Update time - 23kg lost!

I've been a little quiet recently, just getting on with things. The usual mainly - work, going to basketball games, spending time with hubby. I'm getting quite a few comments now about how much weight I've lost and how good I look. People at work have commented, and people I bump into who I haven't seen in a while are taken aback.

I'm starting to feel really good about myself. I can notice the changes in my body, especially these last three or four kilos. As of this evening I'm down to 103.5kg, bringing my total weight lost to 23 kilograms. I'm taking my measurements as well, but possibly need to find a better way to track them outside of fitbit, because while it gives me a pretty graph, I'd really like a table to see the information set out.

I did it!

I hit the big 20kg! Woohoo!!!

Day 50

Today is my 50th day of being sleeved. So many mini milestones - and I am soooo close to my next one I can taste it. As of this morning I weigh 107.1kg, just 700g short of my first 20kg lost!

I am hanging out for this, and yet I still can't believe that this is all happening. It doesn't feel quite real, like it is happening to someone else. I have been really lucky with my recovery. Besides the reflux, I haven't had any complications, and just feel normal, yet I am constantly losing weight, virtually without trying. I thought that I would feel like I was missing out, not eating very much while everyone else eats what they want, but it really doesn't bother me all that much.

Last night I manned the sausage sizzle at a church function and it didn't tempt me, nor did I feel like I wanted to eat one because everyone else was. The only uncomfortable situation so far has been eating at restaurants with people who don't know about the surgery, because it is so noticeable how little I eat. I went to my highschool reunion last weekend and had cottage pie because it was easy to eat texture-wise, and people asked if I felt sick because I barely touched it. Usually I come up with some excuse, but it can be a little awkward.

In other strange developments, I have begun a love affair with ice! I used to be able to drink room temperature water by the bucket load, but now can only drink ice cold drinks. And because I still am struggling with my water intake, I have discovered that shaved ice goes down perfectly! Luckily my hubby had bought me a novelty ice shaver years ago which I had barely used, so now it is getting a workout every hour of the day! Shaved ice with a spoon - helping keep my sanity alive!

6 week check up +photos

I had my 6 week check up with the specialist this morning and everything is going really well. The Dr is really impressed with my weight loss so far and how my scars are healing. The only real issue I've had is the reflux and heartburn, which he is upping my dose of Somac to twice a day to try and combat that.

My eating is still a bit topsy-turvy but I am trying to make an effort to eat meat and steamed vegetables for dinner, and lots of dairy throughout the day - cheese, yoghurts etc. I've tried eating fruit but it doesn't really agree with my tummy at the moment, but will persist with it.

So I am now done to 108.8kg, and it's probably about time I did some progress shots with a before photo as a comparison

Before - July sometime, belly rolls galore

At 109kg, 3/11/12

4/11/12 - Photo taken by hubby.

I can't see a huge difference between the photos except perhaps in my face, but I've also had a haircut since then so who knows! I am definitely feeling the difference in my tops, my stomach is a little smaller, but still a very long way to go.