stacezoe
4 Month update
Dec 29, 2011
I am now 4 months out, I lost a whopping 3lbs this month. And yes the loss's are soooooooo slow, however my belt which I bought in Novemver and could barely fasten on the last hole is now on the 4th hole and my 17's are now falling off of me, and my 18's...forget it can't keep them up. So I've gone from a 20-22 to a 16 in 4 months and I am down 41 lbs total 36 since surgery.
My hair is falling out in buckets...this is really making me nervous as I've always had great hair. My body might have been giant sized but my hair was always rockin. So I'm hoping anyday now it will slow, as it can't get much thinner! They say hair loss comes with rapid weight loss, however I have not had the joy of that to compensate with my lost hair!
People are really starting to notice now, which makes it nice in some ways and painful in others as I hate to lie, and am not comfortable with telling people my buisness, so the "what r u doing" question is getting tougher. But the one good part of being a slow loser is I can stick to the I'm just eating a high protein low carb diet and watching my portions size answer and not be lying!
Ok to the Numbers
Starting weight 286, surgery weight 280, current weight 245
Loss's
Month 1 17
Month 2 7
Month 3 7
Month 4 3
Total since sugery 34
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My hair is falling out in buckets...this is really making me nervous as I've always had great hair. My body might have been giant sized but my hair was always rockin. So I'm hoping anyday now it will slow, as it can't get much thinner! They say hair loss comes with rapid weight loss, however I have not had the joy of that to compensate with my lost hair!
People are really starting to notice now, which makes it nice in some ways and painful in others as I hate to lie, and am not comfortable with telling people my buisness, so the "what r u doing" question is getting tougher. But the one good part of being a slow loser is I can stick to the I'm just eating a high protein low carb diet and watching my portions size answer and not be lying!
Ok to the Numbers
Starting weight 286, surgery weight 280, current weight 245
Loss's
Month 1 17
Month 2 7
Month 3 7
Month 4 3
Total since sugery 34
3 Months Out
Nov 22, 2011
So today is 3 months since my surgery! I have lost 37 lbs total 31 since surgery. I am officially a slooooooooooooow loser but as long as the scale moves I am learning to embrace it...sometimes it gets very frustrating to do so well and lose so little, but I think that if I didn't see how much better some folks on OH were doing I wouldn't even know I was a slow loser. Because any other 'diet' I've ever done I've lost between 10-20 and gotten so frustrated I've given up, my sleeve doesn't let me give up and for that I am so very thankful.
I joined the Y this week, and they have some great programs...the hubby and I are taking a beginning spin class twice a week for an hour, and then plan on going3 other days to do the weight circut and some cardio. They have 90 minute free daycare for the little ones, so no excuses left! Hopefully the gym will kickstart the weightloss to a bigger %. Oh and I'm walk/running a 5k Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning (tomorrow) with my very in shape girlfriend...
So the break down is:
Month 1 -17
Month 2 -7
Month 3 - 7
Total since surgery 31lbs
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I joined the Y this week, and they have some great programs...the hubby and I are taking a beginning spin class twice a week for an hour, and then plan on going3 other days to do the weight circut and some cardio. They have 90 minute free daycare for the little ones, so no excuses left! Hopefully the gym will kickstart the weightloss to a bigger %. Oh and I'm walk/running a 5k Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning (tomorrow) with my very in shape girlfriend...
So the break down is:
Month 1 -17
Month 2 -7
Month 3 - 7
Total since surgery 31lbs
2 MONTHS TODAY
Oct 19, 2011
Soooooo 8 weeks today I was sleeved. I can't believe its been that long. I meant to take measurements but didn't get around to it...I work in insurance and it is the insanely busy season...So I'll just give a quick update.
I am officially down 30 lbs, 24 since surgery. I am a slow loser apparently whatever. I am losing though however so I'm not going to let losing slow get me down, just going to work my tool the best way I can.
I'm able to eat most thing now...although I stick to proteins first in all feedings, that leaves very little room for anything else. I have finally found a protein I like I take the Nectar chocolate truffle and mix with silk almond light milk and a tablspoon of instant coffee and blend with ice!!!! YUMMO just like a frappuccino, I even got light whipped cream 10 calories and 1 carb and this 'indulgence' turns it into a treat instead of a chore. So I get all my fluids in and all my protein EVERY day now.
