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LUCYCAT's Blog

A blog by LUCYCAT in General

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vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery

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The Date

Right before I had my surgery my boyfriend broke up with me. The idea of me losing weight intimidated the life out of him. That was in May of 2011. I had my surgery in August 2011. I have lost 70 pounds. Recently I have been kicking around the idea of getting back on the horse so to speak. I have gone on a few first dates. I have tried to set it up to where we do not eat on these dates. More like a sit and talk and drink coffee date.   I honestly have no idea how to explain my decision

Snail's Pace

I weighed in at 198 last Sunday. I am moving at the speed of snail. As of late I lose one pound every two weeks. And I have to exercise every single day to pull that off. I am finding it a tad frustrating.   In other news, my pants do not fit. I told myself that I would not be buying new clothes. I have squirreled away clothes from the past 20 years. The lowest I have ever been in my adult life was size 12. My body seems different this time around.   I have managed to drag out (3) si

WEEK 12 UPDATE

Last week was the first week that I hadn't lost a pound since my surgery. I freaked out a little, I don't mind telling you. I went back to the basics this past week. I made a very serious effort to get the correct amount of protein and water. I also managed to walk every day.   I weighed in this morning at 204. I lost 3lbs last week. Yayyy. That gives me a total loss of 41 pounds since surgery and 56 pounds since the start of the year.   No one at work has said a single word to me. I

WEEK 12 UPDATE

Last week was the first week that I hadn't lost a pound since my surgery. I freaked out a little, I don't mind telling you. I went back to the basics this past week. I made a very serious effort to get the correct amount of protein and water. I also managed to walk every day.   I weighed in this morning at 204. I lost 3lbs last week. Yayyy. That gives me a total loss of 41 pounds since surgery and 56 pounds since the start of the year.   No one at work has said a single word to me. I

WHAT IF THIS IS IT?

I am not sure if it is because things are slowing down now...or if maybe it is the fact that I am still weighing myself every day. I have noticed that I will lose weight...then gain it back...then lose it again. I am 10 weeks out. I officially weigh in on the same day every week. Every week I have been lucky enough to lose at least 1 pound.   I started my surgery at 245. I weighed in at 207 at my last official weigh in.   I have this overwhelming nagging feeling that it's over.   I ha

NON SCALE VICTORY

I can’t honestly say that I have experienced much in the way of victories since my surgery. Don’t get me wrong, I am very grateful for my 35 pound weight loss. I am thrilled to death that I can fit back into my size 16 jeans. I can wear women’s size 1x tops now. I even had to buy new tennis shoes because mine were too big.   However, I haven’t noticed much of a change in my life. I still FEEL the same. I still live the same life. I may have been a little guilty of expecting this thing t

TWO MONTH CHECK IN

I was sleeved on August the 1st. I am 210. I have lost 35 pounds since surgery and 50 pounds since the start of the year. I didn't take my measurements at the start of the year. I wish I had. I did take them however, the day before my surgery.   Since surgery I have lost a total of 26.5". I am very glad that I have been taking measurements. It allows me to see progress that I wouldn't otherwise notice. For instance, I FEEL like my butt is now flat and wide. I FEEL like I am losing m

CHECKING IN

I weigh 217lbs. That is a loss of 28lbs since my surgery on August 1st…and a loss of 43lbs since the start of the year. I am disappointed. I hate to be looking a gift horse in the mouth and all, but I am a scant 18 days away from my 2 month surgerversery and I was hoping that I would be able to lose 40 lbs the first 2 months.   I was told the average weight loss the 1st 2 months was 40lbs. Alas, I am going to end up being below average. I haven’t stalled yet. I have lost at least 2lbs ev

MOVING ALONG

I lost 4 more pounds this week. This brings me to a grand total of41 pounds since the start of the year....and 26 pounds since surgery. I weighed in at 219 this morning. It has been years since I saw this weight. It is a very weird feeling to go from being so excited that I can fit back into my size 17 jeans to having them literally fall off of me the next week.   I am having clothing issues. Dont get me wrong, I have enough clothes that I have grown out of to last me all the way down to

DEPRESSION

I lost another 4 lbs this week. 22 pounds since my surgery. 37 pounds since the start of the year. I can wear clothes now that I haven't worn in ages. It is nice to have so many clothing options.   I have been hitting my protein goals every day. I usually hit or come close to hitting my water goals. I exercise every single day. Sometimes twice a day. Of course, that exercise is just walking swiftly. I am hoping the doc releases me a week early on the serious exercise. I don't see w

