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are now big i nearly skipped a jean size and am wearing jeans which nearly fall down right now the next size down is still a little snug though i can just about fit a small farm animal between my gut and my steering wheel it was snug before and that s being generous i had to have a ct done and put on the fat gown as i ve always called it at least since i had to start wearing it and it was enormous i mean i wasn t even able to tie it because one end was inside the gown and the other side was outside so i might as well have been naked since i would have been almost totally exposed i also had to have an mri unrelated and i fit it was about 4 years ago when they last tried to put me in an mri machine i ve always found an open bore one or used a special facility where you sit in the machine so it s on either side of you sure that was a bit tight but it was supposed to be so you don t move anyway they were scanning my knee so i had to go in sort of far and i made it they were able to just hit the button and not stand and watch to see if i can go in without getting stuck i want to add for the record that i wrote the first half of this post right after new years monday or tuesday of this week i wrote the rest hit save and then it disappeared my frustration told me to give up go to bed and try again but then life got crazy so i didn t get to it again until now i m just praying it all posts posted by jen b at 8 07 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bariatric surgery christmas cookies dietitian eating gastric sleeve holiday eating obesity personal trainer scale sleeve gastrectomy surgery temptation thanksgiving water aerobics weight thursday september 22 2016 how has a month passed wowzers it s been more than a month since i ve written let s see i guess the biggest thing has been vacation to ocean city md i won t sugar coat it it was hard i took my magic bullet and protein powder with me as well as protein bars i was clear with servers when i ordered that i was on a very strict diet and proceeded with my ordering cooked this way and with this and without that and had very good experiences each time we were down the shore so the smells on the boardwalk were beyond temping i mean funnel cake fries deep fried oreos caramel corn salt water taffy fudge need i go on there are also some restaurants with amazing food and i was too limited to enjoy it next year that will be different but i am just over 17 weeks out so it s still early in the grand scheme of things hubby was a trooper and didn t get any of the boardwalk junk food there was free breakfast at the hotel but the only thing i could have was eggs and they didn t even have egg beaters it wouldn t have been ideal to have a heart attack before we arrived back home i had taken stuff for protein shakes and i brought plenty of protein bars so i made it work we went down to assateague several times and had some mind blowing wild pony interactions there are warnings everywhere with reminders that these animals are wild and may bite charge etc here are some of my favorite pictures ponies and others the view from our room pretty spectacular our first day at assateague yes the ponies were that close more spectacular ponies on our first trip to assateague sunset on the bay our final day at assateague i saw both my surgeon and my pcp since i last wrote while numbers differ from scale to scale i stick to those on my scale for the sake of consistency i am down over 100 lbs from my highest weight and 81 lbs from my first appointment with the surgeon as far as weight lost since surgery well that s at 42 lbs in 17 weeks i ve had to get a lot of new clothes and it s amazing what a new bra will do while on vacation i picked up a bunch of shirts from the clearance racks i ve had a problem with jeans for the past several years while i m 5 5 or 5 6 depending on who you ask even the petites are too long well there is a christopher banks at the outlets i talked with one of the saleswomen and she pulled a bunch of styles and sizes i was between sizes and really wanted to get an idea of length i found ones that are a great length if i wore shoes with some height i found a pair to wear for vacation and bought the next 3 sizes down at c b maybe stretching it a bit but they were 19 99 and i couldn t pass it up i have had some issues with my back and hips for some times it s one of the many downfalls of obesity it was time for hubs and me to get a new bed our old one was 18 years old an adult haha we wound up with a tempur pedic and it was delivered yesterday the head and foot raise independently and it s pretty cool different is hard and different takes some getting used to the verdict is out but if our test ride at the store is any indication this is going to be one great bed we got the split one so hubby and i can independently determine our own perfect settings it ll be great once we get it just right we celebrated my mom s birthday the end of july and my uncle s wife took this picture not bad huh thanks lynn we had a second photo shoot done the first picture is from our original shoot the middle is from a picture taken last september the final is our most recent shoot just over 225 pounds thanks to jeff reeder photography for doing some great shoots you have to admit that poly on the right is one curious yet incredibly silly pup i was going to water aerobics at the gym but it s hard and i have to get up super early to get in a full meal or sleep a bit later and eat less protein and then come home and figure out what to do with the dogs while i shower i feel so guilty if poly is in the kennel i m not done with water aerobics just taking a break for now i have a bike at home as i ve mentioned before and with the tv i ve been able to do about 45 minutes and around 13 miles another thing since surgery i got a medicalert bracelet anyone who has had bariatric surgery shouldn t have blind intubations done that along with some other conditions seemed important for any emergency medical personnel to know well i have a dear friend who makes beautiful jewelry i was going to try to do it myself since i have done some very elementary bracelet making i decided to contact dezetta of dezetta s dezigns to put it all together when i ordered the bracelet i had to make sure that it had clasps at either end so it could be switched out the least expensive one which fit that qualification had a very ugly but i knew i would have some beautiful options see for yourself it s not the greatest picture but gives you an idea the blue goes with just about everything then there s a teal one and a coral colored one which i m wearing she took the black shiny beads and made something extra fancy for those big dates i love them i ve been able to stand more and walk further i ve done some cooking and hubby has been more open than i expected to trying some of my bariatric recipes i ve taken the dogs for a walk yesterday was 1 3 miles i had to get casey out of the house while the bed was being delivered he was very happy but very tired as was i i think that covers the basics for now plugging along posted by jen b at 8 35 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bariatric surgery bike casey dogs eating exercise gastric sleeve photo shoot plus size restaurants sleeve gastrectomy vacation wednesday august 17 2016 day 85 what now i m so sorry it s taken me so long to write first i can hardly believe that