Christi P?

Where are ya girlie?? How is life after surgery?

Wow, has life been keeping me busy!  Between working, going to classes, planning my sister's baby shower/family reunion thing, and going down to visit my new nephew, and semi-actively job hunting, I have just been on the go.  I have been trying to check this board every day or so, but I can't seem to sit down long enough to post.  Gotta get this back on my list of priorities, though, cause I have been going through some highs and lows.  The highs are that I had my 3 month checkup a fews weeks back, and was told that I am on track with my weight loss.  Also did a 3 month follow-up with the psychologist, and he said I am still sane.  Both wonderful news!  Some of the  struggles come with PMS, I get super moody.  AT least my periods have been less painful, but the moodiness has got to go.  As of this morning, I am down 56lbs since surgery.  The needle on the scale keeps moving down, so I'm happy with that.  Not sure how much credit I can take for it though.  I am struggling to get any exercise in.  I am completely deconditioned again, which really sucks.  I feel so much better when I am exercising, but it is so easy to use the busy excuse.  Gotta get back on the horse!  I have noticed that certain body parts are much jigglier than they used to be.  It's kind of gross and kind of fascinating to watch.  I am still having huge issues with gas, and have renewed my efforts in finding something to help me with reducing it.  I got some devrom samples, but didn't get enough to really be able to tell if they are helpful.   Betcha that's more info than you really wanted.  I've been adding a little more variety to my diet, and a little more quantity, and it seems to have helped with the occasional light-headedness I was experiencing.  Pretty sure my blood sugars were dropping too low from eating only meats and other similar protein sources.  Also seems to have speeded up the needle movement a bit.  Bad thing is that I have had a few meals that were primarily carbs.  Oh, I don't dump by the way.  At all.  I have vomited from eating too fast, or not chewing well enough, but that's been my only "eating" issue.  I have also had the foamies a few time, usually with the vomiting.  I am very glad that I had this surgery!  My body has a whole new set of hurts.  Instead of the aches of pains of hauling all the weight around,  I am having pains associated with adjusting to my new ability to move, and adjusting to my new center of balance and posture.  I'll take these pains, cause I know that as I tone and strengthen (when I get back on the exercise horse), the pain will go away.  I am close to hitting one of my big goals.  In about 12 pounds, I will be able to say that I weigh 1 hundred something.  I don't remember ever being able to say that.  i must have at some point in my history, but it was so long ago I don't remember.  I keep telling myself each weekend that I am going to take my pics, but I keep putting it off, and forgetting.  Maybe this weekend.  Well, Friday would be good day to do it, so I have a pictoral record of just how I looked on my 33rd bday.  I paid waaay too much money today for the speed and ease of having somebody else do my taxes.  I think next year I will make time to do them myself again.  I keep checking the boards, but I've been terrible at making time to really spend on here.  I regret that I have to keep missing these get away weekends, they sound like so much fun, but alas, I do have other committments that seem to fall on those weekends.  One of these days.  i am recommiting to attending more coffee's.   Well, that's plenty of ramble.  Thanks for missing me (or noticing that I had gone missing).  Oh yeah, I even went on a date with a real live man a while back.  First one in years (how sad is that?).  The date went well, the rest and why I'm not going out with him again is another story altogether.  But I'm thinking I may try it again someday, when I find somebody else to try it with.  That's why this gas thing sucks, I need to stop stinking long enough to snag myself a hottie .  Overall, Life after surgery is way better than life was before surgery.