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i just happened to go on this website while i was on my treadmill and i see that i haven't updated this in ages!  oopsie, sorry!  so i've updated my weight ... and guessed as to when i got at that point.  as you've guessed, i've stopped tracking it, along with my measurements.  i should measure though, cause i'm still finding all kinds of changes. 

anyway, again, sorry ...

take care and stay healthy!

Sharon

sorry for not posting very much.  yup, been busy.  this new life i have is great.  but i must say it is taking some getting used to ... i mean this new body!  wow, it is so different.  i can bend, i can twist, i can do anything i try!  heck, i can even cross my legs twice!  ha, ha, ha!  but i will say, it is taking some getting used to.

so as i mentioned above ... i think my body is telling me i'm at goal.  that's what my surgeon had said.  it will know.  and yup, i think it does.  i have levelled off.  i am now at 150.  i had originally set a goal of 140, not really knowing what my goal was, so i have now adjusted it.  on looking at my shoulders, arms and legs ... i don't think i'd want to lose much more weight.  the only place i could use a few less is in the stomach, but there is no guarantee that is where it will go.  plus i want to have a little cushion area ... so i can go up and down a few pounds. 

now the wildest part is ... it was one year ago this same month that i started this journey!  how wild is that.  so from start to finish ... meaning going to Michigan for first consultation, sending in OHIP request, getting denied and preparing the letter of my life ... to having the surgery and losing the weight ... it has been ONE YEAR!  wow, if anyone had of told me i'd be done in a year's time i would have thought they were nuts!  seriously!   here i thought the weightloss would take a year, not the whole process.  yeowzi!! 

anyway, i have now started building my wardrobe.  i can buy clothes right off the rack!  it is great!  i can even get real cheap clothes!  wow!  big clothes always cost so much before eh?  ha, ha, ha!  i still buy in groups though ... if i find something that i like and it fits nicely, i'll get 3 of them.  ha, ha, ha!  different colours, but the same!  that was how i used to buy fat clothes.  when they fit it was great ... get a few!  ha, ha, ha!!  wonder why i still do that.  oh well.

so ... all i will say is i love my rny!  wow, i feel incredible.  i have a new life!  and i love life now too!  i had told myself it could take a year ... but the bulk of the weight was well off even before 6 months!  wild eh?

good luck to anyone else out there who is going to go through this process ... it is wonderful ... just always respect your pouch!!  

take care and thanks for reading!!

Sharon

 

well, i'm back.  sorry for not blogging in ages!  i've just been so busy with my new life!  seriously!  at present i am 155 ... which means I AM NORMAL!  no longer morbidly obese or even obese!  how wonderful is that!  it's hard to believe that you have to be 159 in order to be normal.  cause it's not very overweight in my eyes.

anyway, all is well.  still loving my pouch!  it is fabulous!  it treats me well!!  i rarely have problems digesting things.  my appetite is wonderful!  i still am in love with food ... looking at it, smelling it and tasting it, but all i need is just a little bit of a taste!

as for dumping, i really thought i didn't dump.  until i over did it and had some chocolate mudslide cake.  wow, i really thought i was going to die.  my heart was thumping out of my chest, i was dizzy, feeling like i was going to faint, my stomach was aching, even my ears went weird which affected my balance.  i really thought i was going to have a marathon of throwing up.  after about 2 hours, and that was sleeping off and on, it did pass.  so now i do respect sugar way more!  it had to happen i think. 

anyway, again, sorry i don't update very much but i've just been so busy! 

take care and hope my blog helps people!  i know it helps me cause periodically i go back and read what i've gone through.  just to remind me and bring me back down to earth!  it is still all so surreal!

Sharon

Hi all ... if you're interested in seeing the tracking of my weight loss via measurements, please see the post for September.  i am updating monthly.

Thanks.

