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i am now 241 for a total of 95 pounds lost as of this morning so i have about 50 more pounds to go. weight loss has slowed greatly...im sure it has to do with too many carbs and pretty much no exercise...school is kicking my behind and i dont see it letting up until december....i have to find a way to balance all of this out before i get to my year mark. my retriction seems to vary day to day but i know its still there. i am in a size 16 pant and 14/16 shirt still....i did just buy an xl phillies jersey though! i have to go pants shopping again because my size 20s wont stay up and i dont have many 18s and a few 16s. i am a little freaked out by my shape... i have a 39in waist but 53in hips causing a lot of attention if you know what i mean LOL. still dont regret it....looking forward to the century mark and then goal and maintaining!  

I am now 7 months out and my weight loss is pretty much the same as it was at 6 months. This is due to eating out more, eating more carbs and sugar and possibly because I am new to taking BC pills. I also have not had much time to exercise between work, school and home life. I just seem plain tired and overwhelmed all the time. I seem to be stuck at 252 but I can add that I can now fit into a size 16 pants and am still in a size 14/16 shirt but they fit better. I also just bought a size 16 spring jacket, so even though I haven't lost any weight, I must be losing inches. My blood work came back okay for the most part, my potassium and Vit D are on the low side of normal so I still need to take supplements. Even though I am at a stand still, I will not give up! I am 62 pounds from my goal and I know that I can do this. I promise to eat better, drink more water, and do some form of exercise everyday. I hope that by October, I can say that I made it to goal. I still do not regret my decision, not one bit! 

It’s been 6 months…I can’t believe…I wondered where I would be in 6 months and now it’s here. I have lost 84 pounds so far and I have about 62 more to go. I am now in an 18/20 pants and shirt but I can fit some 14/16 shirts depending on how they are cut. My surgeon is pleased with my progress and wants to see me back in a year. I haven’t been exercising as much as I should but school, work and other life issues has me so busy these days. I am going to have to plan it in somehow. I still can only eat 3 or 4 times a day, my NUT wants me to eat 6 times and not follow my hunger signals but it’s hard. I am also been letting carbs slip back in which I need to get control over. Eating just isn’t a joy anymore…a few bites and im full…that’s fine though, eating is what got me here in the first place, right? I am finally able to take more than a few sips of water before I get nauseous…I’m glad because, I am sick of drinking sweet stuff all of the time. I must admit that I am starting to get afraid of reaching my goal. It sounds weird but I don’t ever remember being this size…pretty soon I won’t be able to shop at plus size stores!! That’s a good thing but also scary. Last Friday, I actually tried on an XL t shirt from JCP and it fit! I know things can only get better from here….

So I am now 5 months out and 263 pounds! I have lost 73 pounds so far and have 73 more to go in order get to my goal of 190. I recently went shopping and I am now in a size 20 pants and a size 18/20 shirt! I have been using the treadmill at least 3 times a week but would like to add in more days but time just doesn’t allow for it. Something is better than nothing. I still eat 3 or 4 times a day but I have been trying to add in more protein to get in the NUT’s requirement of 75 grams. I can tell you that this far out..it gets easier to eat things that I have no business eating, like cake and biscuits. Even if it’s a bite or two, I feel like it sends me on a downward spiral. It’s best that I stick to protein and veggies and at one meal I allow myself a spoonful of carbs to take make myself feel like I am normal. I am now starting to get bored with my menu and have started searching for quick meals that are high in protein and low in carbs so that I won’t stray. I had a couple NSVs. My hips don’t touch the sides of my truck door and center console anymore, I have room on both sides! But now I have to learn how to sit so that I am comfortable, LOL. When I walk, even though my thighs still rub together, its not nearly as bad as it used to be! I’m sure that I have more NSV but I tend to not notice things. I have noticed that its harder for me to eat in the morning than before, it seems I have more restriction at breakfast and that I can eat more once its dinner time, not sure what that’s about. I have also been trying to drink plain water, I still can’t finish a whole bottle at one time but again some is better than none, I am so tired of carrying around to go packs lol. I can’t think of anything that has changed, if I do, I’ll hold it for my next update at 24 weeks! I am so happy that I had this surgery!!

Today I am 16 weeks out and down 63 pounds. I have about 83 pounds to go. I am still in a 22 pant and 18/20 shirt. I have bagged up 7 bags of clothes to give away. I don’t have many clothes left. I am buying a few pieces here and there. I still have about the same amount of restriction, 3 oz of meat at one time but I noticed that I can slip in a bite or two of carbs or veggie with that 3 oz but it’s a tight fit. I have been eating more processed foods lately because of scheduling issues so I have noticed that my overall pounds loss per week have slowed down. I hope to go back to eating better now that I am on vacation from work and school. I am hoping for a treadmill for Christmas so that I can start exercising. Getting in my protein and liquids is still challenging. I’m sure that I am barely making the minimum. I also need to do better with getting all of my vitamins in. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day for everything. The one thing that has changed is that I can now tolerate protein drinks again, as long as it’s not strawberry. After my surgery, I couldn’t keep them down. I wish I could say the same for water. I miss it so much. Not much else has changed; I still think this was a great decision!

