Four weeks, still stalled, business trips and insanity

Jul 18, 2011

So, today makes 4 weeks since surgery. I've been stalled for two weeks. I'm SO annoyed, but I'm not freaking out. It just feels pretty crummy to still have incision and muscle pain and be eating weird (and very little) and not be losing even an ounce! Argh! I keep reminding myself that I won't be the only person on the planet to eat less than 800 calories per day and be fat. It's physically impossible. Right? Right? Right? ;)

Still, I've lost 23 pounds in those 4 weeks and 20 pounds the two weeks before. 43 pounds in six weeks isn't too shabby. But still, freaking MOVE scale!

I came back from a four day business trip a few hour's drive away. It was a lot of fun, but I got tired pretty easily still. It's a long day, starting at 8 and ending after dinner (or beyond). I think between the surgery pains and the lack of calories, I was just wiped out. I did it though and I had a great time.

Not much else is going on. I'm excited to be on soft foods and away from purees in a couple of weeks, although I do admit that that a few times that there's been no other real options, I've ordered roast chicken or grilled salmon, chewed it to death and eaten it with some sort of dressing or something. I had no problems at all.

Reminders of my good news (for myself LOL): I feel good, I am off blood pressure medications, I've lost more weight in the past six weeks than I have managed on my own in at least a decade, I haven't thrown up, I don't have a problem drinking or eating, I've had no major complications...

If I could get someone to do a "move your ass, scale" dance for me, I'd love that :)

I do need to get off my butt and into a better exercise routine... that will be my goal this week :)

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