Week 10 results

I'm excited to report another good week. Results are below. I'm also excited to see the pant size dropping. I bought a pair of size 42 pants friday. Man that felt great. Considering before the surgery i would shop in the size 52-54 range, putting on a 42 and having them FIT, was simply amazing. The day I see a size 34-36 I may faint. LMAO.

Week 9 results

The numbers keep moving....thank God! Which means since my last post saturday (2 days ago), I lost 3 additional pounds. I really need to just be more patient. Things always work out in their own time :)

Frustrated...again.

So, here we go again. This rollercoaster of a journey is sometimes just too much. After losing 5 pounds last week, i was hoping I was back on a steady stream of weight loss after that 3+ week stall. But since monday, i've only lost 1 pound, today is saturday. It's so frustrating. I'm watching every single thing I eat, writing it down, sticking to the guides and drinking water like crazy. I don't understand why my journey seems to be so slow? I keep reading message boards, and how men typically lose faster than women with RNY and the first couple of months are the best months for weight loss----WELL THAT IS NOT MY STORY! I can't fathom how these guys have lost 100+ pounds in 3 months, and here I am at 2 months only down 31 pounds post surgery. I just don't get it. I'm just praying that i'm not about to hit another stall after only losing 9 pounds since the last stall. That will surely drive me insane.

So for about 9 weeks, i'm down 31 pounds---sometimes I feel like it hasn't been worth it yet---I could have been down an average 3 pounds a week w/out surgery....where is the payoff? I assumed much later down the road it would slow down, say at 6+ months post op. But being slow this early is just so unexpected. I know everyone is different and every journey is different, but I can't seem to be satisfied with that rationale. I'm getting depressed all over again.

Week 8 Results!

So I can't believe i'm 8 weeks out. Time is flying. I must say, i'm starting to enjoy the journey again. This was a good week, and let's just hope it stays this way for a while.

Things are much better.

Things seem to be going much better....now that the scale is moving again. That was a stressful time, 3+ long weeks, and prayerfully, i won't see a stall again anytime soon. But even if I do, I have to keep reminding myself of how far i've come and focus on that. With family in town this past holiday weekend, i got so many compliments on my weight loss thus far, that it really put things into perspective for me. I can't always see the progress i'm making, but others do. This will be a long journey, and I have to learn to be patient. A good lesson learned.

Week 7 Results

Here is week 7 results. Good to see the scale moving again, I hope it picks up some momentum and continues to move. :)

Another big test....family reunion weekend.

So, today I faced another big food test. Normally, when I'm at home, in a controlled atmosphere, I'm not tested much. But it's fourth of July weekend, and this is when we have our annual family reunion. Today is the "meet and greet" and of course there is food galore around. Everyone is eating and having a good time, and I'm sitting here blogging to you...because I can't eat anything more. I had two miniature meatballs and half of a hot dog (no bun) and I'm stuffed beyond belief. Lord knows I'd like to take just one more bite, but I'm afraid I'd get sick....and I don't want to embarrass myself.

Guess this is my new life. I better get used to it.

Delayed reaction?

So, for the first 6 weeks of this journey, I feel like I did very well health wise. Yes, the first week or so was very trying---pain from the incisions and gas were horrible. But that's to be expected with ANY major surgery. But following that, I felt absolutely fine, but the weird thing was, absolutely nothing I drank or ate seemed to make me sick to my stomach or throw up at all. It was kind of weird to me. Then the stall hit and I wondered why my journey seemed to be so different from everyone else's.

I don't know if my body just had a delayed reaction or what. But in the last 3 days, i've thrown up twice! The first time, I wasn't even upset, i was glad to be "normal" and had something that upset my stomach (lol, i know i'm weird). But this second time just baffles me now. It was because I had maybe 4 spoons of grits. Not a lot at all. Then I just felt sick, like it wasn't going down and it was painful. The weird thing is, i've had grits several times in the past over the last 6 weeks---and I was fine. Today, all hell broke lose, and I threw every last drop of it up.

So did my body just have a delayed reaction? Am I just now starting to go through what people went through at 1 week out? Guess that's another question i'll have for my doc today when I go to see him.

Wish me luck :)