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About a month ago, I had an episode of pain about an hour after I ate. Severe lower intestinal pain, low back pain and nausea. It lasted about 15-20min and then I was fine. At first I thought it was dumping, but then I talked to my doctor and she said it might be my gallbladder, so I had an ultrasound done of my abdomen and thankfully it came back normal. The night before my doctor called to give me the ultrasound results, I had another attack of pain. She asked what I had eaten and I told her just a yogurt, but I did just take my iron pill and birth control pill. She said it could possibly be my iron pill, but just to be on the safe side she sent me for a CT scan of my abdomen to make sure there wasn't a blockage. I have not had any attacks since I stopped taking my iron pill and my CT scan came back normal. So, we're both thinking it's the iron pill--so she told me to stay off the iron and they'll check my levels at my 6mos. check-up and go from there--so strange that out of nowhere my iron pill was causing me these awful attacks.

Another source of pain has been the left side of my tailbone. I was reading some posts earlier and I guess a lot of WLS patients do experience pain in their tailbone b/c obviously you don't have as much "cushion" for your bones anymore--so strange what issues this surgery can bring up!! All in all, I'm doing really well. I'm down 64lbs and I'm able to incorporate different foods into my diet. Had some grilled chicken the other day and didn't throw it up =) I've been eating a lot of salads lately and I'm totally hooked on the power crunch protein wafer bars--OMG, they are the BEST!! 14 grams of protein, 4-5 grams of sugar and they don't have an aftertaste and aren't heavy/thick like the other bars out there--so I'm pushing protein and doing good. I admit I haven't been working out--owe a back balance on my gym membership, so can't go there, but I should at least do something at home...one step at at time--but all in all I'm proud of my progress :)

Went for my 3 month post-op on Thursday and ended up having a very long day of medical stops. Post-Op check up went great, I'm on track for my weight loss--58lbs in 3 months I forgot to have my bloodwork done before the appointment, so I did that after my nutrition appointment. I realized when I met with the nutritionist that I have not been branching out in the food department. She was like, have you tried this, what about this?? and my answer was no. I'm not trying new stuff and mostly sticking to my greek yogurt, milk and cheese and of course struggling with my fluids. So meeting with the nutritionist made me realize that I NEED to start eating more and start trying new things. We're supposed to be eating approx. 1200 calories and I know I'm not even coming close to that--probably half that and with the lack of fluids that's why the scale is moving sooooo slowly, so I'm getting back on track--again...it's so easy to not eat or drink, but I'm doing damage to myself, so I'm holding myself accountable, I didn't have this surgery to feel worse.

Back to my long medical day. Due to my crazy attacks the week before, the doc wanted me to have an abdominal ultrasound to check my gallbladder. I thought they were just gonna do the gallbladder, but they checked my liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas and gallbladder--talk about thorough. Got my results on Friday and thankfully everything checked out fine--so I'm thinking my attacks were digestive/gas issues. I'm back to eating more solid foods and thankfully so far so good. I had peanut butter for the first time yesterday and it went down good. Living on my decaf iced coffee, it's the best and I get a big one so I get my fluids in. I swear anyone who says that WLS is the easy way out is a total moron b/c it's so not easy!!! now we have to worry about getting in enough food and drink instead of gorging ourselves!! talk about the flip side of things!

I've been bummed the last week and a half. I've stayed at 276lbs for more than a week and it's very discouraging. I've been totally struggling with my fluid intake. Just don't feel like drinking--I'm forcing myself at this point b/c I've been extremely exhausted and feel light-headed when I stand up too quickly, so I know I'm dehydrated--trying to work on that--sigh...it's just so frustrating. I also experienced two episodes of dumping and I NEVER want to go through that again--I had severe stomach pain, down to my intestines and severe low back pain, thought I was going to throw up--and a panic attack on top of it--just awful. It only lasted 15min, but it was agonizing!!! I didn't know it was dumping the first time, thought it was b/c I hadn't been drinking, but then I remembered what I ate and then when the second attack happened, I put the pieces together. So, I'm back on track with my protein intake--was kinda slacking---indulging in bagel thins and no sugar added ice cream and not getting enough protein and not enough fluids obviously. So, it's been two days back on track and the scale still hasn't moved, so I'm thinking it's the fluid intake, so I'm forcing myself like crazy..I am determined NOT to gain any weight back and keep the numbers going down.  Anyone have any suggestions?? 

