#vsgpostop

April 2020 - 245

Really hope I get to wear this somewhere before it’s too big on me!!

After- 142lbs

I keep forgetting to do the pulmonary function test but I’ve also been asleep most of the day so idk. Is it truly that important?

I have so many questions for my surgeon and dietician. I have a few more appnts and weight check ins all throughout November, so I'm gonna keep the blog updated. If any of you have any tips on handling all these crazy emotions leading up to surgery, and the day of, let me know! Would really appreciate it. 😉🙃😄

Getting use to this new stomach and finding out what's is/isn't going to bother me is going to be a journey. 🤦🏾‍♀️ With that being said I had my first embarrassing moment. I am just happy I was by myself 🙌🏾 if anyone was around I think I would have died ☠️ Since my surgery, I have had to sleep on my couch. No matter how I try and position myself in my bed I always have horrible gas pains 😡👹 It was the middle of the night and I hadn't had anything to drink in a couple hours so of course I was having hunger pains. I got up and drunk 3 sips from the protein shake that was on my kitchen table. The protein shake was a shake I made. It had unflavored protein powder, banana and cream sugar free jello with 1 TB spoon of Tarani Sugar Free French Vanilla Syrup. It had been out for a while so it was lukewarm. *BAD IDEA* I have been drinking something similar to this drink for the past two days so I assumed it would always agree with my stomach. After taking 3 sips, I laid back down. 10 minutes later my stomach started feeling a little funny. Feeling like I had to pass gas and take a s%!t 💩so I got up and went to the bathroom. I handled my business and then went back to lay on the coach and eventually drifted back to sleep. ⌛️ ⏳ 30 mins later, I had a little pressure come back to my stomach. I already handled my business so I am thinking it's just gas. So I let it out. *bad idea* As soon as I did that I felt wetness so I jumped up and ran to the bathroom so fast you would have thought I was a damn track star. All I was thinking was this can not have happened. This has to be a damn dream. I better not have gotten shit💩 on this damn couch. 🤦🏾‍♀️ I am 26 and Yes, I shart my pants. 🤷🏾‍♀️Thank God, I slept in my sweatpants so nothing got on my coach. 🙌🏾 I share this experience to say as a new Bariatrics Patient just be careful what you put in your new stomach. Just because you use to drink/eat things before the surgery, it could react completely different to your new stomach. So be careful and please DO NOT TRUST YOUR FART Stay Lovely, LoveChrys❤️

This weeks meal prep! I baked three chicken breast. One is plain, one is taco, and one is pizza. I also baked a few pork chops! And to go with I have squash and zucchini! So each meal is 2oz protein 1oz vegetables. I ran out of squash and zucchini so some days I will have the sweet peas. For snacks I have protein bars, edamame, p3 packs, etc. I will choose in the moment. #vsgfamily #vsgsupport #vsgcommunity #vsgjourney #vsgpostop #vsg #vsgeats #wls #wlslife #wlsfood #wlsfamily #wlsjourney #wlscommunity #wlssupport

Guys. Guys. The top left isn't even my highest weight. I was 227 there. I had already lost 24lbs. Right was yesterday at 176.9. Bottom left. I don't even know what I was there, other than embarrassed. Maybe around the 220-230. It's my driver's license photo. Right was also yesterday. I had my 4 month post-op appointment yesterday and the exercise person I usually see was out on maternity leave so I was seeing someone new. He said he couldn't recognize me from my picture, then he showed me the picture the practice took of me on my first day of the program. I didn't recognize myself either. I look at my new face in the mirror and I see there's a difference but it doesn't feel like THAT much of a difference. They told me at my appointment yesterday that they like to see 30-40% of total excess body weight lost by 4 months post-op. I've lost 65%. I have less than 40lbs to go to meet my surgeon's goal (which, by the way, the nutritionist thinks is low for me). This whole thing is very weird. I just feel like me again but at the same time I feel like I don't recognize myself. I'm down alllmost 75lbs since June. It's crazy. I don't feel much different but clearly I am. Either way. I'm beyond pleased with my decision. I feel like food isn't holding me back anymore.