Three months out tomorrow!!

Hi everyone! Wow! Tomorrow marks the third month anniversary of my surgery! I can't believe it's been three months already! I'm feeling two things: I'm thankful that I am FINALLY past the problems I had with my esophagus, and I'm a little sad that it's this far out already and I missed so much of the first three months because of the suffering I went through. I sorta feel like I have been cheated out of some of the "honeymoon phase" because of the time lost to the esophagus restriction. A good share of the time I wasn't able to eat, I was stalled (for two weeks the first stall and three weeks the second stall). I'm just thankful that that part of it is over now. Onward and upward!! I've lost a total of 71 lbs now!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!! I've gone from a size 22W (2X-3X depending on the clothes) down to a size 14 misses!! It's exciting to walk on past the plus size section now and know I'll never shop that section again. I go to my three month check-up with my whole team tomorrow. I'll see my surgeon, nutritionist, and nurse educator. I live 97 miles away from where they are so I don't see them often. It's going to be exciting to walk in there tomorrow in a size 14 and have them take a progress picture! I have a photocopy of my very first picture there at the Weight Management Clinic--OMG what an awful site! I have a note written at the bottom of it that says, "I WILL NEVERRRRRRR EVERRRRRR LOOK LIKE THIS AGAIN!!" My husband tells me everyday how wonderful I'm looking and how proud of me he is. He is such a supportive, wonderful man! I don't know if I could have gone through all this without him. This coming January 1st we'll celebrate our 14th anniversary. He's my knight in shining armor for sure! I hope you all have a WONDERFUL day!! Keep up the fabulous work, losers! I love you all! God bless! Brenda

3 months and 71 pounds. That is incredible. Keep up the good work. I have 21 more days before surgery. I can't wait to share in on the excitment of being a "loser". Shona

Hi Shona!! It's great to have you here! I look forward to walking through your excitement with you! Please keep me posted how things go with your remaining pre-op and with your post-op too ok? I'll keep you in my prayers for an uneventful surgery and a speedy, healthy recovery! God bless you! Brenda

Congrats on your weight loss so far. I had my Open RNY on August 21. I've lost 48 lbs and have been there for about 2 weeks. I walk 3x a week. I try to drink plenty of water. What else can I do to get back to losing weight? Any advice?

Hi Toya! Welcome and congratulations on your weight loss!! To answer your question about what you can do to get back to losing weight... It's normal to have stalls such as the one you're experiencing. I just came off of a stall also. Our bodies have just gone through a very tramatic thing and as with any diet and exercise program it needs to take a break and regroup once in awhile, so don't sweat it! Before long you'll start losing again. However, if you're not getting enough protein it will be more difficult to lose weight Get your protein in and keep exercising and drinking your fluids and you'll see loss again soon ) Keep up the GREAT work!! God bless! Brenda

Brenda, Thank you for your reply. Which surgery did you have? Wow, 71 pounds since your surgery 3 months ago, that is a wonderful blessing. I'm alittle concerned about my weight loss because I have had nothing get in the way of my eating anything I want to. Everything goes down with no problem. I don't always fill full sometimes it's just a head thing, I tell myself to stop. Well, I'm going to put a call into the Dr. Rupp's office just to check things out. Be Blessed and Thank you for your response, Toya

Hi Toya! I had some post-op problems that caused me great grief for about 7 weeks. I had to have my esophagus dilated twice. I didn't have a stricture at the bottom of my pouch, it was in my esophagus right between my breasts. Maaaaan it was miserable. I couldn't get much of anything to go down. I even had trouble getting water down sometimes. It would pool up right at the restricted area and I could literally feel it drip, drip, drip to go down. I haven't lost the whole amount of weight since surgery. I lost 24 lbs pre-op (between April 19th and August 2nd) and since my surgery I've lost the remaining 48 lbs (as of this morning). My total loss is 72 lbs as of this morning. I normally don't weigh everyday, usually only on Sunday or Monday, but I thought it would be interesting to see how my weight looked on a different day. You'll learn your "full" feeling eventually. I know mine now and it's more of a feeling of not being able to swallow another bite. When I'm done, I'm done and there's no more need to even try to swallow even one more bite. Depending on the liquid content of what I'm eating, I'm usually eating 1/2 cup of food. If it's something like soup, chili, yogurt...I can eat about 3/4 of a cup. I'm glad you're not having trouble with eating. I was more than miserable when I had my problems. You asked what kind of surgery I had. I had lap RNY. I figured if I was gonna make a permanent change, I was gonna make a permanent change all the way. No half-way stuff. LOL. You keep up the great work! Have a blessed day!! Brenda