Normies are Overrated :P

Jul 18, 2011

 You may have noticed by now that I am not your typical girl. I hate pink, but I loe to wear pretty clothes. I like getting pampered as much as I like to play outside....
So, of course I am not going to celebrate my surgiversary in a typical fashion. Oh no, there will be no special dinners for me, or a night on the town... I have decided to take this week to rededicate myself to my journey. To help me with this, I am doing the 5 day pouch test. Not because I think I stretched anything or ruined my surgery, quite the opposite, I see this as an opportunity to de-tox from bad carbs, grazing, boredom eating and any other nasty habits I may hae picked up lately and not been aware of. I also think it will serve to remind me of how far I'e come and how hard I fought to get the surgery. 
Today draws day one to a close. I took in over 224 ounces of fluid today, I made great choices and pretty much all day-- protein shakes, MiO, Propel Zero, jello, homemade protein pudding popsicles, an I even tried a little soup. Yes, tried, got in about a tablespoon before I had to push it away, it was too sweet! Another reason why I wanted to do this was because sweet things weren't tasting as sweet to me as they did when I was a newbie and I wanted that feeling back, when something is too sweet, I can stay away from it better.
I think the Welbutrin helped me not be hungry today (oh yeah, feeling side-effect before intended effects), so it wasn't horrible. I was a little jealous of my husbands grilled cheese (well, just the cheese, he used chedar) but I survived it. One more day of liquids to go, and I'm feeling pretty positive.

I had my 1 year check up today (real surgiversary date is tomorrow) and everything was lovely. The things that were higher are lower than they were 3 months ago, and nothing is low-bad, so yay on me. The doctor is very pleased with my progress, as am I. Hubby and I will be doing pictures tomorrow (maybe, depends on intensity of Zumba, can't have pictures with me all red and sweaty)... we'll work it out. Here's a self-portrait, for giggles...

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