abby_normal
2 Years
Aug 20, 2012
It is hard to believe it has been two years since the surgery.
I stopped losing weight well over a year ago and have stayed in the 178 - 183 range ever since.
About a month ago I hit 184 and that flip a "STOP" switch in my brain.
I got lazy with my eating.
Pasta, bread, candy & cookies can go through my tube like water leading to way too many calories. Plus these foods make me crave more of the same.
In the the last month I have cut out bread and cut down on 'cheap' carbs.
I'm more pro-active about adding fruits, veggies and protein and passing up the junk.
I still love my protein bars but try to avoid other processed foods.
I'm back down to 178 and ready to phase out more junky foods as well as kick the exercise into medium gear.
This is huge for me since I tend to be a ALL or NOTHING person - which leads to NOTHING because my ALL only lasts a few days, tops!
It is amazing how much flatter my tummy is by cutting out the flour/bread. Perhaps I have a gluten intolerance.
At 5' 3" 178 is still obese which sucks. I'm sure at least 15 lbs of that is excess skin so maybe I can get a "get out of obese range FREE" card.
I'm afraid I will not lose any more weight. I am also afraid of how hard losing the next 40 pounds will be.
I want it, right?
For now I can bask in the sunshine of losing 88 pounds and keeping it off for over a year!
And make healthy choices every day.
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I stopped losing weight well over a year ago and have stayed in the 178 - 183 range ever since.
About a month ago I hit 184 and that flip a "STOP" switch in my brain.
I got lazy with my eating.
Pasta, bread, candy & cookies can go through my tube like water leading to way too many calories. Plus these foods make me crave more of the same.
In the the last month I have cut out bread and cut down on 'cheap' carbs.
I'm more pro-active about adding fruits, veggies and protein and passing up the junk.
I still love my protein bars but try to avoid other processed foods.
I'm back down to 178 and ready to phase out more junky foods as well as kick the exercise into medium gear.
This is huge for me since I tend to be a ALL or NOTHING person - which leads to NOTHING because my ALL only lasts a few days, tops!
It is amazing how much flatter my tummy is by cutting out the flour/bread. Perhaps I have a gluten intolerance.
At 5' 3" 178 is still obese which sucks. I'm sure at least 15 lbs of that is excess skin so maybe I can get a "get out of obese range FREE" card.
I'm afraid I will not lose any more weight. I am also afraid of how hard losing the next 40 pounds will be.
I want it, right?
For now I can bask in the sunshine of losing 88 pounds and keeping it off for over a year!
And make healthy choices every day.
My Progress
Nov 01, 2010
8/18/10 Wednesday - Surgery date - 255
8.19 Leak test ok
8.20 Came home – did too much. Did laundry, took care of my kid.
8.22 Started to run fever Sun night
8.23 By Mon morning tons of pain when sipping. Pain is so bad I about stop breathing by the time the EMT’s arrive.
8.23 Re-admitted to the hospital
8.24 PIC line in place for nutrition, nothing by mouth!
lots of tests - ct scans
lots of swelling and pain in the left abdomen - leak! 8.27 A drain is installed in my abdomen. The fluid that comes out is unbelievable in volume and in content (It is bile after all). I am swollen in my left breast down to my left hip. 8.30 Upper GI shows leak 9.01 Drain slows by volume 9.02 Elect for 2nd surgery to repair leak 9.03 Drain is removed. Ouch!! Upper GI shows 2nd leak. 9.07 Upper GI shows leak still active 9.08 New PIC line is installed 9.11 Upper GI – leak is healed! 9.12 Given first stage food, not tolerating well, as to be expected when I had no food or drink for 3 weeks 9.13 Go home! Eat mashed potatoes & cream of wheat & drink milk. It is so hard to get used to food again. 9.19 Eat baby food peaches 9.27 ** 228 **
10.05 Massive candida – white tongue and sore hind end. Got prescription and probiotics. Tummy pain is regular so I try Prevacid – it helps. I have fatigue. Can’t do much without getting very tired. 10.10 Eating chicken, pork and ground beef 10.25 Eating is going well. Getting constipated. Spent a work week out of town and ate out every meal. Hard to comprehend the amount of food I left on the plate at each meal. I ordered one egg and six blueberries on morning and couldn’t finish it all! 11.01 ** 217 ** This is the first year in a long time I weigh less on Nov 1st than I did Oct 1st. My energy is picking up !
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8.19 Leak test ok
8.20 Came home – did too much. Did laundry, took care of my kid.
8.22 Started to run fever Sun night
8.23 By Mon morning tons of pain when sipping. Pain is so bad I about stop breathing by the time the EMT’s arrive.
8.23 Re-admitted to the hospital
8.24 PIC line in place for nutrition, nothing by mouth!
lots of tests - ct scans
lots of swelling and pain in the left abdomen - leak! 8.27 A drain is installed in my abdomen. The fluid that comes out is unbelievable in volume and in content (It is bile after all). I am swollen in my left breast down to my left hip. 8.30 Upper GI shows leak 9.01 Drain slows by volume 9.02 Elect for 2nd surgery to repair leak 9.03 Drain is removed. Ouch!! Upper GI shows 2nd leak. 9.07 Upper GI shows leak still active 9.08 New PIC line is installed 9.11 Upper GI – leak is healed! 9.12 Given first stage food, not tolerating well, as to be expected when I had no food or drink for 3 weeks 9.13 Go home! Eat mashed potatoes & cream of wheat & drink milk. It is so hard to get used to food again. 9.19 Eat baby food peaches 9.27 ** 228 **
10.05 Massive candida – white tongue and sore hind end. Got prescription and probiotics. Tummy pain is regular so I try Prevacid – it helps. I have fatigue. Can’t do much without getting very tired. 10.10 Eating chicken, pork and ground beef 10.25 Eating is going well. Getting constipated. Spent a work week out of town and ate out every meal. Hard to comprehend the amount of food I left on the plate at each meal. I ordered one egg and six blueberries on morning and couldn’t finish it all! 11.01 ** 217 ** This is the first year in a long time I weigh less on Nov 1st than I did Oct 1st. My energy is picking up !
About Me
Duluth, GA
Location
32.6
BMI
Surgery
08/18/2010
Surgery Date
Dec 01, 2009
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