FourMyBoysandMe
Almost 3 weeks post Op and feeling good
Nov 24, 2013
Tuesday will be three weeks post op, which is so crazy for me to believe. This whole thing seemed to take forever, then it was like BOOM, I'm approved, October 5th they called me and set my surgery date for November 5th, and now here I am. I am thankful to not have had any complications to speak of, or any nausea/vomiting. I feel very blessed and thankful to my surgeon! This 3 week liquid diet has been the hardest part of the journey to speak of so far, and it's really not that bad. Just boring. Hopefully my nutritionist and surgeon will approve me to move onto my next food phase which will be soft foods, so I should be able to enjoy more "normal" foods on Thanksgiving, yay!
The biggest struggle for me now, as it has always been, is the mental aspect. Mental hunger. Wanting to eat everything! I want to binge so bad, like I used to, but I can't now. I know that's why I got this surgery, so that I would have this tool to prevent me from falling off the wagon and going the way I used to go, so this is the part I just need to work through, but I can tell it's not going to be easy. Praying I can do it. Before surgery I made a list of about 36 reasons why I was getting RNY, and the other day when I was feeling really down and missing food (which sounds so pathetic to me, but is true), I read over it again, and it really helped remind me why I am doing this.
Anyway, not much new, just thought I should update where I'm at mentally in this. Oh, and as of this morning I weighed in at 248.6, so I lost the 14 pounds of fluid from surgery, PLUS, 7.5 pounds of fat. 21.5 pounds gone, total. I've also gone down two pants sizes. I was a snug 20 on the day of surgery, and the other day I put on a pair of 16's that were in my closet. I have a little bit of a muffin top, but they fit!! I've also worked out every single day since surgery. I am feeling good, and I am proud of myself. Yay! Now, onward and upward! (Or downward, in this case) ;)
