Six months post-op update

[istytehcrawk 256]

As of today, I am six months post-op from gastric bypass. In that time, I have gone from a size 34/5X to a 24/3X and lost 75.4 pounds (89.8 since Jan. 2). That is 18.3 percent of my body weight since surgery and 21.7 since January. My BMI has gone from 75.7 to 59.8. I have lost 34.2 percent of the weight I would like to lose and am averaging a loss of .4 pounds per day; that is with a stall of about a month (recently ended) when I hovered within a range of about 4 pounds. As of today, I am at the lowest weight I have been since December 2007.

Hair loss started in earnest right at the three-month mark and has now slowed considerably (I don’t expect it will ever stop completely, as I’ve always been a shedder) but regrowth has not yet begun. I've been taking hair/skin/nail Vitamins and recently started taking flaxseed oil; I've also been using shampoos/conditioners with Biotin and collagen, and drastically reduced how much dandruff Shampoo I was using (which I'm sure wasn't helping anything, including my hair color). I'm hoping it will resolve itself. I've also stopped putting my hair in ponytails unless it's necessary (that was how my hair initially started thinning, long before surgery -- I wore tight ponytails ALL THE TIME for many years, and my once-thick hair is no longer).

I'm averaging about 1,000 calories per day, up to a cup at a time depending on the food (both are in accordance with where my program says I should be), and easily surpassing the minimum of 48 ounces of Fluid and 60 grams of Protein per day (usually at least 64 ounces and 70 grams, which includes one 11-ounce, 30-gram Premier Protein every morning). Haven't had too much trouble with food, though I do still slime occasionally. I finally am able to eat Mexican food without the spices bothering my stomach (not the heat, because I don't like spicy food, but the actual spices -- I think cumin was the main culprit).

Just had my six-month lab work done, and everything was great except for my Vitamin D, so I'm on a megadose for 12 weeks to get that boosted up to where it needs to be.

[Paul Clarke 108]

That's great progress, congratulations. Its a very long road to travel and I know there are ups and downs, but you should feel justifiably proud of your achievement to date and hold that spark to sustain you as you move forward towards your goal.

[GreenTealael 24,964]

CONGRATS!

[Neversaynever 268]

Well done!

142lbs in 5 months is amazing, you are a star!

[istytehcrawk 256]

1 hour ago, Neversaynever said:

142lbs in 5 months is amazing, you are a star!

Uh, thanks, but I'm not sure where you're getting that number?

[Neversaynever 268]

1 minute ago, istytehcrawk said:

Uh, thanks, but I'm not sure where you're getting that number?

Lol, god knows! but, you have still done absolutely amazing

[Kay07 734]

Woohooo! Those are some fantastic numbers!!!

[BostonWLKC 807]

Nice job, amazing!