4 month update! OVERWEIGHT! YIPEE!

Hi, Got on the scale today. I am down to 173 pounds. I have lost a total of 76 pounds. My BMI has gone from 42.7 to 29.7 and I am only OVERWEIGHT now! I used to be morbidly obese. I am sooo sooo happy! I haven't been this small in over 20 years. I don't remember when I was a "normal" BMI or weight. I don't remember when I could buy clothes at a "normal" store. I am feeling alot healthier now. I can cross my legs comfortably now. I can walk up all 5 flights of stairs at work without wanting to lay down after 2 or 3. I can walk and walk and not feel sore and tired. I sleep easier and I am not so tired. I can eat basically anything I want and I don't have to count calories, fats, carbs or really anything. I just focus of eating protein first and drinking lots of water. I am able to finally get all my vitamins down also. I am still only able to eat small portions and everything taste different now. I don't crave the same things anymore usually. Occationally I crave something sweet but usually just a bite or two will satisfy. Usually I take a bite and realize I really don't enjoy it so much anymore. I crave fruits and salads more often now than anything. Today I was craving Cheerio's! That is what I had for breakfast. I get all my protein from food and don't have to drink any protein shakes anymore (which I HATED ANYHOW!) The big thing that bothers me right now is Hemmerhoids! UGH!!! I get a little constipated from the iron I am getting in my multivitamins (I think!) I am trying to increase my fiber and liquids. I am also taking a stool softener to help. I HOPE I don't have to have surgery for them.

Wow you are doing awesome, I am so jealous!!

Don't be jealous! It looks like you are doing fine. I know the scale is very frustrating at times. Just remember you didn't put it all on overnight or even in 4 months....It isn't going to come off overnight either. Just keep following your doc's plan. I have read alot of profiles and many WLS patients lose slower or have plateaus. You will do fine in the long run! Good Luck to you! Robin G

How exciting!! Congratulations! I am really happy for you. I can't believe how quickly the weight has just poured off of you. You must feel like a whole new person. It sounds like you are making good choices too. Congratulations! Patty

Thank you Patty! I am really surprised at this weight loss myself. I feel like I am going to wake up sometime and find it was all a dream. It is so strange to feel bones where there used to be only FAT! I have should bones and hip bones appearing! My FEET look all boney and so do my fingers. This is so amazing! Robin G

Congrats on your 4th month update! Keep up the good work! To help with constipation, try eating alot of fruit i.e., apples, applesauce, strawberries, & watermelon. It helps me kinda stay regular. See if it'll help. My 4 month stats 310 Beginning Journey weight 34lbs Lost before surgery 276lbs Oct 14 04 Surgery Day 206lbs 4mts out. Lost a total of 104lbs since journey began. Wish you and yours the best! Hang in there and God Bless!

Hi Robin! I too feel happy that I can now cross my legs! I have a long ways to go and I weighed alot more than you did and still do. I will be 5 months out March 6. I have lost 92 pounds. I weighed 340. Now I weigh 248. I too have problems with the constipation from the iron. I am getting worried myself that I am really damaging myself. I want to be able to take a stool softner but my doc said take milk of magnesia or Metamucil. Both I do not like and do not take. Take care

Hi All! I was an October 6 surgery. . .and wow, is this wonderful, or what? I was 226 at start, and am now 154. My size 14's are getting loose on me! It's absolutely incredible, and every day my husband says how I look like a totally different person than he married! (In truth, I had started to gain my weight even before we were married 11 years ago, and weighed more than this when we got married!) I cross my legs all the time, it's just fun because you CAN do it now, isn't it?! My weight loss has really slowed, as I was just dumping the pounds off at the beginning, but I'm still encouraged by the numbers dropping on the scale, and have forced myself to stop weighing every day. I now weigh only on Wednesdays and Sundays. It keeps me honest too. Appetite is fine. . .not great. . .but still there, which makes me feel just "healthy" and not like I did something damaging to myself for having the surgery. It's just an entirely different life. I have gone from a DD to a small C which sucks. . .but I have bones I never knew I had before! Yay and kudos to all of us. . .and keep fighting the good fight! It still isn't easy and every day I battle my food demons. . .but with this surgery, I win most of the time now! Melissa