Month 13

Jul 29, 2012

Hello OH,
Yep, I am slipping with my updates.  I did not realize I skipped my 1 year posting.  I have gotten side-tracked with the blog and it just slipped my mind.

As of today i am 122.6 
This number is a new low for me.  I have never been a adult woman weighing 120 anything.   I think I got in the 120's back in late May or early June.  It was really a surprise for me.  I'm trying to maintain now.  Its possible I will dip as low as 120 but I do not want to go lower than that.  My doctors appointment with my surgeon was interesting.  She was amazed I had gotten so low so quickly.  She said I lost like a RNY patient.  Honestly I took advice of the veteran sleevers here and I got to goal.  I looked at the plan given by the nutritionists and it had a lot of corbs, fruits and calories--like 1000-1200 a day (ok for maintenance, not losing!).

I am so thankful for the information I got off the boards.  Now I have to get my protein levels higher and vitamin a.  Then I need to get labs done again.  I bumped up the protein and I actually lost a few more pounds.  I still have a pattern of gaining before my pms and the week of. I gain 5 pounds and then it goes back down. 

I can wear size 0 dresses, xs tops, size 1 at the Gap, size 2 Jeans. I have fun shopping and trying on clothes.  It is a sport of mine to try stuff on and then take pics in them and walk away (on a budget).  I turned 40 in July and my son starts college in Sept so I dont have a lot of room to spend clothes on full priced items.  I will hit the clearance whenever possible.

The bad is that I can eat junk and I do get cravings for sweet stuff.  I just don't buy too much bad stuff. 
The loose skin--for me the arms, my saggy boobies and my deflating bum.  Those I am going to save some money and get fixed.

I am enjoying sleeved life.  Maintenance is about learning and staying on the path that lead to weight loss.  We can't ever forget that obesity is TREATED by this surgery not CURED.  Anyone can gain ALL the weight back if they do not establish life long GOOD habits.

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