girly_girl
4 Months Post-Op
Dec 04, 2004
Sunday
Tomorrow is my 4 month anniversary, and I am -58lbs. That puts me at 195! I can't believe that I have said goodbye to the 200's forever. I am wearing size 18 pants, but bought my first pairs of 16, they fit, just a little snug. Haven't invested in smaller size shirts yet, just going to wait - still wearing the XL's that I bought last month. I'm so excited to be getting down. I just wanted to also put up which goals I have already accomplished thus far:
Cross my legs
Play a team sport with Jeff (racquetball)
Jog (not for very long, but it's a start)
Paint my toe nails with ease
Clean my house without getting exhausted
Wear Jeff's t-shirts to bed (or out even)
Not tug at my clothes
Not feel like everyone is staring at me
Have a short haircut look good on my face
Be proud I’m at the gym working out
Not feel embarrassed for my husband when he introduces me to
new people
Also I wanted to post my inches lost:
neck: -2"
chest: -5.5"
waist: -13"
hips: -7.5"
thighs: -2.5"
arms: -1"
Ok so now as much progress on my arms as I would like, but I think that the 13" in my waist in pretty darn impressive!
3 Months Post-Op
Nov 05, 2004
Saturday
3 months post op - and feeling great! I've lost a total of 48lbs and am at 205lbs. And I'm very pleased with that. I am wearing a size 14/16 shirts and 18 pants. (Granted those are purchased at Lane Bryant, but I don't care. This is the thinnest I have been in a very long time.) My mom came out this weekend and surprised me for my sons first birthday. It was wonderful. And I had my first two real weight loss moments this weekend. We went grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and my mom and husband walked right past me looking for me in the store. And I went and picked my husband up from work and he said he didn't recognize me in the car. It feels good to be making so much progress. I've been getting discourage about the loose skin around my belly button and the flap of fat and skin that is hanging down from my lower stomach. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude though. I do catch myself falling back into old habits. I need to focus! I want this to be a long term success. Anyway.. that's all for now.
Doing Better
Oct 18, 2004
Tuesday
Well, it's been a couple of weeks since my miscarriage and I'm doing better. I've had a lot of support from my husband, mom, and church! I just got a really wicked stomach flu this weekend that has lasted for 5 days. I went to the hospital I was in so much pain. I didn't know it was the flu. Since Friday I had this terrible cramping and sharp pain in my entire abdomen, but I didn't start vomiting until yesterday. Today I just had mild nausea and lots of abdominal pain, but it's getting better. Well, that's really all for right now. I started on the Ortho-Evra the birth control patch since the pill failed me. I've lost quite a few pounds really quickly since the miscarriage, so it's been encouraging because my weight loss had really slowed down in September. That's all for now. I'm really looking forward to going home for the holidays and being so much thinner. Hopefully I will be under 200lbs by Christmas, I think it's possible because I'm at 210lbs now!
2 Months Post-Op
Oct 05, 2004
Today is my two month anniversary. I am at 218lbs and just had a miscarriage on Monday. I can't say that I am all that excited about my weight loss (or anything else for that matter) right now. I only lost 8lbs this past month. I'm sure that the weight didn't drop off because of the pregnancy. I went into the ER on Monday night after calling my doctor, I was having severe cramping and bleeding. I had a D&C at midnight and was home by three in the morning. I feel much better now, but empty. It's really a sad feeling and gives me a lot of compassion for other women who have had to experience this. Anyway, I just wanted to check in and chart my progress on my two month anniversary.
Sad News
Oct 03, 2004
Well, I've lost the baby. It's very hard for meo understand at this point why I was even able to get pregnant just to lose it. I went for and Ultrasound last Wednesday and the baby was supposed to measure 10w and it only measured 5w. So my
OB appointment
Sep 17, 2004
Saturday
I went to the
PREGNANT?!?
Sep 12, 2004
Speaking of pregnancy in my prior post.. I just found out on Saturday that I am pregnant. At first I was not very excited, I was sooo nervous for me and the baby. But now.. I've accepted this and am ready to welcome this new little baby into the world. First of all I'd just like to clarify that I was in no way trying to get pregnant. I was on the pill and have been for 7 months. I was very offended when the nurse called me this afternoon and said first thing without even saying hello or asking me how I was doing, "Am I reading your chart right?" - very rudely. I told her yes I was pregnant and she asked me if I was aware of ways to prevent this - like I was some kind of idiot. I told her.. hello... I was on the pill, I only have half of one ovary, and I have a 10 month old.. there was no way I was trying to get pregnant.. or not prevent it this soon out of surgery. When I did talk to the surgeon he was very polite. I love him.. I didn't tell on his nurse though and I should have. He said that I wasn't the first person to get pregnant when he didn't want them to and I won't be the last. He said that all of his prior pregnant patients have done well with no negative outcomes. That was re-assuring. I asked the nurse if they preformed a pregnancy test on me before surgery and she said that she had to ask. She came back and said yes they did... I asked her if it was a negative result and she snottily told me that if it wasn't they wouldn't have performed the surgery!! I was wanting her to double check my chart. But I guess a dating scan will tell me for sure. I go see my
Anyway.. I'll post more later.
1 Month Post-Op
Sep 05, 2004
Monday
ONE MONTH OUT AT 27LBS GONE!!!! Woohoo Me! One month out.. amazing time has gone by so fast.. it always does though. I'm struggling with getting in all my protein right now. Can't get the shakes down, I don't get sick from them, just get full no matter how little I drink. My getting sick EVERYTIME I eat is easing up. I am going to start going to the gym full time tomorrow and start doing my weight lifting. My incision still has a few holes that are scabbed up and not healed. But all in all I feel great. Still really sluggish, tired a lot, I heard other people at the same stage as me say that it's normal, but I think it is also partly because of the protein. Accomplishments this month, I fit into size 22's again (started in 24's), my wedding ring fits again - I haven't been able to wear it since last March, when I first got pregnant. That's about it, but that's enough.
This is Work
Sep 01, 2004
As of Friday the 27th of last month I weighed 230! I'm not going to weigh in tomorrow I'm going to wait until I'm one month out, so the 6th, and then I'll weigh. I've been having a hard time lately. I am doing poorly with my vitamins and protein shakes. I hate the vitamins.. they're chewable and they are disgusting. I am going to call the doctor's office today and ask them to send me the swallow kind. I've also been doing bad with my exercise. I am going to start going back to the gym full time on Tuesday (Monday if it's open, but it's a holiday). I've also felt very overwhelmed lately. I didn't realize how MUCH WORK this is. I have to keep a tight schedule to make sure that I get everything in everyday. I promised my husband I'd try my hardest today to get everything in. So I am. My incision is almost healed all the way through. I called the doctor last Friday. I have a mushy spot on my incision line that is a light purple color and it was concerning me. Dr. Warnock said that it sounded like it was old blood and that my incision should open up and leak within the week. It still hasn't yet, so we'll see what happens.
20lbs Gone
Aug 19, 2004
Okay.. it was weigh in day and I was at 233lbs. That's 20lbs in two weeks. Crazy! I would never be able to this on my own.. especially not in two weeks. I've been having a problem with head hunger lately, but I think it's because I haven't been getting nearly enough water in. I took all of my staples out today. I feel so much better. I can't believe how thin my incision line is. I hope that it stays this way. Anyway.. that's all for me right now.. not to much new stuff to report.
