6 month update

Good morning!

Today marks 6 months since my surgery at Guelph. I've lost 97 lbs - 13 before surgery and 84 since. I'm feeling great! I'm amazed when I get to the top of a flight of stairs and I'm not out of breath. I find that I want to be on my feet more. We just moved 3 weeks ago and it was awesome how great I felt.

Ive been very lucky to not have had any complications to date. I've been using vitamin patches and my labs are good. I'm set up to view my results online so I will be monitoring that closely. I'm able to eat most things. I have not tried bread, pasta or rice yet and haven't tried anything sugary so have not had any dumping episodes. Occasionally something will be too dry or I will eat too fast and then I get the lovely foamies- yuck.

I weigh and measure my food and track everything in My Fitness Pal. I have a 176 day streak!

I have some extra skin under my arms but not enough to call bat wings yet lol The saggy skin is the worst on my inner thighs. Have been fortunate enough to have not experienced hairloss, and hoping that at 6 months post op that I won't. I have varicose veins on my legs that are way more visible now - I'm definitely going to investigate that more when I get to my goal weight. Overall though I'm very happy with my results so far. I was a "healthy" super morbidly obese person (BMI of 51) prior to surgery. I had no co-morbidities other than my sugar being on he high side of normal. So glad that I was able to have the surgery before any serious issues. Now to keep on top of vitamins and blood work to make sure I stay healthy!

Have a great day everyone.

Great job Teena, you're looking fantastic. Keep it up!

Thank you!!

Thanks for the update - you look great and I'm glad you feel great!

I wish you continued success - way to go!

Thank you!

You look awesome. Keep up the great work. Where do you get your vitamin patches? Wishing you continued success!

Www.patchmd.com. They always have coupon codes too so if you're thinking of trying them make sure you get a coupon code. And thank you!

You look fantastic! I am a few days away from 6 months out as well!

Congrats!

You're doing great too!

Way to go!! You look really great and very healthy! Keep up the great work. You must be so excited and proud!