28 lbs down as of morning weigh in. have my first post-op appt. with the surgeon this afternoon and am looking forward to his insight. Hope I'm doing well. i feel like I am. i get to start solid foods today as well. I have to cut them into toddler size bites, but at least it's solid. I am jonesing for a pizza though. Which I still cannot have, no baked goods, bread, rice or pasta for 3 months!

This is me today, can anyone tell a difference? Just curious?

27 lbs down as of weigh in this morning. I'm excited, but wish I could see results! I feel like I still look like the same fatty. I'm sure it will take 5 or 10 more pounds before I notice a significant difference but I just wish I could tell that I'd lost 27 pounds ya know? I had hoped to go back to work today but my dr. is making me take 4 weeks off. 2 down, 2 to go. I'm not one to sit around though so the boredom is getting me. I need to find some productive activities to occupy the next 2 weeks. Today I bagged up some clothes to take to a new consignment shop, so that was something., other than watching 90210 reruns! Should work on scrapbooking.

Day 10 post surgery and I am feeling good. Down 22 lbs. I start pureed foods today. Had creamy peanut butter for breakfast today. Yumm! It was nice to eat something with taste. I am worried that I'm not getting the protein I need. I am supposed to eat 50-60 grams of protein a day. But I still don't feel any hunger at all, and I am so afraid of vomiting that I know I'm not eating as much as I'm supposed to eat. I probably only eat about 20 ounces of food all day! I need to work harder on getting that protein in, cause I don't want to loose any hair, which is a side effect of not getting enough protein. I already have VERY thin hair due to my thyroid condition! I don't want to loose any more. So far the only thing that has made me want to eat was that my son Nicholas had a brownie and the smell, made me salivate and I was like "OHH I want that!" But then I thought, if I eat that I am going to puke, craving GONE! Pretty amazing since before the surgery I had no willpower when it came to sweets!

Woke up today feeling pretty peppy. This is a first. I have now lost 20 pounds! WOO HOO! So far it hasn't been too bad. I don't feel hungry at all. People had told me about the possibility of throwing up if you ate to fast or something you shouldn't eat yet. So far I have not done that! YEAH! The worst thing for me is that my mouth tastes like metal all the time and it is grossing me out. I think it's a small price to pay for a new healthier life though!

I guess I should start at the beginning to understand the whole journey. On May 25 2008 I was diagnosed with pseudo tumo cerbri. This is basically excess fluid on the brain that acts like a tumor causing severe headaches. I was told 2 types of people got it. Severely overweight women or women with high blood pressure, well I didn't have the high blood pressure so you know what category that put me in. I knew I needed to loose weight but this this hit the nail on the head. I was considered morbidly obese. No one wants to be called morbidly obese believe me. I had tried dieting for years, I could loose 20 pounds and then I 'd plateau and get frustrated and back up the scale I'd go. My nueropsychologist suggested the surgery and after doing lost of researching and soul searching i decided it was the right way to go. i met with my surgeon for the first time in October of 2009 and then had the surgery 2-8-10.

I embarked on my new journey in life. After years of struggling with my weight to no success, i decided to have the gastric bypass surgery. It took almost a year and a half to get through all the hoops required by the surgery staff and insurance but on Feb 8th i had the procedure done.

I arrived at 5:30 in the morning for a 7:30 AM surgery, did all the pre-op and then headed into surgery. I woke up in my room sore and groggy. Things were successful I know have a stomach pouch the size of my thumb and 7 inches gone eliminated from my intestines, which will aid in faster absorption and digestion. Today is the 1 week mark, I am slow moving and tired but doing well. I have lost 19 pounds in one week and look forward to watching the pounds melt away.