Yvonne L.

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I am 5 months post-op as of yesterday and am now down 42 pounds.   The first 30 lbs seemed to just melt of, but the next 12 have been a struggle.  I am in the gym working out 3-4 days a week and am pretty active on weekneds, working in the garden/yard and riding my bike, but I have just seemed to plateued out.  I am seriously thinking of going back to drinking Boost for breakfast and lunch to jump start the weight loss.  It's very discouraging to keep gaining and losing the same 2 lbs.

I finally have lost another 4 lbs.  I thought I was permanently stuck!  I have been going to the gym 4-5 days a week and busting my but with no loss on the scale.  It was so frustrating.  Then suddenly, I was down 2 lbs and then a week later another 2 lbs.  Guess my body is finally adjusting it's metabolism.  I really want to comfortable fit all those size 16 clothes before I get on that ship in April.

I keep stalling out - what a drag!  It is so discouraging to get on the scale in the morning and see that it is the same as yesterday.  I am back at the gym and working my butt off, so what's the deal.  I am trying to drink as much as possible, but never seem to get in the 64 ounces that they recommend.  I am also dealing with constipation, which doesn't help. oh well, tomorrow is another, we'll see what happens.

I started back to work this week and am doing good.  Monday was great, thry had a little surprise welcome back party with cake!  I thnked veryone and then passed out slices to everybody.  I didn't have any, but didn't feel deprived in any way.  I started back to the gym on Tuesday and made it to 25 minutes on the eliptical!  Back to the gym Wednesday morning, but by Wednesday afternoon, I was so exhausted it wasn't funny.  I ended up leaving early and going home and taking a nap!  Got up at 5:30, made supper and went back to bed.  Guess I didn't realize I hadn't gotten all my strength back yet. All in all , it's been a good week.

I am 2 weeks post-op and down 21 lbs.   I saw the doctor on Monday and evrything is going fine.  I started the new diet phase and am now eating soft mushy foods - yum.  I still tire out real easy, but after reading alot of posts, I am finding out that this is not unusual.  Alot of people have said that the tiredness lasts up to 6 weeks.  Next on the list is to start exercising and help the weight loss along a bit faster.

Sunday was a good day, I have had no probelms with the chewable vitamins and viactiv.  I just have to remember to drink more fluids!!  I still get the stomach cramps in the evening, almost like it has just tired out for the day. A little medicine calms them down, but they do get annoying.

I woke up yesterday with a headache, not sure why this is happening - not enough fluids maybe?  Sitting around and watching TV or playing on the computer gets old fast, but there's not much I can do, I poop out so easy!  Went to bed with another headache - what' up with this?

I woke up this morning with a raging headache - borderline migraine.  I'm not sure why this is happening, maybe dehydration??  I had to take the Roxicet to relieve the pain.  So, today, i am making a concious effort to drink more liquids - we'll see if this helps with the headaches.

I came home from the hospital today.  I had the vertical sleeve gastrectomy on Thursday, January 15th.  Not what I planned, but I think this will be better than the lapband for me. So far, so good, no nausea or vomiting and I have lost 6 pounds so far from a start of 219.  This is the chance for me to lose the weight I needed to lose to get rid of all the problems I have been experiencing with the diabetes, perephrial neuropathy and osteoarthritis.  I want to be able to run and play with my grandchildren.