So I realize that I haven't blogged in a while.  I have been so frusterated with how slow the weight loss is going.  I finally lost another 3 pounds and am now down 15 since surgery.  It has been 1 month.  I think that number is too low and have been wondering what I have been doing wrong.  Well I think I can list a few things that need improvement.  I need more protein, more fluids and more exercise.  
On the other hand I feel human again. I have been introducing more foods and I love it.  I can't eat very much but I love that I can have some real food again. I started off actually eating some of the veggies in the soups I was eating, then I had some cottage cheese, regular cheese,  tuna salad, beans and just any soft foods I could find.  I love sugar free popcicles.  I have had trouble with fluids because I can't drink a lot and I forget to sip all day because my drinks get warm.  So now I just pour a little bit into the glass and then go back for more.  I really love decaf iced tea with splenda right now. Crystal light is okay too.  
We have eaten out.  I just try to get the thing on the menu that I think I can eat.  Beans, quesadilla, veggies and rice.  My husband has been really great about sharing so far.  I will say hey I want to eat some of this will you share and he has been good so far. I don't know how long this will last though because we have different tastes in foods and he loves really spicy things and burgers and I can't really eat those things so we will see.  
I know I didn't blog about all the trouble I have been having with our clinic here and I don't really want to go into the whole drama again but basically our clinic here has really let me down.  They refuse to see me for anything surgery related.  They said that they will do my follow up labs but won't be writing any prescriptions for me that have to do with my surgery. They want me to get all my prescriptions written from Prof Weiner then bring them back to the pharmacy to have them filled.  I have to pick up some paper that tells prof Weiner exactly how to write the prescription so that our clinic will accept it.  They even made me drive 2 hours to Frankfurt to have my staples removed.  I made a complaint against them but I don't know if anything will change.  My major complaint was that they didn't warn me of any of this before I went into surgery.  They should have made me aware of these policies so that I could have planned better. I hope now they will get their policies strait for any future patients.  My PCM has moved so right now I don't have one.  He was really great and really supported me through all this and I am sorry he isn't here anymore. I just hope my next pcm has some brains.  

I go and see Prof Weiner next week for my 1 month follow up.  I hope I can lose some more weight before then.  Only 10 more pounds to go before I am under 200.  I can't wait to see that on the scale.