acarey336
Getting Closer to my due date
Jan 07, 2011
Sheesh time flies! It's been forever since I've been on here! Well I'm getting closer to my due date of Feb 28th. I'm kind of looking forward to working on losing weight again. Even though I know I'm gaining for a reason, it's hard to swallow. At my last OB visit I was 212. Uhg! I have this fear that I'm never going to get it off again. I haven't been eating the way I should be for the sleeve - ie high protein, low carb. I'm going to have to really focus to get back on that after they baby. Hopefully my craveings for sweets will dramatically lessen.
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One-derland :)
Aug 09, 2010
Well I reached "one-derland" last week - 193.6 lbs as of this morning! That was even after a week away from home on vacation! Today is my 5 month surgiversary and I'm down 69 lbs. Praise God. I'm so amazed how effortless this has been so far. I do feel bad though when others who struggle with their weight ask me what I'm doing. I don't feel comfortable telling everyone about my sleeve. It's still a very personal thing to me. I totally understand their hopelessness, it wasn't so long ago I was there. I pray that I am able to continue to lose to my goal weight. I'm going to have to put that on hold for a while though. I found out last week that I'm expecting. I'm pretty nervous about this pregnancy though as I have had 2 miscarrages since my daughter and I'm not that far out from surgery. My OB/GYN didn't seemed concerned although I don't really think he is that familiar with the VSG. Good thing this website is here for info. I'm going to check out the pregnancy forum.
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WooHoo!
Jun 14, 2010
I stepped on the scale this AM and discovered I have lost 5 lbs in the last week! How exciting since I have been losing slowly the last couple of weeks. What's odd is that I haven't done anything differently so there isn't a real explaination for it. This happened once before too. Strange how our bodies work. I'm just excited to continue to see results.
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3 month surgiversary June 9th,2010
Jun 11, 2010
I just posted my 3 month pics. It does help for me to see some progress even though I don't really see changes in the mirror. It's hard to get my head to match reality. Just gotta keep plugging away.... Non scale victories: down to size 18 pant from a 22 and a 2x top from a 3x. I picked up a 40 lb bag of water softener salt and it hit home as to how much weight I have taken off my body frame. Wow! 
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Slow but Sure
Jun 01, 2010
Wow time flies between posts! Things are still going pretty well. My weight loss has be slow this month but is consistantly going down so I will be thankful for that. I have been losing more hair than normal this past week or so. I'll be glad when that ends. I'm not doing very well with getting my vitamins in consistantly. I really need to get a routine started with taking them at specific times to help me remember. I will work on that!
Yay! 35 lbs
Apr 26, 2010
I am down 35 lbs as of this morning. I don't "feel" any smaller but I know that my clothes are loose and the scale is going down so I must be smaller. I am so thankful for this weight loss and hope it continues. At this point I am mostly struggling with head issues. I still get a little sad when I can't eat as much as I want to. Obviously that was the reason I ended up being obese. I am certain that I without this surgery I would never have been able to lose even this much weight and I have lots to go.
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Easter
Apr 06, 2010
I made it through my first Holiday unscathed - and I even lost 3 lbs!! Truly amazing. We had beautiful weather which was wonderful for the Easter Egg hunt. It's not very often we can go outside without coats on Easter!
One thing I continue to struggle with is eating too fast. I still feel hunger just not to the extreme I had before. When I'm hungry I can't seem to get the food in quick enough. Then I get this lump in my chest like I ate too much or the food is backed up in the esophagus. Actually that happens frequently (the lump in the chest). I'm not sure if that means I ate too much or if it means I'm full. It does worry me though. The last thing I want to do is stretch out the sleeve. This continues to be a learning process for me.
Back to life.
Mar 26, 2010
Well things are pretty much back to normal. I went back to work this week. TGIF!! I have been swamped trying to catch up from the 2 weeks I was away. Punishment I guess.......but well worth it! I'm down 20 lbs now and I'm amazed at how little food it takes to feel full. I'm so thankful that God has given me this opportunity to get healthy. I pray I have the strength to sustain.
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Things are looking up.
Mar 17, 2010
Well, I'm down 16lbs from when this process started - 10 day pre-op liquid diet until now. That is encouraging. I'm technically still on the clear liquid post-op diet until tomorrow when I can officially have full liquids. I have really struggled with the clear liquids only. They just aren't satifying and I haven't found a really good broth yet. I have to admit, the last couple of days I have put a scoop of protein powder in my milk which isn't technically OK til the full liquid stage but it made a world of difference in satiety and I tolerated it fine. Also, last night I had some 98% fat free Broccoli Cheese soup which is not supposed to start til the fill liquid stage but again it was so good and I tolerated it fine. I was only able to eat 1/2 of it so I can already feel restriction compared to before surgery. Swallowing is a learning experience again. I can't seem to swallow anything without swallowing some air so I'm always burping and it is really painful when I swallow too much air and it gets "stuck". It feels like my chest is going to explode. That feeling goes away as soon as I burp.
I had my first public challenge on Sunday when we went to my Sister's house for my nephew's b-day. Of course there was tons of food that I couldn't have. Everything looked so good too. I ended up having some skim milk and sugar free jell-o with cool whip. I don't feel comfortable explaining myself or making excuses as to why I'm not eating what everyone else is. I survived it but I will be glad when I am on regular food and can eat what everyone else is eating. I'm planning to be on "mushies" by Easter so that will be much easier to deal with.
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I had my first public challenge on Sunday when we went to my Sister's house for my nephew's b-day. Of course there was tons of food that I couldn't have. Everything looked so good too. I ended up having some skim milk and sugar free jell-o with cool whip. I don't feel comfortable explaining myself or making excuses as to why I'm not eating what everyone else is. I survived it but I will be glad when I am on regular food and can eat what everyone else is eating. I'm planning to be on "mushies" by Easter so that will be much easier to deal with.
Home at last
Mar 13, 2010
I made it home last night about 9pm. It's good to be here! I have been having a harder time with the clear liquid only diet than I thought I would. I keep dreaming that I am eating regular food when I realize that I'm only supposed to be on liquids. Ack! I would be satisfied with a protein shake right now but that's not on the approved list. I tried the protein bullets from WalMart and I can't hardly choke them down! That's odd for me because I'm really not picky, Yikes! I'm working on some milk now which is more satisfying than water. I'm having some gas issues which make things uncomfortable. TMI Warning: I finally had a BM for the first time in a week and I think that is helping. Two of my incisions remain tender and painful when using my abdominal muscles. I woke up yesterday morning at 4am at the hotel and decided to get a shuttle ride to WalMart to get an ACE wrap which has actually worked well. I think the extra support around my midsection has helped with the incisional discomfort. I think the hotel staff thought I was crazy but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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03/09/2010
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Jul 14, 2008
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