7 Months Post Op & 100 LBS Gone for Good!!!!

Feb 18, 2010

Yea!!!!  Just stepped on the scale, and I have officially lost a grand total of 100 lbs!  I am now almost at 7 months post op, and for the past month have had a very long plateau - it's been kind of discouraging.  I was stuck between 168-166 lbs for the whole month, but I've finaly broken it; I'm at 165 now.  I can't believe how much I've lost & how quickly it has come off overall.  It just doesn't even seem real yet.  I'm fitting into size 14/Large comfortably, and even bought a top recently at Old Navy that was a Medium.  Have to admit, that felt pretty damn good! 

I feel well physically also -- blood pressure is still great, no back/knee pain -- can walk and stand as long as I want & don't need to rest.  I'm trying to exercise more, but have had trouble getting motivated to get to the gym.  Once I'm there I'm fine, it's just the getting started part that has me stuck.  I'm sure that if I could get moving with the exercise on a more regular basis, I'd feel even better and get past this plateau.  I'm still losing hair, and it shows no signs of slowing down as of yet.  I'm still worried about it, and do not like the thinness of my hair.  Thinking about getting it cut shorter, maybe this will help it not look as thin and stringy. 

Eating is going pretty well - I still have times where I think I'm eating too fast or a little too much, and my heart rate goes up and I feel crappy for 10-15 minutes.  Have not had any issues with dumping so far, and am thankful for that.  I can eat steak and nuts and citrus fruit all with no trouble at this point.  I've had some whole grains like bread and pasta and even a little thin crust pizza (what a treat!).  The only problem I've had was with salad -- the lettuce was not digested well, and I had frequent diahrrea from it.  Which is too bad, because I like salad and do crave it.  I've also had some wine a few times, which has been fine.  I am definately a light weight -- felt "buzzed" after 1 glass, and felt pretty drunk after 2.  So I know that is my limit & I have not tried anything other than white wine at this point.

So, I've got 20 more lbs left to lose to reach my revised goal of 145 lbs.  I know that this leg of the journey will be hard, and things are going to move much slower, but I think I can do it!

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