Almost Seven Weeks Post-Op!!!

Jan 02, 2013

Well, here I am, almost seven weeks post-op…everything has been going pretty well and I survived the holidays without pigging out (slowly) on all the Christmas goodies!  Yay!  Honestly, I don’t think I even wanted to pig out.  I was having too much fun running around and spending time with my family.
 

I had a few dark days where I felt like I wasn’t losing any weight.  At four weeks post-op, I got on the scale and had only dropped a pound…then later that week, after my five-week mark, I got on the scale and had gained that pound back…so I was extremely discouraged and contemplating serious dramatic action (above and beyond gastric bypass?), but then I literally got on the scale the next morning after my first pee sans clothing and had dropped three pounds…overnight, as if by magic.  Hmm…that was Friday morning…December 21^st.  By Monday I had dropped two more pounds.  Yes, I know I was weighing too much.  I will stop.  Promise.  Actually, it’s driving me crazy, so I have stopped weighing all the time.

So Christmas was nice except for the fact that my period decided to come on full force for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after.  This was not fun, but I got through it and now my period is OVER!  Weeeeee!  I am sooo excited.  I haven’t had a heavy period like that in forever.  And even better news, I weight on Monday and was down another six pounds!  So I’ve made it down to 329!  I’m four pounds away from a 100 lb loss total (counting the dieting I was doing six months before the surgery) so I’m pretty happy.  Also, family members say they can see a difference.

That’s not all that matters of course.  I feel so much better than I did pre-op and I feel better than I did the first few weeks post-op.  I can say now that I feel normal again, just unable to eat much.

My food tolerance is tons better.  I have been able to eat anything I’ve tried, even though some things just don’t sit too well on my stomach.  Steak or roasts are a couple of those things.  Also, Kay made some chili yesterday and even though it was good and I had no trouble eating it, it didn’t sit well on my stomach.  Blech.

Other than that, not much to report!  Hope everyone had a good holiday!

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