3 1/2 Weeks Post Op, pic attached (hopefully)

Aug 14, 2014

I just realized that I never posted anything after my surgery. For me, it was pretty straight forward, I was blessed to have everything go as planned, hernia repair and all. I cam home the day after surgery and other than being very sick that first night at home (I blame that on the pain meds which I never took again after that!!) all went smoothly. After 6 days I transitioned to purees and that has been going well too. 

There is only 1 problem... I am really not losing any weight. Well actually, the first week I did. My Surgery weight was 264, I came home weighing 276 (hospital fluids) and 1 week from the date of my surgery, I weighed in at 251. Since then I have bobbed up and down between 251.2 and 253. It is soooooo frustrating. I am eating around 500 calories, getting 55-70g of protein, carbs are under 30 per day, fat under 20, taking my vitamins, meeting my water goals, exercising as much as I am allowed to at this point... I just don't get it. I do measure myself weekly but thats tough too since it is nearly impossible to get that pesky measuring tape in the exact same spot every week.  I feel like I can see a difference in my face and my clothes seem to be a bit less snug but...   Well I honestly never saw a fat girl in the mirror (even prior to surgery) big, curvy all that but not fat. I DID however see a fat girl in the pictures people would take of me, so I know that  I can't trust my perceptions of my own appearance. 

I am going to attempt to upload a side by side pic of myself from July 4th and a pic of myself from yesterday. I am only wearing makeup in the new picture so its hard to tell, but I THINK there is a difference in the two. If the image doesn't appear here, I will put it in my profile.   

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