Just a little (or long) update *2/13/09*

Feb 13, 2009

Oo I guess I better update this a little bit! Ok well after me being clumsy, I obviously started taking my pain meds more (as prescribed since I wasn't really taking them at all) and that helped but I think it gives me light headed spells and also makes me very sleepy so now I just take them more at night. My thumb doesn't hurt anymore but it is really tight when I bend it so that will come in time.
 
I've ventured out of the house 3 times now (not just stepped out but someone took me somewhere) and all of those times I got uncontrollable urges to go out to eat. It's hard, but obviously the people I was with know my situation and no matter how much begging I could have done they wouldn't of taken me anywhere haha. Head hunger is a killer, but I do great at my house. It's like I quit smoking cold turkey, I have an addiction.

I'm 10 days post op today (if I did my math correct... I suck at math) and I'm down 17 lbs! I'm excited, I don't know what the normal is but hell that's better than I could of done myself over 6 months probably. I never officially posted my weight (that I know of) but surgery day I weighed in at 310 and today I weighed 293. Feels so awesome to see a 2 not a 3 at the beginning. I think with my lap-band I lost a total of 24 lbs at the beginning and then up and down for 5 years. I'll be excited to post again once I blow past 24 lbs. I read somewhere that you don't lose as much weight or as fast as others if you had a lap-band and then did RNY compared to those who just go to RNY first. I'm going to do everything I can to blow that statistic out of the water, I think that's bull... well it makes sense a little but still. It made me sad when I read it.

I've been trying to keep myself busy with other things, anything, but it's sort of hard. I can't really concentrate long enough, plus you don't really have time to do something time-consuming because you're constantly watching a clock and planning meals and doing math to figure out your calorie/protein intake. I wouldn't change it for anything though. I'm thoroughly happy with the choice I made.

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