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I find it hard to believe that it was 4 months ago today that I had my VSG done.

Things I have realized over these months include:

1.  I am down 65 pounds as of today - I have never before been able to lose that much weight prior to starting a roller coaster of gaining what I had lost plus more.  That, I know, will never happen again.  I LOVE MY SLEEVE

2.  If you don't have a good marriage going into a ride like this, one come's to the realization that it is okay and marriages do fail, regardless of everyone's efforts.  Losing the weight I have so far has given me the confidence to believe that I can do things on my own with no support and that staying in a lifeless marriage is not for me.  I LOVE MY SLEEVE

3.  I will be successful at losing all the weight I need to and I will be able to do the things with my daughter that both her and I want to do.  I LOVE MY SLEEVE

I am heading out on vacation tomorrow so thought i would enter my 2 month blog now before I go.

What a ride the past 2 months have been.  All along, I have been saying how easy it has been for me - and truly it has been.  I have faithfully stuck to what I need to do, up until this past week.

This last week I have been eating out (some by no fault of my own - out of town) as well as I made 2 stops at the local Dairy Queen for a small dipped ice cream cone.  I didn't make the best choices that I could have while eating out - for some reason this week everything I know I should not eat looked ever-so appealing.

Today I have made a promise to myself to get back on track - sure it won't be perfect the next week or so as we leave tomorrow on a family vacation so will be eating out for one week solid, but I know how to make better choices and I will make better choices.

My biggest challenge to date (other than my fall from grace this past week!) continues to be eating slowly.  All my life I was a speed eater, and that is the one habit I am having a hard time changing.  I continue to work at it, but need to learn how to slow my eating down even more.

So where am I sitting at as of today..... when I jumped on the scale this morning it said I weighed 234.0!!! My highest weight (before the pre-op diet) was 276 and on my surgery date I weighed in at 268.  So that gives me a grand total loss of 42 pounds!!!! That I am very happy with - considering I am just shy of 2 months.

I will continue to increase my exercise and be committed to getting in all my fluids and proteins each day.

I am absolutely, without a doubt, loving my sleeve - no regrets for this girl.  I just need to stay true to it and I know it will work with me to meet my goals.

I look forward to my 3 month anniversary and what achievements I make between now and then!

Well, one month ago today I was in Mexicali in the operating room having part of my stomach removed.

I can't believe a month has gone by.  I easily made it through the clear liquids and full liquids stage - I thought it would it have been a lot more difficult than it was.  I have stuck to my diet regimen to a T - absolutely no cheating at all (that is me being so proud of myself!!).

I have been getting my protein in, albeit, some via whey protein added to water - trying to hit 70 per day.  Water has been a bit of a struggle but that is getting better everyday.   I am hoping my body gets to a point where it craves it - not sure if this will ever happen as I hate drinking water.  I need to add something to it to get it down.

My weight has gone like this.  I started out on at my highest weight of 276 lbs during the pre-op diet phase.  I lost 8 lbs over those 10 days, which gave me a surgery weight of 268.  Today, as I jump on the scale I weigh 246.

So, since my surgery I have lost 22 lbs.  The last 2 weeks the weight has come off slower than what I would have liked.  Two pounds this past week and 2 pounds the previous week.  Hopefully this is part of a stall and I will soon see a bigger loss on the scale.  If not, then I will have to resign myself to the fact that I may be a slow loser in comparison to others.  But I have to be happy that the scale continues to move in a downward direction.

Don't get me wrong - 22 lbs is nothing to sneeze at.  I have been walking for 45 minutes every day and in a couple of weeks will hopefully be able to incorporate some strength training into my regime (will see what my doctor says) - hopefully that will give my metabolism a good ol' kick in the you know where!

I am loving my sleeve - it still seems surreal to me that I am never hungry.  I have been eating 3 meals a day as prescribed by the surgeon and no snacking in between.  No regrets - I just need to figure out a better way to work my sleeve.

If I think about this logically, if I was able to lose 22 lbs each month for the next 2 months i would be down 66 lbs and that would be great news.  Now I know the weight loss starts slowing down so that may not be achievable, but I hope to be pleasantly surprised by September!  That would put me pretty close to onederland . . .

Stay tuned - I am expecting the ride of my life!