A much needed post!

Well it has been awhile since I posted more than just measurements, so here is my much needed update.

This has been an amazing adventure!  I have had some problems with keeping food down.  Right after Christmas I started vomiting after almost every meal.  The first thought that came to mind was that I had a blockage.  However, I worked with my nutritionist and was getting very frustrated that I could not find anything other than liquids that I could keep down.  I had started to lose hair because of the lack of nutrition especially protein.  I went and saw the doctor on Thursday and he suggested that I had irritated my stomach from vomiting and not accepting the fact that I could not handle chicken.  He thought that I had gotten into a cycle of vomiting because my stomach was so upset and raw that it wasn't able to process anything other than liquids.  He suggested that I go back to square one and start with a couple days of clear liquids, then full liquids, etc and that I go back on the omeprizol to help with the acid.

 I am now to point where I am able to eat almost anything.  In fact I have only vomited three times, twice with items that were banana flavored and once with something that had italian dressing.  I have now added bananas to my list of foods to stay away from!!  I am so happy to be able to eat!! I was assured that this wasn't a normal occurrence, so if you are considering surgery, rest assured that this probably won't happen to you!

I have also gotten a couple of weight loss surgery cookbooks.  I really like Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery especially since it has adjustments for what stage you are post surgery.  The recipes looks really good!!  I also bought Before & After, Revised Edition: Living and Eating Well After Weight-Loss Surgery which has some really good protein shake recipes and a recipe for a sugar free cheesecake.  There is even a recipe in there for a protein shake that is supposed to taste like a Oreo blizzard.  The last one I bought, The Everything Post Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook: All you need to meet and maintain your weight loss goals (Everything Series) which I would not recommend, at least not for recipes.  There is some good post surgery information in there, however the recipes are not RYN friendly!  They call for things like honey and syrup which may cause dumping syndrome, so I refuse to even try them!

I have lost enough weight that I have been able to cross a couple things off my skinny bottle list, so I will post an updated list next!!  I have even dropped down three pants sizes!  I have been buying pants at Savers on Mondays.  You are asking yourself "Why Monday?" Well, at Savers they have a different color tag on sale for 50% off each week.  On Mondays they list the new tag for 50% off and the previous week's tag is only 99 cents!!  My only issue that I have is that since I am so tall it is difficult to find pants that are long enough for me.  I did "splurge" and bought a pair of $70 pants at Torrid for $11 on clearance.  They are long enough, but now they are a little big, not falling off my butt big, but baggy in the butt big!!

Despite all my problems and issues, I am really glad that I had the surgery.  I have lost around 75 pounds since I started this whole thing back in September!