I hit a stall at 2.5 weeks that lasted 3.5 weeks and nearly drove me mad, but I upped my fluid and protein and it has broke, now I am steady losing about a lb every 3 days, which hey it is what it is. But I know I'm doing what i need to do to be sucsessful. I've just been riding my exercise bike at night for cardio and I know I have to up that but at least I'm moving everyday. I'm thinking of taking up boxing!
Anyway wanted to keep blogging to stay current!
Month 1 -17 Month 2 -7 (24 total)
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I am officially down 30 lbs, 24 since surgery. I am a slow loser apparently whatever. I am losing though however so I'm not going to let losing slow get me down, just going to work my tool the best way I can.
I'm able to eat most thing now...although I stick to proteins first in all feedings, that leaves very little room for anything else. I have finally found a protein I like I take the Nectar chocolate truffle and mix with silk almond light milk and a tablspoon of instant coffee and blend with ice!!!! YUMMO just like a frappuccino, I even got light whipped cream 10 calories and 1 carb and this 'indulgence' turns it into a treat instead of a chore. So I get all my fluids in and all my protein EVERY day now.
I hit a stall at 2.5 weeks that lasted 3.5 weeks and nearly drove me mad, but I upped my fluid and protein and it has broke, now I am steady losing about a lb every 3 days, which hey it is what it is. But I know I'm doing what i need to do to be sucsessful. I've just been riding my exercise bike at night for cardio and I know I have to up that but at least I'm moving everyday. I'm thinking of taking up boxing!
Anyway wanted to keep blogging to stay current!
Month 1 -17 Month 2 -7 (24 total)
6 week update
Oct 06, 2011
Okay so here I am 6 weeks post op, lots of emotions. I'm down a total of 20 lbs and 17 of them I lost the first 10 days, so the last 30 days I've lost 3lbs. Its beyond frustrating, i keep my calories low, my carbs low and my fat low. I get at least 60 grams of protein...so on paper I'm doing amazing, however on the scale I feel defeated. I truly feel I am going to be the one person it will not work for. I know its rediculous and how could it possibly not work...but here I am watching everyone else lose 30/40 even 50 lbs in 6 weeks and I just regained 2 of the measly 20 I've lost.
I don't even come on here as much because seeing everyone elses numbers really depress me. I feel like this almost made me MORE miserable, because i'm starting to feel like a failure.
I hope I come back in a month and can say how silly I was for ever posting this but right now I'm just so disheartened that I'm trying sooooooo hard and not being rewarded...I know stalls happen but for cripe sake this is suposed to be the honeymoon period...if I lose this slow now I'm scared to death of the next 4 months!
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I don't even come on here as much because seeing everyone elses numbers really depress me. I feel like this almost made me MORE miserable, because i'm starting to feel like a failure.
I hope I come back in a month and can say how silly I was for ever posting this but right now I'm just so disheartened that I'm trying sooooooo hard and not being rewarded...I know stalls happen but for cripe sake this is suposed to be the honeymoon period...if I lose this slow now I'm scared to death of the next 4 months!
Two weeks post op
Sep 07, 2011
Soooooooooooo I'm two weeks out. physically I feel great, can barely even tell I had surgery, no more pain, not so tired anymore, just about getting all my liquid's in, moved on to pureed...
But at 9 days post op I stopped losing and gained a lb...okay what ever this could be normal so I keep keepin on. So now I'm day 15 still haven't lost anymore but to make it even worse... today I gained another pound! Now I know its nothing I'm doing because I'm not even getting 500 calories a day! How the hell do you gain weight like that???? I know I shouldn't be discouraged as stall's happen yada yada yada. BUT COME ON! this is suposed to be the honeymoon phase, NOT.
