14 Days Post Surgery

Woo Hoo! I am 14 days post surgery and other than the shoulder pain, I'm feeling pretty good. I started back at work yesterday and I can feel it in my abs (and my legs for that matter!) as I did more walking around yesterday than I have in the last 2 weeks! But, I'm doing ok. I'm making sure to take rests during the day to give myself a break. I'm hoping being back at work will help with the pain as the Nurse mentioned to me that walking might ease it up a bit. I hope so. It's getting really annoying already!

I weighed myself this morning and was very pleased with what the scale said :) It read 269lbs!! Woo hoo again!! That's a total of 23lbs gone since the start of the pre-op diet 4 weeks ago today! I was pumped! I had had a rough night, both with the pain in my shoulder and thinking about my ex, I barely got any sleep. Seeing that loss on the scale changed my attitude immediately!

I also had my 2 week post op appointment today. I love, love love my Nurse Terri. She is absolutely awesome. Back when I went to the information seminar about lap band in April or May, she was one of the speakers. I immediately felt a connection with her and couldn't wait for her to be my Lapband nurse. She seemed so down to earth, tell it like it is, no nonsense kinda women that only wants to help you, and see you succeed and change your life. And I got that same feeling today when I spoke with her one on one during my 1 hour appointment. We chatted about food choices, exercise, and the band itself. She re-iterated the fact that the band is just a tool and that I am the one that has to make it work. It will be me that changes my lifestyle and makes the right choices to succeed. She asked if I had been weighing myself, I said yes and when I told her my weight loss so far, her face lit up! It made me so excited to see her so happy for me. She again told me that some people struggle with this time period and can gain weight during these first 6 weeks and to not get discouraged if this happens to me. She asked if I wanted to get on their scale. I said sure! I was a little worried as it was already mid-day and usually I am up in weight at that time. She also warned me that her scale is usually 2lbs heavier than most scales so she would account for that. Well, I get on her scale, and it actually read 267!!! WHOLY CRAP! That was 2 lbs LIGHTER than I was in the morning!!! I was beaming! That's a total of 25lbs lost!!! That was all the weight I gained during this passed year dealing with the stress of my breakup. Terri was super stoked too! I did a little cheer and Terri asked for a hug! She told me she loved me and my positive attitude! We hugged it out and I got super emotional and actually cried. I apologized and told her I didn't know why I was crying. She said it was ok and that's why she does this job. Not for the money, but to help people and see people change their lives. We chatted a bit more and she gave me so much praise and told me to keep up the good work. I left there feeling ridiculously good about myself and my accomplishment so far. It doesn't seem like I did much, cuz I wasn't even really hungry. But I've had to change my lifestyle so much already, and I did it. I've also done a lot of self realization as to when and why I eat. I discovered a lot of this during low times, but that's what I needed. I needed to deal with all these things now to help me cope in other ways, other than raiding the fridge. And now, I'm so totally focused on eating using all the guidelines.

I'm finally gonna do it. I'm really gonna do it. And I'm so excited. :)