cindyslosingit

Sleeved on 8-31-2011. As of this morning I have lost 100.6 pounds so far. 14.4 pounds of that was from my 2 week pre-op diet.

I am only a little over 3 months out and I am cold all the time! Before surgery and when I was this weight before in my early 20's I was hot all the time so I really don't get why I am now cold all the time. My hands and feet are always like ice. And I am on no blood thinners what so ever. My latest labs were great so no vitamin defficiencies. I'm guessing maybe it's hormonal.... no clue. Wouldn't change it for the world tho. I feel better than I have in years.

Do your co-workers know about your previous WLS? If so you can explain to them that the Lap band surgery was not for everyone and due to complications (whether you had any or not) you are having to revise to a different type of surgery. Or you could just not say anything unless you have a very close friend you feel you want to share it with. I personally am not working so didn't have to face this issue. But I also fealt it was no ones business that I had surgery and I choose to tell only people I want to tell and when I want to tell them. And if you feel shameful about it you could always wait until after you come back from having it done and when people start noticing the weight coming off of you and start making comments you can tell them how wonderful you feel and it's all because of this wonderful tool that you have to help you lose weight.

My periods pre-op were normal for the most part. Sometimes they came a few days early but not too bad. Well Since surgery (8-31) I had a normal period in September then in Ocotber had a normal one mid month then 2 weeks later I started spotting and cramping and that lasted a few days. I had posed the question on FB about irregular periods after WLS and a lot of people told me it was because of the hormonal changes from rapid weight loss. When I go to see my surgeon on 11-29 will def address this issue with him. Sucks I know

I saw an infomercial for kettle bell workout on T.V. one day but they wanted way too much for it. So I bought a set of Kettlebells at Academy sports fairly cheap and just do what I can try to conjur up on my own. But I just looked up on youtube and they have several kettlebell workouts. Looking forward to getting my workout on with these )

Congratulations on reaching goal, and best of luck for you on maintaining. You look great and love the socks

Congratulations on 17 years and you look fabulous!

You look marvelous!

Great job and what an honor to be asked to do some photos for your surgeons office. You look amazing and so happy and healthy.

You aren't alone. I am not that far out but just recently started exercising more faithfully than before. I too find that I have been getting hungrier and noticed that my energy level dropped off and I had to take a nap. I attributed that one to only being 5 weeks out of surgery and not being able to consume a lot of calories just yet to keep my enerygy up. I have been getting dizzy as well and checked my blood sugar and my level was 68 which is low for me. After doing some research I have figured out that I need to one, eat some more Protein because I am not nearly getting enough yet and two I need to have some type of complex carbs added into my diet to give me a little extra fuel for my body. While I want to still eat low carb to watch what I am eating I know I need to get some energy from somewhere and this is a great place to get it and hope it will help keep my blood sugar from bottoming out. Good job on your weight loss thus far. You do need to keep fueling your body, but make the right decissions verses the bad ones we made before that got us to be where we were that we needed WLS.

I just looked this up on youtube, wow what a workout! Good for you. I couldn't get my body to move like that if I paid it too

Another thing you can do too if the weather isn't permitting you ride your bike is on the WII FIT there is a thing called free step where you step up and down off the wii fit board and can watch t.v. at the same time because you don't have to follow the screeen. I do that when I can't make it to the gym to swim or ride my bike.

Meggie you are doing wonderful and looking absolutely fabulous dahling

I get a pretty sharp paing in my sternum area sometimes after only a couple of drinks of water. But every time I eat I get this pain as well. It is just my stomach telling me I'm full. I am only 4 weeks out today, but it has been happening since surgery. Sometimes it's only a couple of bites sometimes it's almost a whole egg. But I get that feeling every time. Hopefully after a while my "full" feeling will change. If you are concerned about the pain you are having though make sure you talk to your surgeon.