serenafish

I've posted a link to my video blog here. It's nothing earth-shattering, but these were really helpful to me as I was learning about the surgery, and I promised I'd keep a record like this for myself and anyone else who is interested. Be well!

After the shopping Friday, I cleaned my closet out Saturday. I got rid of a lot of clothes that I could no longer fit or sew to fit. I gave a lot away to ones who needed them. But man do I have so much more room in my closet, but enough shopping for now since I plan on losing another 50+ pounds. I'm excited about where I am today. And excited about where I will be in 4 months on my surgiversary in July.
 
 
A Month before surgery
 
 
8 Months Post-Op

I'm sure other people are feeling this way, but I'm so tired of not feeling good after eating. This morning, I scrambled one egg, couldn't eat anything else afterwards. For lunch, I had egg salad (1 egg and 1 tbsp light mayo), a cheese stick, and 2 crackers. I just feel so bad after eating that it takes away from the satisfaction of enjoying my foods. This has been going on for about a week now. I have a check up appointment with my doctor on Friday, but sure wish that this feeling would go away so I can get to feeling normal again.

Hi everyone. Surgery is 13 days away. I found out yesterday I tested positive for H Pylori. So I am taking 4 horse pills to combat this monster bacteria in my stomach. On a good note, I have been eating a low carb diet for 12 days now and I have lost 15 pounds. My overall weight loss is 42 pounds. So I ventured into the back of my closet the other day and pulled out some "skinny" jeans (isn't it strange I call size 24 my "skinny" jeans), anyway, they are my favorite jeans of all time and I was so excited when the slipped over my hips and fit comfortably. A lot of my friends have been telling me, "oh when you lose weight I want that leopard dress" or "I want that jacket and jeans." It got me to thinking, I have some clothes that I LOVE. I am going to hate parting with them. I know I will buy new, smaller, more stylish clothes but I'm really attached to some of these items. Am I crazy? Well yeah, my friends would say I am on any given day, but I mean for thinking this way about clothes.
 
I also realized that other things are going to change. I'm such a big girl right now, I don't think anything about crossing a parking lot. I expect the cars to stop for me. This big girl makes a big dent if they hit me. I don't think their insurance is that good. I'm gonna have to learn to stop and look both ways when I get skinny. I also don't worry about someone grabbing me and kidnapping me. Have you ever heard of a 300 pound woman being taken? No! But once I'm skinny, this could be a real situation. Good thing I'm a pistol packing country girl. Of course my mom always taught me if a man was following me suspiciously to start scratching my crotch and pretend I was eating boogers. LOL! I'm betting that would deter them for sure.

10 days to go and I can hardly wait, I'm almost counting down the secs. My emotions are all over the place, one moment I'm jumping up and down like a child waiting for Christmas, and then five mins later I'm in a panic, wondering if I'm doing the right thing, and how much it's going to hurt, will I be able to drink enough fluids ect, then back to how great I'm going to look and how much I'm going to enjoy working out like I used to. arghhhhhhhhhhhh... I hope it's all pretty normal...
 
I'm now on one small, healthy meal a day and two protein shakes, I spent the $50 and got the large can of isopure vanilla, and I mix it with unsweetened almond milk it was a good purchase, I love the taste, it reminds me of an old fashioned malt shake yum!
 
Oh yes and I started walking again, I guess as they are going to make me walk in the hospital I had better get used to it so I thought I would try and get in a mile a day for starters, I made my goal today
 
thats about it for today, the pre operation diet is driving me nuts, I'm not hungry in my stomach at all, but my head is constantly like a child screaming for food, snacks and trash im demented by it... anyone out there? anyone know what I'm going on about? and anyone got any advice? apart from telling my head to hush up lol
xoxox

Had my 2 week check up yesterday. The last two weeks were a little rough on me, but mostly because I put my knee out, three days b4 the operation. Getting dressed, putting socks on, silly things became a problem for me that I had not expected!
 
I am now drinking 26oz of water a day
an 8oz protein drink with 42g of protein a day
 
Food has been odd, I have no urge to eat at all, and have been trying to force one tea spoon of apple sauce or baby food into my mouth every day, but I simply dont enjoy it.
 
However last my my husband strongly urged me to try some scrambled egg, and I ate two tea spoons with no troubles at all, it feels a little thick going down, but it's okay.
 
I also eat a sugar free ice pop every night, it takes me about an hour lol but it's my guilty pleasure
 
I have lost 32lbs!!!!
 
I am taking all my pills, you know, the biotin and iron and calcium and vits....
 
my bp is now perfect, pulse is coming down , hardly no hair loss...
 
at first it was tough, but people are right it gets better every day... I get a little tired quite easy, but one step at a time!

Well its been 10 days since my surgery and these are my thoughts so far.
1. It has been better in many ways then I thought it would be, no vomiting, no nausea, no gas pains, no bathroom issues,
2. It has been harder in that I still want to eat, I miss food! I feel depressed and so much of my social life revolved around food and drinks I not sure how to balance the changes with being in those situations.
3. I am off work for two more weeks and don't have the energy I want to exercise and getting some small projects done while I am home. I feel like my butt has been glued to my recliner and have started to go a bit stir crazy.
4. I have not been drinking enough water or exercising enough.
5. I have lost 22 pounds since I started my preop diet a month ago. I stalled at a week out from my surgery and the scale hasn't budged in a few days.
6. I didn't hide the fact that I was having weight loss surgery so I feel like when I do start back to work and being out in public everyone will expect me to have dropped a ton of weight. That is what my boss asked me a few days after the surgery "have you lost a ton of weight?"
 