Now the old me after a week on a diet with a gain would give up and go to the hot wings and pizza, then hit the kids snack cabinet. But the NEW me doesn't even want to do that, and couldn't anyway, so hopefully that is going to be the key for me, to just persevere through the stall and look forward to some great losses in the weeks to come. I'm going to start walking on my treadmill today, so hopefully exercise will give my body that little nudge! I just took my measurements, I wish I had taken them pre-op but whatever i took them at two weeks, I'm also going to take some before pics today you know the sports bra and shorts kind so I can hopefully pull them out when I'm frustrated and take new ones...
Good news is my 18's are fitting again. So I'll take that as my first SV....
I just want to be encouraged again...and I want to be able to drink normally again, that is the strangest part of all this for me, only being able to take 1-2 sips at a time then wait....It really is a conscience effort just to stay hydrated!
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But at 9 days post op I stopped losing and gained a lb...okay what ever this could be normal so I keep keepin on. So now I'm day 15 still haven't lost anymore but to make it even worse... today I gained another pound! Now I know its nothing I'm doing because I'm not even getting 500 calories a day! How the hell do you gain weight like that???? I know I shouldn't be discouraged as stall's happen yada yada yada. BUT COME ON! this is suposed to be the honeymoon phase, NOT.
Now the old me after a week on a diet with a gain would give up and go to the hot wings and pizza, then hit the kids snack cabinet. But the NEW me doesn't even want to do that, and couldn't anyway, so hopefully that is going to be the key for me, to just persevere through the stall and look forward to some great losses in the weeks to come. I'm going to start walking on my treadmill today, so hopefully exercise will give my body that little nudge! I just took my measurements, I wish I had taken them pre-op but whatever i took them at two weeks, I'm also going to take some before pics today you know the sports bra and shorts kind so I can hopefully pull them out when I'm frustrated and take new ones...
Good news is my 18's are fitting again. So I'll take that as my first SV....
I just want to be encouraged again...and I want to be able to drink normally again, that is the strangest part of all this for me, only being able to take 1-2 sips at a time then wait....It really is a conscience effort just to stay hydrated!
One Week Post VSG
Aug 31, 2011
So.....its been a whole week since I got my Sleeve!
I went in to the hospital at 6am for prepping, The nurse got the IV on the first stick!!!!!!!!!!! Wooo hooo (this never happens) then my surgeon comes in to tell me I have large gallstones and an inflamed gallbladder and if I don't mind he will be taking that out as well...okay what the hell two for one??? So off I go to la la land
4 hours later took 2 hours later than expected. I wake up at 11:30 with the WORST shoulder pain I've ever experienced??? SHoulder...huh? Apparently thats where the gas goes....ok. So I'm in recovery getting my morphine drip hooked up...nice and groggy...then out of nowhere BAM here comes the Nautia...Boy everybody was spot on there! and when it struck up I chucked! Nasty Vile Black poison from the pits of hell!
Hows your pain they kept asking....but the Nautia was so severe that I didn't even really notice the pain!!!!!!!!!! Hit the morphine button...what the hell right? Might knock me out??? No SIR!!! Yakkety Yakety Yak...for the next 30 hours. I was like the exorcist, every time I'd sit up HURL...Talk to someone...HURL... So i told my friends and family PLEASE don't visit me cause the only way I could keep the vomit at pay was to sit there in the recliny chair with my eyes closed!
Oh and lets not forget how I got my period the day of surgery....and it was like Hurricane Irene was in my Ovary! Cause I was hemoraging, and apparently that is not part of the staff's responsibility....So every time I stood up I had the most embarassing moment of my life!
Miraculaously Friday morning, I woke up and it was like the sky's had parted and the sun came out cause the nautia was gone!
My Doctor came in and announced it was ok for me to go home????????? Really? I haven't even kept more than 6 oz down yet, but out came the drain then the IV then the discharge papers came in...ALL CAUSE I FARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Home I went to my 3 kids and not so freakin helpful husband (got him an IPAD for his birtheday the day before my surgery big mistake) but home I am.
And now I'm sipping and walking and sipping and walking and other than getting up and sitting down I feel pretty darn good!
That was my first week skipping over the monotony of each day, but by day 5 I was pretty good!
So I'm sleeved and on my way! oh and 12lbs lighter in 1 week!
