kmed21

I had my surgery in August 2013. Ive lost 123 lbs, but who's counting? Anyway the padt few weeks everytime i get out of bed or up from a chair i am sooo dizzy and wobbly. I passed out a few times. I get close to my protein in, i could do better on fluids. Any ideas or anyone experience this?

Went from morbidly obese in March 2013, now I'm overweight!! yay!!! I know there was a thread about this earlier, but I'm just so damn excited! 52 lbs from goal!! I think I might can make it before summer if I bust ass!! YAY!!!

I'm getting mine for Christmas from DH... I'll hit you up when I get it figured out!

After doing my research I'm getting the fitbit for Christmas! I'm excited about it.

yes.. your body will begin to change.. losing folds, adding smaller folds.. I'm 3 months post op, and i've noticed that too.. it's a journey!

Today is Thanksgiving.. SO many emotions going through my head right now.. So many reasons to be thankful today.. And wondering how today is going to go. How am I going to feel around so much food? How am I going to deal with NOT eating so much food?! I'm I just going to graze all afternoon? (I'm at work til 3, boo!) How did you vets handle your holidays? I'm nervous, I don't want to waste food.. I find that is all I do lately. My eyes are litterally bigger than my stomach.. LOL.. We shall see... Happy Thanksgiving guys! Kimberly

Wow.. I haven't blogged in thiiisss long!!! It has been a CRAZY 3 months to say the least!! November 22nd will be my 3 months. I'm kinda sad about that, when I think of the significance of that day historically. RIP JFK. On to happier news.. Here are my stats! My highest weight in March when I started this journey was 282 lbs! Day of surgery I was at 254. Today I am about 212.5!!! I'm finally a 16, like before I was married!! HOLY CRAP! 41.5 lbs since surgery, I'm happy with that.. I made my ticker, and I'm OVER halfway toward my goal! I think that's amazeballs!!! I'm glad I can finally eat! It's always protein first. Getting all of my liquids in is hard.. Emotionally I wasn't prepared for how little we eat now. The first time it hit me, I was at Jersey Mike's. I ordered a regular size (I usually order a regular or giant!). So, I get home, and I can only eat like 5 bites. I took half the bread off, so it made me feel a little better. lol.. But only a few bites into it, and I had the rest of this sandwich left!! I was in shock! But when you're full, and you feel full you know it.. Even one bite over that sends me heaving!! Like whoa.. lol.. Even now, there is food I just cannot eat.. McDonald's and I have broken up... I cannot eat there anymore, I barf if I even try anything.. Pizza was hard for me to stomach at first, but now It's ok.. Good thing, I love pizza! hahahaha.. Now, it's barely 1 slice.. Changes, changes are good! How are you guys doing?! Kimberly ps. I attached a pic I took this morning at work.. word!

I too am almost overweight!! I have like 1.5 on my bmi til i'm there. I actually told my boss that yesterday.. hahahah!!

Me too!! I have such bad gas with my shakes! Its embarrassing!

I just had the most painful (I have never given birth naturally) experience with constipation ever! I had to call my mom to come over, shes a nurse too. This was like an hour long ordeal of pain, panic, anxiety, more pain. Drink people drink!!! Sorry for the tmi!

I had my surgery on Aug 22. I'm 4 days late myself... Ugh.. For sure not pregnant..

Yay for you!

When do you weigh your self? This morning I weighed @242... This afternoon just for giggles did again and came in @240. Weird I thought.

yup.. it's just that line on the left that is left! the rest is taken out. kinda puts into perspective how little we really can and should eat.. lol.. I don't see a bean! what are you guys talking about? hahaha..

Holy crap! Has it been two weeks since August 22nd... Yup, it sure has!! It went by fast, at the time it didn't.. But now it feels like it did.. This past week I really feel like I've felt my best. I had a few "baby's day out" days.. Yesterday I ran some errands, didn't get exhausted or sore... I think I'm really to increase my walking. I weighed myself today... Surgery day weight was 256, and today I weighed 242. That's 14 lbs in two weeks?! I'll take that! Target skirt here I come! I should have taken measurements on surgery day, but I didn't. I'm going to do that today, to see how many inches I'm losing now, especially with the increase in exercise. I'm doing better with my intake. Yesterday I got super close to my 60/64.. Today we'll see how I do. I'm kicking myself because we got the bariatric advantage protein meal replacement shakes, and it's super gross!! High in protein, but waaayyy toooo sweet!! But I made one with some peanut butter and a little chocolate syrup and it was ok.. But ick.. After I finish the bag, I might go back to my EAS stuff. Hopefully by then I'll be on mushies atleast. I have one more week of just liquids, then move on to mushies.. The first thing I want is a scrambled egg with cheese!! Very first thing on my mushies list!! I am amazed at how bad I want real food. The process of chewing real food, I miss that! I am having problems with not chugging my drinks. Before I could down a half bottle of water only having to come up for air.. I can't do that now.. I was sooo thirsty at church on Sunday, I got an applejuice. I started just chugging it, I thought I was going to puke during worship! I had to sit down and just be like uuuggghhhhh.... Anyhoo... How are the other newly sleeved peeps doing? Or older sleeved? What's your story?