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Well here I am almost 4 months out.  I have lost 52 lbs and that is good but I am a bit disappointed that I did not loose faster.  Looking back I believe that I have done the things I should except for the water.  I still have a hard time getting that all in.  But if nothing else, I exercise every day and love it.  I can't say that I ever loved it before....  it was too hard and there were no "seen" benefits.  I am glad that I had the surgery and look forward to continueing to loose weight.  I am going to keep striving to get all my water in and exercise.  I look forward to the next size down in clothes.  That is the really fun part.  I have also learned to stay off the scale every day.  That was really depressing.  I watched a commercial that said "for every pound you loose, that is 4 pounds of pressure that you took off your knees..."  So I have reduced the pressure on my knees by 200 lbs.  Sounds increadible when I look at it that way.  Hope everyone else is doing really well too....

Hi All,

I am finally two months out and down 40 lbs in total.  This includes the 9 lbs that I lost during my liquid only phase.  I feel pretty good....  I wish I had a bit more energy but I realized that I do more than I used to without even thinking about it.  I am down a pant size and hoping that it doesn't stop too soon.  I have 60 lbs or a bit more to go and hoping that the fact that I am loosing more slowly than others will help my tummy catch up to the weight loss and possibly not have to go thru any more surgeries.  I guess that I will cross that bridge when I get to it.   I am so very thankful for all the support that I have received on this board.  Thank God I found it.

Well, I am still wondering what I did to myself.  I love food.  It is so hard to ignore it and to watch others enjoy it and I still can't even have an egg.  Good heavens....  On the up side.  I am down a bit more weight and that is good, I think it is the only up side at the moment.  I have been craving healthy food which for me is very strange.  I get to start eating eggs in a few days as I am beginning week 3 of liquids.  With my pre surg diet of liquid and this I am on 5 weeks for liquid.  I can not wait til I can eat real food.  Smaller amounts is good but real food will be a blessing.  I am just trying to get through one day at a time.

I was able to shower today, put on a bra and jeans.  I feel almost human.  Actually I am sipping on Tomato Soup as well.  Almost can see the new me coming from the me that just had surgery.  Also since I was drinking protein shakes for 2 weeks prior to surgery I am on week 3 to 4 of them now and a bit bored of them.  Looking for the next chapter in different foods to start but very happy that I am feeling well again.

So the first 2 days after surgery was terrible.  I was in so much pain.  I didn't know what I had done to myself and why.  Someone in the hospital asked me if I would do it again and I said no.  Now I am on day three.  I still have shooting pains in my left side that I think is my intestines after the work they did on me but I am so very glad to be home.  I gained 5 lbs after surgery in water retention.  I lost it in the first 10 hours home.  Many trips to the potty.  I am looking forward to my good night sleeps and more recovery day after day.  Also, I am hoping to get my drain line out tomorrow which will be a big help as I am tired of trying to not hit it or get it snagged on things.  Other than that I am doing well.

So today has really been tough.  I had 5 small handfulls of popcorn and felt guilty cuz if I can't do the right thing for 2 weeks how am I going to do the right thing for years.  Got to let that one go.  I was told that the 2 weeks of liquid only would be harder than after the surgery.  I am holding on to that as I can not believe that it would be harder and I am signing up for it.  Having a very hard time with my nerves today as well.  I have been worried about the surgery and the needles which scares the crap out of me.    DH says that everything will be fine... but what does he know?  He has been thin all his life and the only surgery he had was one that was done right in the doctors office while he was awake. (snip snip)  Urgghh!!!!  Just keep keepin on...  you can do this.

Will I survive the liquid part before surgery???  Sometimes I wonder.  Smelling all the good food smells and seeing people around me enjoy the snacks.  Grrrrr....  I just keep saying that eventually I will not even want it.  This first part is tough.  The shakes are good and I can have a yogurt, but ohhhh those oreo cookies and donuts and chicken and...and... and...

Just hang in there girl you can do this.....