yesterday was 12 weeks in some ways it feels like it s been that long especially when i get a craving in other ways that s a long time since surgery i m down 31 6 lbs since surgery and 74 4 lbs from my first visit with the surgeon on 12 30 15 i still feel like i m looking into those circus mirrors though especially when i take pictures from the side you ll see in pictures below that there are none of those i look pregnant and don t see much of a difference it s a circus mirror it must be right p well we went out to that same restaurant again the high end steak and seafood house this time for my mom s birthday i was going to see my aunt and uncle on my father s side who i haven t seen in nearly 3 years and my uncle and his wife on my mom s side who i haven t seen since last christmas i admit i was a little excited anyone i haven t seen in a long time can see a difference it s a nice feeling for people to compliment me although i still have that water off a duck s back disease be happy for me and encourage me don t get me wrong i get that from friends and family here but there s just something different when they see a drastic change knowing that i was going to see family who i hadn t seen in a long time i decided to treat myself to a new dress you can see part of it in the picture below i did get a gut sucker inner my general label for any spanx type products there is a part of me that really protrudes in whatever i wear and this dress was no exception as far as clothes and shopping go i m just excited to be able to shop in a real in person store i have found some old clothes which fit or hopefully will soon and i certainly don t have a problem wearing them many are from when i worked so are dressier than something i d wear with denim shorts i was at the dentist last week i see the same hygienist each time she was so surprised and so happy for me telling me she can t wait to see me in 6 months and gave me a big hug back to my point she told me of a thrift shop about 10 minutes from the dentist who is already 30 minutes from home so i stopped in there they had brand new clothes tags still on for under 10 some clothes were 50 off so i got something like 7 new shirts and a dress for under 40 i foresee myself spending a lot of time here in the next year great store clean nice clothes jewelry expanding to include furniture a real gem i never would have thought that i d get excited about shopping again at the restaurant i ordered the same 3 scallops and asparagus both grilled i m not sure why i bothered getting the asparagus because i m too full to eat it but one of my nephews took it to have it with his leftover dinner for that matter i wasn t able to finish 3 scallops over the course of more than the 30 minutes i m supposed to take to eat we picked up an ice cream cake for my mom after dinner so i was stuffed and i was so full from dinner that it didn t even phase me which i feared it would sure my brain wanted some but my body said uh uh no way having a complete aversion to vomiting seriously who doesn t i decided to listen to my body no cake for me is anyone else saying that in the no soup for you voice ok maybe it s just me i m still trying to figure out the brain hunger vs body hunger aspect of this whole thing i m not used to giving any concern to that before surgery hunger was hunger period and it meant that i ate period and that meant that i got to be over 310 lbs and needed this surgery after numerous almost countless attempts to do this thing on my own i try to eat every 3 1 2 to 4 hours to make sure i get my protein and to help me prevent headaches every medication i take is being metabolized differently now i weigh significantly less which automatically means there is less of me to pump those meds through it s going to be a balancing act until i land at a reasonable weight whatever that may be and can figure it all out for real according to my doc s office most of the weight will come off in the first 18 months by next christmas i should be golden until then trial and error pervade my life life is just different and in limbo more than usual but i signed on for this and have put too much into it to just throw it all away i started doing water aerobics can t remember if i ve said that before but have been somewhat inconsistent due to a variety of reasons i have however continued to see the scale go down i mean how could it not i m eating around 800 calories a day anyone is going to lose weight doing that i was excited to be able to add fruit into the mix after i ve gotten my protein and some veggies it s that something sweet that i ve wanted i also made chicken salad using short cuts perdue with greek yogurt instead of mayo try it sometime not only does it pump up the protein but it offers up a change in flavor i so desperately wanted to add grapes to it but ran it first the dietitian first and was thrilled to get the go ahead we ve branched out some with our meals trying new recipes many of which have been quite good i ve been taking pictures about every 4 weeks while not all of them are clear and i ve kept my face out of them even though people have told me that s where they can really see a difference i have decided to post some pictures to date before i do that let me say that from my first visit with the surgeon at 304 lbs and a surgery weight of 261 2 i think i m on the right track i just have to get my butt in gear with increasing exercise but that s another story ok here goes nothing and you get to see how sloppy and dirty my bedroom and mirror are at my mom s party on 7 30 16 my uncle s wife took this picture not too shabby huh i have to tell you that i realize i look pregnant in the 8 week picture it s the shirt it s just not cut right for my body i can t tell you the last time that i was under 230 pounds i mean i could look back because i have calendars up in my night table but i don t feel like going up there right now i can tell you that it s been many years and the last time i did hit it it didn t last long i was probably about 180 when i first started therapy in march of 2000 when i stopped working in november of that year i wouldn t be surprised if i was around 200 meds are a horrible contributor there was a shirt i found and there is a picture of me wearing it on a 2007 trip to disney world i m becoming more accustomed to the dietary changes i still forget to eat sometimes i typically start off my day with a protein shake between 33 35 grams of protein i m supposed to get between 60 80 grams daily a protein bar is usually 20 grams then i ll have egg beaters or rosemary chicken chicken lettuce wraps better than pf changs in my opinion chicken fried riceless rice and i keep trying new things the last 3 got serious approval from hubby especially the rosemary chicken and the lettuce wraps 5 stars i have a number of bariatric cookbooks and am trying to get adventurous within the confines of my dietary restrictions since each program is different big news on the jen front i can cross my legs no it s not ankle to ankle or lower calf to lower calf but it s not ankle to knee again something someone who hasn t been morbidly obese doesn t even think about but it s one of those things that comes into play wear skirts is awkward but now i can without fear of showing a little too much of myself i also went shopping in my very own closet ok much of what i found is from before i went on disability in 2000 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