Almost 1 month post gastric bypass

May 15, 2012

Well, it's been a little while since I've written.
My incisions have healed nicely and are even starting to fade to my normal skin color. I was picking up my 35lb son before I was supposed to and ended up pulling a muscle to the left of my belly button (where I have a large numb spot) so I have been dealing with the pain from that, and I believe I am regaining sensation in the numb spot because when I touch it, or rub against it, it burns sooooo badly.
I was ok'd for workouts as early as last Thursday but hadn't been able to because of the pulled muscle. Today I woke up and decided I wasn't going to put it off any longer and that a workout might help..I felt a few pinches, but decided to go the "low impact" route of the Turbo Jam video I have and felt great afterwards.
Before I wrote about feeling constantly hungry and craving old foods that I "loved"..now a few things have changed. While I still can't say that the foods I used to eat don't sound good, I view eating as more of a chore now. I feel like there are not enough hours in the day to eat enough protein and when it comes time for me to eat I feel like a kid dragging my feet and whining. 
I am 3 weeks 5 days out and am down from 296 to 263. That is just so amazing and mind blowing to me. 
It's been a pretty tough recovery process for me, but things are starting to get better and I am so excited to see what the future holds. 

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