CamilaLopez06
08/17/08
Aug 17, 2008
just wanted to drop a quick note to let everyone know that at 11 weeks out I am down to 214 now from 275 and doing good!! So that's 61lbs lost 4ever!!!!!
The only problem I have is I HATE chicken these days, it seems that is all I can eat. I haven't tried red meat yet and all the other meat that I am allowed to eat I don't tolerate well so it's Chicken, Chicken, and then more Chicken!!
I know with time it will get easier & better but for now it's just Chicken! I think I found a feather growing under my arm the other day.
Anyways I'll check in later (and give everyone a feather count)!
With Much
& 
Always,Camille
08/07/08
Aug 07, 2008
Just wanted to stop in and give an update... I just passed the 2 month mark and I have now lost 54lbs. It is going very slow right now but slow is better than nothing, I only lost 14lbs in the past month but I am ok with that!! I will be posting pics in the next few days.
As far as eating I'm doing good, I am so very tired of chicken . But for the most part I can eat most things except meat as I said chicken is about the only thing I can get down! Fish don't agree with me, I don't like turkey, and I don't want to try red meat yet. I eat alot of yogurt, veggies, and fruit.
I hope everyone that has had surgery is doing good and for all those wanting to have surgery I wish you all the best. I would not do anything any different if I had to do it over. This is the best decision I have ever made for my health!!
With Much
& Always!!!!07/21/08
Jul 20, 2008
HI ALL!!
Just wanted 2 drop in a check on a few of u! I especiallly want 2 give a big hello & 
2 Wendy ( just a few more days) OK now for the terrible news I haven't lost but 9 lb since july 1st. I know they say it slows down but damn this it crazy I lost 40lbs in 1 month and now in almost 1month I've only lost 9. this is the pits I am always hungry and can't eat nothing that i want!! I am growing feathers I eat so much chicken! Fish don't agree with me and everything else is too rough on my tummy! But other than that life is great!! ok I'm gonna shut-up and get busy cleaning house 
Much & 's 2 all
Camille
07/05/08
Jul 05, 2008
I can't believe I haven't posted on here in 3 weeks. FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS HAD SURGERY "CONGRATULATIONS"
for those of u still waitng hang in there it is worth the wait!!!
OK here goes b4 surgery I weighed 275 on 07/01, I went for my 1 month check up and I was down to 235.5!!!! yay 4 me!!! I am so happy. It has been rough at times but for the most part it has been fairly easy. I am STILL trying 2 get used 2 not eating so much I tend 2 make myself sick quite often!
I, however, can eat most anything that I try (that has been sensible) if I just don't eat to much of it!! I am trying 2 get in my exercises but it is kinda hard cuz I tend 2 wait til late in the evening then I say well I'll make up 4 it tomorrow. I know I'm a bad girl!! But I am alot more active than I was b4 surgery!! OK friends I just wanted 2 stop in 4 a quick min and update on my progress I promise not 2 wait another 3 weeks b4 posting again!!!
Much
& 's 2 everyone, Camille
06/16/08
Jun 16, 2008
I can't use the potty & I think that is why I haven't lost anymore weight and it sucks!!! I go back tomorrow for my 2 week check up & I am going to talk to the Dr. about it cuz I have tried everything, the stool softners, baby laxitives, I have started taking fiber choice chewables. But nothing is helping!! GRRRR!!! I just wanted to stop in & bitch for a minute I'll post again tomorrow after I see the Doc.
06/13/08
Jun 13, 2008
I am hungry!!! I don't know if it is head hunger or not but my new little tummy tells me every 2 hours or so that it wants something!! I am so tired of broth and liquids. Yes I can manange some mashed taters & some refried beans but that is getting old 2!! FOOD is what I want but everything I try my tummy says NO!NO!
so now what???? On the upside I have lost 28 lbs in 11 days, WOW!! Now that feels good just to say it 28 lbs in 11 days!! I am hopefully going to buy a treadmill tomorrow & then maybe the lbs will come off faster!! Ok so anyway I hope everyone else is doing great I just wanted to let you know how it is going 4 me I am going to hit the sack cuz I gotta get up early tomorrow & head to Gainesville, going 2 go see my Grandma!! I miss her really bad cuz I live an hour & half from her now.
But anywho I'll post angain in a few days!!Much Love 2 All,
Camille
06/11/08
Jun 11, 2008
Ok so on 2 the good stuff so far I have lost 23 lbs YaY Me!!! only 112 more 2 go!!
