3 month check up!

Nov 09, 2011

I am 38 pounds down (according to the doctor).  I think I'm actually 41 pounds down - because I count the weight I was when I started the process not the weight I was on the date of surgery.  I check periodically on my own scale, but as of today - I think my scale is junk because the doctor's scale registered about 8 pounds lighter.  

Now, how have I done...I started with the guidelines and truly followed their advice.  I gradually branched out as I found success.   The nutritionist/dietician recommended that we go for hamburger and then up to beef/pork with chicken or turkey being the last to try.  Her rationale was based on the texture and "stringiness" being a challenge to digest.  I was successful early on and continue to find foods that I tolerate well.  In fact, I have not found any one particular food that is extremely intolerable.  My issues have been with portion control.  I've always had eyes bigger than my stomach - and forced my stomach to accommodate my mouth hunger.  I am not able to do that anymore.  I continue to struggle with my eyes.  I talk to my therapist about "mouth hunger" versus "stomach hunger."  On those occasions when I take that last bite - the one that is just too much - the one my therapist calls the "lethal bite" then I feel nauseated.  Others may have cramping or diarhea, but I am more likely to feel like I need to vomit.   The really odd part is that I don't feel as though I CAN vomit.  I typically try, gag, have the horrific tears and so forth - but it doesn't last very long.  It may pass in about an hour at most.  I think we try so hard not to vomit that we actually fight the feeling and that's why it even lasts that long.  

I need to start walking more.  I was very courageous and went back to work rather quickly - though I admittedly did everything I could to make sure it was "light duty" type of work. 

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