5 & half months post TT....question

Hope you don't mind.....just read this thread and NOW feel a little 'normal' LOL I'm a little more than 4 months post-op LBL and let me tell you......OMG My pants are all TIGHT and it KILLS me! I was swimming in my 10's and comfortable in 8's (I'm 5'7" and was a happy solid 145 to 150 lbs) pre-op and now they are tight. My eating habits have not changed but of course my exercise habits had to change post-op and haven't started working my lower body yet with my trainer. (We work upper body three times a week) I haven't run since late last year and know that I still cannot :-( but the mind messes with me. My PS told me he removed 10 pounds of skin and I'd love to know why my scale says 168 and my pants are tight SO it's 'good' to see I'm not the only one having these issues and that the water retention part is 'normal' after TT or LBL. That does give me some relief and as obsessive as I can get over my weight at times this does help! Thanks for reading and letting me vent a little :-) Of course I'm scared of the weight gain so being a lot more careful than I had been when I exercised hard-core all the time. BTW I also now have a butt whereas pre-op I was a flat pancake. My stomach is nice and flat and I have back. LOL It's just hard to not feel like I should after going through all that. Make sense? 

~Heather

Heather.....I know, I get it and I am there!  I had a little over four pounds removed! So, I thought I would have come out weighing 4 pounds less, but NO! I have a girls trip to Miami in a couple of weeks and I am determined to be 133! I am eating meat, eggs, lettuce and cabbage! Wish me luck    Heather, I am going to jump on your page.....I think we could mesh~ Holli

Holli,
Isn't it great when someone else "get's it" and you don't have to explain? Girl's Trip to Miami sounds like a blast! Good luck and you can do it!  Speaking of beaches, at my last visit to my PS he told me it was time to go shopping for a new bathing suit. Tell me why I cringed at the thought of that??? Last year I had zero issues with running around on the beach in a bathing suit but now after the LBL

Not even sure what I have on my page anymore! LOL Been a long time since I'd been on OH but came back because there are wonderful people on here that are great for support, information and well, we all share that common ground of WLS!  I'll have to jump on your page today and take a look! 

~Heather

Heather,

I know about all the weirdness we go through now...more than ever really! I have this internal dialogue that starts when I am having "bad" food craving day. I was out of town for work & got the sweet tooth. I went to the store & internally fought myself, my thoughts, I want the reese cup, I don't want to be fat, make a better choice....I walked back and forth like a crack head in the store. I call my husband and he says......"**** Holli, your skinny, get what you want and eat it"! But...he does not get it.....I can't just eat it. It is NOT that simple! It's about control & winning & fighting & making it work...I CANNOT just eat it! You know?

I am excited about the trip! For the first time I ever.....I WON'T be the biggest on the trip! I am on facebook more...do you have one?

Holli