queenracine
2 months post op (a little late)
Dec 07, 2010
"I am 2 months post op and down 45 pounds, 2 pants sizes and 1 shirt size. I no longer snore like a train coming through and can run around with the kids much more. I am so blessed."
Random stuff at 5 weeks post op
Oct 26, 2010
I start work on Friday (should be interesting).
1 month post op
Oct 20, 2010
I can’t believe it has been a month already. I can remember myself just getting out of surgery with my mom and cousin telling me to wake up because I was finished. Who would have known that I would be down 32 pounds in 4 weeks. My weight loss has slowed down in the past 2 weeks but that due to my lack of nutrition and protein. I went to my regular doctor and had some test done and it looks like I am losing muscle mass and not fat. I really need to get the protein in so today I am buying unflavored powder to add to my foods. I am so blessed not to have many problems. Food is not my friend anymore. Trying to eat a small meal in 25 minutes really sucks. I often find myself reheating my food because it becomes cold after sitting or just getting plain sick of seeing it. I think right now the hardest part for me is wasting food. I never finish my food but I have the twins here to help me..lol. What else can I say about my first month??? I can’t see my weight loss other than on the scale but people tell me they can. I feel bad sometimes because I can’t see the difference and I wonder to myself…well how bad did I really look? Why didn’t people tell me? Anyways I hope over the next month I will be able to buy smaller pants or shirts. You would think 32 pound would make you drop a size but I guess not.
Starting weight: 305
Surgery weight: 298
Hospital weight: 305- damn fluids
Current weight 10/20: 273
2 weeks post op
Oct 06, 2010
5 Days Post-op
Sep 27, 2010
I was writing my new found friend this morning and thought I should blog about my experience so far. So I am 5 days out and feeling good. The day of surgery was so excited. I went into the hospital confident that I was not going to any complications and so far so good. I had tons of family visit me that day. I even managed to walk around 3 times (the first 2 walks were every short). I was surprised how I was not even hungry and didn’t mind not having anything by mouth. The next day I had water and it was so good as my throat was sore from the breathing tube they put in while in surgery. The nurse also gave me some Jello but I could not eat it (way too sweet). My final day in the hospital and the doctor said I could be on full liquids since I was able to drink water fine. I have a small spoon of oatmeal and yogurt and thought I was in heaven. Friday night and Saturday was good at home. I drank as much water as possible and slept. Yesterday was a different story. So I was told I could drink protein shakes in the full liquid stage. I made one yesterday (added 1 tsp of chocolate syrup). I decided to take my pain pill with the protein. I was not paying attention and drunk too much. Oh damn it felt stuck. I had to lay down and did not get up for a few hours. Once I did get up, I still felt like something was stuck but needed to drink some water. My family was being an ass and didn’t do something as promised. I cried because I was mad at my family, because I felt sick and because then I wanted to eat and couldn’t. I wanted a cheese burger, a cookie, some ice cream, everything under the sun. I did manage to leave the house for an hour to get the kids food from Mcdonalds and some sugar free popsicles from the store. When I got back, they ate and I had oatmeal and felt so much better. I also had 2 popsicles and felt even better. I think the popsicles were affecting my blood sugar so I stayed up late drinking plain water. The end! Doesn’t sound so bad now that I type it out but I thought I was living in hell yesterday. Today I am also doing good. I managed to take a shower by myself (my tub is super high) and haven’t taken any pain pills. I got on the Wii to weigh myself because my scale is broken and I lost 14 pounds.
I was 298 the day of surgery
I was 305 the day I left the hospital
Today I am 291
Got my date
Aug 24, 2010
Approved
Aug 23, 2010