Nearly 3 months post-op

Aug 03, 2009

I can't believe it's been 3 months already...AND...I can't believe it's only been 3 months.  I'm down 77 lbs as of today.  I can't even begin to say how happy I am about that.  My weight loss was slow for a while after I started soft solids.  There were and are a few foods I have to stay away from.  No dry meats and no scrambled eggs at all!  I feel good and I'm getting more and more energy all the time.  I did have a problem with nausea but have focused on foods I know I can tolerate and stopped doing so much "sampling" of new things for the time being.  I asked the Dr why i wasn't losing as much weight as I thought I should be...the response ---- I wasn't eating ENOUGH!!! ----  I was only getting 300-500 calories a day, not nearly enough.  I had to start focusing on eating more and keeping it down.  Now, the weight is coming off really quickly.  Literally, 1-3 lbs a day.  CRAZY!  I'm walking a mile a day at work, doing 60 mins of water aerobics 3 times a week and doing 45 mins of weight training 3 times a week.  I do have a lot of excess skin but am still hopeful that some of it will draw up and the weight training should help.  If i have to trade super morbid obesity in for saggy, baggy skin...consider it done!  I had a dear friend call me "skinny" the other day.  Bless her heart, she is so supportive.  I couldn't resist....I said "if you're referring to me as skinny because I have lots of spare skin, then yes, but if you're trying to call me thin, honey I'm not there yet".  I am trying to take a photo per month to post so that I can document the weight loss thorugh pictures.  It's really hard for me to see the difference so the pictures really help me out!

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