Cassandra77
12-20-2009
Dec 20, 2009
Almost 2 months later.... I'm following up, but I gotta make it quick.
I'm not going to lie...the first month was hard...really hard! The eating & the managing of the pain. As long as I took the pain meds I was ok actually, but I think it was a mental thing. I have never been on pain meds for so long...I was just ready to be off of them. I wasn't able to stop taking them until the beginning of this month....and when I did, I experienced a sort of withdrawal. I couldn't sleep and had the jitters for almost 1 week. And there's not too much you can do about it except wait it out.
Right now I'm 2 months & 8 days out..and down 40 pounds. I had a little bit of a stall for a while. I had to really try not to be too worried about it (since I went through it with the RNY and know better), but my mind still sometimes got the best of me. I'm glad the scale has started to move again though.
As far as eating goes...I still feel a little lost. Sometimes I'll just wander around the kitchen. Leave, then come back, then leave again. Repeat.
I've discovered that KFC original chicken legs REALLY agree with me. LOL. I keep saying I'm going to buy a bucket and just keep it in the fridge here at work. I've always liked chicken, but I wanted to make sure I don't limit myself to that because I don't believe there's enough fat in chicken. But for now, that's what's agreeing with me.
Ohh... my clothes are starting to fit again. That's the biggest thing for me. Even if I had lost only 10 lbs...as long as my clothes start fitting again, I'm happy. I think I'm starting to get to the point where the benefits are going to start outweighing my eating woes.
I can't say I love my DS yet, but I can definitely say I adore it more than my RNY already. Just yesterday I took a few sips of orange juice (knowing I shouldn't) and I kind of braced myself...just waiting for the "dumping" symptoms...and nothing. :-) I've done this several times...and then it's like I instantly remember... "OH yeah! I'm a DS'er now! Screw the RNY!"
