I'm still losing weight regularly, about 2 lbs a week.  Sometimes more, sometimes less. Fortunately I have not had a stall yet. PROTEIN!

I haven't lost any hair and at this point I don't think it will happen, I'm nearly 5 months post-op.  PROTEIN!

I've been hiking a bit which I love (yes LOVE!) and it's time for me to find new harder trails to hike.  I've had an interest in backpacking for years and my hiking guru has rekindled my interest in the sport. I'm looking forward to long hikes, overnighters and spending more time outdoors.

Somedays I feel that I eat too much but most days I clearly don't eat enough.  A friend who knows about the surgery and how little I eat asked me how I will stop losing when I get to the weight that I want to be.  I replied that's a good question but I don't know the answer.  She seemed really concerned but I told her that I would rather have a hard time keeping weight on than trying to keep it off because I've already failed at keeping it off.

I can't eat bread at all.  I know that other VSGers can eat bread but not me.  I tried to eat chicken and dumplings the other night but after a small bite of dumpling I was so uncomfortably full I had to go for a walk to try to minimize the pain.  I wasn't all that fond of bread before surgery so it isn't a huge loss but I do miss it a little.  Giving up bread and bread products is acceptable to me, it's better than the alternative! 

It brings tears to my eyes to think of what I would be now if I had not had THIS surgery (not the lapband).  My life has been saved.  The happiness and joy I have now can only be attributed to two special human beings, Dr. Aldridge and Dr. Langsdorf...oh yeah and me.

Yes, this IS the best thing I have ever done for myself.

I overate during the night. At about 3am I woke up hungry, unfortunately I was not completely awake and before I realized what I was doing I ate a 1/2 oz cheese slice with about 1 1/2 oz of turkey rolled up with a pickle slice tucked inside.  That is still far too much food to eat at one go, especially quickly.  It took about an hour of pain and discomfort before I finally got the foamies and vomited the food.  When will I learn???

Things seems to be going along as they should.  It's been almost 4 months since surgery and I have lost 65 lbs since then and 92 lbs alltogether.

I will have an injection in my back today for the pain I've been in. I finally got the referral squared away thanks to Dr. Aldridge's office and a mystery woman named Kammy.  I hope it is as successful as the last one.

I'm still losing weight regularly without any stalls or plateaus.  I'm diligent about following the eating plan but my exercise is lacking.  I'll have to work on that.  I have found that I can eat pasta but it is not satisfying and I cannot eat bread at all, a small price to pay for 90 lbs of weight loss.

I still haven't had any noteable hair loss and I am almost 4 months post-op.

The sessions with Dr. Langsdorf the psycologist are still very helpful, too bad he is retiring at the end of the year.  It is comforting to be able to talk to someone about things so personal and yet not feel intimidated.  I can tell him things that I have never and would never tell anyone else.  I'm sure he has heard it all before.

I still feel that having the VSG is the best thing I've ever done for myself and I would do it again in a heartbeat!