It's been 11 months since the surgery. I have lost nearly 160 pounds so far. Almost half of my initial body weight. I still feel great. My self-esteem has increased tremendously, I feel a whole lot more comfortable in my body, I am more physically active and enjoy it. The only down side so far is that have low blood pressure (around 90-something over 60-something) and I realized yesterday that I might have bradycardia (low heart beat, as in 40-something pulse). I'm a bit worried about that from what I read over the internet (never a good idea if you ask me). Anyway, I have to go see my surgeon for my one year follow-up appointment and I'm due for my annual check-up with my GP so I'll probably konw more in a few weeks. Hopefully, there's not too much to worry about and my BP and heart rate will improve once my weight stabilizes. I'm still losing weight, around 8 pounds a month, and I'm now starting to hope that it will stop or at least decrease soon. I like the way I look and feel now and would be very comfortable staying at this weight (170 lbs). I have sagging skin on my arms, thighs, belly, butt and don't even get me started on my breasts... But if you ask me, that's a very small price to pay compared to how better I generally feel mentally and physically.
Eating is very easy because I can eat anything I want, I just can't eat a lot at a time but I can eat to my satisfaction. I'd like to say that it's hard but it's not. It's not because I'm still losing weight while eating what I want. A dream come true. I guess I must be doing something right... I do eat lots of fruits and veggies and proteins but only because those are the foods I crave the most. I eat chips and desserts and chocolate but just a little bit at a time otherwise I know I'll feel sick because of the dumping syndrome, which I love/hate. Hate is because of how awful I feel when I dump and love is because of how it helped me to control my eating.
So that's the news for now.
Until next time!
