What a roller coaster ride this journey is turning out to be... I'm on the Gastric Sleeve Support Forum & am watching the September Sleevers thread where everyone who is being sleeved this month is documenting their journey & I've gotta say it's a little scary & has filled me with doubt that I'm doing the right thing.. But I keep reminding myself why I embarked on this journey in the first place & know that it's the right thing to do.
I've tried all my life to diet & keep the weight off without success - this procedure has given me hope that I can actually achieve my weight-loss goal & achieve a happy & healthy life! So regardless of the fear I'm pushing forward!!
I've been a little disappointed with my weight-loss on the Opti, after 4 days I was going great guns & had achieved a loss of 2.2kgs but since then I have stalled, not making any further progress despite my compliance with the diet! So in desperation I decided to take my measurements this afternoon to see if there was any change in my dimensions & thankfully some progress is evident!
Neck: 37cm (a loss of .5cm)
Left Arm: 42.5cm (same)
Right Arm: 42cm (-1cm)
Left Wrist: 16 (-.5cm)
Right Wrist: 16 (-.5cm)
Bust: 126cm (-1cm)
Waist: 117cm (-7cm)
Hips: 128cm (-2cm)
Left Thigh: 73cm (same)
Right Thigh: 74cm (same)
Left Calf: 46cm (same)
Right Calf: 47.5cm (same)
So all is not lost!!! I AM making progress! I just hope/pray that I manage the 4kg loss that I need to prior to next Thursday ;-)
I think that maybe my body is in starvation mode & hanging onto stored fat at the moment so am hoping that soon I'll start stripping some actual weight on the scales.
I've been supplementing my OptiFast with the allowed vegetables in a vegetable soup made mostly with tomatoes, beef stock & spices which does a mighty fine job at staving off the ridiculous hunger!
I'll leave you now until my next update...
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