Author: mymagicaljourneythroughgastricsleeveweightloss

Monday will be two weeks since I had my gastric sleeve surgery.  I am scheduled to go back to work on December 1, 2017 so I missed about 3 weeks from work.  I thought the surgery would stop the cravings for junk foods.  While I am unable to eat anything that is considered junk food, I still have cravings for a burger and fries.  I didn’t have the cravings the first week because I felt sick to my stomach.  I am learning slowly how much is too much food for my body.  I started back at the gym this morning, I walked 61 minutes for 2.03 miles as my surgeon wanted to know how much walking I was doing and how much water I am drinking?  I think a lot of my problem is that I am thirsty not hungry.  And so the process begins to trying to live a healthy life.

Today was another sucessful day on my food plan, hopefully the scale will be kinder tomorrow.  I am looking forward to another sucessful day tomorrow.  I might need to start taking my lunch outside or in my car.  For some reason, if I am sitting at my desk eating, I still get asking questions.  If I eat in my car or drive out of the parking lot then I am not around to answer questions from other employees.

I got on the scale this morning and it showed a 3 pounds gain, but I didn’t eat enough to gain that weight. Really frustrated today.

I have started this blog to journal my journey through the ups and downs of  my gastric sleeve weight loss surgery. I have been in the process of getting approved from the insurance company and getting the approvals I need from all the doctors since March 2017.  The insurance gave the approval for surgery in September 2017. Now I have to lose about 15 pounds before my appointment with the surgeon on October 20, 2017.  My surgery is tentatively scheduled for November 13, 2017.

Last March I started on Medically Supervised Weight Loss as a last shot before I considered surgery. I had success with the program. I lost 50 pounds between April and September 2017 but then I went back to my old eating habits and saw the weight come back.  It amazed me how quickly the weight came back on my body.

Over the years, I have lost and gained hundreds of pound of weight only to gain all of it back and more.  I know what the issue is, I use food like a drug addict uses drugs.  When I am having a bad day, I reach for sugar or fast food to make the bad feelings go away.  The problem with that is now is that I do it more than the average person. I know if is not helping my health but there are days that I just can’t stop myself.

This journal is going to be my outline for me to express everything that is going on in my life.  Food and weight wise, feelings wise and everything else going on.  The one thing that I struggle with the most is putting myself first.  But from this day forward, I vow to put myself first and move in the right direction toward good health.