I know that I have been a very bad blogger. Well this very bad blogger has been an outstanding bariatric patient if I say so myself. But seriously I have been doing well. I don't know how well I'd be doing if I didn't have my husband and daugther. They make sure to keep me in line even if faultier for wanting a sugar free candy. These people are like bariatric Hitlers'. But I am thankful for that. Not many are thankful for any Hitler like regime. And that is meant to be funny. So laugh or get over it.
So I saw the surgeon for the first time March 31 of this year and the following week had my first visit with the nutritionist. The surgeon wanted me down to 290 for surgery. So I jumped all the hoops of the sleep study, EGD, psych eval and a number of nutrition classes and my the first week in June I was done and sitting back in the surgeons office weighing at 289. Whoop whooop!!
I was sleeved on June 23 and was walking around about an hour or so after surgery. I was discharged the following day. And the emotional roller coaster began. Mostly because my epilepsy was flaring up like crazy and I began to wish that I never gotten the surgery done. But I would quickly remind myself when I weighed in at 315 pounds. That always pushed me back to reality. But it was far from easy.
I walked like the doctor suggested and continued the liquid diet until I saw him the week after surgery. After that I was on full liquids. I so enjoyed watery mashed potatoes and applesauce. And slowly I made my way back to regular bariatric diet at six weeks. And was cleared by the surgeon to workout. He recommended to workout five days or more a week. Well....I try. I'm not going to lie. But the left side of my body is severely weaker than the right.
During chemo in 2011 I suffered a stroke and have right frontal lobe brain damage. It doesn't make things easy but I am noticing a huge difference as I lose more weight. But trying to workout for more than 30 minutes my left arm and leg become very heavy and the pain is something special. So now I plan my workouts around appointments or outings with my family. That way I know I am getting in a lot of walking on those days and on the days that I'm not out and about I do my workouts at home. I separated them to give my left side a break.
An example of my home workout. On a side note we homeschool so during the times my daughter is doing written work I do my workouts as well. So...here...we...go.
During every commercial break or homeschool break/down time I do the following:
10 squats
10 wall push ups
10 lunges
10 donkey kicks (I'm sure that there is a technical name for this)
So that is the first round. At the next break I work with dumbbells or resistance band and work my arms and back. So I alternate between these until around 4 pm. I work my abs around 9 pm and stretch. My sleeve doesn't like abs workouts at all. Not..one..bit. So I wait until I know my sleeve is empty. It is getting better at a little over two months out. But I don't want to push my diva of a sleeve.
Okay! So at over two months out I have so far lost 60 pounds total. Weighing in at 255. I don't regret my sleeve. I get a little crossed at it because I feel that what I knew of WLS before I was sleeved makes you think that you snap your fingers and the weight is gone. So that still runs through my head at times. I know better but that thinking has been there longer than what I taught by my surgeon and nutrition staff. But I can say that I am proud of myself and my self control.
So next is hitting the 70 pound mark and I know that is right around the corner.
Thanks for reading my ramblings!
So I saw the surgeon for the first time March 31 of this year and the following week had my first visit with the nutritionist. The surgeon wanted me down to 290 for surgery. So I jumped all the hoops of the sleep study, EGD, psych eval and a number of nutrition classes and my the first week in June I was done and sitting back in the surgeons office weighing at 289. Whoop whooop!!
I was sleeved on June 23 and was walking around about an hour or so after surgery. I was discharged the following day. And the emotional roller coaster began. Mostly because my epilepsy was flaring up like crazy and I began to wish that I never gotten the surgery done. But I would quickly remind myself when I weighed in at 315 pounds. That always pushed me back to reality. But it was far from easy.
I walked like the doctor suggested and continued the liquid diet until I saw him the week after surgery. After that I was on full liquids. I so enjoyed watery mashed potatoes and applesauce. And slowly I made my way back to regular bariatric diet at six weeks. And was cleared by the surgeon to workout. He recommended to workout five days or more a week. Well....I try. I'm not going to lie. But the left side of my body is severely weaker than the right.
During chemo in 2011 I suffered a stroke and have right frontal lobe brain damage. It doesn't make things easy but I am noticing a huge difference as I lose more weight. But trying to workout for more than 30 minutes my left arm and leg become very heavy and the pain is something special. So now I plan my workouts around appointments or outings with my family. That way I know I am getting in a lot of walking on those days and on the days that I'm not out and about I do my workouts at home. I separated them to give my left side a break.
An example of my home workout. On a side note we homeschool so during the times my daughter is doing written work I do my workouts as well. So...here...we...go.
During every commercial break or homeschool break/down time I do the following:
10 squats
10 wall push ups
10 lunges
10 donkey kicks (I'm sure that there is a technical name for this)
So that is the first round. At the next break I work with dumbbells or resistance band and work my arms and back. So I alternate between these until around 4 pm. I work my abs around 9 pm and stretch. My sleeve doesn't like abs workouts at all. Not..one..bit. So I wait until I know my sleeve is empty. It is getting better at a little over two months out. But I don't want to push my diva of a sleeve.
Okay! So at over two months out I have so far lost 60 pounds total. Weighing in at 255. I don't regret my sleeve. I get a little crossed at it because I feel that what I knew of WLS before I was sleeved makes you think that you snap your fingers and the weight is gone. So that still runs through my head at times. I know better but that thinking has been there longer than what I taught by my surgeon and nutrition staff. But I can say that I am proud of myself and my self control.
So next is hitting the 70 pound mark and I know that is right around the corner.
Thanks for reading my ramblings!
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