What is going on?

The Holidays are just around the corner an I'm freaking out. I'm still not loosing weight and I even think I'm starting to gain ounces.

I have to confess that I'm a little depressed, I do have some personal issues an that has always affected the way I eat, or I behave, today I saw myself on a video from Thanksgiving and I realized that not only I'm not looking thinner, but I'm getting bigger, so I need to do something.

Starting tomorrow (because it is already 9 p.m.) I will do my best to start again the liquid or soft food diet. I need to loose at least 10 pounds before Christmas, so wish me luck.

Thanks for stopping by. I'll be posting soon.

Chris

And now what???

Hello Everyone:

It's been a while since the last time I posted on this blog, to be hones I have been very busy with my business and trying to take care of my family.

My diet has been the same, I'm still in a kind of a plateau, but let me recap so you know what's going on.

I haven't lost the weight as it was supposed to, why I know that? well when I saw that I wasn't loosing weight, not as I did at the beginning I went to see Dr. Phersson, he sent me with the nutritionist, she gave me a bunch of advises and clues to get to eat whatever was very healthy, don't miss understand me, I was following the rules, at least I thought that, the problem was according to what she said, the way I picked the food and dressings and stuff.

She told me I need to check the labels, I didn't know how to read them, I used to see the calories, or carbohydrates and that was it, but she showed me that what is important to check is the calories, against the calories from fat.

When you pick a salad dressing for example, and the label says that it has 90 calories, the calories from fat can't exceed more than 20 or 25, because if it does, then it is not good for you.

But who told us that???? NO ONE! After I left her office, I was feeling so good, I thought, "Ok my problem is solved"

I stopped at the market and bought all kinds of new stuff and when I got home I toss in the trash every single item that I thought it was "BAD"

The time passed by and the things didn't change, and little by little I realized that I was hungry all the time, I ate and half an hour after or even 10 minutes after I was hungry again, and it wasn't anxiety, trust me I can recognize that, this was real hunger.

So I panic and call the doctor, he asked me to go and see him and I did, he ordered a third endoscopy, he said that my gastric bypass could have stretched open, that was so funny, now after all the problems and years of waiting to have something to help me to loose weight I was sitting at the doctor's office and he was telling me that my surgery was messed up, one in a 100, and that was me.

Anyway, another of the things that made me take the step of going to the doctor was that my diabetes was coming back, so I finally got the appointment with Dr. Pattel, the endoscopist and before I got in, he told me off the record, that he has seen cases where the stomach just gets attached by itself again to the pouch. That wasn't my case, but he has seen these cases, so, I went in and the results were, Yes, the conduct between my stomach (pouch) and the intestine stretched open.

Great! and now what? Well Dr. Pehrsson told me that he could have fix it if in the first year I lost 100 pounds or more instead of 70, and that fixing it will only give me an extra 20 pounds, so what is that, am I done?

On the other hand, he asked me to take care of the tumor first, I have the appointment in two weeks, and after that, he will think on what we can do with me and my gastric bypass.

So, I'm here loosing a few ounces a week, and kind of soooo disappointed, I will be posting as soon as I get news, but if you are in my case or planning to do the surgery, make sure your doctor tells you all the possibilities, because it is not fun to have surprises.

Thanks for stopping by

Christina

Recent Picture

Just a quick note to post my most recent picture, look at the door behind me, the old picture is from the morning of the surgery.

Love
Chris

Struggling with food

I have been having a lot of trouble with the things I eat. I 've been anxious and usually I cope anxiety with food, that is a big problem when you are talking about loosing weight. I went to see Dr. Pherrson and he sent me to the Nutritionist and she helped me with what should I eat and how to read the labels. She taught me a lot of tricks which I'm working on but I'm still struggling with the anxiety. I won't give up though, I will be a year out on April 15 and for my first birthday I'm planning to celebrate at least 100 pounds, I'm on 70, so I will need to work really hard.

Wish me luck!

Chris

Bad writer

I just realized than I'm so bad writing, I was in bed with my bad back pain when I posted the last one, that is why it is so bad. I'm still home, but not that bad and now I can write a little tiny bit.

I've been good, the scale is still not going down, but you know what my inches are, besides everyone is always telling me that I look smaller. I need to consider that I still have all that skin that the surgeons will need to fix, and that weights too, so I'm not worry about the scale, I just keep going and trying to walk and do what I have to do.

Last week I went to see Dr, Soldo and he said something that I liked and made me feel better. "You didn't gain the pounds in one day, so it will take some time to get rid of it" and he is right, I need to be patient.

The Holidays were really fun, we spent them with some friends, we made a New Year's Party here in my house and we stayed up till 4 a.m. on New Year, so this year we missed the Rose Parade on t.v. LOL (we were sleeping)

Now we are getting back in track, with the food and with work and school, it is hard though, we got used to pleasant, lazy days so easy.

I can't wait for the summer and to be able to get in the pool again, I really miss those days, and I really need to exercise, in the meantime I'm trying to walk, not much because it is so cold outside, but I will start walking with my friends, that way it will be easier.

Thank you all for reading my blog, I hope that if you are following it, it is because you are planning to have or had a surgery, and that my blog will be a good advise for you. Good Luck! and Happy New Year.

Chris

New Pictures

Hello:

Happy New Year to Every one. I was reading a little about my own process and I thought it would be a good time to post some pictures. I hope that you will see the difference.


Thanks for stopping by.

Chris