Andralyn

My name is Nicol Elder. I'm just about at 3 months post gastric bypass surgery. I've been somewhat overweight my whole life. It was always 15 to 20 pounds, until I had my first child. Then it went up to 50 pounds overweight and just continued to climb from there. I've been on some kind of diet my whole life and surgery was finally suggested by my physician. This year, I actually had an insurance that would pay for the surgery, so I went ahead and did it.

I ended up with an upper respiratory infection after I got home from surgery, (complely unrelated to the surgery), which put my recovery on hold for about 3 weeks. I've had my 6 week post op check up and was looking good at that time.

I have dependency issues and have latched onto food as my crutch instead of cigarettes, alcohol or other recreational activities. Right now the biggest change I have is letting go of the food and not replacing it with somethig else. I'm just taking it day by day right now. Normally, I like to plan ahead, but I've noticed that is just causing more stress, so I let it go.