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Here I am, approaching my 5 month anniversary in four days. For the past four weeks i've been stalled completely and haven't lost a pound. I haven't been eating bad, although the failure to lose weight has really put me in a slump.

I wish I could break this bull sh** stall...

Hi all, Its been a long voyage.. i'm approaching my four month anniversary in about 8 days. I've been stalled for the past month and feel horrible. I know i've had great loss to date, but this up and down has been difficult. As I have started to heal, I have been able to eat more and eat foods that I used to eat without problems. Its hard for me, but I need to get back on track.

I went through a bad spot for a while, enjoying a glass of wine here and there a bit too much... lol.. but have realized that it is not something to fool around with. Its so hard for me to get my protein, although its easier than I thought to get my calcium and vitamins.

I feel like I need inspiration and words of wisdom from people who have been there, are going through it too or have gone through it, or those who are waiting to go through it so that I dont give up.

Hi all, Physical changes to my body is happening... who ever would have thought that it would be so mentally challenging...

Hi All, After a few weeks of slowed weight loss, I began to lose faith. HOWEVER, As of this morning, I am officially 80 lbs lighter. :) What a big mark.

Wow... Its so hard to believe that today marks my 11 weeks post op. With my highest weight being 298 mid-2009, I joined the Kaiser program in 2/10 and weighed in at 286. Today, i'm 11 weeks post op and down to 220. It feels great having lost 78 lbs.

I am having a hard time with meat of any kind. The only thing that seems to go down is ground turkey meat when its either in cabbage rolls or chili. Because of that, I have managed to convert to almost a full vegan. I will be purchasing my first juicer this week also. My difficulty with meat makes it hard for me to get my protein. I have become lactose intollerant. I can't drink milk or eat yogurt of any kind. I have learned that my stomach is very sensitive ~ although there are some things I love like Vegetarin Pizza w/ gluten free crust ~ :-) 

I have been able to stomach some sugars which is nice. I even snuck a Hershey's Kiss one night and felt fine, although I felt so guilty afterwards I won't be doing that again. I have not been exercising like I should, and it is my hope that within the next week i'll get into a gym and start that process. I think that's why my weight has stalled out. At first I was losing between 5-6 lbs per week and now i'm down to 2-3. It kind of stinks and is a bit discouraging. I'm going to keep on going though and keep working hard.

Well, I just wanted to take a quick minute to say THANK YOU to everyone here at OH who have answered my questions, calmed me down when I started to panic and provided me with some amazing information. As of today, I am down 30 lbs from my date of surgery  I'm so excited. I feel totally different. My energy levels are spiking. I actually wake up and want to get out of bed because I feel great. I've taken everyone's advice and slowed my eating down. I will try new things once in a great while, but am whole heartedly in love with cheese ... It has become my new best friend.

I will be posting some pictures around Christmas time, so hopefully i'll post them up :) 

Well, my apologies for not writing sooner... when I was told the first week was hell I wasn't expecting to go through that. I arrived on Monday Nov. 8th at 7:30 am for my surgery. At 9:00 am I was still waiting to go into the Operating room. Surgery went fine... Unfortunately, I had a lot of bleeding in one of the incisions which required some deep sutures. This led to extra pain (more than you would imagine by just reading the words). In recovery, I learned something - I have my first drug allergy ! LOL... I know, not the best thing to learn in recovery but apparently I was allergic to a pain medication which they administered to me twice which gave me a nasty reaction. That extended my time in recovery and was finally in my room and awake/coherent at approximately 5:30 pm on Monday afternoon. I was able to get up and take a walk at 6:30 pm (quick huh?) and then had the most interrupted sleep of my life. Between the shift changes and the medication, it was annoying, but I had my lucky push button for morphine and loved every bit of it.

Tuesday was fine, I felt better, and my morphine button was still getting use. They released me early (I was scheduled to stay until Wednesday) but the doctor released me on Tuesday at about 6pm. Got home and after sleeping a good night, woke up Wednesday in more pain. Tylenol w/ codine was not working and only subsided the pain for a short while. After dealing wtih that for most of the day, I was eventually taken to the ER late Wed. night. We stayed until about 1am on Thursday and was released. Apparently the deep sutures cause a lot of pain and discomfort and they couldnt give me anything stronger than the tylenol w/ codine. BUMMER !

