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I am a bit of a slacker, so this isn't exactly a two month update...rather it's been two months and one week!  
Regardless, it's UPDATE TIME!!!
  
Complications-
The complications seem to have passed; the last one being the stricture I had.  I have, however, had several issues with eating too fast or too much.  My body is doing exactly what it is supposed to be doing when that happens; by creating major discomfort for me, promptly followed by the food finding its way back up.  My Dr. assures me this is as it should be and part of the "retraining" process so I learn to eat slower and chew more thoroughly!  It is working!!!

My Diet-
 I am now eating many things, including soft and very tender meats.  I have things that I love, such as tomato soup, V-8, mashed potatoes and cheese.  I also have things I have lost my taste for such as sweets, bananas and breads.  I will occasionally eat a piece of well-toasted bread, but for the most part, I have developed an aversion to most bread products.  They come off as doughy and tasteless to me now.  Protein drinks and bars are super sweet to me too, and I have to force myself to ingest them so I can get my much needed protein.  I eat tiny amounts still.  I can eat about a half a cup to 3/4 cup of liquid foods such as tomato soup, but can only eat about 1/3-1/2 cup of solid foods.  Meats fill me up fastest with me only being to eat about 1 oz at a time.  I have also started eating vegetables such as broccoli, carrots and zucchini. 

My Exercise-
I started walking several weeks ago, and have slowly added in some jogging as I walk.  I am walking up to 3 miles most days, and several days a week I have added evening walks with friends at the park, or with my family around my hilly neighborhood.  I am headed back to the gym and spinning classes today!  I have made a goal to ride in a bike relay in September and so I have lots of training to do to get ready for it!  Step one is to get my endurance up, which I will focus on over the next month.  I will also be adding core and strength exercises slowly over the next couple of months!  
I can also tell you that my hard work has started!  
Exercising is much more difficult post-bypass that  pre- bypass. My body no longer can take in the calories to sustain vigorous exercises so I feel as if I have bricks on my shoes most days!  It is truly hard work, but I am determined to do this!!!

My Weight Loss-

I have to admit, I hit a small plateau for a few weeks, followed by a couple of weeks of slow loss.  I am happy to announce that in the past week, I seem to be back to nearly a pound a day loss!  I am also shrinking quickly.  I started at a size 22 jeans and 24 dress.  I am now swimming in size 18 jeans, ready to drop into my 16's, and I am in a 16 dress.  I did not take my starting measurements, so I am unsure of inches lost, but I am definitely shrinking!  I am excited to see the results quicken as I add more exercise!  

Weight loss to date: 57 pounds (should hit 60 pounds mark this week!!!) 

I am on track for my 80 pound loss goal I have set for end of May!!!!



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I AM DETERMINED to win!!!

 
 
Half-Way to ONE HUNDRED pounds!  That is my excitement today!  Although my journey started just over 6 weeks ago, it seems as though so much has happened along the way. 

 First, the stricture I discussed earlier was not a stricture.  Rather, it turned out being scar tissue that had basically kinked my lower intestines, which did not allow for anything to pass.  Food, water, stomach acid, bile etc, built up and was causing me a lot of discomfort and pain.  I ended up having another surgery to by-pass my original by-pass and the scar tissue.  This ended up being an "open" surgery rather than a laproscopic one, which resulted in an extra-long hospital stay.  I am grateful for so much love and support that lifted my spirits that were so dampened by this setback!
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I finally started to feel like myself again, started working out again and even dropped 2 pant sizes last week!  So exciting!  I could finally see the benefits of my sacrifice.  Then....it hit again!  

Saturday morning I went to take a drink of water, and lo and behold....PAIN!  The water stopped in my chest and would not go down.  I tried a little food later in the day, and same thing....PAIN.  I knew this meant another call to my Dr.  Another drive to the hospital, another procedure and hopefully NOT surgery.  

Sure enough, Monday morning the Dr had me drive to the hospital where I spent the day re hydrating on IV fluid.  In the afternoon I underwent an EGD, where they knocked me out and put a scope down my throat.  I had gotten a stricture, much like the one I wrote about in an earlier post.  Only this time, I did indeed have a tight stricture which would not allow food or water to pass.  Thankfully it went well, and no other complications were found.  I was excited to be on my way home in the late afternoon as predicted by my surgeon!  Today, I feel back to normal with the exception of a sore throat.  

A- Shows a stricture much like mine
B- Shows the scoping procedure to stretch it
C-The new opening as it should be

Moving on from the medical lesson........

So....update time!!!  


I had an official weigh-in today at the clinic and I hit an important milestone!  I am half-way to one-hundred pounds.....gone!!!
That's right!  I am down a whopping 50 pounds!  I am not yet at my half-way point of my goal, but a fifty pound loss is indeed something to celebrate!  

Goals I have set for myself, that I WILL attain:
80 pounds gone by May 31st
Jump out of an airplane with my son, Jeff- sometime in June
100 pounds gone by July 1st
Run the Color Run  5k in Boise, ID- August
Ride in the Salt-to-Saint endurance bike relay-September 21st


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