mommeof3

It has been a long time since I have posted... see update below...

2 Month Update........See below

LATE MONDAY UPDATE: So i was not going to post this update but decided that I was going to share the good, the bad, and the UGLY..... and today I am sharing the bad and ugly side of this surgery. I have not been losing a lot of weight and I am becoming disappointed with this surgery. I have lost more weight going it alone but of course I was unabe to keep the weight off. I have only lost 17lbs since surgery and I was sleeved on Sept 17. Mind you i work out a least 4 days a week and i do about 1 hr of cardio each time. I have know idea why my body is not letting go of this weight. I got on the scale on Mondy and low and behold i was up 2lbs. I still don't know how that happen. I am guessing that it was TOM and I was able to eat more it seem. So here is the UGLY.... I hope all goes well this week and my body lets go of this weight..... See below for weight progress...

Monday Update.....See Tracker

MONDAY UPDATE........SEE BELOW

I feel u i was sleeved on 9/17 my surgey weight was 289.7 now i am 275.8 I have only lost 14.1lbs and I workout. I hope that it speeds up soon.

Guys I am sick..... Not from the surgery but I have gone back to work (I teach) and I have caught a bad cold bug. My throat is on fire and my head hurts... What can we take for colds? I am so weak from this I can barely eat and when i get home i don't eat i just drink my hot tea and go to bed, Please Help!

Monday check in....see below

Monday Update Just a little look at my weight for check in... See below

I much weight have you lost so far. I am 5 weeks out and still trying to remember to eat something because i am rarely hungry. Using a timer to help me remember.

I have not thrown up but i have learned my lesson. My husband bought some ice cream home (it was my favorite before surgery) well i decided that I was going to try it. BIG BIG Mistake. I was sick on my stomach all night. I will never try ice cream again... I wanted to throw up but i couldn't. What an awful feeling.

That does make sense I made need to cut down on the energy burning and take it a little slow because it is hard for me to get anything down. I am still drinking 2 Protein shakes a day to get the protein in. I wonder why the doc just didn't make my sleeve big enough for the cals that he wants me to take in LOL....

My hair has been falling out since WEEK 2 of my surgery by the handful I am scared that i am going to go bald. I thought this was not suppose to happen until 3months are more out. I just pray that this does not continue for a entire year.

Monday Check In I only lost 0.8 lbs this week and I am really disappointed because i work out for at least 1hr a day. How can this be possible? I have not been getting in my water so I am going to try that this week to see if there is a difference. Do you guys think that I work out to much?

I think that I have hit a bit of a stall I only lost 0.8 lbs this week and I work out for at least 1 hr everyday. Do you think that I am working out to much?

WOW!! You are losing weight fast. I was sleeved on Sept 17th and I am down only 11 to 12 lb since surgery. Are you male of female. I have been exercising a lot too so i don't know what is wrong.

I have started working out. I sweat so much. My problem is I sweat in my head and my can hair gets so dry. I know that I can not wash my hair everyday but after I am done exercising it is extremely dry and it is shading bad. I have relaxed hair. Do you have any suggestions on what i can do about this. Please help!!

Life does get hard at times. I lost my father when i was one year old. Someone decided that he did not have to stay with his children and took his life so I know how you feel. My father was 21 when he died the thoughts have been with me all my life. It was hard to grow up at watch other little girls with their father. I am 31 now so i spent my life without a father but i knew about the love that he had for me listening to the stories my mom told. I have had a rather bad day today to a little stressed and I cant eat my stress. This experience has really been a journey for me because i truly did not know that food had such an impact on my everyday living. I am also losing weight slowly and i thought that I would be losing faster but I am not and I am exercising everyday. I guess all I can do now is continue the journey because there is no turning back, I know that we are going to be able to get through this 1 STEP AT A TIME..

I find myself getting up in the middle of the night to eat. I don't know what is happening but around 1 or 2 when i get up to go to the bathroom I have strong hunger pangs. So I go in the kitchen and eat some protein( maybe an oz or 2 of turkey) and when it hits my stomach the pang is gone. I have never been a night snacker/eater so i don't know if I am doing wrong. I have not hit a stall so i thought that it might be okay but i know that this is a bad habit and I want to break it any suggestions. I have a NUT app on the 16, I can ask her then. OH i do drink water first to see if is goes away and it doesn't so i eat because i can't sleep through hunger.

I think that it means you do the liquids that you did after surgery for 5 days to get restarted. I am not sure but i have seen other post about it.

I use Source of Life liquid vitamins. It has a thick texture but I like it. I order it from vitacost.com. If you want to try it order the smaller bottle to see if you like it. I also take liquid calcium citrate.

Most people with office jobs have said that they only take a week off from work. I teach so i took 4 weeks off. Which i needed because i stayed on the pain meds for a week and a half. I think that it depends on how you feel after the surgery.

The mental is the hardest. Physically is not so bad. It took me about a week and a half to fully heal. By fully heal i mean move around and sleep good. My insides are not fully heal though. My doctor says even though i feel like i can run a marathon I have not healed completely yet.

I found that i can only eat about 1-2 oz of solid protein and about 1/4 cup veggies at a time.Then i am not hungry for about 4 hrs or more. If i make a protein shake I get hungry in about 1/2 hr. Anything that I eat that have carbs (like crackers) I want more of it. I think that is a slider food because a can eat 2-3 handfuls of cheez it. I decided not to buy that stuff anymore because I can chew it well and eat a lot of it. I have not hit a stall yet but my weight loss is very slow. I have only lost 10 since surgery.

This is so normal. It is a big life change. You have come this far don't second guess. TRUST ME I WAS IN YOUR SHOES... Scared to death and all the other stuff. You will be fine go for it and start enjoying your new life...