Small WOW.

OK so I know it is small but it means a ton to me and I wanted to share. As many of you know I have had a hard time with not only loosing but eating. I went through a stage were I could not eat anything. It was horrible. Well 2 things have been WOW in the last 2 days. Not only have I been able to eat for 2 days without problems and NO HEAVING!!YAY!!! I have now lost 35 1/2 lbs. That is a HUGE deal to me as this is the lowest I can ever remember being. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. YAY!!!!!! This has not been an easy journey at all by any means. But I am starting to not regret doing it now. For a while I was not sure I had made the right choice to have it done. But now I see and I know that it was the right choice. It just has taken me a while to get intot the groove of things and kindof blaze by own trail so to speak. Ihave had to figure out what works for me and not what the nut. thinks shoud work for me. She said no juice yet that is really the only thing that I can get down enough of to get my fluids in (I dilute it of course and it is no sugar added). And it has not stopped me form loosing. I now love the fact that I can drop 2 lbs over night! I do great with chicken where as they said I should not at this point. My hubby and most of everyone does great with Wendy's chili. I am one of the unlucky ones that does not do well with it. YET>>>> I had the inside of a q-doba burrito yesterday and it was heaven. The chicken was very moist and had all the flavors I love. I just had them make it naked without a tortilla and it was 3 meals for me and a good meal for hubby who is 6 months out. So things are looking UP UP UP UP. Thank you so much for everyones support. I love this place!!! Thank you for listening. Melissa

OH, Melissa...I am so glad that things are looking up for you. I feel bad when I hear that people regret having the surgery. It is so different for everyone. My husband is having he surgery in the next couple of months and I am so worried that we are pushing the envelope by him having it. I have done so well, I worry that he won't do as well...I don't know, some kind of odds thing in my head. Everyone takes food/drink differently. I feel this way...you never know until you try. I may have tried a few things before my surgeon said to because the WLS for Dummies book I had said one thing, people on the board were doing another thing and I just felt like it was time to try. Nothing drastic, but you just never know how you will handle something until you try. Plus, you see your surgeon at 1 month post op and not again until 3 months, that's two months to get the OK for something else. I think I am supposed to be in the soft/adaptive phase until my 3 month checkup, but I'm not sure. I have tried steak and after chewing and chewing, I did OK with it. It's all a learning experience. My surgeon also told me that if I got sick before 6 weeks post-op, it might be from the stomach still healing, rather than the surgery. This might have been your case. You may now be past that 6 weeks and your stomach is healed and ready to try bigger and better things. I hope that you WL continues and that you are able to tolerate more and more variety of foods. Hugs, Tabby

I have to totally disagree with your "small" wow and say that is a HUGE WOW moment. lol I am so happy for you!! I so hear you about finally not regretting this surgery. I spent the 1st 5 weeks just POSITIVE I had made the biggest mistake of my life. There are still days I wake up feeling crappy and think "great and there is no one to blame but me" lol. But Last night we went out driving around and looking at Christmas lights. I was going along and it hit me that OMG I could put my arms down to BOTH sides of my body between the arm rests and me!! Not only that I actually had GIVE in the seat belt lol instead of having it maxed out to the end trying to reach around me. I couldn't believe that I had gotten that much smaller in just a short period of time. ( on the way to the hospital for wls I couldn't have done that). Got up this morning to put on a sweat shirt to run to walmart and it HUNG on me. Last time I wore it I filled it out ( and yes it was a size 10X!!!!!!!! and it was snug!!) now its down to my knees. I swear for just a brief moment I felt skinny again. lol. I am so happy for you. I am so happy to hear that you haven't done the heave ho in the last couple of days ( knock on a HUGE tree truck for luck ). And most of all I am happy to hear you are HAPPY! I second the I LOVE THIS PLACE! *super big hugs to you* Felicia =)

I agree. This is a huge WOW. Keep them coming.

Melissa, i am glad to hear you are feeling so much better and more positive about the surgery. it was an eye opener to read last week about your heaving. i seem to have picked it what you put down though as i have been totally nauseas this past week and air-gagging, hehe. gross! about the seat belt. i am still being commanded to 'sit in front' as i take too much space up in the back seat of the car. difference is i dont have to max out the seat belt to make it fit! i used to get cold sweats before the WLS just wondering if the seatbelt will fit. once it didnt, and we had to push the seat right to the back. aisch. awful to be fat. i had an awful nightmare the other day. i was thin (that wasnt part of the nightmare!). in my dream i looked in my pic before WLS and saw myself as so grossly fat. (bigger than i was, though). i got so sad in my dream that no one had told me i was so fat, did no one care about me? of course, in reality everyone was telling me to loose weight, but i choose to ignore it and still have the plates of food. it seems my mental has caught up with the WLS