So Thursday I spent in bed sleeping, walking very little. I was lucky enough to have a great ER doc who pumped me full of morphine before I left and I had a great night's sleep on Wednesday night which lasted into Thursday mid-morning. For some reason I still wasn't feeling well... and at 4:30 am, woke up with a swollen tongue and throat... I called Kaiser - nothing they could do until the appointment nurse came in at 6:30 am, so I hopped online, scheduled an appt. w/ my doc for 8:20 am on Friday (about 4 hours away which was amazing)... and then arrived at the medical center again. Doctor lectured me that it was all viral but I knew something else was going on. He took a strep throat culture "just in case" and it wasnt until 4:30 pm that I got the call that it was positive.. So on top of trying to heal my body was fighting an infection, which explained the nasty fever I had for many days.

Now, here I am, 9 days post op. Took all of my anti-biotics (liquid version of course which are disgusting)... feeling great.. up and walking around and even had the energy today to walk for an hour and forty-five minutes straight, no resting. I am a bit sore after doing that, but the exercise gave me energy and now I can't sleep. (go figure).

Oh, and the kicker is that I finally figured out why my scale has been acting weird - its broken... So Its hard for me to know what my weight loss is since the day of surgery... When I went to my pre-op class at Kaiser I was 275.4. That was on 10/26 and I had my surgery on 11/8. I believe I did lose about 4 lbs in between my surgery date and the pre-op class, so I estimate my weight prior to surgery (because they dont weigh you so its hard to know)... was about 271. Today, 9 days post op I got on the scale and i'm at 254.7... so roughly 16/17 lbs so far. The sad part: my clothes dont feel any different and I dont feel any different. Hopefully that'll change soon.

I love it - i'm not hungry... Although I want to start eating more than creamed soup, jello, and yogurt. The protein shakes take me about 2 hours to eat. They are hard to get down but i'm proud of myself that they're going down and i'm getting the nutrients I need.

Friday is my Post-op appointment. Can't wait :) I'll keep you all posted...

Oh my golly gosh everyone i'm in shock - only one more week until my whole life changes. I'm so excited. This morning I started my "liquid diet" - the nastiest protien shakes ever but I know it will be worth it in the long run.

I'm super scared, super excited and super nervous all that the same time. Without all of the support I have, I don't know what i'd do.

I find out Friday what time my surgery will be at. There is not enough words in the English language to express how happy I am that I will be a healthier, happier Mommy to my two little girls. I thank God every day for them, and I want to be around for a long time to be with them.

Hi All,

Well, I had a fantastic meeting with Dr. Alami on Monday. I was scheduled for surgery - NOVEMBER 8TH i'm so excited. We have changed our plan a little bit from the VSG to the RNY and I couldn't be happier with my choice. I am looking forward to seeing the results. I have to admit I splurged a little bit when I first found out as a celebratory feast but I have made it better since.

I have my pre-op class on 10/26 at 2pm, and then surgery the 8th.. Less than three weeks until my whole life changes.

WISH ME LUCK AND SEND ME ALL THE PRAYERS.....

 

Well - Its been a while since i've updated this. I have eleven days before meeting with my surgeon. Since my last update (9/20) I have had another phone appt. w/ NP Phillips - the nicest guy ever. He is super excited for me and I am too. I have my appointment on the 18th for a meeting with the Surgeon Robert Li - I am looking forward to it. I also have a meeting with Diane in Nutrition.

I was told when I started that I needed to lose between 20-25 lbs. I'm not 100% sure which weight they are going to lose, so if they use my heighest weight, then i've lost 37 lbs, and if they use the weight when I started the program, i've lost 14. I would like to lose another 6 before my meeting on the 18th.

I've been following the meal plan to a T and have not strayed. Its been hard but feels good in the end.

Now its the COUNTDOWN until my meeting w/ Dr. Li..