irol770
May 31, 2010
May 31, 2010
I had an appt with Dr. Wyant last week. It was my first with him since I had the surgery 10 weeks ago. He didn't do much at this appt but take my weight and calculate my BMI and then give me my requisition for blood work (which is to be done monthly). So now I don't go to see him again for a month to get my blood work results.On his scale I weighed 213 lbs, which was a little disappointing because it was about 3 lbs more than what my home scale says. But oh well, that usually happens when you weigh on different scales. It would have been nice if his scale was LESS than mine though! LOL! However that still calculates out to a 47 lb loss since I began this venture (and 37 lbs since I had surgery). My BMI started at 47 and has now come down to 39. So good things are happening.
I still struggle with thoughts of failure. I still wish I was losing weight faster, but I do know that everyone loses at different rates and that as long as I follow "the rules" I will achieve my goal.
I feel really good, almost too good if that makes any sense. I don't feel as if I've had surgery at all. I haven't had any problems with any foods. All meats, veggies, fruit, salads go down fine and I get no negative after effects. I still try to measure all my food because I can eat so well that I'm afraid that I will end up overdoing it quantity-wise.
That does give me some concern though. About a month ago, if I ate too quickly or didn't chew enough I could feel the food kind of get stuck and it would be an awful, uncomfortable feeling. That doesn't happen anymore. I do concentrate on chewing really well and taking my time...but I know there have been times that I may have eaten a couple of bites a little too quickly...but I didn't get any discomfort. I wonder about that, and will ask my doctor next time I see him.
I also still wonder about how to eat so that I have lasting postive effects from my surgery, so that I don't fail myself. The other day I had pizza. It was just one small piece and it went down fine. And then about 2 hours later I had another 2/3 of a piece. Rationally I know it is okay to eat pizza every once in a while. And a year ago I would have had 4 or 5 or even 6 pieces of pizza at one time, and then still snacked on it later. So I feel good about my one piece. But then I worry. What if it is wrong? What if I shouldn't have had it? What if it causes me to fail in the future? What if, what if, what if......? I know at this stage I am going to lose weight anyway, just because of the malabsorption. So what if I am not eating right, and then when the malabsorption stops I end up gaining weight again! UGH. These are the thoughts I am going to have to wrap my head around and figure out.
I did buy 2 books on weight loss surgery and plan on reading those. One of them is how to be successful even years afterwards. So hopefully that will give me some insight.
I am still having trouble finding time to exercise. With all the activities the kids have right now, I am having trouble finding time to do ANYTHING, much less add exercise to my day. It will only be about another month before that slows down a bit. So I guess I will just try to get a walk in when I can for now, and then plan for the future.
I have about 9 or 10 lbs to lose before I am under 200 lbs and I am very excited to reach that goal!
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Thunder Bay, ON
Location
25.8
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Surgery
03/17/2010
Surgery Date
Jul 13, 2009
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