jenblove
I see results! : )
Oct 11, 2011
It's been a while since I posted, but the surgery was a breeze! My family was very impressed with Dr. Davidson and the staff at Cape Fear Valley Hospital. They were leery at first about me even having the surgery, but now they are ecstatic...as am I. I'm taking the post-op diet one step at a time. Still missing one of my mvi's or calciums a day, wish I could take them all at once! I'll get it together sometime...soon I hope. I go back to the doctor's office on the 19th, I guess for bloodwork...maybe I'll find out that I can't miss doses of the Ca and the MVI, that it really does have an effect.The hardest part post surgery is getting in 64oz/2L of water a day. I don't think I have been able to but maybe once or twice in the past three weeks. I was in love with Crystal Light lemonade pre-surgery and now it tastes funny to me...as do the protein shakes. I can't wait to get off them, but don't see any hope in the future if I'm supposed to be getting 80g protein/day. That's hard sometimes even with the protein shakes.
I'm enjoying being able to add soemthing to my diet every week...it's almost like a reward for doing well the previous week. I was able to add chicken and crackers yesterday, so I made some homemade chicken salad. I used the chicken out of a can...next time I'll cook my own. It (canned chicken) kinda grosses me out...wonder if it's okay if my cat's eat the rest?
I took a picture of when I got my hair cut in early September before surgery, so I thought I would take another picture to compare yesterday...see below! I was so excited to be able to see the difference in my face. One of the areas that I hated seeing so fat! I'm amazed at the difference after 5 weeks...I have to count the pre-op diet bec/ I lost 10-13 pounds during that two weeks. As of this morning, I'm 1.2lb away from losing 40lbs. My goal for October is to lose at least 12.2 more to be under 250...haven't been there in ages! It's wild looking at the pic, bec/ even the bridge of my nose looks thinner.
Does anyone know how to post pics other than your avatar on here? I go to upload photos and it tells me I don't have any albums...how would I create an album?
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About Me
NC
Location
31.3
BMI
Surgery
09/19/2011
Surgery Date
Aug 08, 2011
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