5 Mon post op appt
Thursday I went to my surgeon for my 5 month appointment. I went in terrified of what he was going to say to me. The reason being, he wanted me to loose about 2-3 pounds a week (16-24 total since I saw him last). I went in having lost 47 (2 months).
First things first...I walk in and the waiting room is full...no surprise there. I sit down and this guy decides to tell me that he lost 120 pounds. I smiled and said, "Oh, your about 10 pounds up on me than...I'm just under 110." So we small talk for a few mins and completely out of left field he says, "I just have to tell you that you are so pretty." All of a sudden this Spanish woman chuckles and says, "She's not pretty, that girl is gorgeous!!" Immediately after that another woman says, "You lost about 110 since Jan?? I have lost 127 and my surgery was 2 years ago!!!" All that took away a lot of my anxiety about seeing the doc.
So I get called back and the girl weighs me and is all happy for me or whatever and has me sit and wait for the doc to come in. He walks in, drops my folder, and says, "Stand up girl and let me get a good look at you!!" He grabs my waist and says, "You are simply stunning!" (WHAT??? This is NOT what I expected to hear!) I proceed to tell him about my shortcomings with eating and he said something that is probably going to rub ya'll the wrong way....he said...if I am not hungry I don't have to eat...as long as I don't snack throughout the day. Well we all know I don't do that!! He said it is better to have real meals than little snacks all day. I was honest and said there are days that I only eat breakfast, to which he said as long as I am taking my supplements and getting in at least 50 grams of protein...it's okay. He then asked if I attend the local support group that meets monthly. I told him I haven't and he responded with, "well, I would really like to you to come out, even though you probably won't hear anything you don't know, I want people to see you and see the positive effects that this surgery can offer...you are just beautiful!" Well knock me over with a feather....the same man the reamed me out 4 mons ago is PROUD of me now?? WOW.
Dawn
Well duh!!! If he wasnt proud of you he would have to be a blind man!! You look absolutely awesome!! I do the same thing as you too, I only eat if I am actually hungry and that seems to be less and less these days....but I get by without passing out on anyone so that is ok right??? Great job Dawn! I cant wait til I have lost 100 pounds and that is so close I can feel it......13 more pounds!!!! some days I feel like will I ever get there? but others it feels like the weight just falls off of me, oh well I still have a lot to get used to. Keep up all the great work you have done so far, I see it paying off for you!!! and me too 
Steph
Steph 
Congrats on your doc appt. You DO look awesome! Isn't so good to hear nice words from your doctor??? But he's probably right...if you're not hungry, don't eat. Just take in a protein drink or something. There have been days where I don't get a chance to eat so it's protein shakes all day or I'll just have 2 48 g protein shakes and that's it. I just don't want to get in a habit of doing that. But congrats and you really do look awesome.
April
I'm glad things went well at the surgeon's office and that he was impressed with your weight loss. What did he say about the black-out's and low blood sugar epidodes?
And you are looking gorgeous by the way
Regards and hugs,
Ronna 
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