Jenny2009

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Hello!

These past few months have been very good, and yet very hard at the same time.   Going through the holidays without being able to eat whatever I wanted was somewhat difficult at times.  At Thanksgiving, I did not overeat or even have any sugar free desserts, but at Christmas I did make some pumpkin bread with splenda and a apple pie with splenda.  They were yummy!!  I don't regret eating them, because I think there are times when you have to give yourself a little room to enjoy food, but I have not made any of that stuff since then.  I did gain 3 pounds during Christmas, but I lost it all plus 5 more pounds since then!  Yeah!!!  My weight loss has slowed down alot in the last 4 months.  I have only lost 30 pounds in 4 months, which is slow for me.   Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to have lost 168 pounds in 10 months, but I was dropping the weight so fast and now it is slow going.  I think my "honeymoon" faze is over :-( 
I am working out more with my husband, we like to go to the gym after dinner and work out together.  That has been very nice! 

As far as how I have been feeling, that has been great!  I was very tired all the time the last few months, and after getting blood work done, they found that my vitamin D was very low.  I am on a special pill for that, and I feel much better.  I am so thankful to not have had any harsh complications from my surgery, as I know some people can have.   My surgeon and my doctor both gave me the OK to try to get pregnant.  I am ECSTATIC about this!  My husband and I have been trying for 5 years to get pregnant, but with my PCOS, and my weight it just never happened.  We had even gone through 1 round of fertility treatments that did not work for me.  So now we are praying, and hoping that the Lord will give us a child, (twins, perhaps!) as we really want to start a family soon. 

I don't know if any of you are like this, but since loosing so much weight, I have wanted a complete change in how I look.  I went out before Christmas and got my hair highlighted and low-lighted and cut short.  It looks really cute, and I love it!  I don't look drastically different or anything, but it was a change for me.  I never had my hair done like that before.   I have been loving shopping, although I have not really bought much of anything.  It is a little overwhelming to be able to go to most any store and find clothes that I can wear.  Before, I could only shop at Catherines, and even then it was hard to find things that fit well.  I made all my skirts because I could not find any skirts that fit me either.  Now I can buy them, and it is a big difference!  I love it!   So those are some of the perks about loosing weight that I am enjoying.  I am just so happy that I had WLS! 

I will go for now, and hopefully the next time I post, it will be to say that I am pregnant!  :-)

These past few months have been a little difficult for me, weight loss wise.  I have only lost 10 pounds in 2 months.   I don't feel the restriction as much anymore, and so I have to be very careful at how much I am actually eating.  I am pleased that I have lost 145 pounds in 7 months though!  I barely have any clothes that actually fit me now, and that is great, but also a bummer because I can't afford to go buy a bunch of clothes right now.  But I truly feel SO much better having lost the weight.  I just have come to the point that I don't care what people think if they see me wear the same things over and over, because I hopefully won't fit into them too much longer anyways! :-)  I don't want to waste a bunch of money on clothes that I can't wear for too long. 

This summer sure went by fast!  I am very much looking forward to fall this year.  I have lost 132 pounds as of today.  I feel much better, and can't wait to loose it all!

I have not been on here in a while, I wish I would have stayed on top of things a little more!  I could just kick myself for not having taken pictures each month, and I never thought to measure myself either.  Oh well!  The last few months have been good ones, I very rarely feel sick.   I will admit to having thrown up a few times after food got stuck.  I still have such a hard time with chicken, it just wants to get stuck no matter how I cook it.  Lately I have been loving beef!  I could eat it every day!  Eating out a resturaunts has gotten a little easier.  My favorite meal is at Texas Roadhouse where I get the Road Kill meal.  It is chopped ground beef that is seasoned and cooked with mushrooms and cheese on top, served with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies.  YUMMMM!!!!!  It is nice to have leftovers for later too!

On June 21st  I hit my 100 pound mark!  I was so happy!  I still have a hard time seeing the changes like everyone else does.  I still feel like that 447 lbs person I was before surgery.  All my clothes still fit, even though they were loose on me and I think that had a lot to do with sill feeling fat.   As of today, I have lost 117 lbs, and with the last 17 pounds I no longer can keep any of my old clothes up on me, they fall down.  It is weird how you can loose so much, but yet the last 17 is when your clothes don't fit anymore.  So now I hardly have any clothes, but that is ok because I am hoping to just keep loosing.  I don't want to spend a bunch of money on clothes that I will only be able to wear for a month or two.   

For the 1st time in years I am actually enjoying the summer.  Before I would be so miserable and sweat ALL the time!  Now I don't really sweat that much, and it does not feel as hot to me as it did before.  I don't get winded as much either, and that is VERY nice!  It is always embarassing to be huffing and puffing when no one else around you is. 

One thing I would like to encourage others about is not being afraid to tell the truth about having WLS.  I did not tell hardly anyone before surgery, but afterwards when people asked what I had surgery for, I was honest with them.  I thought for sure I would be ridiculed or looked down on because of it, but to my surprise, every single person I told was very happy for me and very supportive!  It makes it so much easier I think just being honest.  I mean, it is what it is, right?  Plus to, it makes me feel like I have to be more accountable in the end not to gain it back.  Well, I gotta go for now!

I can't believe how good I feel just losing 60 pounds!  My feet don't hurt anymore, and my ankles are not swollen.  I fit into chairs in waiting rooms now, and playing my violin is not so strenuous as it was!  These are just the little changes so far.  I still can't imagine being thin, but feeling "thinner" is really nice! 

I have been not wanting to eat very much lately, but I have been making myself eat anyways.  For some reason I crave pizza sauce all the time, so I drown my meat in sugar free pizza sauce lately!  I must admit I am tired of chicken because it gets stuck in my throat often.  I have been eating more lean ham, and turkey burgers.  

I was able to start on salad this week, and boy was that wonderful!  I have always loved salads, so it was nice to have that again.

I will try to post on here once a month or so.  Goodbye for now!

March 29, 2009

Well last night I ate some canned spinach, it tasted SO good!  But about an hour or 2 later, I had my very first dumping spell.  Let me just say it was awful!!!! I have not taken one bite of anything I am not allowed to, and if that is what dumping syndrome feels like, I NEVER want to take a bite of something I shouldn't!   For the most part, I have been feeling fine.  I am down 47 pounds as of today, and tomorrow will be 4 weeks since my surgery!  I hope to loose 100 pounds by June, at least I am going to try  my best!