Palmettosleeve

Send Message

Block

Add Friend

hey there OH family. It's been 10 months since my surgery. soo hard to believe...i still cant figure out where time disapears to. i weighed 205 this morning. thats a total loss of 136lbs. my BMI is a 33. which is wayyy down from my starting BMI of 55. im starting to see a skinny person in the mirror when i pass it...its almost scary! but i love the feeling. i feel more like a normal person now. i fit it. i dont get funny stares. im full of energy. my weight doesnt hold me back from anything anymore! id like to lose another 30lbs. my unrealistic goal would be to lose 50 more but they say thats too much. who knows. ill know and so will my body when the time is right. just wanted to check in! hope everyone is doing well :)

wow....has it really been 3 months since my last post?! time flies when life happens. its so easy to get into a routine w/ this new life. i should get on here more often. but i figured id update everyone. today makes me 6 months out since surgery!!! i have lost 101 pounds. i started at 341 and this morning i weight 240. its so crazy to be able to say that. im gonna take pictures tonight and post them! hope everyone is doing well, i know i am :-)

2 posts ago, i was 10 weeks out and was 288. today i weighed in at my drs office at 268. but my scale at home says 271. so based on MY home scale, in 2 weeks ive lost 17 pounds! thats hard to believe!!! i think the increase in weight loss is due to me joining a gym around that time. ive been going to the gym 5-6 times a week for at LEAST an hour. i do cardio then weights. and i take 2-3 classes a week at the gym too like step, zumba, or yoga. i just realized today that when i started my journey in late july, i had 191 pounds to lose. that seems like SO much! and as of today, i only have 121 pounds to lose. that goal seem so much more reachable. its hard to believe that in 12 weeks ive lost 70lbs! my sleeve is a miracle. once i lose 25 more pounds ill be at my half way mark, which i cant wait for. i reached my next goal of being in the 260. so my next goal is 249. i want to be under 250. that will be a huge accomplishment in my mind.  thats only 20 more pounds so hopefully in another month ill have reached that! at the rate im going, i dont see why not. another thing is, today when i saw my surgeon, he didnt say anything about my weight loss. he just wanted to know how i was feeling and my wellbeing etc. he's never really paid much attention to my numbers. i kind of want him to, cause its something im proud of so i want him to be proud of me too. now if i can get rid of this darn stomach virus i have, ill be doing well. i hope it dont slow down my weight loss. i have to get an endoscopy done next week for him to check out my esophagus and stomach to make sure everything looks fine. basically precautionary measures. im not looking forward to it though. i started out in a tight size 28 pants and at least 3xl shirt. today im wearing xl tshirts and 1x shirts from department stores. im wearing a size 24 pants which are getting loose on me. so hopefully soon ill be in some 22's! i cant wait to be able to say i wear a size 18 though! i guess i should quit rushing things and be thankful for how far ive already come! im wondering when the acid reflux will stop. i had it slightly before surgery but postop when i get it, its horrendous and feels like a fire is in my throat! makes me sick. im wondering how long this will last. will i always have it? i hope not! its hard to believe im already 3 months out from surgery. still seems like yesterday i was anticipating the surgery. thanksgiving is coming up and while im kinda sad i cant eat my heart out like every other year, thats what got me where i was weight-wise. so im thankful for my sleeve and my restriction and ill jsut have to take one little bite of everything so i dont miss out on anything! happy thanksgiving ya'll :-)

"I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE, BUT I'M DEFINITELY BETTER OFF THAN WHERE I WAS"

well, here i am. 10 weeks post op. i weighed in at 8 weeks at 288. today i am 281. i'm kinda sad that ive only lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks. i was in a 2 week stall then lost 10 then another week stall until today. im tired of stalls!!! i know they're bound to happen but geez. all this work, im ready to see some changes! i lost so fast in the begninning but month 2 i only lost 15 pounds. i hear a lot of people say they lose more month three. so i have 3 more weeks until my 3 month check up with my surgeon. my goal by then is to lose another 20 pounds. i know thats asking a lot. but im gonna exercise more, get in more protein, and drink more water. i think then ill start seeing a significant loss. my dietician said when she saw me at 1 month post op that when she saw me in 2 more months, id probably lose another 30lbs. id like to beat her guess by losing 35. hence why i wanna lose another 20 by then. i gotta make better decisions too. i didnt go through all of this not to put my best effort into it! i hope all of my sleeve sisters are doing well. and ill check in at my 3 month mark! hope everyone had a good halloween :-)

