Not even two months postop yet and have dropped several sizes.
Well when I started my journey I weighed 226 day of surgery I currently weigh 189. I am a shortie I'm only 5'1". I only include that because I always wonder how tall everyone else is. I wore a size 20 or 22 pants and now I am down to 16 and some 14. I am really happy about my weight loss, but I am still adjusting to all the body differences and my tummy. My tummy has a mind of its own and for the past week I have felt like not eating and everything makes my stomach feel nauseous. I can get some food down without vomiting thank GOD I have not vomited since my journey started. I guess what I am trying to say is this journey is alot harder than I ever thought it would be but I needed change in my life to see how bad I was with food and how those bad choices I made with food effected my family. My children are eating way better and I know when I can eat more I will make better choices. THIS IS NOT THE EASY WAY OUT!
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No kidding - nothing easy about this journey - and it doesn't get any easier when you're further out or reach goal! But it's a blessing nonetheless....Congrats on dropping the sizes!!!! And happy shopping in the Petites sections!!
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on 1/29/12 3:04 am
on 1/29/12 3:04 am
Congratulations to you on dropping so many sizes so fast! I just had RNY on Tuesday Jan. 24th and hope my story is like yours, meaning I could go from a size 22 to a size 16 by by birthday on March 23. How inspiring! You're awesome!
I'm already loving the tiny amounts of liquids I can consume and feel full. It's amazing and such a gift.
I'm dreading the changes in relationships I may see. My boyfriend loves me fat and is worried I won't be as fun without an eating buddy. I've told him I'll be more fun alive and in better health and what difference does it make if I eat with him just smaller amounts? He's the type of person who can eat what he wants and not gain, but loses at the drop of a hat. He can be very competitive with me sometimes and I'm worried he will become even thinner himself just to feel better about himself or something. But last night he ate a ton after dinner. He had an entire bag of popcorn, an ice cream cone, a banana, and a few slices of cheese. I wasn't hungry and didn't care but I was thinking WTF he never ate like this in front of me before my surgery. Whats the point of this?
Who knows. But whoever says WLS is the easy way out is an idiot since they don't have to go through liquid diets, the judgment of others, and the knowledge that you will eat child size portions the rest of your life. We have to learn different coping skills and make holidays about something other than food in a culture that is obsessed with thinness but also with food. It's not easy!
I'm already loving the tiny amounts of liquids I can consume and feel full. It's amazing and such a gift.
I'm dreading the changes in relationships I may see. My boyfriend loves me fat and is worried I won't be as fun without an eating buddy. I've told him I'll be more fun alive and in better health and what difference does it make if I eat with him just smaller amounts? He's the type of person who can eat what he wants and not gain, but loses at the drop of a hat. He can be very competitive with me sometimes and I'm worried he will become even thinner himself just to feel better about himself or something. But last night he ate a ton after dinner. He had an entire bag of popcorn, an ice cream cone, a banana, and a few slices of cheese. I wasn't hungry and didn't care but I was thinking WTF he never ate like this in front of me before my surgery. Whats the point of this?
Who knows. But whoever says WLS is the easy way out is an idiot since they don't have to go through liquid diets, the judgment of others, and the knowledge that you will eat child size portions the rest of your life. We have to learn different coping skills and make holidays about something other than food in a culture that is obsessed with thinness but also with food. It's not easy!
U can get there it was crazy how i got there and didnt realize it till one day i was ar the store and realized i looked like a baggy bum in my 18s lol. I have the same husband he eats what he wants and works out when he gains a pound or two. He has always said he loves me for who i am and never bugged me about my weight. So now that im dropping he complements me but i realized he just loves me for me so my journey is my own. One day he was being insensitive while i was in my two week liquid stage and flaunted his slice of pizza in my face and i had my first melt down. He then realized how serious this was and apologized over and over. It does change ur relationship some i think especially if u always went out to eat because we always did. Now i wont go out to eat i hate the thought of wasting my money at a restaurant for two ounces of food. Because if brings back memories of over eating. So ur man better be good to sister cause ur journey is ur own.
Friend me and good luck.
Friend me and good luck.
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Congrats on your success !
HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)
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