RhondaMarie

I am a week out today & down 10 pounds!! My gas pain was in my right shoulder & just when I thought it was gone... WHAM! Back again. I can sleep on my sides & lay on my belly. I am doing the gym daily (WAY low impact). Everything is great! Well I got cocky & ate something I wasn't allowed. Learned very quickly what sliming and pb are all about. :-( Before the lectures start.... I didn't have something unhealthy... just too advanced. I am REALLY struggling to get enough calories in. I was looking for a boost. The moral of the story: once you turn the corner you will feel great! Learn from my story and fight the temptation to overdo!!

Definitely an ER situation. But for the record, I couldn't get a deep breath & have a low respiration rate anyway. I was sent home with a thing to practice every hour. The day after my surgery I got annoyed with it and remembered something. My pre-admission nurse had told me to take my asthma inhaler to the hospital in case I needed it. I did, but never took it out. I did two puffs on that & was "cured" within the hour.

Welcome Rachelle!! This place is awesome! !

I think My Fitness Pal is way better! Helped me so much on this journey! ! Kck11599 Add me!

Name, real or screen~Rhonda Goal weight for October 29th~232 Weight on October 1st~242 Age~38 Dietary goal for October~ find my way through the post-op stages w/o getting stuck Exercise goal for October~restricted b/c so recently banded... if cardio is all I can do, then I need to grind it out and up my program as allowed Personal goal for October~ focus more on me... stop ALWAYS putting others needs in front of my own Date banded~9/26/12 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~15 What is your favorite Halloween Activity?~haunted houses & watching young niece & nephew discover Halloween

Down 7 pounds since last Tuesday! 35 total! Sounds great til you consider I have Twice that still to lose!! LOL

Also keep in mind some of us had to wait 6 months and lose during that period. I sounds like you had <30 days!!! You have lost WAY MORE than I did my first two months! Keep you head up!!

I didn't get even steri strips this time. All four incisions were just glued. With my lap chole... I don't think the steris would have ever fell off!! Just loosen them a lil with each shower.

I just relaxed Thursday & Friday. By Saturday I was struck with cabin fever. I got out for maybe 3 hours & it was perfect. I am going to start back to the gym tomorrow with east walking.

Just remember that we all heal differently. I just had a lap chole in March so I had a certain mindset about how I would feel & cope!! I killed it at the gym through the first week of pre-op diet... then it was kicking my butt so I dialed back a bit. I would swear it helped me recover quit!!

My surgery was Wednesday as well. I didn't even fill my pain meds script. Just one dose of Tylenol Jr since I have been home. I have very little discomfort today. Indeed I forgot and climbed in bed with the bf & laid on my stomach! I could SO go back to wprk tomorrow & be fine with my desk job. There's too much red-tape to cut to come back early.

Yeah ... I have been living in fear of blow outs since day 2! I am having my first protein shake now. It's been 40 minutes already. What I did was 6oz milk 2oz water four large ice cubes 1tbsp of peanut butter and 1 scoop of vanilla Pure Protein. I blended it up and made 7 1oz shots to work throughout the day & am sipping what's left. I felt like I was making bottles again, but since it is day 1... I am going to go easy. I gotta kill the diarrhea before it kills me!!

That is still amazing!! Keep up the good work!!

I am 3 days out from surgery & still clear liquids only. Hunger is hitting hard. I am allowed to attempt full liquids tomorrow. Never thought I would look forward to a protein shake!!

I got my best sleep propped up on the love seat. For me that's an old asthma trick. Then I just had to swing my legs around. Then I had a good base with my legs and the arm of the love seat. The bed is definitely a lot harder.

I still have some trouble getting up more than anything. I kinda walk hunched over for a minute til I get it moving.

I was banded Wednesday & doc wanted me to stay since it was later in the afternoon. No additional tests just routine vitals. Just one dose of Tylenol in hospital & one dose at home. The gas was bad, but it is relieving. I can't get a deep breath in, but I have exercises to do. I am walking & resting... but I am kinda bored already. LOL

You have bunches of understanding friends here!! I did finally tell my boyfriend a week ago. It went better than I could have imagined. I think it was b/c he knows I have been busting butt at the gym and watching what I eat for awhile now. I explained the health goals & my comorbids, told him I "should" be 160. He likes "thick" women and kinda scoffed at the 160, but I told him that was not my goal- which is 180. I told him a had a LONG way to go to get there. It isn't, for me, a failure if I don't get skinny. I just want to work on being closer to healthy. Bottom line, as it got closer I knew I couldn't live with the lie of omission - and trust me, I was determined to try up until 10 days ago. He was supportive of the preop diet & always supporting my hours at the gym. In the end I had to trust that he loves me & wants me healthy. My surgery is Wednesday, but I am going to continue here on the board. PLEASE feel free to DM me anytime!!

248... surgery Wednesday I might not reach my goal of 240 next weekend, but still down 29lbs since March... hoping to hit the 30# mark for my "day of" weigh in.

Unfortunately, weight loss can cause gallbladder stones. I found that out when mine went bad almost immediately when I hot back to the gym. In fact, that's what brought me to WLS. Cholecystitis is no joke. The pain beforehand is bad! And I made it through labor without meds!! TRY to compartmentalization what pain goes with what surgery and re-evaluate. Try to focus on what made you choose WLS. A pesky gallbladder doesn't change all the positives - tho I know it's rough. It is what it is... but it is what you make it!!!

I finally told my boyfriend the missing pieces! He knew I was having a hiatal hernia repair, but I hadn't told him about the band. We were talking about my reluctance to stay overnight. He thought I should just to get some good rest. He has been pre-op diet supportive and it began to feel like a lie of omission to tell everyone, but him. His first word was "No." But he quickly started asking a few questions and it's all good. I think it really caught him off guard. I was explaining that I 'should be' 160lbs according to the charts. I told him I dont really ever expect that exactly, but that I had a LONG way to go in that direction. I honestly don't believe I am built to be thin or skinny. That doesn't mean I don't want to be a little less thick! He knows I have been going hard in the gym & he knows my blood pressure/joint issues. He knows I have been lectured about when not if I developed diabetes. It was all such a non-issue.... I feel weird about my embarrassment & defiance that kept me from telling him all this time. I can't dwell on that now. What's done is done & I am keeping it moving!!

All such GREAT rewards! In the TMI category ... I am already feeling more confident being intimate with my man. I am looking towards that increasing even more!! I think I am very lucky that I have always been able to tie my shoes or paint my toes or walk around a store... My perspective is already different b/c I realize some of what I have taken for granted. Believe me... I have a LONG way to go to goal, but y'all that REALLY have had to start at ground zero... y'all are such AMAZING inspiration! ! Reading your joyous reports of achievement... it takes my breath away!! Please don't take this wrong b/c it's meant right... I always think if they can do this than I sure as heck can!! They make me understand how lucky I am this is happening for me at this point of my life. I mean this from the bottom of my heart.... ALL of you are going to deserve credit in my soon to be success story!! Ha! I am even teary eyed writing this.

I am having a hard time keeping caloric intake up while on the pre-op plan. I am already eating/drinking when I am not hungry. Would it be terrible to add another shake a day for calories? I really don't want to drink another one, but eating cottage cheese all day doesn't sound any more appealing. SF pudding... Jello... applesauce ... oatmeal... I would have to eat A LOT to close the gap between what I am getting and the .5 BMR to stay out of starvation mode. Thanks in advance for your input!!