jessica H.
7 Weeks since surgery and 60 pounds down!!
Aug 17, 2011
I mean I have some serious struggles lately, especially with introducing food to my pouch. I'm supposed to be on a regular diet but that hasn't happened yet. I'm still pretty much on a liquid diet and some minor foods. Ones that I feel most comfortable eating. I really want vegetables so bad but I'm scared because I tried last week and it didn't go so good it made me sick and have dry heaves. All I know is this has been one of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my life.
Another thing I'm struggling with is the protein. I have my protein shakes but gosh what else is high in protein that I might be able to EAT. I tried a protein bar and OMG it was the worst thing I've EVER had in my LIFE. I'm the type of person that would just suck it up and eat something even if it was bad but I couldn't do it. I throw them away. I've tried 2 different types and both were terrible. They left after taste and I was stuck at work with no tooth bush. All I wanted to do was bush my teeth, THANK goodness I mints.
I think I'm starting to see a difference in myself now that I've lost this much weight. Before I didn't notice much but now. I wore a pair of carpi's today that I used to have to lay in the bed to button and zip up but I didn't have to do that this morning. Normally I would have to undo the zipper and button when seating at my desk but I've left them up all day. Plus I pull them away from stomach!! :)
16 Days after Surgery
Jul 14, 2011
It's been 16 days since my surgery and I've lost already 27 pounds. Which makes me happier then ever. I've tried all types of dieting in the past and have never been able to just sleep away the pounds. As it seems like as been happening. It's like I wake up in the morning time and step on the scale and I'm like "whoa.. another 2-3 pounds." But it's amazing. I can't wait until I get to my goal weight which I don't even know is yet. I have a feeling that I will never be as small as I would like to be. But if I could be close to it I'll be happy know that I tried to get there in the first place.
I haven't tried anything extreme yet, as far as exercising because the doctor still has me on a restriction of 15 pounds or less to lift. Once that restriction is gone at the end of the month I intend to be in the gym a lot. I want to make sure that I'm gaining muscle while I'm losing all this weight.
For anyone reading this blog wondering whether or not if they should have the surgery, I can say I questioned my self too. In the long run I want a healthier life. Medical issues as far as heart problems and high blood pressure are common in my family. When I started to be treated for high blood pressure I decided I didn't want to have any health problems and I sure as hell didn't want to have any heart problems. I'm only 25 years old. So I asked my primary care doctor and she was on board with me talking to the surgeon.
When I woke up in the recovery room I don't remember much other then telling them I wanted to lay on my side because I hate laying on my back and then I was back to sleep. I do actually remember that my throat was sore. I don't remember going to my actual room or when I finally woke up in there. I know my mom, sisters and aunt was there waiting. When I did wake up, I thought what the hell did I just do to myself. For the first couple of days mainly while I was in the hospital I wished that I hadn't had the surgery. This was the first surgery that I have had and I was sore as hell. I questioned myself so many times as to why I did this.
When I was released from the hospital the nurse removed my drained that the surgeon had left in and that was the worst part of this whole experience. I thought she was going to pull out my organs when she pulled out that drain. Even now 16 days later, certain ways that I may move or if I start laughing I always go to grab my lower part of my stomach where I felt the drain the most because it's still sore at times. Everyone that I've talked to says that it's normal. I just hope that it doesn't hurt when I go back to work.
I hope to update my profile on here every week so that I have a good track of my progress and let everyone else see as well. I want to have a successful story and not to have gone through this for nothing.
