Two Month Post-Op VSG

I'm two days late only two month post op update. So I'll do my two month and two day update. I did my measurements and have lost some decent inches. I am down 39.6 pounds - so close to 40. I feel like I've been losing b wet slowly. I went to torrid in a size 22 and bought size 18 purple skinny jeans - who am I? So weird, I haven't been an 18 in so long. I hope I keep losing at this pace. According to my app, happy scale, I will hit my goal of 145lbs in 7 months. Hopefully shortly after that I can try to get pregnant! That's the goal for all of this. 

8 Weeks Post-Op - It Doesn't Fit

Today is week 8 and I'm down 37.8 pounds. I'm pretty frustrated that my clothes still fit the same. I started out as a size 22 and I am still a 22. I start a new job tomorrow and tried on a size 20 and they fit the same way as before - which is barely. I went out to dinner for my anniversary and it's a place that I used to love and clean my plate every course. An entree comes with soup, salad, veggie, meat, and side. I had a couple sips of the cream of broccoli, a few bites of salad, a piece of the chicken picante, and picked at the mashed potatoes. I brought the rest home which I've been eating every day, every meal since. 

Overall, 37.8 pounds is good, but I wish I saw it. And I wish my clothes fit. 

7 Weeks Post-Op - Wedding, Drinking

This weekend I went to a wedding and dranik for the first time since surgery. When I woke up, I took my regular meds and was so sick I was throwing up. We had to drive an hour and a half to the hotel so I ate a peach and threw three dresses in the car. When we got to the hotel I tried on my three dresses and two of them were too SMALL. I just wore them last year… and then lost almost 40 pounds. I was pissed. I ended up wearing a purple dress. It wasa cute, me and my husband matched. I will insert a picture. We had a friend take the picture and when I looked back at it, I was shocked at how decent I looked! During cocktail hour, I had a glass of wine (watered down with ice) – but I only had half of it. Then for dinner it was a buffet so I had salad, the insides of a twice baked potato and one bite of my husbands prime rib. During the rest of dinner and dancing, I had a vodka lemonade. I thought it was going to hit me fast but it didn’t hit me at all. We danced a bit then they made brick oven pizza, and I had a little bite of my husband’s. After the reception, we went back to the hotel and hung out in the bar. I had water. We also got cheese curds because Milwaukee. The day after we drove home and I weighed myself. I lost .8 pounds for a total of 36 pounds.

 

 

 

 

6 Week Post-Op FOOD HAUL

I realized that at my 6 week post-op, I'm allowed to have fresh fruits and veggies! I went to the gym (ugh, felt like crap but did it anyways) and after I went to the grocery story. I got some reduced fat cheese-itz, apples, peaches (not shown), peanuts, cherry tomatoes, lettuce to make lettuce wraps, and lite mayo for said lettuce wraps. What are other yummy snacks that I can have??

6 Week Post-Op - acne?!

Today is 6 weeks post op! I am officially down 33.6 pounds. I will do measurements at my 2 month mark. This week I have been going hard at the gym and decided to go golfing Sunday. Bad idea. I was fine for the first hole then by the third hole I was throwing up. I'm not sure why. I also didn't realize that the constant bending over would take a toll on me. I took it easy Sunday. On Saturday I went to my friends house and hung out with her and her baby. I am way too anxious to have a baby. I want one so bad. I know I have to wait. 

In other news, I have been getting pretty bad acne lately. It could be because I started birth control again but I've never had this problem when I took this birth control last time. I was thinking it could be from sweat, but I'm not sure. At this point, I'll take acne instead of the 33.6 pounds I lost. 

Here is my video.

https://youtu.be/Cx4mXXEMlNo

Time For A Change

So I spontaneously decided to dye my hair. New me - starting with surgery and now red hair! 

 
 

Going To A Bar

On Friday, my husband and I went to his best friends bar's closing day. I'm so used to drinking there but I wasn't able to. This is a bar we would go to for most of our relationship. We would take the train 45 minutes from our house. I only really drank at this one bar and at weddings and some holidays (Christmas parties, New Years, wine on thanksgiving). I'm going to a wedding in two weeks and I'm thinking I will probably have a glass of wine. 

I don't NEED to drink, but I am more fun and I have more fun when I'm drinking. At weddings I only dance when I'm drinking because I don't care what people think. I'm also not telling anyone really about my surgery so if I'm not drinking they will just assume I'm pregnant. 

I know I'm not supposed to but we'll see. I think I know what I'm going to do..

5 Weeks Post-Op - Mall

Today is 5 weeks since surgery. I have lost 27.8 pounds. I went to the gym everyday since Thursday (when I was cleared to go) except Sunday. I have been consistently been doing 2-2.5 miles on a combination of treadmill, elliptical and/or bike. I used to be able to go 5 miles in an hour. Friday we went to a friends bar. On Sunday I went to the mall with my mom and I didn't get tired at all walking. I was able to wear pants that I currently have that are a size smaller. I was a 22 at the time of surgery and these pants were a 20. I went to Old Navy and tried on slacks in an 18 and wasn't able to get them up at all. I also tried on18 jeggings and the band wasn't tight at all. I guess I will hold off on buying new clothes for a while.