Got back from a great vacation in Myrtle Beach--stayed right on the ocean. There's nothing more peaceful than that. Had such a great time--we even bought a timeshare!! I'm so excited, now we can vacation every year!! Big change since this was our first vacation since our honeymoon 7 years ago. Myrtle Beach has so much stuff to do, I definitely reccommend checking it out. My only issue and probably an issue for anyone who just had WLS--there is a ridiculous amount of buffets down there and all the food looks soooooo good!! I had a few miserable moments b/c I couldn't eat what I wanted to, but the good definitely out-weighed the bad. I'm glad I went down after surgery, b/c if I had gone down before--forget it!! I would've gained like 50lbs!! LOL. All in all it was a great trip...a much needed trip to relax and recharge

I'm officially down 40lbs today!! I'm so excited!! I was feeling down the last few days and feeling like there was no way I lost any weight--guess I still have lots of mental stuff to work out. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I feel like I should be further along..on one hand it's 40lbs! and on the other it's 40lbs....with 116 more to go--somedays it feels like I've only made a small dent, but I'm only 42 days our of surgery and when I remind myself of that--I am doing great. Like I said, mental issues , but I take it one day...heck one minute at a time and just keep going. I've been taking my meds regularly and really focusing on getting my fluids in--loving the diet Arizona Green Tea....sooo yummy!! Somedays I feel like I've eaten so much...like yesterday--I had a yougurt for breakfast, some soup for lunch, some cashews and another yogurt for dinner--with my iced tea in between...I felt like such a pig, like I had binged all day!!!  So crazy--it still blows my mind how much I used to eat before my surgery...I was hungry ALL the time, it was terrible. I'm so glad this surgery is working for me, it was my last hope.

Out with my mother and sister the other day and long story short, my sister and I had a fight and her closing line was "why don't you try losing weight the real way instead of cheating with surgery" R U SERIOUS!!!?? Hurtful b/c it came from my sister...she's obviously having issues that I'm losing weight and she's not...but to say that surgery is cheating is just lunacy!!! All of you who have had the surgery know what I'm talking about--no soda, no sugar, no gum, no bread, etc...not including the mental commitment--I'm just infurated when people say we're cheating--hmmm, life or death?? I choose life and that's what surgery gave me back

I've lost a total of 34lbs in 33 days--this just completely blows my mind. I was able to fit into an old pair of shorts yesterday--size 22/24--was wearing 30/32--It's such a great feeling. My body type is different, so even though I'm losing weight, my clothes still fit...they're a tad loose, but nothing significant...so was feeling a little discouraged. So, yesterday I was getting ready to go out and my larger shorts were @ the bottom of the hamper, so I saw my other (smaller) ones and was like, let me try those--I totally didn't expect them to fit, but they did and I haven't worn them in like 8 years!! I'm so excited :) Went out to dinner with my cousins--had some soup and did fine--was eyeballing the bread-my weakness-but I was full on my little bit of soup and I felt part of the group and my cousin who had WLS surgery 2 1/2 years ago was there and she had a little piece of bread, salad and a very small portion of eggplant parm and was full!! She's my inspiration--she's a foodie like me and to see her eat real food...not puree'd! lol is a comfort, I know this is a stage and I finally feel better physically and I'm just so happy I'm on track--We CAN do this!!!

OMG!! I'm under 300lbs!! I weighed in yesterday at 299!! I can't remember the last time I was under 300. It's such a great feeling...I'm so happy I had the surgery, sure it's been hard, but so worth it--Food is not worth it, sure it tastes good, but it's not worth dying for. I never thought I'd get under 300 again, I was so depressed and just resolved to the notion that I would be 300+ forever--I felt so hopeless and I am so thankful to my cousin who was my inspiration to get this surgery--we are very similar and I saw that she could do it and did it and is a great success and once I saw that, my mind was made up--NEVER going back to 300!!!

I don't know what's going on, but everytime I take my medications, I have been getting WICKED heartburn!! I don't understand why--I'm on Nexium, I thought that was supposed to help with stomach acid. It's the worst heartburn I've ever had--it's burning up to my throat :( The major issue here is I'm skipping my meds b/c I don't want to get the heartburn it's that bad--thankfully my hubby has been keeping on top of my meds--I was like a 5 year old last night, not wanting to take them, but he was able to make me take 'em :) So glad he's there to keep tabs on me! lol

I've been having a hard time taking all my medications and my vitamins. I'm still on a bunch of pills for various issues and I can't take them all at once like I used to, so I've been forgetting and missing doses and I always seem to have a hard time taking my multi-vitamin...so my solution was to make a big checklist on my computer--I printed it out and it has a list of each medication, vitamin and my protein and water intake as well as my exercise goal--all separately, so I'll be able to check of the stuff as I go and be able to check if I've missed anything--so far it has been working well. Still need to drink more fluids, it hurts a little when I drink, not sure if it's b/c the drink is too cold or something, but my pouch gets really tight, so I take really small sips and that helps. All and all things are going well