4 Weeks Today...

Sep 28, 2011

 WOW! I can't believe that I'm 4 weeks from surgery. It's been very, very easy. But that's not to say it's the easy way out. I've had "Head Hungers" once during this time and it wasn't easy. BUT the outcome of staying strong has been GREAT! I lost another 5 pounds last night when I went to weigh in before my support group at Beaumont. That's a total of 25 lbs since surgery. It feels great...my clothes are fitting looser. And I'm feeling lighter in general. 

I'm back in the pool doing water aerobics and I start "light" strength training again next week (I gave myself a month to recoupe and I'm glad I did)!

I do get a little hungery and I can tell because I get a little shaky...but overall going from Liquids to Pureed to Soft Foods have been really easy. This was interesting.....I had some Ground Sirloin Spaghetti Sauce last night. I made it so I knew what was in it...it have me heart burn. I took some GasX and it went away. But it also didn't hold off the hungers....I was up at 3:30 super hungry so I got up and had a 1/4 cup of Greek Yogurt mixed with some non-sweetened applesauce. That fixed it and went back to sleep at 4:30 and slept an additional three hours. NOTE TO SELF: Make sure you get enough protein at dinner so you can sleep thru the night!!! 

Here's a NSV.....For my birthday (yes...I'm now 51), my boss bought me a new outfit from Millue in Ferndale....no 2X..."one size fits all"!!! My husband bought me a new Hoodie from the Detroit Tigers and it too was a smaller size. Hooray!

Keep up the GREAT work....this weekend is going to be hard....2 social gatherings and next weekend one. It's going to be strange not drinking or eating....but I'll do it for me!! 

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