A little over a year out- 45lbs to goal!

Dec 16, 2008

I am so glad that I did this! I am almost a size 18 and I feel soooo much better. I have a bit more to go and I realize that this is where it is really going to get hard. My body has been overweight all my life and it is not going to want to give up these last few pounds. I am really going to need to amp it up quite a bit. Here are answers to some of the questions that I have answered: -Do I miss food? Not really. Mostly food is just a bother for me now and I would rather eat a chicken greek salad or a protein shake and get on with my life. I can eat almost anything- it just takes soooo much chewing. I am a busy girl- dogs, child, husband....I eat when I am hungry- small amounts and I judge that meal on how calm I can be to eat it. If I think that the situation will force me to gulp it down- I choose a shake. It is just easier- and it is all that my body really needs. I eat to live- I no longer live to eat. Except for these pretzel bits :Snyders honey mustard and onion. They are so packed with flavor I CRAVE themAgain- cant eat too many- and they give me HELL breath- but sometimes I just lick the flavoring off and thow out the pretzel. -Do I cheat? Yup. -Do I still sometimes over eat and burp up a few bites? Yup. -Do I feel the port during sex? No. -Are there any foods that I cannot eat? Not really- I need to chew past the point of applesauce and remember that meat takes a long time to break down in my new little stomach. I usually eat eggs or cottage cheese as my protein and reserve the meat until dinner. The meat keeps my belly full ALL night long. -When do they take it out? Never. Unless there are complications. -Are you still a canidate for homebirth? Yuppers!! Wouldnt have done it otherwise. -Were there complications? Not from the surgery- but six months later I had emergency gallbladder surgery. That sucked! The pain was under the right side of my ribs and crawled up my back like icy fingers. It took my breath away! I would have a homebirth 100 times and 50 lap-band surgerys before going through that pain again! Morphine ... sweet morphine. (remember the symptoms, dear reader- fat, 40 and female are the genral rule of thumb and the pain up the back is a sure bet that you are having a gallbladder attack. I read that on someones blog when I was researching this- so I was very aware of what was going on when it was happening to me.) I am sure that there are more- I'll come back to this list later. All in all I was 328 the day of surgery and I am 229 today! ONE MORE POUND UNTIL 100LBS!! WHooooo!

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