twcayce
5 months out
Sep 23, 2010
Tomorrow will be September 26, 2010. I had my surgery April 26, 2010. 5 months out and I am feeling good. I have lost 78 lbs. and have gone from a size 26 to a size 20 right now. I am still finding new foods I can eat and new foods I cannot eat. I am still drinking lots of water and really watching my sugar. I can do very small amounts of sugar, but I try to stay away from it as much as possible. I found the first food that has given me gas. And believe it or not, its grapes. I love them. But they make me feel very bloated and gassy. I've been working out at the gym 3 days a week. I am not a morning person, but I get up at 4:30 every Mon, Wed, and Friday and get to the gym by 5 or 5:15. I'm tired, but it makes my whole day better. I think that is why my weight seems to be coming off more consistantly...Go Figure!!!
My hair is falling out, but I've been told its due to lack of protein. I am trying to get in more protein. I like the Pure Protein bars. They have 20 grams of protein, and only 2 grams of sugar. YAY!
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My hair is falling out, but I've been told its due to lack of protein. I am trying to get in more protein. I like the Pure Protein bars. They have 20 grams of protein, and only 2 grams of sugar. YAY!
Working Out is Working!!!
Sep 13, 2010
Imagine that! I joined Gold's Gym a couple of months before my surgery. I was going pretty regular up until about a week before surgery and had only been a few times since surgery. It was hard in the 6-8 weeks after surgery because I had ZERO energy. Then my energy started to come back. I am now 4 1/2 months out of surgery and feel great. I have more energy and I started going back to the gym about 3 weeks ago. I don't know why it took me so long! I have a friend who had the Sleeve done 10 days before I had my bypass. She challenged me to a 30 day work out challenge. We meet each other at the gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. If we absolutely have to miss then we have to make it up on one of the other days. We help keep each other motivated and my weight seems to be coming off pretty steady. (or it might just be that I am busier with working out and the scales aren't on my mind as much so it makes it feel like its coming off steadier...LOL) On top of all that, it makes me feel good. It makes me feel productive and active and it makes me feel like I'm living again! I would highly recommend it!!! LOLOL
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Busy Summer
Aug 17, 2010
It's been awhile since I've blogged...but been a busy summer. My son started his senior year of high school today. Yay!
Well, as far as my weight goes. I feel like I'm at a stand still now. I thought the other day that I've been at 64 pounds now for going on 3 weeks....when actually it was only 1 week. I feel like I've been 277 for a long time!!!
I've been more active, clogging started back up last week. My eating has been going pretty good. I do know I need to eat more protein (my hair started falling out last week) so I have been trying to eat more protein. My energy is good, I feel good. I just need to get the scales moving again.
I'm in my 13th week post op
Jul 21, 2010
Things are going pretty good. I am feeling better every day. I have my energy back. Woo Hoo!!! Now I have to do something with it. I've been bad about working out. I am doing more around the house. And I work out sporatically. But I need to get into a routine.
I'm doing okay with my eating. I find that I will go a week and stay about the same all week with my weight, then the next week I drop between 3-6 pounds. Also I am seeing the weeks I eat more, are the weeks I'm dropping the weight. But how I eat is weird. I'm still very much in the learning process. There are days (like yesterday) I felt like I ate all day long. Once I looked at what I ate, it really wasn't that much. But that will be followed by a couple of days of not really wanting to eat anything. I do eat. I make myself eat something. But I don't really want it. I don't ever really get "hungry". I get "empty". So I'm still learning my body. I'm also still in the experimental stages with food. Tomaotes are a NO. Salmon is a NO. Its just sooooo heavy! I have not tried rice, yet. I'm a little scared of rice. I have also discovered that white pasta does not sit well with me, but I'm okay with whole grain pasta. I can do tomato sauce like spaghetti sauce, but not with chunks of tomatoe in it or raw tomatoes. Cheeseburgers are still one of my all time favorite foods, although I have only had 3 bites of a White Castle, I have no desire right now to have anymore cheeseburgers. I do miss them. I just don't want them.
Mentally, I have found myself a couple of times missing the old me that could sit down and eat two huge platefuls of food. It lasts about a second and then I realize how miserable I would feel and I don't miss it anymore.
One problem I'm running into is that my fiance is still in his habits of eating, which was very much my old habits. He eats lots of junk, and his portions when it comes to meals, is huge! I decided last night that if I don't take control of the food being prepared at home, then no one else will. I do not want to lose this weight and put it back on down the road because I didn't change my habits or the habits of my household. I have already had to have the talk about going out to eat at buffets. There have been some weekends (before surgery) that we would hit 3 buffets in one weekend! And just the other night he suggested a buffet. That's when I had to tell him NO MORE BUFFETS! So, I think I will hurt some people's feelings in the process, but not intentionally. These are the things that are the hardest about losing this weight.
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I'm doing okay with my eating. I find that I will go a week and stay about the same all week with my weight, then the next week I drop between 3-6 pounds. Also I am seeing the weeks I eat more, are the weeks I'm dropping the weight. But how I eat is weird. I'm still very much in the learning process. There are days (like yesterday) I felt like I ate all day long. Once I looked at what I ate, it really wasn't that much. But that will be followed by a couple of days of not really wanting to eat anything. I do eat. I make myself eat something. But I don't really want it. I don't ever really get "hungry". I get "empty". So I'm still learning my body. I'm also still in the experimental stages with food. Tomaotes are a NO. Salmon is a NO. Its just sooooo heavy! I have not tried rice, yet. I'm a little scared of rice. I have also discovered that white pasta does not sit well with me, but I'm okay with whole grain pasta. I can do tomato sauce like spaghetti sauce, but not with chunks of tomatoe in it or raw tomatoes. Cheeseburgers are still one of my all time favorite foods, although I have only had 3 bites of a White Castle, I have no desire right now to have anymore cheeseburgers. I do miss them. I just don't want them.
