stpaulsweety's Blog

11 months.. time to post again...

Tue, 25 May 2010 09:08:00 -0700

Well its been a looong two months since I last posted...

I'm losing very slowly now.. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to according to the dietitian. I am having some issues with not eating little bits of sugary foods... Somehow in my mind I justify only having a bite of ...

9 MONTH POST OP YESTERDAY

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:51:00 -0700

First of all... YAY FOR ME!!!

Last weekend I bought size 10 jeans... I haven't weighed myself in about two weeks because I knew the 9 month post-op appointment was coming up...

Yesterday I was 164.2... WHAT? CRAZZZY!!! I'm so Psyched! I'm only 5 lbs from the 150's??? AMAZING!
I have lost ...

New year.. new me 1/12/10

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:50:00 -0800

I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I'd update...

I'm in a size 12 pant, mostly medium tops unless they run small (I can wear large juniors)
I was in a 2x scrub pant for work before surgery.. last night I just bought size small at Walmart...

I am increasingly ...

At home sick and first experience puking non WLS related

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:04:00 -0800

Well I woke up early this morning with the pukers.. not WLS related from what I can tell.. I have had a runny/stuffy nose bug for a few days and last nite I didn't feel well at all (flu like) so I popped some tylenol and went to bed.

This morning ...

Wow... size 14

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:24:00 -0800

So yesterday (Sat 10/31) I went out in search of a pair of black pants for a seasonal help interview I have tomorrow night.

Previously in the week I had plodded my way through a few stores.. Jones New York, Gap, and H&M.. well everything in H&M is skinny jean cut ...

10/29/09

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:51:00 -0700

Well its been 5 weeks since my 9/24/09 3 month check up. I was 188.4 that day... (WLS office scale)
Today 10/29/09 I am 180.3... (again, WLS office scale)

The last 5 weeks have been very stressful financially for me.. I had something that I thought was taken care of 2/08 come back ...

3 month post-op appt today

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:46:00 -0700

I had my 3 month post op appt today... And everything was fabulous!

I'm at 188.4... I started this journey with their recorded weight of 238.7 on 2/19/09... however highest weight was 242.

I have lost 43% of the weight I am supposed to lose!!! Above average for 3 mons.. most people are ...

Accomplished my Victoria Secret goal

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:10:00 -0700

Yesterday I tip toed my way into Victoria Secret... and luckily a very helpful very cool "manager" approached me... Honestly I was worried I'd get some 18 yr old perfect perky boob'd size 0 teeny weeny who just didn't understand what its like not to be able to buy bra or ...

Yup constipation..

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:10:00 -0700

So ya.. left sided pain was baaaaad constipation per my surgeon. Dr Schwartz said I need a daily regimen of Metamucil and Ducosate (softener) and no more Vitron C... Seems to be working so far!

Constipated.. we think...

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:58:00 -0700

So starting on Fri 21st I had this really weird left sided discomfort.. its at about my belly button height on my left side but its sort of closer to my belly button off and on. I called the WLS office on Fri and the RN talked to my surgeon ...