Sharon

Well, i got back just last Tuesday night.  and i am still exhausted.  a long drive.  luckily it was last weekend i went, and not this weekend as it's been quite a blustery weekend!  and it's still coming down!

anyway, Dr. Schram and Mary were thrilled with my progress.  yeah, made me feel good.  even though when i was weighed i was up about 6 pounds!!  yes, 6!  yeah, i know, it was 4 p.m. and i had my days quota of food and liquids in me ... but even with that increase i had still gone down 34% of my weight loss!  not bad eh?  i was pleased.  even though i weighed in at more. 

so ... because i was doing so well and because i wasn't having any problems Dr. Schram said there was no need for me to go back to visit him!  wild eh?  if i had any problems i'm to give him a call, and as long as i continue to send in my blood work every 3 months until the year is up, then i'm fine. 

oh also had my blood work evaluated ... they've put me on iron supplements.  one tablet in the morning and one in the evening.  also suggested taking b12.  my b12 was within range, but it was at the lower end.  so i take a b12 compound (or something) with an eye dropper under the tongue.  easy.  and that's it.  they said no calcium needed cause i eat a lot of dairy products. 

anyway, another short and sweet post ... but life is good!  i love my rny! 

take care whoever reads this!  i know i sometimes go back to it to refresh my memory as to what i went through ... cause at times, it all seems so unbelievable!!

Sharon

Well, this morning i woke up early and checked the scale and yes, i did it!!  i hit one-derland!!  i am now 198.6 pounds ... meaning i am down 41.4 and only 58.6 to go!  yeehaw!!!  i am almost halfway there.  well, a little ways from halfway, but that's okay with me!!  cause it's barely been 2 months since my rny surgery.

have i told you i LOVE MY RNY!!

take care everyone!

Sharon

p.s. sorry this is short and sweet! 

Wow, i'm down 37.8 pounds!!  yeah, had a major stall which lasted weeks.  seemed like months.  but i'm over it now.  but i find the weight comes off in chunks.  ha, ha, ha!!  it will stay the same for a while, then it will drop.  oh well, i'm not complaining.

the only problem i'm finding is trying to remember to eat SLOW!  that is a hard habit to break ... i mean eating fast.  i am learning though.  i find things work best if i have something to do while i eat.  like read or be on laptop.  so i take a mouthful and chew, chew, chew and do something for a few minutes then take another mouthful.  then i have no problems.  sounds easy eh?  well, it isn't.

i am gradually trying new things.  i find what works best for me is stouffers lean cuisine meals ... i eat 1/2 for supper and the other 1/2 is the next night's supper.  oh well eh?  yeah, cheap meals.  when i make meals there is far too much and i end up throwing it out. 

another concern i was having was getting my protein quota in ... and the only way i can do it is if i have a double shake for breakfast.  then i have a better chance of getting in my quota.  otherwise i cannot do it with food alone.  i'm not eating enough. 

oh, clothes ... well, i've given away a whole whack of clothes to friends of mine.  still have a lot left, but not much fits me anymore.  i am now wearing a pair of jeans from northern reflections which are a size 18!!  wild eh?  well, their 18 was a larger 18.  but still!!  but that's the only pair of pants i have.  i went out today to try and find some but i am at an odd size so nothing fit right.  oh well, i'll wait a little longer then try again.  blouses are a little easier and more foregiving.  i can get away with tops that are a little larger, so i'm okay for a bit there.

anyway, yes, people are noticing my weight loss and i am also noticing it now.  i have more energy.  i can reach down to the floor way easier.  i can sit more comfortably.  also walk more comfortably.  it is great!

well, my 3 month appointment (which is early, supposed to be december 30th) is on december 15th.  so we'll see what Dr. Schram says.  i'm sure they'll be pleased.  i know i am.

hey, i say ... as long as my weight isn't going up, which it was constantly before surgery, then i'm happy!! 

take care ... and if anyone is reading this, thanks for reading.  i hope it helps someone!

Sharon
 

hey there ... well here i am, 3 weeks out.  i still don't believe it.  periodically i have to lift up my shirt and look to see if the incisions are there.  just to prove that yes, i did have wls!  and i did!!  you know how i can tell?  I'M NOT HUNGRY ALL THE TIME!  yeehaw!

well, it's snowing outside today and i'm still off work.  kind of enjoying the time off.  i am taking advantage of sick leave and taking 6 weeks.  i know i could probably go back sooner, but i am not. 

so, what stage am i at now?  well, i've completed the full liquid stage.  that wasn't too bad.  now i'm on the pureed stage.  that is even better.  my fav is small curd cottage cheese!  also gotta love the lightly pureed chili and stew!  yum yum. 

at first when i wasn't eating i had no problems getting in all my protein and liquids.  but now that i'm eating it is getting tougher cause you can't drink for 30 minutes after eating, and i tell you.  i don't want to drink.  i'm so full for so long. 

i weigh myself about once a week if not longer.  scales can be pretty discouraging and many times there is fat shifting cause i know by my clothes.  so far i'm down 23 pounds.  not bad for 3 weeks!  i can't tell you any diet i have been on in the past where i lost 23 pounds in 3 weeks!!  seriously!

anyway, all i can say is I LOVE MY RNY!!  it is the perfect tool that i needed!! 

take care!

