5 Weeks Post Op

Aug 03, 2014

5 weeks post op and I am feeling pretty good!  Overall no pain and I have been eating almost back to normal.  This week I am on the last week of the Post Op diet so my instructions say I can add raw fruits and veggies and also lean meat (that isn't shredded or ground).  About week 3 I did go through the dreaded first stall...I was pretty devastated as I didn't know that this was possible so early in my journey.  But after reading a lot of entries on here I realized that it is actually pretty common.  It only lasted a few days but after being used to the scale move down everyday since I got home from the hospital when it didn't I was heartbroken!  I actually had a small breakdown because all I kept thinking was that I just turned my life upside down for only 18lbs (the amount I was down at that time).  I now know that stalls happen, and to not freak out...your body needs time to adjust to your new weight, I just need to relax!  Everything is working as it should. 

This past week we had our County Fair.  Normally this would have been a week of tons of fried or unhealthy foods and tons of drinking!  This year it was completely different and I actually didn't miss the old way of doing it.  Well, maybe I did miss eating a corndog (as that is the only time of year I ever eat one!).  I was actually able to find options there that were not that bad for me and still made me feel like I was eating fair food.  I know that I didn't get my fluids in like I should have and towards the end of the week I was feeling the effects.  I was pretty nauseous all day Saturday and most of the day on Sunday.  When I got home yesterday early evening I tried to rehydrate the best I could and feel okay today.  I am looking forward to getting my schedule back to normal this week.  I feel like it was a little out of control with the fair. 

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