Talmani

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 I had my one month checkup today with the surgeon.  I have lost 23 pounds since my preop appointment.  I was aiming for more.  I wanted to be down 6 more.  So basically I missed my first goal.  That being said I can not remember the last time I had lost 23 pounds so that is exciting.  I am going to have to reevaluate my next goal which was to be in onederland by my next birthday.  I want to be challenged but I don't want to miss goals.  So that is something to thing about.  

But my surgeon was happy.  She said that in the first month a 15% loss of my excess weight is within (but at the low end) of the normal range.  She also wants me to do 30  minutes of cardio 3 to 5 times a week.  I have been walking and that really does make me sweat but she is looking for more than that.  I have an elliptical but I know I would work just as hard on the treadmill.  

I also met with the nut.  Today is my first day of soft foods.  She wants me to get more protein from food and only one protein shake a day.  She also told me that I don't need to eat all of the food I planned.  If I can't eat it in 30 minutes I get to give up.  Which is good as I was trying to eat everything and getting too full.  

 Today I started my programs purée phase.  I had yogurt and baby apple and bana sauce for breakfast and then 1/4 c of refried beans mixed with a 1/4 c of plain Greek yogurt but I could only finish half I had the rest for dinner and some more apple and banana sauce with the actigall ( to prevent gallstone) mixed in.  Adventures in puréed food!


Also I have an NSV - I had been wearing my wedding band something I have not done for months because it did not fit! My hubby is very excited too.

 My weigh in at my one week post op was 250.  I had weighed in the day before - naked first thing in the morning at 248.6.  So I guess 250 at 2 pm and clothing is not bad.  They said that I have lost 9% of my excesses body weight.  They estimate that at 154 - so if I lost all of my EBW I would weight 110!  I weight that much when I was in sixth grade and a number of inches shorter.  I will be aiming for 160 that was the last adult weight that I remember being comfortable at.  The still puts me firmly in the overweight category but (right now at least) I am okay with that.