10 week update

Aug 30, 2011

So, I'm 10 weeks today. I'm down 63 pounds total (43 since surgery). That's almost 1/3 of the way to first goal of losing 200 pounds total from my highest weight. I'm not sure where I'll go when I get there, but I figure getting there is going to be far off enough that I don't need to worry about that just yet but it's nice to think about!

I'm feeling great. I've lost 4 pounds each week for the past 3 weeks, which is where my surgeon wants me to be each and every where. Amazingly, what has worked is increasing my calories a little, backing off of exercising as often and jacking up my calories and putting them back down again. It seems to be working so I'll keeping right on truckin'!

Nothing much else is going on. Getting into a routine. I've never thrown up or anything so it's been pretty smooth. My paperwork said shellfish at 5 months, he told me to try new things at 3 months. I will admit that I reached my breaking point with chicken and fish last week and made shrimp. I had 4, was full and it was SO good. Yummy. I just took it slow and chewed a lot, although I find that I don't have to over chew things, I can eat normally, just smaller bites - mainly to make it last longer so I am done in just a few minutes while the rest of the family finishes eating.

I won't say it's been easy... but the physical part has. I'm not hungry, I've been fine. Healing took longer than I would have liked. My head is mostly okay, but every now and then I have to remind my brain what's going on. I do sometimes grab a plate and start filling it before I remember, "Oh yeah, I can't eat like this anymore..." *laughing*

The only kinda sad thing is that my hair has started to fall out. A few days ago, I noticed more strands than usual. It's not BAD BAD yet, but yeah. I knew it would probably happen. I have really thin hair. I just hope I don't get any too thin spots. It is what it is.

Anyway, that's the update... feeling good and keeping on keeping on!

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