Week 15 Review

December 9th is surgery.

I'm scared out of my mind.

That is all.

DECEMBER NINTH!!!!!!!!!!!!

The big day is finally scheduled.  It's December 9th.  In 3 weeks.  Now hubby can relax and it's MY turn to start panicking.   This calls for music.

Week 14 Review

Wow, what a week.  First there was gulping down all that barium, which felt like liquid cement.  Then there was the MOMENT of truth when we went in for our last weigh in and proved that we could lose the weight they asked us to.  We've both lost around 20 lbs.  It has been hard earned, but we made it.  As an added bonus, I'm down a jean size!  My biggest ones were too baggy, so I dared try the next one down, and they fit comfortably!  Yay!  Only drag is STILL no surgery date.

Oops, I almost forgot...

I lost 3.5 lbs since last weigh-in.  Total lost so far is 18.5 lbs!

Hubby lost 9 lbs since the last weigh-in.  Total lost so far is 22 lbs!

WE DID IT!

We lost all the weight we needed to get the surgery.  Hubby and I have proven ourselves!

After all the life changes.  All the diet changes.  All the frustration, fear, anxiety, depression, all of it.  The highs, the lows, well, you guys have been reading this, you know how it's been.  We did it, and we're looking at surgery in December.  Possibly Christmas Eve, maybe sooner.

Barium

Oh my gawd my tummy is full of barium right now.  I had to swallow a bunch of it for a tummy test.  I don't feel good.  BUT, this is one of the last pieces we need.  We also picked up the letters from our primary care physician, also, final pieces to the puzzle.  Tomorrow is the moment of truth.

Week 13 Review

This has been the week of total fear.  I've been freaking out all week over this Wednesday's weigh in.  This is the BIG weigh in, the "You do or don't get surgery" weigh in.  Hubby and I have been so careful this week.  It's paid off.  Though we don't trust our scale's accuracy, we do believe it when it says we weigh a little less.  I know we're not supposed to use food as a reward anymore, but tonight we went out for a little frozen yogurt with some friends.

Tomorrow they're gonna look at chemicals in my tummy.  Will take a while, but be a piece of cake.  Maybe I shouldn't say piece of cake anymore...  Or easy as pie...  I need some new sayings.  Can you think of any?  Please add them to the comments below!

Week 12 Review: Coffee

Hello November!  Kinda impressive we've been doing this since August.

This week has been plagued with fear and emotional tumbles.  Half because Hubby has 3 more lbs to lose.  Half because they told me to go off my birth control for now, so I'm kind of a lunatic.  I haven't been off birth control for...  Since I started it almost a decade ago.