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On 12/23/09 I celebrated my 5 month surgiversary.  I have lost 50 pounds exactly from my surgery weight of 206 and I now weigh 156.  I have been cooking a lot of no sugar added desserts and stuff for the holidays and my Dad has enjoyed them alot as he is diabetic.  I still haven't told anyone I've had the surgery except my BF, daughter and a friend that has had the same surgery as me.   I have lost 55 lbs since my pre-surgery weight.

I'm not ashamed of having the surgery, just don't want anyone else's opinion about it.  I still encourage anyone who is curious to look into WLS and I always direct them to this site. 

I am enjoying my weight loss and just bought new clothes (size 6,8 and 10 petites) yesterday.  The after Christmas sales were just too good to pass up.

I am currently in FL.  My boyfriend and I brought my parents down for their winter stay on the west coast of FL.  I am a little depressed, I keep seeing myself in my parents and I hope my health holds up.  My mom and dad are 79 and 80 and it hurts to see such vibrant people suffering from the natural aging process.  Mom moves real slow and has problems with indigestion, heart and such.  Dad has diabetes.  Daddy was always a hard worker, always busy tending cows, working on the land and such and now he cannot do as much. 

I quit taking Celexa for depression but I am thinking about starting it again.  I am going to try to get my spirits up on my own first and give it a little time to see if this is just after holiday blues.

On the other hand I am excited about snow skiing this year and looking forward to skiing better now that I have lost 50 lbs.
My weight loss is slowing down - just about 4 lbs this month, however, I am looking forward to having a good weight loss in January.

All in all - Life is Good!!

Well, I am getting used to this life style so much so that my 4 month anniversary came and went on 11/23/09 without much fanfare.   Here are my totals:

Four months 11/23/09 = 160

Fourth month weight loss = 10.5 lbs

Total for 4 months post op = 46

Total including pre-op = 51

I don't think I am a dumper, haven't dumped so far, but I am still having problems eating too fast.   I am eating more variety and my protein intake hasn't been as good as last month.

Still not hair loss to speak of.  Skin getting saggy and wrinkled as expected.  I still need to work out more.

I have been off my Celexa (anti-depressant) for a couple of months and I feel great.
WLS has taken away most of the power food has had over me all my life.  So far, so good.  I am anxious about the time when the "honeymoon" phase is over and I am afraid I will start eating like I used to eat.

I had a really good weight loss this month.  Hope I can keep it up!!

Today is my three month surgiversary.  So far I have gone from 211 pre-op diet, 206 surgery weight to 170.5 today, which is about half my weight loss goal.

I am not discouraged with my slow weight loss but I am scared that the weight loss will slow down more and more and eventually stop before I reach goal.

I am able to eat pretty well.   One thing I have found is slider foods are too easy for me to eat.  I am still eating too fast and I have slipped back into the habit of eating when I get home without relaxing first and properly preparing my food, ie I tend to grab food when I come in the door after work.  I plan on nipping this habit in the bud.

I know I need to continue to work on my fluid intake, eating slower and getting my exercise routine more structured.  I am walking everyday but need to up the intensity and start back at the gym cause the weather will soon not be conducive to walking.  (I admit it, I'm a wimp.)

I have joined Lea's mini-challenge group and also the positive WLS group (sorry - forgot the proper name!!!) and I have found both groups very supportive.  I also have posted on WETEOs and love them.

OH has definitely been a blessing for me.  I have a friend who had WLS and I keep giving her pointers that I learned here.  She is not a forum/web site person. 

I get scared that this amazing journey will end and I will begin to gain my weight back.  I am still afraid that I will not have the will power when my pouch relaxes to continue to eat like a normal person and that I will go back to my old habits.

Keep me in your prayers as I have added all my OH friends to my nightly "list".

Pre-surgery liquid diet weight loss was 5.5 lbs
First Month Weight loss was 17.5 lbs
2nd Month Weight loss was 11 lbs.
Weight is 177.5
Total lost since pre-surgery - 34 lbs
Total lost since surgery - 28.5

I can hardly believe it has been 2 months since my surgery.  Actually it was 2 months yesterday but I wasn't at home and I couldn't weigh.