well yesterday made official 8 weeks (2 months) since my surgery. i started at 341 and today i weighed in at 288. thats 53lbs in 8 weeks. i was hoping for more, but i could never before surgery have lost over 50lbs in 2 months. and its 50lbs ill never see again! i'm not perfect, and cnotinue to learn but im so glad to be getting my health back. in the next month, i hope to learn more about my new body, have new NSV's, lose more weight, and be healthier. id also like to add new foods or more variety of foods to my diet. my foot is finally about healed. thankfully so it dont hurt when i try to exercise. i'm still weighing my options with which gym i wanna join. my decision will be based on price, which sucks cause i deserve the best, but you do what you gotta do! i finally got a new camera so i can take better pictures. i havent done measurements yet for my 2 month mark, but ill do that tonight! ill post again soon and thanks for reading :-)

Hey friends :-)
I'm 7 weeks out today.  i was in a stall for 2 weeks!  But i weighed in this morning and was down 3 pounds. I hope i keep losing, and have broken that dreaded stall! I am doing pretty good. I started in a size 28pants/3X shirt. I'm currently wearing very baggy 26's, so i think i need to go down again to a 24. and a 2X shirt fits well now. I know a couple of my slider foods and am avoiding them. great thing is about this tool, even if i wanted a million ounces of my favorite food, i can only take 2 bites and im stuffed. that was my problem before surgery; portion size. i threw up my lunch today. i was babysitting and had 2 small organic chicken nuggets. didnt even finish the 2nd one before i felt sick and ran to the toilet and threw up 4 times. yuck!
Thats the 2nd time I have thrown up eating breaded chicken. My stomach just cant handle it right now. No more of that for awihle! Sweets make me feel sick, which i thought was only the case for RNYers. But, its a good thing cause it makes me not wanna eat them. I joined Curves, and im trying to go at least 3 days a week. My parents are going on our annual vacation to the mountains (which i havent been on in like 2 or 3 years) in a couple weeks. I wanna go but i dont have enough money to go. Even if i did, i still wouldnt be able to ride most of the rides at my weight and eating would be difficult. Im excited to go next year though, where i was ride every ride as many times as i want, and not worry about my weight stopping me. I'm getting my vitamins in and tryin to get as much protein in as i can. I feel nausiated right now, but i'm not sure why. i am constantly tired. i figured i would have more energy at this far out, but the last 2 weeks i have gotten easily drained. i guess my body is tryin to get used to only consuming small amounts of calories and the fast weigh loss. hopefully ill get some enery back soon. other than that, everything is going great. i've lost almost 50lbs in 7 weeks. i think im doing pretty good. thats 50 pounds that wouldve taken months to take off before surgery, and i woulda pout it right back on in a couple months plus another 20. I thank God, my surgeon, and family for this wonderful tool i have been given to make myself healthy and happy :-) next week, once i get my new camera, ill post 2 month pictures :-)

hey ya'll :-) its official: my foot is BROKEN! ughh terrible news. but ill make the best of it. i went to see an orthopedic doctor and they did a CT scan of it. the 5th metatarsal (the outside bone) is broken. they were afraid of clots so soon after having a major surgery so they didnt cast it even though he really wanted to. so im in a  boot for 3 weeks then i go back to see how its healing. if it dont heal right, i might need surgery! im hoping that dont happen!! WELL I FINALLY BROKE OUT OF TH 300S!!!!!! yay me. i was 298 this morning :-) im so happy. total loss of 43 pounds. i also took 1 month measurements tonight. i have lost 5.5 off my hips, 7 off my waist, and 5.5 off my chest. some others other places and in a month ive lost a total of 19 inches off of my body. not bad ;-) it sucks that i cant walk and exercise cause of my leg cause my surgeon gave me clearance to exercise as much as i wanna now. hopefully in 3 weeks ill be good to go! i met my first goal which was to get under 300. my next goal is 250. i hope to get there by christmas. well thats all i got for now. i hope everyone had a good weekend. bed time :-)