Mentally, I have found myself a couple of times missing the old me that could sit down and eat two huge platefuls of food. It lasts about a second and then I realize how miserable I would feel and I don't miss it anymore.
One problem I'm running into is that my fiance is still in his habits of eating, which was very much my old habits. He eats lots of junk, and his portions when it comes to meals, is huge! I decided last night that if I don't take control of the food being prepared at home, then no one else will. I do not want to lose this weight and put it back on down the road because I didn't change my habits or the habits of my household. I have already had to have the talk about going out to eat at buffets. There have been some weekends (before surgery) that we would hit 3 buffets in one weekend! And just the other night he suggested a buffet. That's when I had to tell him NO MORE BUFFETS! So, I think I will hurt some people's feelings in the process, but not intentionally. These are the things that are the hardest about losing this weight.
Week of hellacious food
Jun 14, 2010
Last monday on june 7th, I started on solid foods. Its been the worst week so far, for foods. Just trying different things, such as cauliflower, broccoli (neither sat well with me), carrots(okay), green beans (okay), chicken salad (okay), turkey (okay), fruits like strawberries, watermelon, blueberries all of these sat well with me. Potato chips( specifically salt and vinegar) these sat very well with me. Spaghetti, cheese enchilada, cheese quesadilla all okay. Cheese goes down really smooth. anyway...my point is...oh yeah, can't do tomatoes. point being sometimes I'm hungry and it makes me angry when I try something and it doesn't do well. then the rest of my day is hard because then nothing wants to sit well. and right now I've hit a plateau with my weight. I've stayed the same for a week! I've not had a break down or anything, yet, well not a major one....but I do get frustrated with my food and eating and trying to find a routine again.
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First week of solids
Jun 11, 2010
I've been okay. I started on solids this week and its been my worst week. I haven't tried anyting horribly horrible. But I did get a sweet tooth one night and ate ice cream with toppings on it (shell stuff, hot fudge, chocolate chips). I got sick...as in cold sweat, dizzy, nausea. So that has been my one and only experience with dumping. Didn't like it. Now I can't really look at ice cream. Ham doesn't sit well either. Fish and cheese are my two favorites. They go down smooth and sit pretty good. I also like stewed squash and strawberry applesauce. Fresh blueberries and watermelon sit pretty good, too. My favorite drink is unsweetened tea with lemon and sweet and low.
Anyway, I bog people down in my details about my food. I have my 8 week check up on Tuesday.
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Anyway, I bog people down in my details about my food. I have my 8 week check up on Tuesday.
Wednesday
Jun 02, 2010
Today is the middle of my second week of soft foods. It has gone pretty well so far. I do have more energy, although yesterday I was sooo tired. But I don't remember taking my thyroid medication, so that could have been it. I went to bed at 8:00pm and slept until 7:00am. And still feel like I could use a nap today. I'm not looking as forward to next week with starting solid foods. I'm kind of scared. I kind of like the soft food stage.
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Feeling better...
May 31, 2010
I have felt a lot better this week. I think having a different variety of food and upping my calories (I'm now at about 500-600 per day up fron 300-400 per day). So I do have a little more energy. Pretty good into my routine by now.
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Ravioli!!!
May 28, 2010
Yesterday, my boss and I took our co-worker to lunch for his birthday. I ordered the children's Cheese Ravioli. I ate 1/2 of a ravioli. That is the first time I have ever had Ravioli that wasn't Chef Boyardee. LOL. It was good. That is the first time I have been out to eat since my surgery. It wasn't hard. I still enjoyed the atmosphere and the company. I thought it would be harder than it was. But instead of the experience being about the food like it used to be, this time it was about getting out of the office and enjoying the conversation.
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Soft Food Stage
May 26, 2010
I started soft food stage this week. Its the hardest week I've had so far with food, I think. My first lesson I learned is that 2 oz. of green beans is not the same thing as 2 oz. of pureed food. I can only take about 2 or 3 bites of the soft foods. They fill my stomach much, much faster. I ate eggs the first day that morning and they sat fine. I tried tuna with mayo, and it sat really, really heavy. I also tried a little mac and cheese and it was very sticky. I know I shouldn't have done mac and cheese but I hadn't hardly eaten anything that was sitting well, so I thought I'd try it since it was soft. So for dinner I had another scrambled egg. Again, it sat well. Tuesday morning I had a scrambled egg again. I think I took too big of a bite, I threw it back up. And once you throw up an egg, it really turns you off of eggs for a while, not matter what made you throw it up! LOL
Yesterday I had mini-bite ravioli's. They sat pretty good. But the best thing yet, I had cooked squash last night and it went down so smooth and sat very well. My favorite so far this week!!!
So, this week has definitely been the biggest challenge!
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Yesterday I had mini-bite ravioli's. They sat pretty good. But the best thing yet, I had cooked squash last night and it went down so smooth and sat very well. My favorite so far this week!!!
So, this week has definitely been the biggest challenge!
About Me
cayce, SC
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29.1
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Surgery
04/26/2010
Surgery Date
Dec 11, 2009
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