Please Everyone Post an update-Roll Call

Cheryl, Wow that is exciting hun....... I hope you get approval really quick..... and you are right about the support of your PCP....... ~hugs~ thansk for posting hun.... Debra

Hi Debra, I am doing well in my journey! I posted not too long ago that I am now just overweight! I am down to 162 now and counting! I am enjoying all the wonderful foods the doctor has given me permission to eat including meats and salads. I exercise on my elliptical 3- 4 times per week for 30 minutes and I am looking to introduce pilates to build strength in my abdomen area and hopefully lose some of my belly fat (I tend to keep the weight in that area longest and put it on there first) - I feel like I look like I am about 6 months pregnant, lol. On my 3 month doctor visit I found out that all my vitamin levels are within normal limits except Vitamin A which is just under normal, so I added a Vitamin A supplement to my Multi, Calcium and Biotin. My cholesterol is in the 160's - something I dont think I have ever seen. My triglycerides are well within normal limits which is something else that was a huge problem. My blood pressure is down to abou 122/82. I am feeling WONDERFUL! Thanks so much for asking!!! Looking forward to seeing how everyone else is doing! God bless you and keep you, ~Andrea 223/162/130

Andrea, That is strange to see someone happy about being just "overweight" but I can not wait to be there myself......some people just don't understand that...... Hun sound like you are doing wonderful and I love to hear stories like this, well both the good one and the bad......it just help I believe...... Take care hun and thanks for posting..... Debra

Here I am!!!!!

Joanna, Hello hun and thanks for posting.....~hug~ take care Debra

Hello to All! Glad to see someone besides me checks out how many times people check out the number of times a post has been viewed. Unfortunately, if I replied to all the posts I wouldn't have time for anything else LOL!! Well anyway, it has been a very long time since I have posted. I had my surgery on 1/10/05. It went great, very uneventful and painful (HeHe!) Nothing from the norm though! I was in the hospital from that Monday (1/10) to Saturday. Some reason they just didn't want to let me go! Anyway I was in ICU until Wednesday, not due to complications but because the hospital is small and they want to ensure that WLS patients are well taken care of. They had me up and walking with more tubes, bags and IVs than I could possibly imagine. Moved real slow, did the curly shuffle at times, but made my trips as needed. I really hated all the poking and proding throughout the night, heaven for bid if they thought they could let a person sleep. The worst thing about the whole visit was the sinus headache/infection I contracted and the fact that I couldn't take a real shower until Thursday night! The sinus thing lasted 3 days before my IV fed antibiotics licked it. That was worse than the pain from my surgery! Between that and the smells of my drain bags and what I thought was me, made me so !! Well now I am 5 weeks out and afraid I am not losing enough. I have reached 26 unofficial pounds, have been there since 7 or 8 days ago! Don't go back to the docs until the 25th. It is really going slow but I think if I could get out and walk it would greatly help. My problem is that the weather has been absolutely awful. When it is not below zero it is snowing like the dickens or raining. We did have a few nice days but... Any thoughts on how to add in some indoor exercise that is belly friendly and does not require the use of equipment (i.e. treadmill)? I am checking into to a stability ball, the Walk away pounds exercise videos and beginning yoga! What do you think? My doc has me on regular food. But I am soooo cautious - - I am so afraid of or dumping! In fact I am having a real difficult time reaching the recommended 60g of protein. I detest eggs so that really throws a hitch in the breakfast category. When I can stomach them, I can only choke down about 1/2. THe other thing is trying to give yourself a balanced 3 oz. meal (if there is such a thing) while keeping up the proteins. UGHHH! THis is much harder than I ever thought it would be!! The water I do ok on for the most part, it really fluctuates from day to day. Some days I drink around 35 oz. others 60. There again so hard to regulate. Thanks for listening, Tracy

Tracy, I hear ya. It's hard to exercise in this cold weather or when 2-3 inches of snow dumps on you. We have a double wide so I try to do laps around the rooms. I haven't had any real food yet. Just doing the good ole water, jello, popsicle rotation. I hate water and it is soooo hard for me to get enough in. I figured I am doing good to get in a 24 oz bottle. That worries me but I don't know what to do. I just hate it. You are right about this being so hard. Even as much research as I did by looking on the web, attending groups and having 3 family members have the surgery, I still wasn't prepared for all of this. It gets tough, I get emotional, then it simmers down. This site helps alot and seeing that others are going through the exact same thing is comforting - not that I want others to go through it, but because I am not alone, or doing something wrong. 26 pounds sounds awesome! Take care and god bless. Terri

Never thought about the laps around the house. Good one! I'll try it!! Tracy

Tracy, Thanks for sharing your info hun and I hope you start to work through the food issues, I can not see how you can get ALL that stuff in that they want when you are only allowed to eat 3 oz a meal but I guess I will have to deal with that when I get there myself and it sounds like it can get frustrating at times but so does being overweight!!! I try to take what I read here and remember it for the steps of my journey but everyones story is so different as we are....and that is a good thing..... Well hun take care and I hope to see your posts more often...thanks for posting and letting us know..... Debra

Thans for the thumbs up and words of encouragement. I hope all goes well with you and we all get through this with as few bumps as possible! Tracy