34 Mom of 3 over Due for a Lifestyle Makeover - Dayton, OH

Wow.... I haven't been on here in a long time.... So much has happened. My surgery date was January 27th. As long as I kept up with the pain med schedule I was fine. I only needed my pain meds for 5 days.. Gas pains lasted for about 5 days... I think that was the worst part.

My post op diet was supposed to have been 4 weeks on liquids, 2 weeks on soft foods, then regular foods at week 7. My stomach was not ready for regular good at 7 weeks. So I continued to eat soft foods until week 10.

I was instructed to keep fats at 3 grams and sugars at 5 grams. I follow that the majority of the time.

I'm not an exerciser... I really wish that I was because I do have lose skin. It isnt horrible and you can't see it when I have clothes on...... But I know that its there lol.

Getting my fluids in is a struggle. But I still keep trying. My calorie intake is usually no more than 800. There are days that I just want to eat and on those days it will increase to 12-1300.

As of yesterday I weigh 185. That's a loss of 88 since surgery and a total loss of 108 including the 3 month pre-op diet. Every time I pass a window and see my reflection or look at a picture I am amazed. Having the surgery was one of the best decisions I have made.

I was approved within a week..... love it lol... waiting on surgery date. Me and the surgery coordinator keep playing phone tag......

So on December 8th I completed my third and final appointment with the dietician. That was an exciting day! I had to make sure I did not have a net gain during the supervised diet...... That is Aetna's protocol. My weigh in for October was 292. November was 280 ( I had cut out pop and lost that weight in a week). I has managed getting dowm to 278... Now over Thanksgiving week lol I climbed back up to 287(11/28). December 5th I got back down to 283. This was unacceptable because my appointment was December 8th. I took drastric matters cause was not allowed to gain anything and even though I only had to do 3 monthly visits with the dietician, I was not about to start over, so I went on a mostly liquid diet over the weekend. That weekend I discovered that I love the protein drink called muscle milk. I'm hoping after surgery I will still like it..... I have read in the support group that I am in on Facebook that some of the members taste buds have changed.... Any who.... In 3 days I lost 3 pounds and got down to 273. I was excited..... And definitely had met Aetna's requirements. My surgeons office said that they would be sending over the stuff that day. They said that I would be hearing from their office in a couple of weeks, and when I did, it will be them calling to schedule for my pre admission testing. She was confident that I will get approved. I kinda want to call Aetna to see if my info was submitted but I'm not. I'm sure my surgeon's office submitted it.... I'm just a little anxious lol.... Plus I won't be getting the surgery until tax time because I won't be able to pay my copay of 1600 until then..... So there is no need to rush it...... So I am patiently waiting.........