have only lost fifty pounds!!! Is that normal to be that slow?  I am worried.  I see my doctor again on te 18th and I am dreading  it bc I know its not nearly as much as I should have lost.  ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/10/scale-notmoving----/Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:26:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/10/scale-notmoving----/Today is day 18 and my scale hasn't moved in six days...... Is this normal?  I thought I was doing good by getting my water and protein in finally but its not budging.  What do I do?  Scared.  I can get stuck so I must have some kind of restriction ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/05/stuck---1st-time----help---/Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:48:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/05/stuck---1st-time----help---/Okay I did tuna last night and woke up hurting, tightness in chest. Stuck right?<br /> Drank half a protein shake then 2 hours later, half of an egg scrambled.  It came up <br /> and the water since.  What do I do?<br />http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/03/eleven-days-out/Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:28:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/11/03/eleven-days-out/Hi.  I am eleven days out and still no full feeling.  Boy my ummy sure makes some noise though.  Growling and such.  My question is is it okay to have grits?  I did today. a small amount but boy they were good and I dont like grits that much.  Help....<br ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/30/happy-halloween---/Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:47:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/30/happy-halloween---/Okay today makes one week and I am down fifteen pounds!!!!!!!   Woo Hoo!!!<br /> I am feeling better, still sore but I slept last night . I only worry not getting full feeling.  Don't want to stretch my new tummy.   I can drink an 11 ounce shake in thirty minutes ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/27/cheers-to-a-better-day--/Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:04:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/27/cheers-to-a-better-day--/Okay, i have serious gas issues still and I am dumping everything.  I am drinking my water, well lemonade crystal light.  So I think I am okay. I didnt sleep as much today.  But, I am still sore around my incisions.   I am going to give it a week.  I ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/25/-chest-hurting-and-incisions-so-sore---/Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/25/-chest-hurting-and-incisions-so-sore---/I had surgery friday and they are letting me go home today, Sunday.  No problems with diet.  Having chunks of bllod and mucus coming up which they attribute to tube in throat?  Anyone else had this.  My chest feels heavy too.  Normal?<br />http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/24/good-morning--i-am-on-the-other-side/Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:31:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/24/good-morning--i-am-on-the-other-side/They werent able to take out my gallbladder....have to do it later. UMMMM, I don't think so, I am miserable. i feel like i am going to pass out yet I am wide aWAKE but in a fog.  I went to the bathroom by myself twice.  I am waiting on ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/22/14-hours-to-go----/Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:36:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/melissadale/blog/2009/10/22/14-hours-to-go----/Fourteen hours til surgery.... So nervous!!!  Doctor said my sugar was 116 on blood test.  little high, normal is 100.....Please pray for me.  I am still so nervous!!!!!!!!  I am going to have faith that God will see me through. <br />