I see some differences now

Sep 30, 2008

9-30-08.  Over the past 5 weeks I have been trying to adjust to my new "stomach".  I feel some restriction now.  Although I don't believe that I have reached my "sweet spot", things are most definately looking like I will be there soon.  Sincy my last fill, I have been dealing with foods that I have troubles with.  I have had several episodes in which food goes down painfully slow and some episodes in which they actually get stuck.  The first time I got stuck, I was worried.  After "sliming" for a 1/2hr straight, I called my surgeon's office.  I was disappointed to how they dealt with my situation and me.  I will not go into details but it continues to concern me a little.  It did manage to work itself out after another 1/2hr of "sliming" and now I know just what it is and how to deal with it myself.  I have made some improvements with my meal choices since last writing.  Although I have been working hard lately, there is still plenty of room for improvement.  I am working on the following currently... 1. Adequate amounts of protein daily (because of issues I will discuss in a bit)  2. A more balanced meal.  I don't want to eliminate fruits and veggies from my diet but sometimes there is not enough room for them 3. Hydration.  Sometimes I don't drink enough water.  4. Minimizing junk.  Sweets continue to be troublesome for me.  I do snack still and I love my cookies, cakes, candy and ice cream.  If only I could eliminate them, I would be 20lbs llighter.  5. Increasing activity. I have beein trying to take advantage of the fall weather and do some walking which has been helpful.  I need to keep it up. 6. Following the basic Lap Band rules.  I want to avoid getting stuck.  It's not fun!!!  Anyhow, This experience has been such a learning process for me.  I thought it would be easier than it has proven to be.  Anyway, I pushed back my next appt with my surgeon because I wanted to better deal with the food adjustment from my 2nd fill.  My appt with him for my 3rd fill is Oct 9th.  I do think that I lost about 3more pounds making it approx 30lbs loss since the start of this adventure.  I need to lose 20-30lbs more by mid March as I am going to Aruba and want to be at least my pre-pregnancy weight.      OK, here it is.... I have not spoken about this before because it baffles me a bit but since approx. mid-to-late July, I started to notice that my hair was falling out.  I know that this is a sign of weight loss and low protein etc but my weight loss has been pretty much nill since surgery.  I lost 15lbs before my 5/29 surgery and 10lbs immediately after.   So, from mid June until even now, I have had no additional weightloss to really speak of.  It's only been recent that my food choices really have changed due to some restriction and I thought I was eating adequately all along(but maybe I wasn't and now I cannot really remember).  The only thing that I could think of is, I did stop taking vitamins about that time(mid-to-late July) and resumed them only a couple weeks ago.  Just simply ran out and kept forgetting to buy more.  Not sure if my body reacted to this weightloss 2months after the fact, if I did have a time in which my protein intake was inadequate, or was it the lack of vitamins?  Anyhow, I got a short haircut, eat lots of protien now, and I remember to take my vitamins .  I think it's improving but hard to tell with the shorter hair.  OK... there has been some NSV's since I lost some weight....people notice, clothing getting loose and baggy, more energy....but there has been another one recently.  Last summer, my daughter(then 2) wanted me to go in one of those McDonalds climbing tubular structures with her.  When inside, I could hardly move.  In fact, with all my power and might, I could not physically do it.  2 weeks ago, in the same McDonald's structure, I was able to do it.  It wasn't easy but I did it and we went down the slide together.  This was a victorious moment for me, I couldn't stop smiling. 

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