Ann M.

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I’ve lost 68 pounds since my heaviest, 60 lbs since surgery so I guess I’m doing good.  Met with the PA and all my blood tests look good.  Keep up the good work.  Don’t worry about that, I will.  I met with the nutritionist.  We now are supposed to eat between 1,000 and 1,200 calories per day and shouldn’t have more than 30 grams of fat a day.  She says if I keep it at that, I don’t have to worry about the carbs.  I sure don’t have to worry about sugars because anything over 5 grams makes me dump so I’m very leery of what I eat.  This is good because I won’t be tempted since I know how bad I’ll feel (not quite true as you’ll hear later).  I met with Andy the exercise guy.  He asked what I was doing for exercise.  I told him I ride my bike between 2 and 2 ½ miles every weekday, 5 miles on the weekend, I walk a mile a day with my dogs in the evening and strength train on my home gym 3 times a week.  He was dumbfounded.  He said this is usually what people do after he’s warned them to exercise the first time he sees them.  He was very proud that I was doing it on my own.  Hey, I want to get rid of the flab and hopefully tone up so I don’t have to do so much plastic surgery later (that’s expensive).

Met with Dr. Foote.  He’s very pleased with my progress.  No problems and really have no questions.  I met with the nutritionist and got the menu for the next few weeks.  Boy, we’ve added real meat and veggies.  I thought peas were allowed last time but I find out that peas are a starch and should start now.  Oh well.  I was supposed to meet with the exercise physiologist but his wife had a baby and he was off on paternity leave.  I’ll meet with him at my 3 month appointment.  I did email him about getting a home exercise machine (Weider home gym) and got the ok to start using it.

Met with the nutritionist in a group meeting.  We got our food allowances for the next few weeks.  Wow, I can have eggs, deli meats, and mashed potatoes.  I’m on my way now, I won’t starve to death.  Met with the PA, everything looked good.  I had lost 25 lbs, woohoo!  Tried a scrambled egg the next morning.  I found out really quickly that if I ask myself if I want another bite, the answer is NO!  That bite will not stay down.  I really didn’t learn my lesson the first time because I did it the very next day and had the same problem.  I don’t ask that question any more.