sammyiul
6 month post op
Feb 26, 2007
I just had my 6 month follow up with my nutritionist and surgeon. I'm down 73 pounds, which is about 48% of my excess weight. I need to work on getting more proteins in, I'm losing more muscle than I should be, but admittedly, I haven't been as concerned with eating correctly, as I should be. I'm not making wrong choices, food wise, but I"m not choosing the high protein foods that I have to have. I'm snacking on fruit, and skipping a lot of meals. Bad, bad, bad.....I'm going to the gym about 5 times a week which helps, but I'm still new at a "real" gym, so learning new things every time I go in. I have a buddy that goes with me when she can, and that's helpful. I"m one of the weirdo's who enjoys the gym, but I'm starting to think that it's because of the sights that I see there, being single....lol Who cares, right, as long as I get there...??? I'm anemic, I found out today, so added some iron to the B12 and vitamin D and multivitamin. I knew that my labs were off, because I'm feeling very tired and sluggish.
Over all, I would say that these 6 months have just flown by. I've had a couple of little bumps in the road, with the gall bladder having to come out, and some other medical issues that had me sidelined from any exercise for a couple of months. I'm good now. Off BP meds, off depression meds, feeling awesome. Looking to start dating again, and feel that I can, with my self image being different. I've had to see the psycologist to work on the self esteem, but it is so helpful.
I guess if I was going to give any advice, it would be to utilize all of the support that is available, from the support from the nutritionist, the support groups, this forum....anyplace that you can vent or talk with others who may be going through the same thing....jump on it. It's a hard road, and I have felt that I could slide on some things, and I found out today that I can slide for sure, but it only hurts me and my results.
Over all, I would say that these 6 months have just flown by. I've had a couple of little bumps in the road, with the gall bladder having to come out, and some other medical issues that had me sidelined from any exercise for a couple of months. I'm good now. Off BP meds, off depression meds, feeling awesome. Looking to start dating again, and feel that I can, with my self image being different. I've had to see the psycologist to work on the self esteem, but it is so helpful.
I guess if I was going to give any advice, it would be to utilize all of the support that is available, from the support from the nutritionist, the support groups, this forum....anyplace that you can vent or talk with others who may be going through the same thing....jump on it. It's a hard road, and I have felt that I could slide on some things, and I found out today that I can slide for sure, but it only hurts me and my results.