pkitty
Starting over, it seems...
Oct 18, 2006
Hmm. So I converted to the new profile format, and all my previous posts have gone bye-bye. Luckily I copied the old profile before converting, just in case.
I don't feel like posting everything all over again right now, so here's a summary:
Surgery date: 3 May 2005
Height: 4'10"
Age at surgery: 40
Starting weight: 253
Current weight (18 Oct 2006): 179
Starting BMI: 52.9
Current BMI: 37.4
The surgery went great, and I was sent home a mere 23 hours after waking up in recovery. My weight loss has been painfully, painfully slow. My goal weight before tummy tuck is 133, so that's 120 pounds. It's now 17.5 months post-surgery, and as of today I'm down 74 pounds. Yes, that's nothing to scoff at, but so many of my surgery peers are near or at goal already. Sigh.
Then again, I have an incredibly tolerant pouch. It's easier to list foods I can't eat than foods I can eat. Let's see... ground beef without a sauce, mozzarella cheese (the good stuff, the cheap supermarket stuff, string cheese, melted mozzarella - basically any form of it), English muffins, flour tortillas, and anything with more than about 25g of sugar in it. That's it. I can eat small amount of bread and pasta - not a lot, but a little. I can only have about 4-6 oz of milk at a time. I've experienced minor bouts of unpleasantness (dumping), but never anything serious. I've never thrown up.
My usual breakfast is light yogurt (particularly Yoplait's blackberry, yum) mixed with a scoop of protein powder. Lunch is often a stir-fry of 4oz meat (usually chicken thigh or pork shoulder) and Chinese greens or broccoli over about 1/4 cup brown rice. I love brown rice! Dinner is something like a roasted chicken leg with more veggies. Snacking has been a big problem, though. It's too easy to snack on unhealthy food, since I can tolerate it.
Starting pants size: 30W
Current pants size: 16W or 18W, depending on manufacturer and style
Starting top size: 2x
Current top size: Petite Large
Starting shoe size: 7
Current shoe size: 5.5
Starting ring size: 9
Current ring size: 6.5
I don't feel like posting everything all over again right now, so here's a summary:
Surgery date: 3 May 2005
Height: 4'10"
Age at surgery: 40
Starting weight: 253
Current weight (18 Oct 2006): 179
Starting BMI: 52.9
Current BMI: 37.4
The surgery went great, and I was sent home a mere 23 hours after waking up in recovery. My weight loss has been painfully, painfully slow. My goal weight before tummy tuck is 133, so that's 120 pounds. It's now 17.5 months post-surgery, and as of today I'm down 74 pounds. Yes, that's nothing to scoff at, but so many of my surgery peers are near or at goal already. Sigh.
Then again, I have an incredibly tolerant pouch. It's easier to list foods I can't eat than foods I can eat. Let's see... ground beef without a sauce, mozzarella cheese (the good stuff, the cheap supermarket stuff, string cheese, melted mozzarella - basically any form of it), English muffins, flour tortillas, and anything with more than about 25g of sugar in it. That's it. I can eat small amount of bread and pasta - not a lot, but a little. I can only have about 4-6 oz of milk at a time. I've experienced minor bouts of unpleasantness (dumping), but never anything serious. I've never thrown up.
My usual breakfast is light yogurt (particularly Yoplait's blackberry, yum) mixed with a scoop of protein powder. Lunch is often a stir-fry of 4oz meat (usually chicken thigh or pork shoulder) and Chinese greens or broccoli over about 1/4 cup brown rice. I love brown rice! Dinner is something like a roasted chicken leg with more veggies. Snacking has been a big problem, though. It's too easy to snack on unhealthy food, since I can tolerate it.
Starting pants size: 30W
Current pants size: 16W or 18W, depending on manufacturer and style
Starting top size: 2x
Current top size: Petite Large
Starting shoe size: 7
Current shoe size: 5.5
Starting ring size: 9
Current ring size: 6.5