8 weeks post op!

Aug 15, 2010

well, i'm 8 weeks post op and down 44.6 pounds.  so very happy about that.  i had lost 12 pounds on my 2 week liquid pre-op diet so that means in 8 weeks i've lost 32.6 pounds....averaging 4 pounds per week.  i guess that's pretty good.  don't know why but my mind set has been that it would come off faster than that.  don't know why i expected more!  so....i'm working on my mind set because with any other diet/weight loss program i would have celebrated a week with a 4 pound loss!  still can't eat the 2 oz meat others post about.  i can hold 1 oz.....no more.  i can hold 1 egg....no more.  not getting enough carbs yet.  the nutritionist says that right now i should continue to work on fluids intake and getting in my protein so i'm not going to worry so much about the carbs.

now......i am worried about the upcoming hair loss!  i have thin hair as it is (i think its due to vitamin d deficiency that i had pre-op)  i had taken weekly doses of  50,000 units of vitamin d for about 10 weeks before surgery.  in fact, i could see new hair growth around my hair line before the surgery......now i take 2,000 units of vitamin d daily and i also take all my bariatric vitamins and bariatric biotin.   so afraid of bald spots!  driving me crazy!  i inspect my comb every time i comb my hair!    getting really down about that......also using nioxin and bosley hair products........i guess it is what it is......and....it will happen when it happens!!

til next time!

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