Some updated pics!

Here are a couple of full body pics that I recently took... I have shared them on Facebook and though I would share here too!!

Life... an update.

Hi lovely blog readers!

Well as of a couple weeks ago I am out 3 months from my surgery. I have lost a total of 63 pounds... This means I am down a total of 43 pounds since surgery. 

My stomach has pretty much healed up and there really is nothing I can't eat anymore. My main focus continues to be lean protein and lots of water. I finally feel like I have settled into to normal life with the sleeve. I find I am happy but it is also a challenge, everyday is. I never imagined that losing weight would be harder AFTER the surgery yet somehow it is. 

I try my very best to watch what I eat but unlike Gastric Bypass patients, I can have everything and nothing really makes me sick, I have even been able to eat Greek yogurt again (thank you God). My guilty pleasure is and will always be.. CARBS! I love bread, pastries, cookies.. anything with flour. I am really working on eating carbs very rarely. Strangely enough after surgery my taste buds have changed in the sense that I always have a sweet tooth!! So to combat that I have been keeping sticks of sugar fee gum everywhere.. my desk, my car, my bedroom. I find that having something to chew on and keep my mouth busy on helps a great deal.

As much as I haven't wanted to (it's expensive!) I have been buying some clothes. The best feeling in the world is to be able to shop in the normal section of the store... It feels amazing. I am only half way there and I already feel so normal. I feel like I am just a normal 23 year old girl that loves to do what everybody else does. My quality of life has improved greatly.. I feel so full of energy now, this is a far cry from my post surgery struggle when I didn't feel satisfied or happy. I feel like I can smile more now, like I don't have to hide. Although I will admit it has been super hard for me to get used to being noticed now. As friendly and outgoing as I am, I am simply not used to attention based on my looks, I am used to attention based on my smarts and my personality. I was telling my friend Crystal that  it's weird how it all works, I am comfortable posting pictures on Facebook showcasing my weight loss because when I do get compliments I am not getting them face to face and I have time to come up with a nice response like "thanks ladies!!" but in person I kinda become introverted because I don't expect it to happen and then I get a little embarrassed even if I don't show it. It's going to take some getting used to especially since I can wear even cuter clothes now.

Heartburn: The nurse at my bariatric clinic prescribed me Prilosec, I got the generic brand from the pharmacy and let me tell you it has been absolutely the BEST $10 I have ever spent. I take one every morning and I have zero, I mean zero heartburn. Life is so much better now.

 

I hope to fill you all in soon with my 75 pounds lost update!!!

Until next time,

Melissa