Arianna0228

The picture by the Water was the weekend of my first appointment with my surgeons office the beginning of march, second is mini golfing at a friends birthday about a week ago

I'm actually at the weight my drivers license says, lol. Which for the record I never told them that weight, they just picked one and put it down. But I'm down from my highest weight right at 100 pounds, and from my surgery down 65 pounds about. At 250ish right now.
Oh and I never used to get hit on... happened 3 times this week, lol. I guess a different aura is emitted from me when I feel more comfortable.

The picture by the Water was the weekend of my first appointment with my surgeons office the beginning of march, second is mini golfing at a friends birthday about a week ago

The picture by the Water was the weekend of my first appointment with my surgeons office the beginning of march, second is mini golfing at a friends birthday about a week ago

The picture by the Water was the weekend of my first appointment with my surgeons office the beginning of march, second is mini golfing at a friends birthday about a week ago

I'm actually at the weight my drivers license says, lol. Which for the record I never told them that weight, they just picked one and put it down. But I'm down from my highest weight right at 100 pounds, and from my surgery down 65 pounds about. At 250ish right now.
Oh and I never used to get hit on... happened 3 times this week, lol. I guess a different aura is emitted from me when I feel more comfortable.

The picture by the Water was the weekend of my first appointment with my surgeons office the beginning of march, second is mini golfing at a friends birthday about a week ago

I'm actually at the weight my drivers license says, lol. Which for the record I never told them that weight, they just picked one and put it down. But I'm down from my highest weight right at 100 pounds, and from my surgery down 65 pounds about. At 250ish right now.
Oh and I never used to get hit on... happened 3 times this week, lol. I guess a different aura is emitted from me when I feel more comfortable.

Arianna, you look like a new person! Keep up the good work!

I'm actually at the weight my drivers license says, lol. Which for the record I never told them that weight, they just picked one and put it down. But I'm down from my highest weight right at 100 pounds, and from my surgery down 65 pounds about. At 250ish right now.
Oh and I never used to get hit on... happened 3 times this week, lol. I guess a different aura is emitted from me when I feel more comfortable.

So I had to go get some new pants today because even with my belt they were starting to slip and just looked horrible I thought on me.... I had to get pants 3 sizes smaller... I couldn't believe it

Losing weight problems: I sleep on my side and now have to sleep with a pillow between my legs because a parent of all places my fat on my inner knees wanted to go away first. Now the bones of my knees hit each other when laying down and it hurts. Haha

Question, how did you know that you had an impacted bowel?

Question, how did you know that you had an impacted bowel?

Losing weight problems: I sleep on my side and now have to sleep with a pillow between my legs because a parent of all places my fat on my inner knees wanted to go away first. Now the bones of my knees hit each other when laying down and it hurts. Haha

Losing weight problems: I sleep on my side and now have to sleep with a pillow between my legs because a parent of all places my fat on my inner knees wanted to go away first. Now the bones of my knees hit each other when laying down and it hurts. Haha

I was just telling my hubby how I get sick of food so easily now. It's actually a blessing. I will crave something, have a bite, then never want it again. We were just at red robin and I was dying for a burger. After two bites I never want red robin again.
I'm 27 lbs down. I'm happy and looking forward to eating fresh fruit!

So I've lost a total of 33 pounds since the prep diet. My one month pre-op appointment is tomorrow and I'm hoping the doctor says I'm doing well. I'm 2 pounds away from pre-pregnancy weight with my second child and 14 pounds away from pre-pregnancy with my first child. Seems like such a long way to go, but I know I will get there and then some!! How is everyone else doing? I'm getting tired of the same old foods. chicken meatballs are gross to me now. Hope you all are happy with your progress so far.

I am down 22 lbs since day of surgery. I am down 91 since highest weight.

I'm the same way Kel, I'll crave something so bad, then once I have a taste I'm good. And I'm down about 25 pounds from prep diet ... but about 65 down from my highest weight last year.

I just read this entire forum from beginning to end and it's so cool to see how far we've come. 4 weeks ago we were so scared to do this and now looking back it wasn't that bad. Now we are slowly getting back into eating regular, healthy foods and watching the scale go down. Can't wait to see what a year looks like!

Men have it much easier in that regard. ????

I've cheated a couple of times, but other than that it has been good. And since I started the diet I've lost about 10 pounds. I think the diet will be easier once you feel full after only a couple of bites

Day 3 done and onto day 4... it is getting tough for me... but I just am trying to keep my eyes on the prize. Just think this diet is going to be what makes this surgery so much safer and have an easier recovery.
On another note, my insurance company decided they wanted to give me some troubles last minute, but I got the call today that everything is finally a green light to go. Only thing that ended up changing was my check in time at the hospital though since the hospital had to temporarily take me off of the schedule. So instead of checking in at 7am and being the first case of the day, I will check in at 830am and be the second case of the day. Irritating a little bit, but something that I can deal with.
I will tell you guys a little bit about myself as well, since we get to go through this journey together. I'm 29 years old, and I honestly don't remember a time when I wasn't a big girl. Even when I was at my most athletic time in my life, when I was constantly playing soccer and softball, I was still overweight. After high school, when I wasn't as active anymore my weight just climbed. Now at this point, I've tried pretty much every diet in the books, working out at the point that I could, and it just wasn't coming off. My highest weight was right about 355 last year. At my last doctors appoint for my pre-op appointment, I weight in at about 319.8, so I finally had a little bit of success. Now, I get this extra tool to help me in the weight loss to become a healthier person. Some of the reasons that I want to do this so bad, obviously be healthier. I am currently a nursing student and when I get done, I really don't want to be the nurse that you look at and think, "really? you're telling me to eat healthy and exercise?". Another reason is the more weight that I gained, my periods went away. My primary doctor plus my surgeon told me that if i want any chance at possibly having kids, I have to lose the weight. So here I am, trying to get healthier for myself, for my future, and to beable to run around with my nieces and nephews, and to be able to do the things that I used to and love to do. You have no idea how bad I want to get on a roller coaster again, haha.
11 days until the first day of the rest of our lives.

My days are getting better and better. I'm not nearly as tired as I was the first week. And from the surgery I'm down about 15 pounds so far. And that's really just from last Friday because that is the first day after surgery that I was actually back to my surgery weight. 15 pound off in a week... I'll take it.