Hi all! So happy I found this site. Well to begin I have struggled woth dieting since my 20's. I turned 38 last year and had finally had enough. After 4 kids my max weight had reached up to 267 lbs. I couldn't believe it. It's like size 12 gradually went to size 20. While my hudbad is wonderful and loves me at any size I knew the weight gain was unhealthy. I read somewhere that losing weight after 35 gets more difficult and it was true. I had enough of 20 lbs here and there. So I consulted with my doctor after medication for weight management for 3 months I lost 20 lbs but in my heart I had decided on surgery. I have no medical complications and I actually love my veggies heck I evrn enjoy working out. The problem was the weight was not motivating and the habit of overeating was so entrenched. After weeks of classes I finally had surgery on 1/12/15. Let me also add that 4 months prior to surgery I stopped taking the pills and had gained 12 lbs back. So my weight a month before surgery was 263. At my pre op appointment doctor told me to lose 10 lbs in 3 weeks whuch was also over the Christmas holidays. Talk about stressful but I did it on the day of surgery I weighed 252.5 lbs. After surgery was horrific. I am 6 days past surgery and I still haven't mastered my water intake or my protein shakes. I will say that I discovered that warm or hot water with a ginger tea bag is my new best friend. I am also trying to do an once of protien at the top of every hour. I have no clue how I could eat food right now although I so badly want to be able to eat. Not over eat but have something of substance the past two weeks just seems so unhealthy I weighed today and I have lost 10 lbs since surgery. Not sure how I feel about that.
