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Today was my 6 month check.  Everything is going great.   I have lost 103 lbs since the beginning of my journey.  I'm feeling great!   I can wear a size 18 pants from a previous tight 26.  I can't remember the last time I could wear an 18.  I've been exercising and I purchased an eliptical.  I love it, but it is hard.  Everyday I can stay on longer and longer. 

I'm finally to the point where I no longer feel like everyone is looking at me when I'm out and thinking about how fat i am.  It's great to get my confidence back.  I never realized how much I used to dwell on my weight.  I used to walk past a mirror and think "oh my god, i'm huge,"   Now i walk past a mirror and I can't stop looking at myself, but now I think " GOD I LOOK HOT!!!!"   :)

Well, today was my day for my one month check.  Everything is great according to Dr. Dallal.   For the past 2 weeks I have been stuck on the scale.  I just can't stop weighing myself.   I was not losing any weight, however when I step back and think about everything, I have lost 22 lbs since my surgery, which is really exciting.  I am wearing clothes that were way too tight last summer and they are starting to hang off of me.   I feel like I get more and more energy everyday.   

My new goal is to start to exercise.   I started tonight and went for a walk.

I am not really having any major food problems.   I have only felt sick a couple of times and each time I absolutely deserved to feel sick. 

My surgery was done on May the 31st.   Overall it wasn't a bad experience.  The hospital was great, everyone was very helpful and the rooms were great.  Dr. Dallal of course was also great. 

I have to say that the gas pain was pretty bad.  It made it hard to get up and get going.  I did have to stay for the second day, but only because I wasn't drinking enough.  I was given some pain meds and that allowed me to get up and walk around.  By the next day I felt soooo much better.

Now since my surgery things have been CRAZY. My mom fell and broke her arm on the way back to my apartment from the hospital.  And as if that wasn't bad enough the tuesday after my surgery my father fell down the steps outside my apartment and he broke 3 ribs, his collar bone and had a 5 inch cut on the back of his head.  Both of them are now doing much better after their own surgeries to repair broken bones.   The only good thing about all of this is that it kept my mind off of what was going on with me.

Everyday I feel better and better.  I have been eating lots of soup and having protein shakes.  Overall, I'm not hungry however, sometimes I have food envy.  I want what everyone else is having, not because i'm hungry, just because I think I should have it.  

Well, I start soft foods tomorrow so i'll see how that goes.

I can't believe my time has finally come.   My surgery is just two days away.  I feel like time has been going so fast since my initial appointment.  I have been doing my liquid and veggie fasting for the past 12 days and can't wait for that to be done.  I have never wanted to eat meat so much in my life.  I'm not a huge meat eater but that is all I wanted in the beginning.  As time went by, it became a little bit easier, thank god I like veggies.  The only good thing about this is that it gets you started with the weight loss before the surgery.  From my initial consult to now, i have already lost 23lbs....YAY.  

Last night I watched Big Medicine on TLC.  It's on at 9pm on mondays, what a great show.  It's all about a father and son team of bariatric surgeons.  I love it. 

Today I found out that I have the coverage for work to have the time off for my surgery...YAY.  I'm so excited.  I feel like my dream has finally become real.  I had to wait for my insurance approval, then when I got that call I was so excited, then the problems with work began.  Trying to find someone to cover my job while i am gone, what a challenge.  There are not enough people to do my job, let alone find a temp. Being uncertain for the past 2 weeks has been so stressful.  Well, It's all worked out now and I can get on with preparing myself for the surgery.