My journey so far
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, 01-05-2015 at 01:34 AM (1878 Views)
I thought about it for 2 years then spent 1.5 years jumping through the hoops to get the sleeve finally done. Didn't tell a lot of people about it d/t not walking to hear any negativity or have them trying to talk me out of it. I am so glad I made the decision and had my surgery on 12/4/14. One month today and I am down 23.5 lbs. I started at 246.5 and weighed today at 223. I bought a food scale and started weighing out 3 oz or so when I eat. It helps a lot.
The problems I have had is not eating every 3 hrs or so, stomach cramps, not chewing properly, eating only protein and getting constipated to name a few. I didn't drink enough water and dislike the taste of crushed medications.
I have gotten off 2 blood pressure medications and 2 diabetic medications. That really made me feel good and gave me incentive to do better on my food intake.
I find my main problem is lack of planning- to drink enough water, to eat food other than protein, to chew properly, to take probiotics routinely. I have almost completely quit eating out and miss it, but when I do, its hard to eat the right amount or type of food.
I am exercising more than I have in a long time. I hope I can keep it up. This is for life and I am not going to let anything sabotage my success. Are any of you having similar or different problems? My scale stalled at 3 weeks for 7-10 days, but has started moving again.
Looking forward to hearing about your success and challenges. BTW, I am a registered nurse and we suffer with weight just like every body else.