Gina M.

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Next Tuesday marks my 1 year surgiversary.  Thankfully the last year has been uneventful as far as health drama is concerned.  I never made it to my 100 loss mark...but I am very pleased that I have lost 83 lbs.  I feel much more normal sized.  My hubby on the other hand has taken an amusing twist to  my weight loss.  Before...HE LIKED ME JUST THE WAY I WAS...now that I have lost all the weight...he makes many suggestions on how I can lose another 20 lbs...I think secretly he may have been hoping for me to lose 100 lbs.  lol....anyways...my hair continues to fall out.  I still have difficulty eating sticky things...like..tortilla, bread, noodles, or anything starchy so I just avoid them to avoid the stomach problems.  Every once in awhile I will find myself fondly yearning for the day that I could sit down and gorge on a whopper, fries and a coke...these days...i do good if I can eat a couple bites of a burger and Im done.  I have ALOT of saggy baggy skin ...my kids get grossed out when they see it but I remind them HEY THAT IS MY TROPHY...lol...and that is exactly how I feel...the flab doesnt really concern me...the only thing that DOES concern me is I never did get back my original level of energy  BUT...BUT ...BUT...I am also in full blown menopause so that could be a major contributor to my lethargy.  I plan to see a doctor soon to investigate identical hormone replacement therapy and see if I can improve things.  The other day I was kidding around with my 9 year old son...I told him...I bet I can get your pants on..he say no wayyyy...I said let me have em...so he turned his back and I wiggled those suckers up a little past my knees..lol...I would have never guessed in a million years that would ever happen...Every day when I get dressed...I look at the little ass on the pants that I am about to put on and still my brain says..those are too small for you...but I slide right into them and they are even a bit baggy...I guess it takes awhile for the brain to catch up to reality...lol

Today is April 12 and my weight has bounced from 185 to 188 for 4 months now....Im wondering is that it?  Is my weight loss done? Ive dropped 72 lbs and my doc told me to expect 100 lb loss.   Im afraid to go out and invest in a new wardrobe...as soon as I do..Ill probably drop another 20 lbs.  The uncertainty of it all is very trying..Ive mixed it up...Ive increased my exercise, I still consume the correct protein..I eat right, drink plenty of water...maybe Im one of the freaks of this surgery...who knows..

For a time I caught myself freaking out at the overwhelming amount of hair that I realized I was losing.  But now...Im pleasantly pleased.  It takes less time to style my hair, less shampoo to clean my hair and less conditioner to soften my hair.  When using a curling iron,,,I only have to roll up four separate sections of my hair and Im done...bam...quick...and easy. 

Well here I am again.  Today marks my 5 month milestone.  I have lost a total of 44 lbs in 5 months which comparatively speaking isnt alot.  I had a follow up with my doc and he seemed THRILLED with my 44 lb weight loss.  I am hovering right around 200-201...I AM ABOUT TO BUST waiting to graduate into wonderland...I havent been at this weight since high school  I throw up alot...but its due to my own stupidity and my doc says its entirely normal to throw up all the way up to the 6 month mark...hmmm news to me.  Im down to a size 14 pants but they are very snug.  Ive lost 9 inches in my waist, 5 inches off of each hip and a bunch of inches elsewhere...I am very pleased.  In an odd way, my weight loss is not so earth shattering to me even though I have craved this my whole life...the reason it is odd is because my insides have always been the thin girl who is normal sized in society's eyes...now I feel like I simply look on the outside the way Ive felt on the inside all along...its kind of like a physical fung schway (sp?) now everything just feels as if it is achieving a harmonic balance...thats the best way I can describe things at this point.  Welp..until next month...toodle ooo.

