Week # 27 results

Nothing stellar about this week. 1 pound down. For a while, I thought it would be no weight loss at all this week. The scale was being a stubborn bastard for most of the week, then this morning it was down 1. So i'm thankful for the 1, and just hope it picks up again soon. The last few weigh-ins have been pretty good for me, 3, 3.8., 5, all great #'s considering i view myself as a slow loser. So the 1 this week kinda makes sense, my body is adjusting again. This is kind of the cycle it goes through. I will push through and get back to those 3-5 a week #'s!

This will be my 1st thanksgiving week post op. I'm not too worried, i'm going to concentrate on protein first, and not over due it. I'm counting on getting full fast so that the mounds of food around me won't tempt me further. Moderation, not elimination is my new life motto, so this will be another test of that. It would be great to have a great # next monday after the holiday festivities are over....i'll be so proud of myself. We'll see.....

Week # 26 results

Another solid week, i can't complain. :)

Actually, I hit a milestone today as I got on the scale. For the first time in the 14 years that i've known her, I weigh less than my wife! LOL, i've always been so much heavier than her, it's kinda weird for me to weigh less than her now, but it's a milestone i'll take. She's not to happy with that, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. The next milestone for me will be getting under 200! Can't wait, then my final goal is 185. Still not sure if i'll like the way I look when I get that low, I don't want to be "scrawny", so, we'll see.

Week # 25 results

Another great week. What more can I say? Almost in the 220s....can't believe it. Very soon i'll be catching up with and passing my wife's weight. She's not going to like that at all, lol....for the 15 years that i've known her (we met in high school--not the same school...but i digress...), i've always weighed more than her. This is definitely going to be a change, but it's a milestone I can't wait to get to LOL.

Anywho....here is this weeks results!

Back from my "6 month" checkup

So as I mentioned earlier, today was my "6 month" checkup with my surgeon (although I won't technically be six months for another 2 weeks).

At any rate, everything looks good. The doctor scale has finally met up with my scale at home and the numbers match exactly. A little overboard on my part, but I weighed my clothes at home before leaving so I know exactly how much 'added' weight (2 pounds for today's clothes) to factor in when I got on his scale. And once I subtracted for the clothes, the resulting # matched up with my weigh-in I did before leaving.

I asked questions about my progress, and he said things are going fine. I also asked about calorie goals daily, and once again what he told me surprised me. Contrary to what i've read online, and heard from other friends post op, he told me NOT to worry about not getting enough calories. He almost made it sound like the less the better. I'm only averaging around 800-1000 calories a day if i'm lucky, and I was wondering if that was hindering my process because my body would be constantly in starvation mode (even though physically, i don't often get hungry at all)...but he said NOT to add in calories to hit a magical calorie hot spot, just eat till i'm full then stop, and if that's only 600-800 a day, then so be it. He also told me once again to stop the protein shakes, because they are unnecessary calories. But truthfully, if I don't do the protein shake or a protein bar, I doubt I can get to my 80+ grams of protein a day. I don't know, I may stick with the shakes for a while, we'll see.

Another tid bit of info that I found out. My highest weight (Recorded anyway) was not 354, it was actually 361 when I started out 2+ years ago with the 1st doctor who left the practice (and caused me to start all over with the new doc, lol). So then when the new doc came along, I was down to 342. But during that 1 year process, I fell off the wagon due to some personal issues (layoff, etc), and my weight jumped back up to the 354 that I was quoting originally as my highest weight (December 2008). It was at that point that I started fresh with the pre-op diet again right before my insurance approval, and then got down to 311 by the day of surgery.

Looking back, I see now that it took me over 2 years to drop 50 pounds before the surgery (due to fluctuating up and down and not being able to maintain it). But yet in 5.5 months post op, i've lost 76 pounds. Amazing. Really puts things into perspective. I needed this tool, and I'm going to work it for the rest of my life to ensure I never see 361 again!

Although it's only a 7 pound difference between 354 and 361, I don't think I should short change my self a single pound. My highest was 361, not 354, so that's what my progress updates will reflect from now on. Starting today! :) I've updated the tracking from monday's weigh-in to reflect the correct highest pre-op weight. That means, in total weight loss, i'm down 126 freakin pounds! Wow.

Week 23/24 results + My surgeon check up is today.

Finally getting around to posting weeks 23/24 post op. Week 23 was a mini stall, no net weight change, but it picked back up at the very end of week 24. Just hoping I can continue to stay steady.

I've restructed the way i'll post the updates, that long list of weekly weights was getting a bit too long. So now, i'll just include the important info. Starting weights, current weight, total losses, etc. But I won't have every single week listed each week. So here goes :

***edit : tracking removed, see next post above for week 24 results***


So, I didn't realize before yesterday, but today is my "6 month" check up with my surgeon. It's not really 6 months yet, that's a couple of weeks away, but this was the appointment that they had free around that time.

I don't know why, but i'm nervous. Have I done enough? His scale always differs from mine...will that be a positive or a negative change today? I know this is not a race, but I always feel like i'm behind---and now I'm nervous for what he'll say about my progress. I mean 76 pounds (post op) is nothing to sneeze at, so why am i worried?