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is this even real???  I can't believe it is me sharing this amazing numbers. 73 lbs. Let me tell you, it has made a lot of difference in my daily life. So mach easier to get around,  to  able to sit anywhere, not needing to rest so often when out shopping  this past weekend, so many things that have improve and I am still  only  half way to my goal!  I will be under 200 lbs starting 2015!  What a a grey way to start my new year!  I can only dream of what is to come.  I am a few days later thanking my wonderful surgeon Dr. Wilhelmy for his amazing job on my sleeve and his  office for helping with my results thus far. My mom  for lighting the way before me and my family for their  unconditional support.    Remember to minimize the obstacle and maximize the achievements! 

59 lbs in  3 months!! WOW I am ecstatic!    Im so happy , so thankful and so optimistic about my progress.  Thanks mom I could not have done this without your  support and stellar example. So proud to call you my mom. 

I am 4 lbs away  from my goal for this month. At the rate I am losing this month I hope to have lost a bit more than my goal. Sounds  incredible to be writing this, ME, losing weight faster than I anticipated!   These mini goals  are helping me  me keep on track and not  feel the goal is as monumental as it is.   I can only do one day at a time anyway  right? 

Thank you everyone for the support, your concerns and cheers, they mean a lot to me. I will do this and inspire others as I have been inspired by so many. But specially  THANKS MOM, you are my role model, always showing me the way! 

So I am almost 1.5 months out of my VSG . I am feeling pretty good, some days better than others, I am still learning what my sleeve will tolerate at this point.  For anyone considering surgery this is what my  sleeve life looks at this point in my journey.  Protein drinks working well, they have become my breakfast  daily.   It takes a while to finish but the protein and vitamins give me boost in the morning,  lunch  at noon, usually a bit of tuna with a cracker, or a pieces of fruit with cottage cheese, I try to get some protein in.  Mid afternoon I snack usually  more fruit, chicken salda or something I have left over form another meal  and then at dinner, whatever I have prepared at home minus the carbs  and  bread.  Salad does not work well for me and certain veggies either, I have read this gets better so I am going to try it later on.    I try to drink water all day and usually hit my  goal for the day but when I fall short at night I try to make up for it before going to bed. I know that I need to refill my  water bottle 4 times  day so I try to space it out during the day. 

Vitamins with a meal or else I get nausea, my  acid pill in the morning first thing and my regular meds at mid morning.  I made this routine for myself and it seems to be working well. 

Now of the best part I have lost 34.5 lbs and am pretty happy about it. YAY!  People have started to notice and it make me feel good, I notice of course but it validates what I see on the mirror daily.  I am NOT weighing myself daily anymore.  The scale does not change daily anymore so 2-3 times a week is enough.  I still stress a bit on days when it does not move so I try to stay away from it. 

Another stress trigger is  when I plan on a meal and my sleeve does not like it.  At that point I would like to grab just anything especially since things did not go as I planned but  have not done it yet. I have a high thing with planning and things going according to plan. With a house full of kids  you need to, but  my sleeve likes to disagree with me at times LOL. 

I am very happy with my decision and have started to make plans for when I get to goal.  I was told by my drs office to imagine myself at goal, to plan of things I will do when I get to goal and I think it is an excellent idea.  Plans so far include really cute clothes and  somewhere to wear them to, I have not decided where yet, but I am  window shopping online.  It helps me keep focused  on my goal. 

I am 5 days post op and  for all the "mental preparation" I did this is not what I expected. I read so much about mourning food, about being angry at family for eating in front of me, about cravings, etc.  I may still have to experience these I am not sure but so far I just seem to be lacking any emotions. I feel like I shut down. It may be too soon post op for things to start happening  but I am back home and was kinda waiting for feelings and emotions to deal with them. Nothing. I am going thru the motions of what I was told to do. My mom has been helping which has been a Godsent and I have just been resting. Is this still the effect of the anesthesia? LOL   I am not so relaxed a person normally. Of course being the worrier that I am..... I am wondering if everything will come to me stronger, if it just building up... I will wait and see I suppose. 

On this my first blog post  I would like to acknowledge the excellent excellent care I received in Mexicali with Dr Wilhelmy and staff.  He is a very  nice man, made me feel safe and I knew he would take good care of me. I had been  in Mexicali at Almatar hospital before when my mom had her surgery with Dr. Aceves and can honestly say the services and care I received was just as outstanding  as when we where there before.  I am very impressed by this group and feel lucky we found them and can call them our doctors.  I had never received this level of care before at a hospital, the hospital itself is spotless and everyone so attentive .  It was nice to see Dr Campos, Ernesto,  Yolanda and Carla once again.  While there my mom got a check up and we saw her sleeve approx one year post op. Really cool, really tiny.   I am so happy and lucky that they have continued with the wonderful work they do. Thank you Dr Wilhelmy!