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VSG 032717: The Search for my Waist

A blog by HeatherS. in General

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About this blog

Before, During, and after VSG weight-loss.  Married, 40F, no kids.

HW: 300 SW: 275 GW: 170  

Waist: 44 -> 41 -> 37.5 -> 

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Waist sighted! Boobs remain! Booty bringing the pirates to the dock!

Has it surprised you in any way where the weight comes off of you first?  I'm not completely sure what I was expecting, but having no children, and being able to feel that most of my stomach fat was on top of the muscle, I had a reasonable hope that my relatively small waist was still under there somewhere.  What I wasn't expecting is for all the weight to start literally falling off my stomach and upper thighs quite like it did without touching my booty (hurrah!)  So this ramblin

How I eat 1 month out (and the BEST reason not to cheat!)

The first month diet of soft foods has been smooth.  Make sure you're following your doctor's plan, not my doctor's plan, because each plan is unique to our situations, including anything your doctor found or did during or before your surgery.   It's also important to note that I am not diabetic and I do not have any signs of insulin resistance, before or after surgery, so my body has a healthy relationship with all of the food groups. Here's last night's family dinner, all made from scratc

First ever Monthly TMI Post!

What's a TMI post you (might) be asking.  It's a post about those things I'm finding a part of VSG life that people don't talk about in polite company or usually admit to in any company, but that I really wanted to know about before getting myself into this! (Don't worry, still no regrets). So if you are polite company or do not want to hear about blood, bodily functions, and the vagaries of animal existence, you might want to skip this one.  To those of you who are still with me, this edit

Current understanding of LOW protein, high carbohydrate diets and calorie restriction on longevity and metabolic health

While shuffling down a longevity rabbit hole on PubMed, I found a fascinating recent study in the area of calorie restriction and longevity.  What I wasn't expecting was its findings on low protein, high carbohydrate diets.  The study found, amongst other things, that low protein, high carbohydrate (20% fat) was associated with the greatest longevity and best overall metabolic health in spite of a tendency to weight gain as fat. The improvement was equal to caloric restriction alone, and co

A hint of waist discovered (and a brief ode to string cheese)

28lbs down at three weeks post-op, and we're seeing a bit of waist again!  We're also seeing fantastically baggy skinny jeans which were skin tight before the surgery.  I really liked those jeans...  Since the jeans were size 20, I'm taking that to mean that I'm back into size 18 territory.  Once I hit size 16, I'll have a plethora of clothes that fit me again but have been hardly worn.  It'll be like having myself as my personal shopper, or something.  I'm trying to wait until I'm def

Detailed VSG experience from decision making through 3 weeks post-op

I know, I know, I should have started this before surgery, but instead I'm staring it 3 weeks after surgery, so let's see if my memory will let me get caught up.   Background:  I've lost and regained all of my excess weight the old-fashioned way a few times, but I had been resistant to bariatric surgery until I heard about and researched VSG because I was concerned about malabsorption and dumping syndrome.  The last thing an aspie with life-long IBS needs is dumping syndrome.  Even aft

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