The Surgery I don't remember they had me knocked out cold b4 I even got 2 the O.R. sooo I'll start with when I woke up in my room... I woke up and my hubby was there (bless him he has had 2 go thru hell in all this I can be a mean person when in pain) I felt like crap warmed over!!!! The actual pain was not really that bad but I was sooo sore I couldn't hardly move. I was on a morphine pump but it made me sick 2 my stomach, constant nasuea, so I eventually ask 4 something else and they gave me shots of toradol which was much better. The 1st day was the pits I could hardly move and they don't give u anything to drink. They will only let u have about 5 ice chips every 2 hours and my mouth was soooooo dry. I started going to the bathroom and rinsing my mouth with water ( I did not drink any). I thought morning would never come but when it did around 8 am they took me to xray and I had to drink this NASTY gastric cocktail so they could make sure I had no leaks and thatnk goodness I did not!! Back in my room they finally brought me a small glass of water and it was sooo good to finally have something wet on my throat!! A couple hours later they came in & said I could go home!!!
The ride home was horrible the bumpy streets of Atlanta!!! but once I was home I got in my recliner and went back to sleep!! I rested most of that day. Then on wed. I got up and started moving more the DH had to help me get up and let the recliner out but it steadily got better with each movement!! All I wanted was water, something wet, I'm sure it was cuz the meds.
So then as I get 2 moving around the hunger in head starts calling... but my tummy didn't want no part of it. So thus far I have tried mashed taters... ok, refried beans... ok, a scrambled egg... not, it got stuck!! then I tried egg salad(very very mashed up).... ok. I tried some grits... not they got stuck. Then stubborn me yesterday I tried a couple bites of a bean burrito.... no way it came right back to kick my booty. So that has been my experiences so far. I am drinking my protein drinks and taking my vitamins, and basically existing on pudding, jell-o, and applesuace. Popcicles and fudgecicles have became my bestfriends!! So my advice to anyone who is going to have WLS eat what u can b4 surgery cuz what they tell u is true, afterward u will not be able 2 eat the same stuff!!!
I will post again later to let everyone know how things are going.
Take Care & Much Love 2 All,
Camille
06/01/08
Jun 01, 2008
The phosphosoda kicked my ass yesterday & now I have 2 go drink it again at 2pm. And I am STARVING!!!! I will be soo glad when this is all over!!
I'll be back after surgery with photos, till then everyone please pray that I'm not in too much pain cuz I'm a big ol' baby when it comes 2 pain!!
05/31/08
May 31, 2008
and let's not talk about going 2 the potty 
SO there u have it that is all I am doing in my last hours of fatness!!The one good thing is my DH is replacing all of the carpet in my house & it is so pretty & clean!!!
OK I gotta go so I can go sit on the potty for another couple of hours!!!!
05/30/08
May 29, 2008
I am going insane.... today, Sat., & Sun. & then I have my WLS I am so stoked. But along with the happiness comes the fear of it all!!
I want 2 apologize 2 anyone that has emailed me & I haven't answered. My life had fallen apart over the last week & I have just managed 2 put it all back 2gether. Needless 2 say just in time 2 be able 2 go 2 all the appointments 4 my pre-op but all went well!!!
I went to the pre-op appt. on Tues. & yes I was there ALLLL day.... paperwork paperwork & then more paperwork, then we got 2 sit in a small room, that was too hot, & talk about all the good foods we r gonna be able 2 eat after surgery!!! yummy!! JK!! Actually we will be able 2 everything we can eat now just in very small quanities, & of course not at first but they said after about 4 to 6 weeks u r basically able 2 eat anything u want!! Taking into consideration u will need 2 watch ur carb & calories & sugar intake.
OK I know 1 question I had, & alot of u starting out on this journey have asked also, was about the liquid diet 2 weeks b4 surgery... my Dr. said eat litely but not pure liquids but the 2 days b4 surgery yes u r only allowed sugar free liquids!! And the 2 days b4 surgery u have 2 drink an entire bottle of PHOSPHOSODA and u have 2 do this 4 2 days 2 clean u out so 2 say.
They said 2 stay close 2 a bathroom. So that is what I am dreading. Other than that it is not going 2 be so bad.
Ok then I went on Thurs. 2 have the EGD done, & yes everyone has 2 have this done. I can't really tell u anything about it b-cuz I don't remember it, u r completely sedated, the last thing I remember is they told me 2 turn over on my side & they put a pillow behind my back and then the nurse in the recovery room telling me I could have some ice if I wanted it!! Then they ask me if I needed 2 go potty, when I told her I was ok I didn't need 2 go she said "well when u go tinkle u can go home" so naturally I got up & went!! So then they let me go home! And so that was it, it was all over!
Ok so that is all I can tell u 4 now... except that I am damn excited I can hardly contain it!!! I don't know if I'll post again b4 surgery or not but if I don't I will post as soon as I get home on Tues. so wish me luck and Pray that everything goes as planned.
With all my !!
Camille
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