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So much is going on. I had to have a full hysterectomy (ovaries, uterus and cervix) due to excessive bleeding and pain and many years of problems.
When the Dr. told me I would have to have surgery I decided to speak to a plastic surgeon and piggy back a tummy tuck on the other operation.
I am now 20 days post op, feel great, stomach looks amazing.
I worried beacuase I was only half way from 3/4 to goal (usually they suggest plastics when u r no more then 20lbs from goal) but I wasnt going to have it done otherwise (cost and Im scared of anesthesia).
Its amazing that now the Drs asked me not to loose weight in the next 2mnths of recovery yet I have lost 9lbs anyway, I am consuming 400-600 more calories per day and still losing, hope this ia a permenant change with the elimination of my excessive hormones.
I am soooooo happy with having WLS, Hysterectomy and Plastics, my life is chaning for the better, I feel great and i finally feel I am taking care of ME for the first time and not everybody else all the time.

Ok so its been 3 months Ive lost 43lbs UNBELIEVABLE, I feel great, lots of energy a few days where I dont take care of food where I feel a little weak but other than that great. At this point I am more disconnected from the scale and the comparison with other vsgers, It is an amazing feeling to also be detached from food and for it to have lost soooo much of its importance. I have finally been able to buy clothes at the same stores as my friends, size 12!!!! and Im only half way through my journey. . Now the only thing left is to start exercising which I havent wanted to do at all and is so important for avoiding the loose skin thing. Maybe its because I am doing velasmooth a laser that contracts the skin and it really works that I havent been motivated to exerise because I have found an easy solution. I believe that as I loose the weight I will exercise more especially since I actually enjoy it. I just feel like I have alot on my plate right now, maybe thats a cheap excuse. We shall see.

So here I am 2 months and 3wks later and I am so happy to have lost 40lbs. What a great way to start my new year. I feel really good. I am still not exercising which is not good and I really need some motivation in that aspect, I guess it doesn't help that I am loosing anyway. I have realized how important it is to write everything you eat and to really really watch the protein intake, I was away in a remote place for a week for new years and realized how easily i can loose control. My hair is falling out more than usual, I am a little worried about this. Oh, I went shopping and was blown away, even some size 12s fit me a long way from 18s. SOOOOOOO HAPPY.

I have started loosing again, yay, so happy. I am feeling good and behaving as far as food is concerned just need to work on exercise, don't feel up to it yet. Started with my first velashape treatment which works on tightening skin, toning and getting rid of cellulite all to avoid the hanging skin at the end of my journey. I am so happy I did this for myself and have decided 2010 is the YEAR OF ME FIRST, not that i am going to forget about my wonderful husband and 3 children but its about time I thought of myself and took care of even my basic needs.

Ok so I'm at 6 weeks and have gone up and down on the scale all week in the end maintaining the 28lbs already lost in the first few weeks, maybe its cause i lost so much my body is trying to stabilize.  Thank god for this site, I know this is normal and I am not going to let it stress me. I am getting in my daily protein, definitely not getting in my daily liquids (but working on it). I started exercising but felt really tired, to the point the next day I could not go to work so i decided to wait a little longer and try this week and see how I do. My smaller jeans are fitting me loosely so I know I'm loosing, yippee. I am obsessed with weighing myself and there is nothing anyone can say to stop me and I am obsessed with looking at the before and after pictures, very scary. Cant wait to be one of them. I have failed so many times that I cant help but think in the back of my mind, is this going to work for me? Am I eating too much? (there are so many unanswered questions, like when does the amount of food you eat stabilize, to what its going to be?). Anyway all is good cant complain about 28lbs less on my tired and miss treated body.

I am doing great 5 wks after and I have lost 27lbs WOW. I havent had any real cravings and it is great to be able to have food with limits. Its great to have the problem of not fitting into clothes. Need to keep working on liquid intake this is my biggest challenge.

20lbs down wow, Its amazing how the weight melts off. Having  pain in both shoulders so I have been putting a heat pad (ones that you can buy that look like an air pillow, semi circle shape) I heat it in the microwave and put it around the neck it really helps to get rid of the gas pain. I stopped taking the pain medication even though I feel some pain so that I take it easy otherwise I know I would be runing around even more, its a reminder to myself I just had major surgery and that I need to take it easy. I also think its important to know when my body is actually healed. Not hungry AT ALL, Not feeling the Head craving. All is good.