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Feeling blah....havent lost significant weight in over 3 months.  I have been in the 180-190 range this whole time.  I've been eating well and exercising.  Feeling discouraged but still trying to meet my 100 lbs weight loss goal by my 1 yr. anniversary.  I have 2 1/2 months to lose 25 lbs.

Hello all!

Well I had the gastric bypass done on 7/20/2012. Everything went smothly thanks to the support of my friends and especially my best friend who stayes with me all week to make sure everything went well while I was home.  I had a little trouble when I was home (dizziness) but it was becasue I was not taking in enough protein.  I have since went ahead and spent the $ on the protein shakes i know I like (Pure Protein-35 grams if protein, 2 grams of carbs).  I paid $33 for 12 cans thru amazon.  I have tried other ways to take in Protain and its just not happening so I am going to stick with this for a while.  I am surprisingly doing really well taking in my vitamins (multi-vitamin, iron, B12).  I was prescribed Vitamin D as I was deficient when I was released from the hospital.  I was also diagnosed with H Pylori (stomach bacteria) and had to do a 14 day treatment (4 pills in the morning, 4 pills at night) it was awful!  I completed that a couple of days ago. 

About the actual weight loss, I havent lost as much as I thought I'd lose but I am losing so I will celebrate that.  My highest weight has been 275; my consultation weight was 249; before I started my liquid diet I was 259 (gained 10lbs "going-out-with-a-bang"; surgery weight was 244 and today I am officially 7 weeks post-op and I am down to 222. I started working out about a month ago.  I started with 4 times a week doing 3 miles on the eliptical machine and these last two weeks I've been going 6 times a week doing 5 miles on the eliptical machine.  Everyone tells me they see the change..and I do to but I dont understand why the scale is having a hard time changing too! I've obsessively been checking my weight every morning and every night and am usually disappointed.  But, regardless, I am going to keep doing my part!  I have to keep reminding myseld that my clothes ARE getting looser, and that I am ONLY 7 weeks out.  I have to be patient.

 Hello all-

So on Wednesday, 4/18/2012 I went to my initial consultation.  I was lucky to be able to schedule my psychosocial evaluation just two days later, Friday, 4/20/2012 !  On the same day I was also lucky to attend one of the support grous as they only have then every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. (God is just lining these events up for me!).

So the actual update is that I went to my consultation on Friday and answered a 250+ true or false questionare! From what I gather, they want to make sure you are not depressed; thankfully, I am far from it!  After that, I met with the psychologist and had a great chat with her while I answered another 30(ish) questions.  Before I left she let me know that she was going to recommend, to the the surgeon, that I continue the WLS process. YAY!  I am SO happy!

As far as I know, I have completed my first set of requirements before my documentation gets submitted to my health insurance.  I am eager and anxious to know how long the pre-approval process will take.  I assume that affter it gets approved, I will be given a surgery date.  Well see what happens.

Starting weight: 249lbs
Goal weight: 130lbs

Yesterday I went to my initial consultation with the surgeon and nutritionist.  It was great!  They notified us that the psychosocial evaluation could take up to two weeks to schedule since they are so busy but wit God on my side I was able to book it tomorrow!  Praise Him!! I am so excited!  I also attended my first/mandatory support group.  That went well also.  I didnt have many questions since most of what I heard I had read or seen on on youtube (I google any question or curiosity immediately), but it was nice to see people face to face and hear them give advice/tips. 

So looking forward to tomorrow!