well hey there OH friends. i'm a couple days shy of 1 month since surgery. seems so unreal. feels like just yesterday i was sittin in the waiting room before my surgery. time flies! its good that ive made so much progress but at the same time im kinda sad. i loved it being new and fresh. i knew exactly what to eat the first 2 weeks. i only had a handful of options. but it seems like now that im on soft foods, i dont know what to eat. ive lost 40 pounds, 25 since surgery. my dr says that 20lbs a month loss is what he expects. but ive heard other doctors want you to lose 10% of your weight, which for me would be 34lbs. im wondering if im doing things right. if ive lost enough. im starting to doubt myself. i know that this surgery was the best thing i couldve done for myself but im still in a "what if" frame of mind. but usually only when i want a food that i miss. i see & smell my fave foods arond me such as pizza, pasta, meatloaf, japanese food, icecream and i say man if i didnt have this surgery, i could eat those things too. BUT thats what got me where i was at 341lbs. i say "what if" i couldve lost weight on my own and not needed surgery. BUT i know that i can lost weight. but i cant keep it off and when i gain it back, its twice as much. i know that i needed to do this for my PCOS and my thyroid problems. so if i know why i got the surgery, why am i "what if"ing? i guess cause though im not craving these foods, and ive licked some foods and they just dont taste as good as they used to, i had a relationship with food. it was comforting. it gave me somethign to look forward to. food was my addiction. and im not really sure what to replace that with now. i'm just glad i did it. im proud of myself for how far ive come. ive lost 40 pounds. i'm bout to break 300 and get into the 200's. i know that ill never see 300 again and i couldnt say that before. im sure as time goes by, and i adjust to my new lifestyle, ill quit doing the what ifs and ill say i did this because:. on a good note, ive lost 40lbs. i'm not getting in all the protein i should every day and not taking my vitamins religiously like i know i should. ive always had a problem stayin committed to anything. but thats what my problem has been my whole life. and thats what im working on changing. i eat when i feel "hungry" when i know i should only eat 3 meals a day. i should probably start journaling my food intake, to keep up with how many calories, carbs, and sugars i should be getting a day.  i really need to have a sit down with my NUT during my appointment on Wednesday. but overall, im losing! i know what i need to change. ive lost like 6 inches off my waist. my size 28 pants are already falling off of me. i can tell that my tummy is more flat and my face is so much thinner. my legs are smaller. my shoulders are less broad. only good things to come!

well i'm 9 days postop. things are going pretty good. ive lost 29 pounds total since august 7th (which includes my preop diet). but since surgery (the 22nd) ive lost 12 pounds. i had my postop follow up w/ my surgeon yesterday. he took the bandages off of my incisions. they still have sterri strips on them but he said theyll fall off by themselves. i told him that my 1 incision on the right still hurts. he said that it was the incision that they pulled the stomach out of and it was longer. he said they put stitches in that incision for the reason so that i dont get a hernia there. i didnt know that or i wouldnt be zipping around like i am. its still hurting. i started cream soups and milk yesterday. im keepin everything down and not had any nausea. which is great! ive tried cream of: cheese, onion, and brocoli and cheese. they were all pretty good. i like the sugar free hot cocoa w/ milk for breakfast. overall im glad w/ how im feeling and doing postop and happy about my loss so far. every night at dinner time i do smell what my mom's cooking and i want some SOOOOOO bad! i cant wait to have purreed foods! cant wait to chew again. seems like just yesterday was the day before my surgery and i was freaking out. seems like yesterday i had my surgery. and now its been over a week. time flies! i found this protein drink called myoplex. its made by EAS and has 42g of protein in 1 drink! and it tastes nice. im glad i found it. does anyone else use this? i also tried skinny water today, and it was great. did i say the food my mom's cooking smells delicious? lol. thats all for now. just wanted to give yall an update. btw im in sc and looks like hurricane Katia is a cat 4 or 5 and gonna hit us. eek!