{"id":8173,"date":"2012-04-21T22:42:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=8173"},"modified":"2012-04-21T22:57:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T20:57:52","slug":"my-gastric-bypass-three-month-photo-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/8173","title":{"rendered":"My Gastric Bypass: Three Month Photo Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, well it\u2019s been a little over three months now since my surgery and things are going well.\u00a0 The weight loss comes and goes in waves but I\u2019m noticing the changes mostly in my clothes.\u00a0 Meaning, I have very little left that fits!\u00a0 Again, a luxury problem, but a problem nonetheless!\u00a0 I am going to have to bite the bullet and go shopping for a new pair of jeans this week.\u00a0 I had been hoping the weather would improve enough for me to start getting into summer clothes but that doesn\u2019t appear to be in the cards.<\/p>\n

Food-wise, everything is going well. Still not had any issues but am always careful and pay close attention to what I eat.\u00a0\u00a0 I allow a very small amount of natural fats in my diet and try to avoid anything with added sugar.\u00a0 I\u2019m yet to experience the dreaded dumping<\/a>. I know it may be coming, but I\u2019m in no hurry to experience it!<\/p>\n

Down side at the moment?\u00a0 Hair loss<\/strong><\/em>\u2026 I was told many times that it could start anywhere after three months post-op and no lie, within a few days of my three month mark I started noticing a drastic difference in the amount of hair I\u2019m losing each day, especially in the shower.\u00a0 I knew it was coming but I was no less shocked by it. I had a little weep and then moved on.\u00a0 There isn\u2019t anything I can do about it, I\u2019ve already been experiencing hair loss for the past few years due to Androgenic Alopecia<\/a> caused by PCOS<\/a> but now it\u2019s falling out double time.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure how thin my hair will get but I will deal with it one way or the other.\u00a0 Maybe some nice summer hats, maybe a wig\u2026 hell, maybe I\u2019ll even take the clippers to my head and spend the summer GI Jane<\/a> style!\u00a0 Whatever happens, I\u2019ll deal.<\/p>\n

Now, on to the photos and stats!<\/p>\n

Again, like in my two month photo update<\/a>, I will start with the beginning and show my original weight (from back in 2008) for a true comparison then follow with the updated photos.\u00a0 Excuse the stats on each photo, I also share them on forums and stuff so I like to have it included with each.<\/p>\n

\"Before\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Before\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

There you have it, that\u2019s me as of today, Saturday April 21, 2012\u2026 three months and three days since the day of my surgery.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday and other times it feels like the time is going too slowly. It feels like no matter what is going on in my life that I am stuck in a freaky time warp where it moves too slow and too quickly at the same time.<\/p>\n

Overall I\u2019d say I\u2019m quite pleased with the progress. I\u2019ve lost 5 kilos (11 lbs)<\/strong> since my two month photo update, which I feel like definitely could be more, but I am trying not to stress about it too much.\u00a0 I knew going in that ther would be months that frustrate me like this and others that make me jump for joy.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a race. It\u2019s not a race.\u00a0 I just have to keep telling myself that.\u00a0 I\u2019m seeing more results and feeling better than I would be had I not taken this step, and that makes me very happy.<\/p>\n

I feel good, I still don\u2019t see the changes so much wen I look at myself but I know things are changing with my fitness levels and how I feel in my clothes.\u00a0 The massive pile of clothing on my dining room table (that doesn\u2019t fit anymore) is there to remind me anytime I feel like things are moving too slowly or not enough is changing!!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m eager to see \/ feel what has changed at my four month point, I hope it\u2019s looaaaads!\u00a0 Oh, oops\u2026 it\u2019s not a race, it\u2019s not a race\u2026 it\u2019s NOT A FREAKIN\u2019 RACE!!<\/p>\n

*Cough*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ok, well it\u2019s been a little over three months now since my surgery and things are going well.\u00a0 The weight loss comes and goes in waves but I\u2019m noticing the changes mostly in my clothes.\u00a0 Meaning, I have very little left that fits!\u00a0 Again, a luxury problem, but a problem nonetheless!\u00a0 I am going to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[617,615,349,877],"class_list":["post-8173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-weightloss","tag-gastric-bypass","tag-surgery","tag-weight-loss","tag-weightloss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8173"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8185,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions\/8185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}