Weekly Weigh-In 8/10-8/16

BMI is getting REALLY close to just being "overweight".  Woohoo!

Highest weight - 327

Last week - 193

This week - 191

Next goal - 190

So my loss this week is small, but I attribute that to the fact last week's weigh-in was late due to my being on vacation. I figure if I split last weeks and this weeks even;y its 2#'s each week-- consistent with what I've been losing. 

Highest weight - 335

Last week - 275

This week - 274.4

Next goal - 255

hello i'm new to the forum and i just wanted to say hello i read your status and hope you can provide me some insight to having the surgery and getting over my fear of the surgery. I biggest concern is the vitamins that you have to take after and also how did you feel the next day of your surgery?

Well Hi & Welcome to the forum! Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Don't be afraid of posting questions on the main forum to get more answers or you can pm people if you want it to be more private. 

Fear of the surgery is natural & I'm guessing everyone goes thru it to some degree, but what was more scary for me is that I felt like I was going thru a slow painful death by living with obesity. I felt like my life was too centered on when I get this weight off I'll do such & such & so & so. Life was passing me by & I couldn't do it anymore. My thoughts were if it was my time to go, the I'll die trying to live & get my life back. Besides I was totally confident in my surgeon & his team & I knew they were going to do everything in their power to get me thru the surgery., & beyond.

As far as how I felt the day after surgery, well I was tired like hell, so sore in my stomach area, but it wasn't like I was in excruciating pain. I could walk around, slowly of course, plus I would hold my stomach getting up & down since that was when I was the most sore, but hell the pain meds I was on made things much more bearable.

Vitamins, I had the vsg, so while I don't malabsorb, vitamins are still pretty important, but it's not a lot that I take. I like the chewable vitamins. I take B12, Vit D, Iron, Calcium & a multi vitamin. The only ones we can't take together is iron & calcium, they kinda cancel each other out, so if anything iron & the other vits will be early in the day & the calcium chew is at night. I got a sweet tooth so I buy the calcium chews from Celebrate vitamins in the caramel flavor, but they sell the same thing on Amazon.

Sorry for the long post, I never seem able to keep **** short & sweet. Hope this helps & Good Luck on your weight loss journey. I don't regret my decision at all & would do it again.