Changes to make:
1. Exercise 30-60 minutes of walking or exercise bike a day.
2. Weight resistance exercise 30-60 minutes a day.
3. Plan out snacks and meals and water and track on MFP.
4. Plan out projects to work on while I am home.
 
Hopefully with these changes I will see the scale move once again and feel less depressed

Well I think I may have turned the corner on feeling better. I took a long nap this afternoon and woke up feeling more like myself. I also stopped the pain meds today. As far as the surgery went I can't say it was a piece of cake or I was up and going the next day but it definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was afraid of being sick to my stomach and vomiting but had no issues in that regard. I have mostly been tired and had pain with my largest incision. I can't tell if the pain is from just the incision or from inside where the staples are located .Tomorrow I have an appointment with my surgeon and my nutritionist. I am looking forward to seeing how much weight I have lost. I am missing food and eating and will be glad when i can add a few more things to my diet. I think the next stage is called the pureed diet and includes eggs, mashed potato, beans, soft fruits and veggies that are blended.
 
My husband has a job tomorrow so my friend is taking me to the hospital, so glad I don't have to go alone. I will Post my weight loss tomorrow!

10 days to go and I can hardly wait, I'm almost counting down the secs. My emotions are all over the place, one moment I'm jumping up and down like a child waiting for Christmas, and then five mins later I'm in a panic, wondering if I'm doing the right thing, and how much it's going to hurt, will I be able to drink enough fluids ect, then back to how great I'm going to look and how much I'm going to enjoy working out like I used to. arghhhhhhhhhhhh... I hope it's all pretty normal...
 
I'm now on one small, healthy meal a day and two protein shakes, I spent the $50 and got the large can of isopure vanilla, and I mix it with unsweetened almond milk it was a good purchase, I love the taste, it reminds me of an old fashioned malt shake yum!
 
Oh yes and I started walking again, I guess as they are going to make me walk in the hospital I had better get used to it so I thought I would try and get in a mile a day for starters, I made my goal today
 
thats about it for today, the pre operation diet is driving me nuts, I'm not hungry in my stomach at all, but my head is constantly like a child screaming for food, snacks and trash im demented by it... anyone out there? anyone know what I'm going on about? and anyone got any advice? apart from telling my head to hush up lol
xoxox

Ok, so this is my first ever attempt to blog.. so here goes..
 
I am 26 years old, originally from India but been living in UAE since age 5.
 
I have had a weight problem all my life, I was always the chubby kid, the fat girl, the obese college student etc. Guess I just got tired of being a two dimensional character, of being defined by my weight.
I wanted people to know me, the real me, so after years of dieting, attempting to exercise and still not losing weight or losing weight only to gain it all back plus some, I decided on surgery.
 
I got sleeved on 30/10/2012, at the time I weighed 129kgs, today I weighed myself and my current weight is 112kgs.
 
Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a lot of trouble with my diet, only threw up once, and that was my own fault for eating too quickly. After the first 2 weeks I was able to manage semi-soft food just fine and now can easily manage a small piece of grilled chicken or fish.
Haven't had carbs since the sleeve though, sometimes really miss bread.. though all I have to do at those times is pull out my largest pair of jeans and try them on in front of the mirror and see the difference in my shape. I have dropped almost 3 jeans sizes, which is absolutely fabulous as far as I am concerned.
 
Hmm what else? Protein was initially very difficult, had been given those really nasty protein powders that I absolutely could not stand let alone have 3 times a day, looked everywhere for an alternative and finally found a clear protein drink which is much more palatable at least to me. So the drink gives me about 40g protein as day and the rest is from my diet which is almost exclusively chicken and seafood..
 
I get cold very quickly since surgery, so have learned my lesson and go to work all bundled up.
 
Telling people about the surgery is something I've been rather conflicted over, I've told people at work and close friends I really trust, but not relatives or family friends. It is sometimes difficult to explain away my limited portions but usually just say that I am on a diet.
 
Guess that's all for now, sorry my thoughts are all over the place, not a writer by any stretch of the imagination
 
Cheers!

I finally took my rings in to be resized. After 65 pounds, they were a tad loose. I was surprised when they took them down a full size. I just got them back and of course they are so pretty when they are all polished up, but I was amazed at the size. They are little! Who knew I had small fingers. Put a smile on my face today.

Weigh in day! WOOT! 
HW: 273
SW: 250
LW: 237.2
CW: 233.6!!!! Woot! 
A 3.6lb drop this week bringing my post surgery loss to 16.4lbs and my total loss to  39.4lbs. 
This week’s loss comes at a great time because I was a little mopey thinking I might not hit 20 lbs my first month.. NOT because I am trying to hit a magical number but because if this is the ‘best loss’ I’ll have before it starts to slow down, imagine what life will be like the further I get out. I spent  $12K when I add up travel and all that good stuff having VSG surgery. It has to work and be worth it. This week showed me that everything is fine so I can just calm my impatient ass down. 

I am officially sleeved guys!!!
 
Kinda sore... But VERY happy!!
 
Been walking around the hospital & being drugged up lol
 
I would like to thank Everyone for their suppor!!!