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I can't believe I am at one year out.  I've lost 100 pounds.  When stated that simply it means I am a success.  Doesn't matter if I thought I should lose more or not, doesn't matter if I didn't do everything the correct way.  Bottom line, a year later, I am 100 pounds lighter and that alone makes the surgery worth it!  Now, as of today, I have a new fresh start again, and I am focusing on dropping 35 more pounds.  I can do it!!  I will do it!  3 separate times I've dropped 60 pounds with Weight Watcher's, when I was younger I'd dropped 30 pounds on Weight Watcher's.  I am now so close to a "normal" size that I will succeed! 

Okay - I am 1 day passed my four month anniversary.  I stepped on the scale this morning and I am down 63 pounds.  Not too bad.  I'd hoped to lose more by now, but as long a the scale keeps going down that is all that counts.  I think like everyone else, I freak out thinking I have this 6 month window to do my best - I just need to let it go and I'll be where ever I am at!  Which, at this point, I am hoping is at least a total loss of 80 pounds by then.

Following the eating plan can be difficult - I try to follow the rules about drinking with my meals and not snacking, and try to have more protein, but I am a carbs girl and still will have them with my meals.  I am still trying to figure out what would work best for breakfast so that I get in enough protein (besides drinking a protein drink that is!)  If I can remember, I'll get a four month picture taken - meant to at the three month mark and just never got around to it!

WOW, it is hard to believe I am technically 3 months out as of today!  I am down a total of 53 pounds (according to my starting weight).  I am finally more excited about my future losses - I feel like I will continue to succeed. 

I am not perfect when it comes to how many carbs I eat, but I try to keep my choices low-fat and I try to get in 50-60 grams of protein a day.  Some days I am short and some days I am over - it will balance out!  I had my two month labs and all looked good, except I need to add K as I was a little low.

All-in-all I am feeling great.  If it wasn't for the lack of sleep due to my 7mo old I'd be filled with energy!

I am going to have my hubby take some pictures of me tonight and then I'll upload some before and after photos.

Here I am - over 10 weeks out.  Seems like time does go by faster than I'd have thought!  I am down 46 pounds from the start.  I keep thinking I should be losing faster - but reality is - this is good!  No way could I have lost this much just doing WW's!!  I've noticed I can now eat more than just a half a cup so I really need to be very careful to follow the rules so that I stay within my calorie guidelines! 

I plan on taking some pictures when I hit 3 months to see what the difference is!  It is amazing how much easier it is to do this now that I am more than 6 weeks out and have those first several weeks behind me!

I am now 8 weeks out as of tomorrow.  I got on the scale today and it said 245, down from 284.  That is a total loss of 39 pounds.  I may have lost a little more - it seems I am retaining some water today.

Although I am happy to have those pounds gone I really thought I'd have lost more by now.  Perhaps I am a slow loser.  As of today, I am making myself exercise and trying harder to make my food choices lower in fat.  I've also probably been having too many carbs this past week - kinda splurging because of the holidays.  That is behind me and we will see how it goes.  Even if I loss just 10 pounds a month, by my 6 month surgiversary I'll have dropped 80 pounds - nothing to sneeze at for sure!! 

Things do really get better after the 6 week mark - it seems I can take bigger swigs of water and I am now able to eat 1/2 cup of food, which really is a good thing as it helps me get my protein in for the day!

I am doing pretty good.  The pain gets a little better each day.  The hardest pain is the gas, I'll be glad when that goes away!

I am getting a little better at getting fluids in and will really celebrate when I can get in 64 oz!  It is a little harder than I'd anticipated.  I am also getting sick of shakes, but hopefully only 5 more days!

I also can't wait until my JP drain is taken out - it will be nice not to have to juggle that when I use the bathroom and when I try to shower.

I haven't gotten on the scale yet, figured I'd wait until the Dr.'s office.  After all, I figure I still have a lot of water weight from the surgery still.   I am hoping that I am down at least 10 pounds when I get on the scale,

I got home from the hospital last night.  Had my Open RNY on Tuesday at 12pm.

I had a couple of very rough days with being nauseous and just plain feeling awful.  I think taking the swallow test aggravated my tummy more. (only had the swallow test because I was so sick to my tummy and having dry heaves)

also my hubby said he thought I was taking too big of sips - which I thought I was taking small sips - but maybe my drug induced brain wasn't running fully charged!

Now the turn around occurred when I started walking religiously every hour regardless of how I felt, plus taking extreme baby sips - so more like taking little droplets of water.

I'd say for those just undertaking this - make sure you walk regardless how you feel, because amazingly it does make you feel better and take the most insane smallest sips of water - you can always take bigger sips as your pouch tolerates - but I think this was one factor really upsetting my tummy.  I was even to the point of thinking I would not be able to tolerate water, but the key was just taking in droplets.  I've never heard it worderd that way until I though of it myself - everything I've read says sip - sip - sip - but everyone's sips are different.  Play it safe and take in droplet size amounts until you can move up to a sip.

Also, I wound up taking a pain patch instead of liquid Lortab and my system did good with this.

I can hardly believe that tomorrow is my big day.  I was really freaking out early in the week - almost talked myself out of getting the surgery, but knew it was just nerves.  Now I am calm about my decision, but still nervous about how I am going to feel when I wake up!

Due to my Step MIL's illness and passing I pushed my surgery to Nov 11. Step-MIL passed on 10/28/08 - we will miss her dearly.

Finaly got my surgery date.......October 16, 2008.  Can't believe it is only 2 1/2 weeks away.  I am excited to start this journey, but am so nervous about the recovery from an Open RYN.

I found out on Sept 24 that I was approved.  My paperwork was submitted to Insurance on Sept 11th and between the mishaps with getting them everything from the Dr.'s office to Insurance I was finally approved.  I am very thankful that the approval process went relatively smooth.  I just jumped through the hoops to make sure the Dr.'s office had all the requirements to submit to UHC.