vjb1952
8 Weeks Post-Op...where did the time go?!
May 23, 2011
Wow...I cannot believe that 8 weeks ago right now I was still in surgery! I am feeling GREAT! I seem to lose a couple pounds, then my body relaxes for a couple days to embrace that change, and then goes down a couple more pounds. I am not comparing my loss to the losses I have seen other people achieve because I prefer to go slower (maybe my skin will handle the change better, considering my age!). I know I should be walking more, but my knees are both protesting the extra walking I am incorporating into my daily life. I am signed up for 3 months of water resistance classes thru the Palmdale Dept of Parks & Recreation at Dry Town Water Park...3 nites per week...(by Labor Day I should resemble a moist but wrinkled prune!) I am hopeful those classes will help accelerate my weight loss.My eating right now includes mini-burgers (2 oz lean beef, grilled medium, topped with "queso con salsa mediana"), 1 egg omelets filled with 1 slice of Canadian bacon, diced, and topped with that queso con salsa...love that breakfast! I still eat thin sliced deli turkey, either with thin slices of colby-jack cheese or spread with a teaspoon of low-fat cream cheese... accompanied by crackers (saltines, Ritz or multi-grain); sometimes I buy pre-cooked rotisseried chicken...I like the chicken shredded with ,once again, the queso con salsa...but I did make a little chicken salad out of it, too! I haven't really had much bread at all...an occasional slice of sourdough toast or half of an English muffin, but nothing like I used to have. I still go to brunch on Sunday with my mom. We split an order of Eggs Benedict, sorta...I eat the slice of ham, a poached egg, a little Hollandaise sauce, and about 4 slices of banana or strawberries with a little whipped cream. My mom enjoys the extra piece of English muffin, and the rest of my fruit & cream...AND (drum roll please...) I had about 2 oz of steak last night for dinner (it was a small piece cut from the filet side of a porterhouse steak Mike & I shared)...I had most of a tiny (3 oz) baked potato and about 1/3 cup of sauteed zuccini...the dogs each had 1 bite of potato to help me finish! I do still drink protein shakes to get my protein every day, or almost every day!
All in all, I am not feeling hungry, deprived or uncomfortable in any way. I am happy because the scale numbers are going down, and so are my clothing sizes. Thank goodness I have clothes in various sizes down to about a 16. I have gone from size 24 pants to size 20, (a.k.a. Right Size pants size 6 down to 4...and I think I have a couple 3's somewhere!) My work shirts are my biggest problem because they were ordered before surgery, and are mostly way too big. Planning to have them altered, or order a couple extras and pay for them myself.
I added a new avatar here tonight...it looks springier than the one DeeAnne had taken with me wearing my winter jacket. I will write again when I hit 12 weeks. Am hoping to be down 45 pounds by then (currently down about 37 pounds)...am trying to remain realistic because I refuse to be deprived...there's no need for that, because I am honestly happy with a bite or two of this or that.
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About Me
Littlerock, CA
Location
38.3
BMI
Surgery
03/28/2011
Surgery Date
Surgeon
Sep 02, 2009
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