AH THERE IT IS

I am starting into week 4. Blended foods. I don’t really feel full. Rather I flat out lose interest in the food. It takes so long to eat anything, that by the time I get to it- it is cold and I don’t want it any more. I have bought a baby food warmer, I am hoping that will help.   I was concerned that blended foods and liquids are now going down so easily. My nutritionist recommended starting to work soft foods in during week 4. So, convinced that my sleeve isn’t working and I will be t

REBOUND

It is amazing the difference that just a couple of days can make. I feel 100 percent better today and I wish I could get this drain yanked out of me- I think that would send me back to feeling almost normal. Today I wore makeup, contacts AND a bra.   Yes, I am now thrilled with the smallest of accomplishments. I drove down to the local pharmacy and bought some Tylenol. I thought I would try to stop taking the pain meds. Though to be fair I am down to once or twice a day- and that is onl

UPDATE

I had read some advice on here and I wish I had taken it. Someone had said to make a list of why you were having VSG. And then after the surgery when you were struggling you would be able to give yourself a pep talk. I honestly didn’t think I would struggle.   I have always considered myself to have a pretty high tolerance for pain. I thought I would come out of this thing famously.   I went in on Monday for my surgery. They were not ready. I think maybe they had so many surgeries goin

D DAY

I can’t believe it is finally here. After months of patiently crossing items off of my to do list, psychological evaluation, PCP meetings, Dietitian meetings, blood work, ekgs. The list was endless.   I am here.   This afternoon my mom and I will make the 2 hour trip to the city where I will have my surgery. I have to be at the hospital at 8am and they should start cutting on me at 9.   Maybe it’s cold feet- or perhaps pre-surgery jitters. I find that I am not as excited as I thought I

Counting Down

Today my mom and I went on a small day trip to a nearby city. It was fun. I had my official last meal. We went to Texas steakhouse. In the morning I will start my liquid diet. My doctor only asks that we go on a liquid diet 2-3 days before the surgery. However, after hearing that everyone else is going on a liquid diet sometimes several weeks in advance, I have become a little nervous.   My surgery will be Monday August the 1st. I am excited and nervous and scared all at once. I am m

ALMOST THERE

I am counting down the days. Next week Frankie is on Vacation so I will get to hold the fort alone. It will make the work week go quickly. The week after that, I work two days then I have taken 3 vacation days.   The 27th will be my education class and I will need to register at the hospital. The 29th will be my preop appointment with the surgeon. I didn't see the need to just go in and work one day between my vacation days, so I took thursday off too.   My surgeon seems to do things a

FREE AND FOCUSED

It is amazing how much can happen in the span of 44 days. One moment my boyfriend was telling me how much he loved me and appreciated me. 5 days later he broke up with me because he said we didn’t have a “spark”. Whatever the hell that means. I think he was intimidated by my upcoming surgery. He never wanted to talk about it, and seemed to be trying to talk me out of it.   I finished up the last doctor appointment. I received precertification from the insurance company. I have an educ

CLOSER

By the time I came home from the seminar the end of January 2011 I had a list. There was a giant list of requirements from both my insurance company and the surgeon himself. 6 meetings with my PCP to chart my weight loss or gain. Three monthly meetings with a dietitian for behavior modification. A 4 hour long psychological evaluation. Stress test, chest xray, blood work and an EKG. There were online questionnaires to be filled out, and a 4 hour PT class to attend.   The list seemed endle

Crawling to the Finish Line

Had my Psych Eval today! So happy that is over with. I think I played it up way too much in my head. I was prepared for the hard quesitons.....How will you hadle stress when you can not eat? How do you think your life will change? Do you think that losing weight will make everything in your life better, or will it make some things worse? Why did you pick this surgery at this time? How do your friends and family feel about it?   Prepared I was! The quesiton I got.   What are your hobb

Moving Forward

I talked to my boyfriend about the surgery. I told him about the seminar that will happen on the 25th. I had dreaded this for weeks. And I did not expect a happy reception. I was shocked. Not only was he supportive- but I hadn't even had the chance to explain- before he volunteered to go with me to the seminar.   The doctor's office is 2 hours away so we plan to stay overnight rather than driving home in the snow late at night.   He has been very nice to me this week. I wish this sur

AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I was an obese child. When I was in the 9th grade I lost weight. I lost down to 162. I was 3 inches shorter then.   I struggled with my weight all through my teen years. By the time I hit 22 I weighed 300 pounds. Then something amazing happened. I developed gallstones. Having gallstones limited what I could eat. If the food was too spicy or too fatty- or even too much I would get sick. I started losing weight because I had a physical re

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