9 Weeks Ago Today!

So 9 weeks ago I had my WLS. Holy wow ~ where has the time gone?

Healthy Lifestyle:
I still struggle with food, and have not managed to get past the soft / pureed foods stage. This is one of they many reasons I will be so happy in a few weeks, once I start working from home because I will be able to fully focus on my weird eating needs without having an office look on too.

House News:
R finished signing all the docs on the house tonight, and escrow closes tomorrow. I'll be going down on Saturday to wait on dryer and fridge delivery, while the boys start ferrying things from R's old place into the new place.

Vegas News:
My dress came last week and today I had an appt with the alterer to get the bust and waist taken in. Once she had me all pinned in I could not believe the difference! Holy moly do I look curvy and svelte! I can't wait to dress up for R and be the belle of the ball.

PS. Have you seen my ticker over there ----> I'm down 56 lbs!

Depressing

I shouldn't be depressed. Today was official weigh in day and I was down 4 lbs since last Tuesday.

However, I went mall walking with my friend tonight and we had to stop at LB because they were having a clearance sale. So I grabbed a few things to try on, and that is where it all fell apart.

I'm still not in the next size down. Or I'm definately the wrong shape for the next size down. I tried on NEXT SIZE DOWN pants and while they were baggy in the butt and thighs I still couldn't get those mofo's to come within an inch of buttoning.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Yes I know, I shouldn't pout, and I should look at the long term, but holy moly. 50 lbs less ought to mean I can button the jeans in the next smaller size. (Please don't tell my I was cramming my ass into jeans that were too small).

Itchy and Scratchy

Not sure what is going on. I thought I just had dry skin, but now I'm breaking out in a bit of a rash. I itch so badly I can't sleep and when I do sleep I scratch hard enough in my sleep to draw blood.

I finally called the surgeon to ask what it might be and what I could do. Turns out the answer is Benedryl. Yay! That stuff makes me drowsy so I'll be getting some good sleep....
... however it seems to have another side affect... one that leaves you running for the bathroom every 20 minutes.

Today was G's school play. It took everything I could do to sit through it and race back home to the bathroom.

I'm not even bothering with work!

Coming Out Of The Closet

The group of people I've told that I'm having WLS is very small. I literally can count them on one hand.

It took me over 2 years to come to the decision to do this on my own, I've done lots of internet research, I've gone to support groups, I've gone to seminar after seminar. Yes, I've read the stories of people who have not had the best outcomes. I've still decided to move forward with this.

I finally told my mom last night. I was really nervous about it... I had been dabating whether or not to tell her from the moment I got my surgery date. I have an aunt who had a lap band surgery who has been a fairly non-compliant patient and hasn't lost quite as much as the rest of the family has imagined and I did not want to be compared to her, or feel the need to justify my decision to anyone.

Now, I am so thankful that I did tell my mom. I was honest that I really just wanted to be supported and she was great. It went so much better than I had imagined. Yay.

... I'm still not planning on telling anyone else.