Sharon

Hi there ... well, sorry i'm so late in posting, but i've been busy!!  ha, ha, ha ... i've been out shopping actually!  yes, i packed for warmer temps, and it's been absolutely freezing here in Ann Arbor so i had to stock up on some warmer things.  oh well.  Target had some good deals!

Anyway, the surgery went off without a hitch!  all went so smoothly.  i am so pleased that i came through the surgery with flying colours!  maybe because i didn't have too many complications going into it helped.

my stay at the Barix was fabulous!  i still don't believe how comforting and consoling they are.  they are truly the best people to have look after you during your immediately recovery.  

so, my surgery was tuesday ... and i was discharged friday.  yeah, stayed that extra day ... just as a precaution, especially since i would be on my own for my recovery.  

i ended up going off the pain meds on day 2, at least i think it was then, if not a little sooner.  i had no pain, but what i did have was major gas pain.  and this is even though i was doing major laps around the halls.  seriously.  i was doing figure 8's so as to cover more ground!  still, no movement of the gas.  so ... on night 2 i had to have 2 suppositories.  phew, what a difference.  that did the trick.

now that i'm back at the hotel i'm doing great.  loving the quiet time and solitude.  yes, maybe i'm weird, but i do enjoy my own company.  there are times that i do get a little lonely, but comfort is only a phone call or email/msn away.  surprising how comforting msn'ing your support person can be.  Mel has been absolutely amazing for me.  she is 2 weeks ahead of me which works out perfectly.  so i know ahead of time how things can go.  ha, ha, ha!

anyway, yesterday i had my first real bowel movement.  yeehaw!  passing gas with no problems!  another yeehaw!!  ha, ha, ha!!  i actually felt so good yesterday i went out shopping to a few stores, as i mentioned above!!  yeah, needed some warmer clothes.  then i did some more grocery shopping.  might have overdone it a little, but i survived.

if someone was to ask me how i feel ... i could honestly say that i feel like i have majorly over done stomach exercises.  that's it.  it feels like my muscles are a little sore from exercising, that's about it.  wild eh?  i know, i'm impressed too.  

but, this is just the beginning of my journey ... each day will be another test.  especially when it comes to introducing new foods.  that will be a little scary.    so far so good though!  not getting tired of the full liquid diet.  guess cause i've got lots of choices here.  yeah, choices are a good thing.  then you don't tire of stuff.

anyway, that's about it for now ... stomach swelling is going down.  still a little bloated though.  i find that each time i wake up i feel that much better.  surprising how our bodies heal eh?  pretty amazing actually.

i see Dr. Schram on wednesday ... and if all goes well he'll give me the go ahead to drive home!  yeehaw!  with 1 stop it is a 6 to 7 hour drive, so i can only imagine how long it will take me.  oh well.  that's fine.  i will just make sure i'm rested up and stop as often as i possibly can.

take care ... and i'll update again soon!

Sharon

Okay, i have really put off doing this, as i'm sure others have.  but i just did my measurements ... and they're as follows:

as of today, the day before surgery, Monday, September 29th, 2008 (and i will add in the measurements, monthly):

now ... this isn't something i'm going to do very often ... but i probably will once a month.  same as the weight thing.  i'm not going to do it very often ... again, the same, probably once a month.  yeah, i say that now eh?  ha, ha, ha!!  i'll know by how the clothes are fitting.  thing is, i'm about to change into another season of clothes so i'll have to see how they fit now ... so i'll know the difference.

(i'm sorry to say but i am now having trouble inserting the huge chart into this little space.  everything is running into each other.  if anyone is interested in seeing the numbers, just message me and i'd be pleased to forward to you.  sorry it can't be viewed here)