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:( The sleeve is not at all what it is cracked up to be. I was give a size 34 or 36 boogie too. At first I felt restriction but within a few months that feeling went away to the point of feeling like I have ZERO restriction. I am back up to 222-224. I even went on a diet and lost 10 lbs. I am thinking of a revision to DS. I know insurance only pays for one bareatric surgery but I am willing to get a new insurance company to do this. The only thing is I dont feel like going through hoops for a year like I did last time.  I wish I had more time to focus on this.   

 Ehh almost five months anyways. So far I have lost 73 lbs. It really is a struggle for me, I am on this constant diet, except for the weekend. I  allow myself to eat what I want. I am usually a healthy eater so my volume of food goes up on the weekend or I would go plum loco and say forget it. I love food! I am a food addict for sure. I make no claims of being a saint. I noticed I can eat about eight oz of steak which I barely every eat red meat but when I did, I couldn't believe how easy it was for me to eat a whole steak (not steak crumbs like others claim they can only eat) B/S. I can eat! My Dr. used a 34 french boughie so you would think I shouldn't be able to eat so much. I wish I had a smaller sleeve. Oh well, I have to work with what I have. 

I go to the gym twice a week. I ride the bike for 60 minutes do the tread mill for 20 minutes & lift weights. I stay at least two hours at the gym twice a week & on most weekends I go out to the dessert and ride my quad. That is exercise & it gets me out of the house & for the most part away from food.

My calorie intake during  the week ranges between from 920-1200. On the weekend, that is another story.   

I feel it is important to be honest with myself & to my blog in case someone is reading this in hopes of getting the VSG surgery, I just want that person to be aware their are others who have had the VSG & it has been a struggle to loose the weight. 

When I was investigating the VSG I bought into it hook line and sinker! I was like, what, no hunger! Hell yeah! Ummm I have total hunger. And like I said it is like being on a diet! Still happy I did it though. I think I would have went for the DS if I had to do it all over again.  

Well I am a little over two months out & I find it harder to stay satisfied with food & weight loss has slowed down. For me I have to control myself from eating to much or I could easily over eat. I have upped my protein this week and so far I have lost three pounds this week which is good cause at times ill be lucky if I loose a pound a week. I was drinking just one protein shake a day now, I am at two protein drinks a day & it seems to have helped kick start my weight loss again.  This week i haven't been to the gym and my calories have been about 800-900 + calories & I am dropping weight. When I would have my calories around 600-700 my weight loss slows down for some reason. Still trying to figure what works for me. The less carbs the better.

I am a little over a month and a half out from surgery. I have lost 48 lbs total. I feel really good. My breathing is so much better, my hand's used to ache and now they don't hurt at all. I am so happy I had this surgery. It has been a struggle on & off with hunger, I still have issues with food. I was not one of the lucky ones who "forget to eat". I was hoping that would be my case, no such luck. Also, for some reason I was under the impression that they weight would just come off & I would have to do much about it. Wrong, this is work & you have to work at it in order to be successful. It is not magic. This takes work and dedication, I had to learn this. When I first had my surgery I thought I was going to fail. I was so hungry, eating more than what I was told. Advancing my stages of food. What helped me change my thinking was getting the hospital bill in the mail. 66,000.00. I looked at that & told myself I cannot waste that money. Plus it gets easier dealing with food as time goes on. I am not a person who has problems with junk food. I am not into fast food, sweets, fried foods. That has never been my problem. I am a healthy eater, my problem has always been I am a volume eater. So this VSG so far has really helped me out as far as volume goes. I would recommend the VSG surgery to anyone who is aware that it takes some effort to be successful.  

I am seriously getting nervous now! My surgery is four days away, oh god. I have tried not to think about it at all for months & really I honestly did not think about it, only in the way of I have a lot of time before surgery, it's so far away. I have waited a long time. It wil have taken me approx 12 months to get this surgery. I had to change my PCP which took a month, then I thought just visiting my new PCP for two months would count towards the requires six months visit with PCP required by my insurance. I was wrong. So, I wasted two months seeing my new PCP thinking it would count as my six months. My PCP said I had to see a dietitian for six months. so it took me a month to get the appointment & when I went ohhh sorry you need to see Lori & she isn't here today. They should have told you on the phone that it was her you needed to see.  That again had wasted another month. So as you can see I have four months wasted time so far. I finally finished my six months then the testing comes in, that took a couple of months. Then I am told at scheduling for my surgery that my Surgeon is going on vacation, more of a delay. My point is I have been waiting forever that is why I have been like, oh I have time..... My time has ran out! The clock is ticking & I am nervous, I really don't know why. I have had two prior major surgeries. Maybe because my last surgery was soooo painful. Oh well. I need to quit stressing out.  I think I will go clean house to mellow out.

Today I saw my Bareatric coordinator. She kinda gave me grief because I don't always take in all my protein. I told her it is hard to get it in & she said no it isn't  >:I   what can I say to a know it all. It really is hard for me to get it all in. If it was food, no problem at all . So, I dealt with her nagging for five minutes. I am going to try harder to get in my protein. She told me I need to get my protein in esp after surgery or I will really have problems as far as hair loss & she said other health problems. She did not go into detail & I didn't ask. After my meeting with the coordinator I went over to Arcadia Methodist Hospital to register for my surgery next Wed. Very nice hospital with a polite staff. Anyways, I am almost ready for surgery.  Hopefully everything goes well. 

In a few days March 10th will be my fourth meeting with my dietican, I cant wait till my sixth meeting. It is getting closer, I am super excited, I just can't wait. I cant wait till it is over with. I am just so happy I am past my half way point. Thanks Blue Shield for the wait.