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4 Months Postop
May 16, 2011
Today is Monday and this Friday I will be 4 months post op. I haven't weighed in a while, but I weigh about 189. I'm staying off the scale as much as possible in the month of May; I was weighing too often and starting to play those mind games with myself. This is much better. I will go back to weekly weigh ins next month, but I will put the scale away in between...otherwise that thing calls my name every time I walk past it. Any who, I'm down 72 pounds including the 11 I lost pre-op. I'm in regular sized clothes (size 14, some 12s).I concentrate on eating protein and vegetables almost exclusively. I believe this is why I fill up so fast and have lost so well. Some days I only eat a few bites per meal and getting the protein down is uncomfortable - but that's just the way it goes sometimes. I like it. After eating BIG FOOD for 40 years, it's novel and exciting to eat like a bird. I know if I was eating yogurt, cottage cheese, crackers, and other slider foods, I would be able to eat a TON of that kind of thing. So I stick to my surgeon's rules 90% of the time:
1. Eat solid food with a concentration on protein, then veggies
2. No drinking with meals, nor shortly before/after meals
3. No liquid calories at all
4. Eat till you are full
Beef is very easy for me; chicken is difficult. I do not eat breakfast because it tends to make me ill at the busy time of my work day. I choose not to resort to yogurt or other slider foods which would be easier to eat that early. If I can't get the solid protein down, then I eat the amount I can and that's it. It's working for me. I lose an average of 3.5 pounds per week. I'm sure it will slow down, especially now that I'm nearing a more normal, if still overweight, size. My goal weight is still 120, although I could live with anything under 140. My surgeon's goal is 157, which I was for years and is still a bit chunky for me. I'm only 5'3" tall.
I walked regularly for 45 min about 4 times a week for 2 months. In the last 2 weeks, I've added jogging intervals to my walks, increased the time to 60 minutes, and the frequency to 5 days a week. I do intervals....30 seconds of jogging, then a one minute walk...repeat for an hour! I feel great! All of my bloodwork is perfect, including my liver function.
I do seem to get stomach aches when I haven't eaten for several hours. I think it may be a hunger queue...or maybe acid? I plan to call my surgeon about it this week. I have an appt on July 29, about 10 weeks away. I hope to be in the 150s at that appt but that may be a bit ambitious. But I'll work towards it anyway!
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Surgery
01/20/2011
Surgery Date
Surgeon
Feb 03, 2009
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