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One Week Down
Aug 31, 2011
I had my first post-op appointment yesterday and the first thing I learned was that I have to slow down still. I tend to think I can do more than I truly can. That aside, though, I lost 14 pounds!! I began this journey at 338 and I am now down to 324! For some that may not seem like much, but to me it is a mountain I have climbed over..and I am on my way down the other side.My main problem is trying to find some sort of nourishment while on this pureed part of the plan. I tried actual baby food and I must apologize to my children for ever feeding it to them.. it is disgusting! Whoever thought that tasted like bananas was obviously on some sort of drug. But I have changed tactics and will be fine. I get to 'enjoy' the pureed things for two weeks, then move on to soft foods.. at least that will include actual food..mashed potato, etc.. Personally, I would dearly love to eat something crunchy right about now and I wouldn't care very much what it was.
I told my daughter this evening that I find it very interesting what we crave when we know we can have nothing... for me, I was having a wild craving for breat and butter, of all things. That isn't even something I would normally eat much of, but there it is. I am reminding myself every few moments of the goal and the reason for the journey and how very much I want my life back. About that time, my other daughter texts me to remind me that I lost 14 POUNDS!! It was absolutely perfect timing. All these small depressive moments will come, but they will also go and I will survive and move onward and upward.
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About Me
Salem, IL
Location
39.0
BMI
Surgery
08/24/2011
Surgery Date
Jun 16, 2010
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