I weighed in today and I was down another pound. I am happy with that. As I have said I will be happy with losing 1-2 pounds per week until I have surgery. I am going to be honest my food choices on some of the days last week were not the greatest. On a better note, I got my gym membership yesterday and I am planning on going today. It has been so long since I have done any exercise besides walking that I know I will need to take it slow in the beginning. I am going to go today to walk on the treadmill and do some of the weight machines for arms and legs. I asked whether or not they have a personal trainer in the gym and they do, so I will probably email him and get his thoughts on what I should do now until surgery and then I will probably pay for him to work with me after my surgery. I really want to stay on track and progress to running as I am hoping to do. Maybe even a 5K this summer??? Who knows.
I saw the pulmonologist earlier this week to have pulmonary function tests and discuss my home sleep study results. My pulmonary function tests were fine and he cleared me for surgery. His other concern was the home sleep study showed some mild sleep apnea and he thought I should possibly have a regular sleep study done. When I told him I had a sleep study done in 2004 and I was at the same weight and it showed I didn't need cpap, he said he would get the results and determine off of those results whether or not I needed to have another sleep study done. His office called back that same afternoon, they had already gotten the results and he said I was fine to not have a sleep study prior to surgery. I am happy about that!! He was a really nice doctor and he said he would let my surgeon know I was clear for surgery. Another thing checked off my list!! Happy Dance!! :)
My husband is going to get weight loss surgery too, but a new, better job prospect came up and if it is offered to him he is going to take it. In that case he would wait until next year to have his surgery, once he is at his job a year. We'll see how that all pans out.
I have been doing a lot of thinking about whether or not to see a therapist after having this gastric bypass and I've waffled as to whether I need to or not. It is tough for me to admit that maybe I will need help to deal with the rapid changes my body will be going through and what my new relationship to food will need to be. I have decided that I will talk to the psychiatrist about it when I see her next week, see what her opinion is and what she sees other patients doing. I have pretty much decided I would like the names of some therapists closer to home that I could work with after surgery. I do plan on attending the monthly support meetings at my hospital as well. I guess it won't hurt to go to therapy and in the end it will only be for the better. I guess I have always seen myself as a strong person who can handle things myself, but I really want this surgery and my new life/lifestyle after surgery to be successful and I will do whatever it takes.
So my weigh in today showed a loss of another pound for a total of 6.6 pounds down so far. My goal is to be at 240# when I go into surgery, so that means I have to lose another 18.6 pounds before then. I think that is totally doable, especially with the 2 week liquid diet pre-op.
I will update again after my appointment with the psychiatrist next week.
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