this friday will be the 4 month post op milestone for me.  I will have lost only 36 lbs and a total of 50 lbs if you take into consideration the weight loss from the pre op diet...I started out at 258 and now weigh 208.  Pretty impressive acutally but my hubby said he knew I would lose slowly because I never was an overeater...I ate very little before surgery and I eat even less now.  Im averaging 4-5 lbs weight loss per month.  Im noticing that I am losing weight from the top down...my face, arms and belly have lost the majority of bulk but I only lost 1/2 inch in my calfs...its frustrating because I have been holding off buying boots waiting for my calf size to reduce.  My hair is falling out at an alarming rate so I called the dietician.  She advised that I take a Fish oil (Omega 3) supplement.  I am but the hair loss is still realllly bad so in the next few days Im going in for a haircut so that it isnt so noticeable.  My energy is improving....but still not up to the level that I was at prior to surgery.  My pant size is down to a 16 and is baggin on me so Im going to have to go shopping for a 14 here soon.  Well folks, thats all for now...until next month...adios...Gina

Well Im melting away...my body is beginning to look like a raisin...lol...I never realized how much my fat kept all my wrinkles at bay.  Ive now got a glorious case of bat wings and a wonderful turkey neck...gobble gobble lol.....oh well the price of thin.  I still dont tolerate meats well...I guess I just dont chew well enough...not sure.  My hair is still falling out like crazy...also the price of thin.  Im down to a size 16 pants...I never thought Id see that again...I see torso definition below my boobs...thats a nice thing to see that I havent seen in a looooong time.  Im not quite as anxious as I was at the onset of this weight loss thing...once I got to the 40 lbs lost point..I figured its all gravy after that point.  Ive begun to clean out my closet of the clothing that is just hanging on me...I did a funny thing...I piled all my pant on top of each other starting with the largest size on the bottom and the size Im wearing now lays on the top of the heap...its amazing to see that 40 lbs will make you wear that much larger of a size...I can really see the loss when I stack my pants.  My energy is coming right along...there again..I stressed on stuff like that about a month ago...but now...Im taking everything in stride confident that everything will fall into place...I dont weigh my food...I dont count calories...I dont stress if I miss a day of exercise....I dont keep a food journal...I figure the more I dwell on those topics...the more stress I introduce into my head and stress makes me eat.  Well Im going to sign off for now...until next time...ta ta. 

Hi everyone.  Just thought Id check in and give my latest weight loss developments.  First I weight myself obsessively...I know Im not supposed to but Ive got that type of inquiring mind that always wants to know...what makes what tick...hence the obsessive weighing in.  I always want to know...how did treadmill impact my weight...how did that piece of pizza impact my weight...how did that glass of water impact my weight...and as far as weight loss is concerned....Ive learned that I must drink my protein shakes or I hit a stall...very weird  I never really was an over eater so the eating part of this is a breeze for me.  I really havent experienced any serious hunger pangs...but I do believe that I am starting to feel hunger twinges lately.  I dont crave things anymore...my old favorites...hamburgers...pizza...french fries...pepsi...coffee (it was my obsession)...but now..ho humm...they all bore me now...I have to be honest...what rocks my boat these days is healthy food...like I would kill for cantalope...yummmm!.  I still am not able to eat meat very easily...it gets stuck and I throw it up.  The weird thing Ive noticed about throwing up...IT IS SOOO EASY NOW...LOL...all I have to do is bend over and open my mouth ...and out everything comes...another weird thing huh?  My energy levels are beginning to rise...I wish they would rise quicker though...Ive never been known for my patience!  One item of concern is the dreaded hair loss...OMG Im losing it by the handfuls.  I went to town and invested in Selenium and Biotin...it seems to be slowing down my hair loss considerably but it has not stopped it.  Im not sure...but I also think that my hair is growing slower...I color my hair and I used to have to color it once every two weeks...but now...since surgery...I havent had to color it but once in 3 months...also weird.  So far Ive lost 44 lbs..that is disappointing...I was hoping to be down about 65 lbs by now...we are doing Xmas with all the California relatives this year and Im hoping to be in TOP FORM!!   Well folks...thats all for now...Ill check in again at my 3 month post op...cya laterz!!! Gina