Today makes 12 weeks out since my surgery. I am down 53 pounds! I’ve had two stalls but I didn’t allow them to get me down. It’s amazing; I never thought it would be this easy. Yes, I have issues with vomiting and nauseous at least once a week but mostly from something stupid that I have done like eating too fast or too much. The last few days I have been battling with myself. I have not been hungry and so I haven’t been eating. I know this is bad and I am vowing that from now on, I will make sure I get some type of protein in whether I am hungry or not. I don’t want my weight loss to slow because of this. I’ve been thinking more about exercising but with work and school, I just don’t have the time or should I say I don’t want to make the time. School will be over in 4 weeks so I am hoping that I can replace that time with walking. I am now wearing an 18/20 shirt and 22 pants down from a 30/32 shirt and 26 pants. I am 5’9 and just turned 34 last week. I’ll end this with the same blurb that most people use, if you’re thinking about getting the VSG; do it! Yes, its rough in the beginning but the benefits outweigh those rough times like you wouldn’t believe!!

Well it will be 9 weeks tomorrow since surgery. I am now 45 pounds down and it still feels like a trillion to go lol. I am still not exercising. I am eating 3-4 times a day, getting in about 60-65 grams of protein without protein shakes. I have gone down one pants and shirt size. Over the last week, I have been battling acid and heartburn even though I am taking prilosec and zantac, it if gets any worse, I’ll be going in to see the doc. I am still not getting in enough fluid. I still can’t understand how some people get do it, if I drink too much, I get nauseous. It takes me almost 2 hours to drink a 16 oz bottle of anything. Not much else has changed. I did try salad on Friday and I did fine, it’s not something I will do often but at least I know that it doesn’t bother me. I tried a piece of toasted wheat bread on Saturday but I did not like how it felt so I’ll stay away from that and when I do try it again, I’ll get the Pepperidge farm very thin slices. I will say that I did have a reese cup for halloween; my first time cheating but I was okay and didn’t want another so I am feeling like I have control. I do feel sad that I can’t just go eat something without thinking about it and that every since single meal has to be planned in order to meet my protein requirements but I’ll get over it. I just feel that eating is a chore now that I’d rather not have to do. Sometimes I wish that I could walk around with a feeding tube and IV in. LOL

On Tuesday Aug 31^st went to the hospital at 7am and in the operating room by 11am, longest wait ever. I was out by 1pm but I am not sure what time I actually woke up. When I did wake up I remember my mouth and throat feeling extremely dry and not being able to swallow. I had serious gas pains immediately. I remember saying help me and 2 nurses started moving around pretty quickly to get me comfortable. They sat me up, removed the oxygen mask and gave me the cannula. Another nurse gave me pepcid via IV and I immediately started belching which helped to relieve some of the pressure. They then gave me the magical morphine pump but then it made me nauseous and I threw up blood which then sent them into serious action. They gave me zofran and determined that it was leftover blood from the surgery. I didn’t get to the ICU until 7pm. It was a miserable night full of gas and nausea. Must of the same for the next day, I started clear liquids and seriously thought I was drinking glass shards instead of water or juice. I didn’t need a leak test because the surgeon did it while I was still in surgery. I did end up having to stay until that Thursday the 2^nd because of the nausea and gas. Those 3 days were pure hell and I kicked myself for going through with the surgery. Sept 2^nd, I got home and tried to stick to the plan of drinking 1-3 oz per 30 mins and rest 30 mins. More pure hell. At night was worse, because I had gas pains and nausea. The heating pad and gas x became my best friend. I moved to full liquids by that Sunday and things got even worse. I still had gas pains and bouts of nausea and vomiting. I felt myself getting weaker and weaker by the day. I was getting in less than 20 oz of liquid in a day and protein shakes made me really sick so I pretty much didn’t have any protein and no calories because everything was sugar free. By the time sept 14^th came, I had had enough and called the surgeons office to talk about the nausea and vomiting. They made me go straight to the ER and I was admitted for 48 hours but ended up staying for 72 hrs. I was actually happy to be there! They did a chest and abdomen xray. They ordered nothing by mouth for 48 hours to rest my stomach and maybe reduce some swelling and then full liquids after that. They gave me zofran and pepcid around the clock in my IV. The worse part of the stay was having to get bags of potassium, it burns like hell going in and it takes hourssss to complete. I burst out of there on sept 17^th stronger and happier but a little scared that now it’s all up to me again to keep my fluids up. Turns out that I still had problems with protein shakes so I found things to keep me hydrated and didn’t worry about protein for the first week after being home. I had my first post op visit on the 22^nd and he cleared me to start purees so that I could start to get protein in and said that I could stay out of work or go back. I decided to go back for half days starting on the 29^th and then full days starting oct 4^th. During that time before going back to work, I became stronger and able to get more liquids in and started a routine for getting my protein in. By the time I got back to work, I had a schedule going and its been good every since. I still can only get in about 40 oz of liquid in a day but I do get about 60 oz of protein and I am now 6 weeks out as of oct 12^th. I feel normal now except for when I had to eat or drink, that’s still a learning process. Eating and drinking slowly and not doing those things at the same time. Figuring out what my new sleeve can handle and what it can’t. I still get nausea every once in a while but haven’t had to take the zofran pills in a week or so. At this point, I am down 35 pounds. I don’t obsess over the weight loss because in the beginning it was all about survival because at some point I really didn’t think that I was going to make it. It seems that most people feel that way in the beginning but it really doesn’t mean anything until you actually experience it for yourself. I can eat about 2-3 oz at a time and I usually eat 3 times a day but some days I am really hungry and will eat 4 times. My NUT says it should be 5-6 but there’s not way I can right now and I am getting in my protein requirements with just the 3 meals so I am not worried. I haven’t started to exercise yet but my community is opening up a fitness center very soon and I hope to hop on the treadmill soon. Now that the gas, nausea, and vomiting are over, I feel like I can focus on really starting this weight loss journey.