9 days past surgery

Well, its been 9 days since my life changed forever. Can't say that I'm regretting my decision, in fact, its the best decision I have made since I made the decision to quit smoking. When I made that decision, not only did I want to quit for ME, but the beautiful little girls that were a part of my life, one already here on Earth, the other on her way. It was one of the best decisions I made at that time.
Now, here I am, 4 years later, and people ask me alot if I miss smoking and ever think of going back. My reply to that is a VERY fast "HELL NO!" I have so much to live for, my kids, husband, parents, siblings, etc. BUT, the most important reasons, 5 year old Alannah and 4 year old Hailey. These girls are my shining stars. I love them so much and want to be around for a LOOOONG time. Which is part of the reason I made the decision to have the gastric bypass surgery.
Being heavy, I was putting myself at risk EVERY day. It was affecting my performance at work, and jeopardizing my chances to see my girls grow up. Walking up stairs, even a very short set or 4-5 would leave me winded and my heart racing, not a good feeling. I couldn't get outside and play with the girls like I wanted to because I was afraid I would become short of breath or would even get so tired so fast that no one could have fun.
Look at me, talking about my weight as if I have lost all the excess weight already, but I have lost 23 pounds since I began this journey back in September. Believe me, 23 pounds is alot. I can tell a HUGE difference in my energy levels even this early out. I walked up the stairs at work on Monday, one story, and did not get winded!! Which is a good thing, considering that on any given shift, we stand the chance to go out multiple times at night, which means climbing those stairs repeatedly.
I'm considering purchasing the Zumba for Wii, right now, its a little too cold to go walking outside. So, I figure that will get me moving.
ANYWAY..........enough for now. Thanks for reading!!

FREAKING OUT!!!

Ok, so now I'm freaking out a little bit. I have read on MANY MANY gastric bypass forums that after WLS you have to crush your meds before you take them. I was never told this by my doc, and when I was in the hospital, I was even given whole pills to take. If I had to crush them, wouldn't the nurse have crushed them in the hospital? It just seems strange to me that IF I'm supposed to crush them, then someone would have said something and it would be in writing on my discharge instructions/med list, or even all the stuff I was given before surgery. Maybe my surgeon doesn't require it? I'll find out on Monday when I go for my first post-op visit.

Well, just 2 days to go.

Less really, if you look and see that it's 1035 at night.
Am I nervous? YES
Am I scared? YES
Do I think everything will be fine? YES, GOD WILLING
Am I stressing over nothing? PROBABLY

7 days and counting!!

Well, it's almost that time! I'm getting anxious now.
I didn't sleep well last night, we played "corn hole" at work the other night for about an hour all total, I have aches and pains in places you wouldn't think should hurt after something like that. Can't take ibuprofen anymore, and Tylenol barely touched it. Suffered through the night, but it's ok. Then the puppy decided he needed to go out at 3:45 am and again at 6:30 am. He is usually really good about sleeping until 7-ish.
So, Brian left for work, and I got up and did my morning weight check. Yesterday I was at 240.5, today the numbers were 239.0!!!! Another 1.5 pounds gone. Hopefully I will NEVER see that number again when I step on a scale.
So, here we are off to a great start of a new year. And better things are to come.

8 Days To Go!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 

I'm super excited about the changes that 2012 are going to bring to me. In 8 days I will be undergoing the change of a lifetime!! I will be healthier, which means I will be around longer to see my kids and grandbabies growing up. (My kids are already grown, but still.........) I will also be able to perform my job better, which is another plus. 

So, lets see, I started the low carb pre-op diet on Monday, Dec 26. Pretty much stuck with it, except for 2 times when I slipped. I had a whopper from BK and 2 doughnuts from KK. *Shame on me!!* But, otherwise, I have been following it to a tee......was even upset when I GAINED almost a pound then realized it was PMS water weight and was better. 

Then yesterday I started getting this weird taste in my mouth, was hard to describe initially, then the more I thought about it, I realized that it seemed as though I was sucking on a tin can...........UGH!!! So, I posted the question on www.renewedreflections.com and was told that its my body going into ketosis. It has to pass soon, I can't take this taste. GROSS!!!

This morning, when I came home from work, I changed my clothes into the outfit I wear every weigh in. (on my Wii Fit) so there would be no clothing differences. After it went through its little tests and gave me my results, I was ONE HAPPY MAMA!!! I was down 2 pounds!!! 

So far so good. I see the doctor on the 5th for my pre-op stuff, and I hope to be down a couple more pounds. 

Keep your fingers crossed!!!!!