Its hard to believe that I had surgery 2 months ago.  I am finally feeling my energy levels improve slightly and I can definitely tell that my energy levels are directly related to the amount of protein that I do (or do not) consume.  Ive struggled to discover new palatable ways of getting my protein.  Ive found that whey protein shots, milk, yogurt and soy crisps work the best for me...I still cant hardly look at a protein shake without dry heaving.  Im still waiting for my energy levels to rise to the point that I dont have to struggle to get in my daily exercise...I treadmill from 25 - 45 minutes every other day...and its a struggle to hang in there.  My weight loss for the whole month is very disappointing...only 4 lbs lost this month..but hey I guess thats better than zero. I had been on a 4 week stall until day before yesterday...so that was inspiring to see the scale move slightly again.  Everyone on the main board says...oh dont worry about the scale because if you arent losing poundage..then you ARE losing inches so measure yourself.  Well THATS NOT TRUE...Ive weighed and measured...and when I was at a stall I neither lost pounds nor inches....I WAS AT A STALL.  The good news is...I went clothes shopping for the first time since WLS and bought myself 1 new pair of pants...I got sick n tired of hanging onto the waistband of my jeans when I was out and about...so I only have 1 pair of pants that fit..FOR NOW THAT IS...Cya all next month...Gina

First Id like to start out by saying...physically I feel fine, but Im still very weak (compared to the energy I had prior to surgery).  Im learning that much of my weakness is caused from not getting in the required protein.  When I CAN get 2 protein shakes in plus one B-12 dot, I feel so much better in the evening. I read that when you hit a stall you have to mix it up and get your body off of its idle mode so yesterday, I was able to walk 3 miles on the treadmill which took me an hour (thats a major milestone for me). AND WHEN I GOT UP IN THE MORNING...I GAINED A POUND.  UGHHH.  Many OH posts I read reassure post ops that we should ignore the scale and when we hit weight loss stalls,  we should take measurements... Well Ive been doing both...Ive been stuck at 224-226 lbs for over 3 weeks and becomming very frustrated about it. Im only consuming appx 2-300 calories a day and  I am still NOT eating very many REAL foods as I feel too full/sick when I eat them...so Ive been sticking basically to protein drinks, yogurt, sf popsicles and soy crisps.  Ive also tried to boost my hopes by taking my measurements but found that I havent lost any inches either.  Ive noticed that Im losing a little more hair than normal but Im not trippin on that.  AM I GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE ODDBALLS THAT LOSE 30LBS FROM SURGERY AND THATS IT???  I AM TRIPPIN ON THAT!!!

Well Im now 6 weeks post op...the scales are still stuck between 223-226.  All along this journey I have doubted every step of the way (oh yee of little faith).  What I mean by that is...I read on here the various phases of physical transformations that people on OH go through after WLS and I ALWAYS think, IM GONNA BE DIFFERENT...ITS NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME...IM GOING TO BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE...and as soon as I hit a stall...that same ol fear creeps back into my mind.  Im 6 weeks post op and Ive only lost 20 lbs since surgery and Ive been on a stall for about 2 weeks...It just makes no sense to me how I can eat only 3-400 calories a day and Im not emaciated?  Ive uploaded a picture of my 6 week milestone.  Not much different than my pre-op picture...but I have lost about 5 inches from my waist and a few inches from here and there on the rest of my body.  The good news is...I CAN FINALLY feel my energy returning...right on schedule..the doc told me at 6-8 weeks I would regain my energy and I thought...aww...Ill never get my energy back (oh yee of little faith) lol...but today ...I can feel it...made breakfast, did dishes, I mopped the floors, took the kids to school, vacuumed, showered, shopped, paid bills, watered the lawn and Im still feeling like I have energy to burn...on previous days, I would do well just to shower and then head back to bed.  Well Im gonna sign off for now until my 8 week post op post (post op post...thats kinda funny!!!)