3 Weeks Out!

Aug 17, 2011

Happy Three Week Anniversary to me!  Today is three weeks from my surgery date and life is pseudo-good.  I say pseudo good because I'm still having the aching thigh issue and my labs came back with no vitamin deficiencies.  I guess it's time to try a different track.  Pinched nerve maybe? 

The last three weeks have been a little crazy.  It's strange for me to talk with other people who are the same amount of time out of surgery as me because it seems like what I am eating is so much different than them.  I met one guy at the support group last night who is still on soft foods.  I ate a slice of bacon and some cheese for dinner tonight.  Big difference!  The doc told me I was ok doing this but people are so judgy!  

I have finally started having some dumping symptoms, too.  Nothing major but this morning I drank some chocolate milk that had sugar in it and I thought I was going to vomit.  Thankfully I didn't.  This evening I mixed my protein shake with some "Better N Peanut Butter" and had the same reaction.  I'm not positive, but think it must have been the sugar in both.  

As far as I know, I'm still only down 23-ish pounds.  It's crazy how quick I stopped losing after losing so fast at first.  Hopefully it will pick back up, though.  I have been getting more calories in these days and been pretty good with my liquids, too.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a few pound loss next week when I weigh in. 

I went to Trader Joe's tonight to pick up some "real" food.  A girl can only eat so much cottage cheese.  I got sooo much good stuff ($127 worth to be exact).  Scallops, turkey bacon, fish, crab meat, chicken, shrimp, jarlsberg cheese, brie cheese, blue cheese, soy milk, avacado, crab cakes, olives, and so much more!  I'm so excited to have good WLS food to help me get my protein in.  I also picked up some TJ's chewable vitamins (only 6.99 for 90!) and some B12s.  Thanks to all the OH-ers for their suggestions on what to buy!  Awesome!!! 

I got a short walk in with the pups tonight.  Only about 20 minutes, as it was a "flip flop walk" with a friend of mine.  But a walk is a walk is a walk, right?  Dexter the foster dog sure loved it!!

Now it's time to head to bed.  Hopefully I can actually sleep tonight and wake up with some energy for my big day of meetings tomorrow!

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