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I went in to the hospital at 6am for prepping, The nurse got the IV on the first stick!!!!!!!!!!! Wooo hooo (this never happens) then my surgeon comes in to tell me I have large gallstones and an inflamed gallbladder and if I don't mind he will be taking that out as well...okay what the hell two for one??? So off I go to la la land
4 hours later took 2 hours later than expected. I wake up at 11:30 with the WORST shoulder pain I've ever experienced??? SHoulder...huh? Apparently thats where the gas goes....ok. So I'm in recovery getting my morphine drip hooked up...nice and groggy...then out of nowhere BAM here comes the Nautia...Boy everybody was spot on there! and when it struck up I chucked! Nasty Vile Black poison from the pits of hell!
Hows your pain they kept asking....but the Nautia was so severe that I didn't even really notice the pain!!!!!!!!!! Hit the morphine button...what the hell right? Might knock me out??? No SIR!!! Yakkety Yakety Yak...for the next 30 hours. I was like the exorcist, every time I'd sit up HURL...Talk to someone...HURL... So i told my friends and family PLEASE don't visit me cause the only way I could keep the vomit at pay was to sit there in the recliny chair with my eyes closed!
Oh and lets not forget how I got my period the day of surgery....and it was like Hurricane Irene was in my Ovary! Cause I was hemoraging, and apparently that is not part of the staff's responsibility....So every time I stood up I had the most embarassing moment of my life!
Miraculaously Friday morning, I woke up and it was like the sky's had parted and the sun came out cause the nautia was gone!
My Doctor came in and announced it was ok for me to go home????????? Really? I haven't even kept more than 6 oz down yet, but out came the drain then the IV then the discharge papers came in...ALL CAUSE I FARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Home I went to my 3 kids and not so freakin helpful husband (got him an IPAD for his birtheday the day before my surgery big mistake) but home I am.
And now I'm sipping and walking and sipping and walking and other than getting up and sitting down I feel pretty darn good!
That was my first week skipping over the monotony of each day, but by day 5 I was pretty good!
So I'm sleeved and on my way! oh and 12lbs lighter in 1 week!
Thoughts of the day
Aug 15, 2011
I sit here 8 days before my surgery, I have such mixed emotions. I am most excited, but then comes the doubt (placed by others) My Husband is completely supportive, my family however...thats another story. I haven't really spoked to my Dad in 2 months, and were usually quite close (at least weekly contact) I think he believes that will change my mind...No sir! I have been going through all my insurance companies requirements for the last 18 months, actually I kind of went through them twice since my surgeon was killed in an accident a few weeks before I was to have surgery. Now that I know I won't be able to eat like I currently do, I realize just how much life is based around food...Meeting friends? Where shale we eat? Friday night where shall we eat...Lazy day by the pool lets make hot dog's and chips...Family dinner? Lets see how many things we can make and then try and cram on our plates...
I really hope that once its done and I begin my new relationship with food, I don't end up losing the relationships that mean the most to me...Like if the girls are meeting for dinner they don't leave me out as not to challenge me...Or that my heavier friends don't regret the fact that I won't order appetizers and dessert anymore.
I'm looking forward to my monthly business trips to be more comfortable...more room on the plain, more wardrobe choices...able to shop with my co-workers without making excuses as to why I'm not buying anything....HELLO does it look like I'll fit in those clothes!?!?!??!?!?!
Anyway those are my thoughts a week post op, I am going to try and keep an active blog as I embark and complete my journey to uncover the me I know is hiding under all this fat.
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I really hope that once its done and I begin my new relationship with food, I don't end up losing the relationships that mean the most to me...Like if the girls are meeting for dinner they don't leave me out as not to challenge me...Or that my heavier friends don't regret the fact that I won't order appetizers and dessert anymore.
I'm looking forward to my monthly business trips to be more comfortable...more room on the plain, more wardrobe choices...able to shop with my co-workers without making excuses as to why I'm not buying anything....HELLO does it look like I'll fit in those clothes!?!?!??!?!?!
Anyway those are my thoughts a week post op, I am going to try and keep an active blog as I embark and complete my journey to uncover the me I know is hiding under all this fat.