When I got back from Nags Head today I weighted 177.5.  I am counting that as my 2 month post op weight.

After working in the yard I weighed 176.  I am claiming that weight, even though I did sweat alot while working in the yard.

I really walked alot with my friend RB and I wonder if the walking helped me get rid of those 3 lbs this week.

I love my WLS and my RNY.

Entered the Halloween Mini Challenge today.  Today's weight 183, goal for Halloween 169.

Kinda down today.  Tummy hurting a little, think I ate too much/wrong stuff.  I ate some pita chips today and should have stuck with more protein.  I also didn't get my water in.  Haven't weighed since Monday as I am at my Daughters house.  Just feeling bloated.  I have taken the Miralax but not very satisfactory results.

Gonna get up tomorrow and do better.  Gonna plan my meals right now. 
Gonna get my exercise in and 90 ozs of water and 64 oz of protein.

Gonna do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had my RNY on 7/23/09.  So far I have lost 17.5 pounds since surgery and 23 pounds since my pre-op week.  I was 206 on my surgery date.  I am a little concerned about the slow weight loss, but it has been steady with a loss every week.

Please advise if you think this is not acceptable.  I need to up my exercise and I am not getting all my protein and water in every day but am trying to do better everyday.

Of course I am concerned that due to the slow weight loss I will stop losing sooner and not reach my goal of 135.  I will adjust my goal as lose. 

I was fortunate and was able to be out of work for the whole month and I go back to work Monday.

For those of you going into surgery soon.  Do no underestimate the cottonmouth experience.  It is bad, but it will go away.  I took my own PJs and felt much more "normal" wearing them once the cath was out.  When I got home, however, I could not believe the "hospital" smell they had left on them!!

Don't fight the cath - you can rest better because you don't have to get up to pee!  My doc pushed the fluids and the first night my cath was out I was up all night peeing.   I had a morphine pump for the first 24 hours - no wonder people get hooked on this stuff - no pain, no nausea.  When they took that away it was a wake up call.  I did take the liquid Loratab but
the taste was so bad combined with the cotton mouth I took crushed tylenol the next time.  No pain meds since I was released on Saturday 7/25.

I did not tell anyone about the surgery except my BF, daughter and a WLS friend.  I haven't decided if I will tell anyone when I go back to work or not.

I have stuck with my doctor's orders 99%.  I "licked" a tortilla corn chip several times during the bad taste, nausea during my first week home.   Wasn't tempted to swallow it and the flavor/salty did help.

I was so excited to be able to go to soft foods but found shrimp, chicken, some eggs hit my pouch very hard.  I have learned better when to stop to avoid feeling too full.  I threw up once, on steamed crab meat.  My son brought over some steamed crabs and I ate them straight from picking them - did not measure.  That was a mistake.

I find once I eat something I usually don't want it again for a long time.  The exception has been refried beans and cheese.
I am so sick of yogurt and cottage cheese - which I used to love.

I have eaten out several times and it has been OK.  I didn't want my BF to miss out on our regular activities and he is a very disgusting normal weight - 6ft 3 and 210 lbs.   We ate Mexican and I ordered refried beans and a soft ground beef burrito.  Ate about 1/6 of the beans mixed wt a little ground beef and guacomole.  It was fine.  Ate at a Chinese Buffet and had grilled chicken, little broccoli, and chicken about 3 other ways.  Just a small taste of each.  Also had about 2 t of peach cobbler - just the peach, no crust.  I have had Wendy's chili but as sick of it.  Had about 1/6 of a hamburger patty from my granddaughter's happy meal.

I do not enjoy eating like I used to.  Thank goodness!!!  

Any advice would be helpful.  I have enjoyed everyone's stories and especially the pictures.  Sorry this post is so long but wanted celebrate my first month with you and thank everyone for sharing their experiences, regardless of the TMI factor!