80 POUNDS

Sep 09, 2015

I AM 80 POUNDS DOWN. OMG

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halfway point

Sep 03, 2015

so as of today, the amount that I have lost will be greater than the amount I am above my goal. How exciting is that? I finally broke my turtle streak. I have lost 77 pounds & I am 76 above my goal. It feels amazing to be at that halfway point, even just a tad beyond it. 

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frustration

Aug 25, 2015

so the other day i posted about finally being in the 240s. well i was 249 for about 2 days. then i went back up to 250. its been like 5 days (im probably exaggerating). its so annoying! im getting very discouraged & frustrated. its like im stuck there & like im not going to lose any more. i know i am overreacting, but it is how i really feel. i am genuinely upset!

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broke into the 240s!

Aug 20, 2015

I weighed myself this morning, & I was officially in the 240s. I weighed 249.5! I'm so excited I can't even explain it! I am only a pound away from 75 pounds gone. Then only 1.5 pounds until my halfway mark (76.5). My first big goal is 170. I'd like to lose even more weight after that, but if I can't then I will be completely satisfied with 170. My ideal weight is around 130 for my height. I think it would be great to get there. I am so excited & blessed to be on this journey!

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2 pounds

Jul 02, 2015

TWO POUNDS! I am only 2 pounds away from my first goal of 50 pounds. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that I could lose 50 pounds before my birthday (July 26) I would have laughed in your face! I feel so much better. I can actually climb the stairs at my apartment now without feeling like I'm going to die. It still sucks, but that's to be expected for almost anyone lol. Not having to haul that extra 50 pounds up those stairs is awesome. 

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1 month post op

Jun 25, 2015

Monday I went to my one month post op appointment. They all had great things to say about me. They even called me an A+ patient! The only thing they said was to up my water intake. That is something I am really struggling with, but I know I can do it. They said I have lost 11% of my body mass... or something like that...? lol.

I have lost a total of 43 pounds & 31 since surgery. Tomorrow it will officially be a month. How exciting is that????    

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work.

Jun 10, 2015

I went back to work today, but I so did NOT want to. Being off for 2 weeks spoiled me so bad even if it was spent mostly recovering from surgery. It's been a pretty good day so far though. My boss has been very understanding about me needing to eat about every 3 hours or so. I sit at a desk all day, so I'm not up having to do strenuous work either. All in all, it's been a good first day back to work. I've had a lot to do to keep me busy. 

Oh, & yesterday I hit 286! I haven't been this light since at least August of last year. How exciting is that? :)

Hope you all have a wonderful & blessed day!  

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recovering well

May 31, 2015

It has been 5 days since I had my surgery. I weighed myself the morning of my surgery & I was at 305 I believe. A week before that I weighed in at 302 at my pre op appt. I cheated a lot my last week as a last hurrah. I hadn't planned on cheating as much as I did, but it's already done & I can't change it now lol. I had my surgery on Tuesday & the admitted me on Wednesday. Most patients who have a lap sleeve done stay 2 nights, but they told me that I was doing so well that I could go home if I wanted to. Of course I wanted to! The next day I think I regretted going home just because I was in a lot of pain, but that's what the pain meds are for, right? The feeling of regret definitely left. When they released me from the hospital on Wednesday, they had to weigh me. I weighed in at 311. I thought that was really weird considering I hadn't been able to eat for most of the 2 days I spent there. My family reminded me that they had pumped me full of fluids & vitamins & that made me feel better. 

Thursday I weighed in at 310

Friday I weighed in at 304!!

Saturday I weighed in at 301

& today I weighed in at 300.

I am so excited to see how much more weight I will lose. I cannot wait to be healthy again. I want to be able to spend a long & happy life with my husband & our future children. My dad works in the outpatient surgery portion of the hospital where I was at. That's where they perform the surgeries & then they move us to rooms where we can stay. So, my father was there a lot of the time making sure I got the proper care that I needed. That was awesome. He practically saved me from having 2 blood thinner shots. He had this surgery done almost 2 years ago & remembered that they had given his to him while he was asleep in the OR. My nurse said it was still on her orders, but he asked her to check with the doctors to see if I had already been given one. I had. If he hadn't been there, I would have gotten another one. My mom rode with him to work both days so she could be there to support me. My pastor came the morning of my surgery & prayed with us before they took me back. He didn't leave until they came out & said everything had went well. He is an amazing man. My husband, he was a real trooper. He helped me so much. I am so thankful that I have him. He tells me that he is just doing what any good husband would, & that may be the truth, but I still really appreciate it & thank him so much for it all. 

The days after my surgery when my husband had to work, my mom has come to our apartment to help out. That has been awesome. I just can't imagine doing something like this alone & I am so thankful that I don't have to. All I can say is, I cannot wait for this drain to come out on Friday. It is driving me nuts. It is so uncomfortable. My body knows it's not supposed to be there, & I can tell lol. 

Overall, I have lost 23 pounds, & since my surgery I have lost 11. I think that's pretty awesome!

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pre op appt

May 21, 2015

So Tuesday, May 19, I had my pre op appt with my surgeon. I was so nervous that he was not going to be happy with the amount of weight I had lost. I was thinking he would be happy with the fact that I had been losing weight, just that I hadn't lost enough of what I gained to go ahead with the surgery. According to their scales, I weighed in at 302 which is exactly 5 pounds over the first time I saw him!! 

I was so nervous that my BP was like 150/87! I normally have perfect BP too! Everything else went great & my surgery is on for May 26. I am so excited. I only have 4 days left. How exciting is that? 

They also did an ultrasound of my gall bladder & I apparently have gall stones. So that sucks. Otherwise, all GREAT news!

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struggles

May 05, 2015

There for about a week or 2, I had been teetering back & forth between 10 & 11 pounds lost. I was trying so hard to not become discouraged, which was hard for me. I just kept at it hoping that I would eventually start losing again. I lost 2 more pounds the other day, making it 13 pounds down. This morning I have lost another pound. I am now at 14 pounds lost. I have my pre-op appointment in exactly 2 weeks. I have gained 26 pounds since first meeting my surgeon. He told me that they didn't want me to gain any more than 5 pounds, if that. So, in the next 2 weeks, I need to lose at least 7 more pounds. I would like to lose all of the weight I have gained, so I am aiming for 12 more pounds in 2 weeks. I really need to buckle down & walk every single day & really watch what I am eating. I think I can do this. I walked 3 miles around the local mall yesterday morning & played tennis in the evening. My fitness tracker said I walked over 4 miles & burned over 1000 calories yesterday. Just gotta keep this up. Prayers please!

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