6 Months Post Op....How are you feeling!

 Today I am 6 months out. I have lost 122 pounds. I am only 1 pound away from my goal of 175 lbs. I am feeling so good about my new body and my weight loss. I truly love myself again! I am so happy with the decision I made to have the gastric bypass, and would encourage anyone who is thinking about wls. This was one of the best decisions I have ever made for myself.

I am trying to think of all the things that I had reservations about before having surgery, so that I can share with others how I feel about those issues now. One of the major things that come to mind is how concerned I was with how my husband would react to the weight loss and if and how our relationship would change after surgery. Ben (my hubby) and I had a very strong relationship to begin with and although he was very supportive of weight loss, he was not supportive of the surgery itself. He was sure that something would go wrong during surgery and he would be left to raise our children alone. After a very successful surgery, he has continued to be my biggest supporter. Our relationship has continued to grow stronger, and he has a new found appreciation for my new body....LOL. And, although he would never admit it, he also has a new found jealousy of the attention that I have been getting. I can't really blame him though.....I would have snatched someone bald for trying to pick up my man right in front of me...lol.  

Some of the other issues that I am facing are with my weight loss. I am already at my goal with in 6 months and I am continuing to lose weight pretty steadily. I am at a point now where I am comfortable and happy with the weight that I am right now. I am still eating very small portions and should be at a point now where portions start increasing and my weight should be stabilizing, but that has not happened yet. I try not to get overwhelmed by it and just continue to eat what I can. 

I am eager and willing to answer any questions that anyone has for me. 

That is what is all about to be healthy and to geel good about yourself. I don't know if you feel this way but I have to constantly look at myself in the mirror. I am probably will always feel like a obese woman even though am no longer that way on the outside. I know this might sound weird. now do you work out?

Hi there,
I am also 6 months post op - in a couple of days...and I am feeling fantastic.  I wont say its been easy, although I have not vomited once since the surgery, I have pain when I eat too fast or eat meat that is not VERY soft!  Its frustrating sometimes.  The weight was coming off steady, but I have about 50lbs to go and it seems like its at a standstill.  Maybe I need to join a gym and do different exercises other than walking and biking???  My relationship has suffered greatly from my surgery.  My husband, who was very supportive of my obesity before, is now a VERY jealous man and is making my life crazy!  Its probably normal for the husband to feel this way, but very hard to deal with.

I was 6 months out earlier in the month and I feel terrific!
I am down about 57 lbs and about 40 left to goal. I find that I CONTINUALLY have to monitor my thinking to keep old habits from creeping back. I'm hopeful that one day, those negative thoughts will be a thing of the past.

On those days when I'm feeling bad because I can't (won't) eat something I really like (like high fat fried foods and gravy - yes I'm a southern girl!) I try to remember that my whole objective is to align my stated values (what I say) with my behavior (what I do). If I say my family is important to me, I can't act in a way that puts food (or anything else) ahead of them.  If I say my family is important, I need to reflect that in my behavior by taking good care of my health so that I'll be around a long time to see my kids grow up, etc.

The head issues are more of a struggle than the food issues at this point. I've taken up running and am training for a 1/2 marathon in December. I feel more confident and am continuing to gain confidence every day.

DeAnna

I am 6 months out as of last week. I am down 75lbs and I feel good too. I still have a hard time eating some foods and if I eat too fast (still trying to break that after 6 months) or I do not chew well or I eat carbs, I get food stuck or I get sick. It happened just last night. I had a piece of toast , I never eat after dinner, but I was really wanting something, so I had a piece of whole wheat toast with a little butter. It got so stuck and I was hurting for quite some time. It never fails. I am slightly used to it, but it is still annoying as crap sometimes. I still have a hard time with sugar and I want something to drink and water and crystal light are so blah after a while... so I want to get a sweet tea or an ice coffee (my favorite drinks) and I get sick as hell from the sugar.
Otherwise, all is well! I am happy! I went from a size 18 to a 12 so far. I hope I can continue to lose over the next 6 months! I seem to lose one week out of every 4-6 weeks. It is crazy that way, but at least I know when I will loose! It is usually right after my period, that week, I will lose a pound to a pound and a half a day for a week. LOL.

Hope everyone is great! If anyone wants to keep in touch I am on facebook! www.facebook.com/ethanlanesmom

Hello, I noticed u said that u like iced coffees.  Have u tried the sugar free vanilla iced coffees from Mcdonald's?  I treat myself to at least three a week.  Very yummy and sugar free.  Love them, they help me when I have cravings for something sweet.   Also there is a suger free peach diet ice tea sold at walmart.  I think it's pretty good.  Arizona tea also has a sugar free ice tea that's yummy.

Wow! Didn't know McDonalds had sugar free coffee!! I'll try it! What is the brand of peach diet ice tea? I like the Liptons Citrus tea and I can handle it sometimes. Depends on the day I guess. LOL. Thanks for the heads up! 

Wow, I'm glad to hear everyone is doing so well.  My surgery was April 27th, 2009.  I'm down 105 pounds and have 29 to get to goal weight of 140.  I haven't had many issues with getting sick on any foods, but I'm afraid my old habbits with start creeping up on me.  I know I don't eat hardly the amount of food I did before surgery but I get scared sometimes of the choices I make.  Like tonight I had a small strawberry shake.  I had about 1 cup of strawberry icecream mixed with 1/2 cup of fat free milk.  I don't know if I should feel guilty about cheating once in awhile.   I do know I can still control myself , because before surgery I could order the largest shake at Mcdonald's and have the thing all gone a drank in 10 minutes.    I'm still losing, sometimes the weightloss slows down for a few weeks.    I excercise three to four days a week for an hour daily.  I do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight lifting.    I still look in the mirror and see a heavy person,  I hate pictures of myself.  I hope this changes soon,  I hope when I hit goal weight I still won't feel self concisious.    

My 6mo was 10/24 - on that day I was down 109.8 lbs. Today (11/9/09) I am down 115 lbs.

My goal is to get to ONEderland by Thanksgiving, but time is running out fast and my weight loss has slowed drastically. I even hit a 4 week stall in September/October that was torturous to say the least.

I am 12lbs away from reaching 199. However I am sure that even if I reach that goal by T-day I will probably gain 5 lbs back just from all the food on T-day, LOL

If anything I know I will have reached ONEderland before the end of the year. There is no doubt in my mind at all.

I am 61 lbs away from reach my goal weight and I don't see myself not making that goal weight by my one year surgiversary!

I'm LOVING my sleeve. I've gone from a size 30 down to a 16/18 now.  I can shop in both plus sized departments and regular departments now that I am on the boarder of sizes like that.