Four months post op

Sep 14, 2010

About two weeks ago, my son and I were in Wal Mart and I picked up a pair of size 14 jeans. I looked at them, then down at myself and though "uh uh, no way!" but thru them in the cart anyways. My attitude now is that if they don't fit me now, they'll fit me in a few weeks. I got home and put them on, and the fit!!!  I kept saying to my hubby, Holy Crap!!! I can't believe this!

So the pains in my side have gone away by about 99% of the time. I'm suffering from headaches and the usual back/neck pain. My massage therapist told me the more I loose the more my usual center of gravity is going to go, as my body's not used to it. Makes sense I guess, but can be a big pain!

I did the five day pouch diet last week.I really felt like I was getting out of control with my eating. I was hungry all the time and even though I was eating smaller meals, I was eating all the time it seemed and I was picking up some of my old bad habits, of eating junk food. It would now take me 3 days to finish a small bag of chips, or I'd have one and maybe a half of a peanut butter cup, but I felt I was taking two steps backwards.

Anyways it was much easier then I thought. I think it may have helped that I had a very nasty migraine and didn't feel like eating the first day. By then I was over the hump and the rest was easy. I lost four lbs right away, which I think was water retention because I went back up 2 lbs the next day and it's stayed. The important thing though is, that I'm not longer hungry - at all!!!! I'm back to forcing myself to eat, which is what I  prefer!!! 

I think I'm eating between 800-1200 calories a day. I'm not keeping track of all of my carbs/sugar/fat or heck anything, just trying to be more healthy. Yesterday for example, I had two small whole wheat pancakes, a small chicken Cesar salad, 1/2 clubhouse samwhich and a very small piece of pepperoni pizza. Usually I would have eaten three or four times that.

I work at six am, so I'm pretty useless for doing any activity on my days on, as I'm a zombie. On one of my days off, I try to go for a walk/hike in the park for 3-5 miles which always feels great, but other then working out with some free weights, I don't do much else. My bad!

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Surrey, BC
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33.6
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RNY
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05/04/2010
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Oct 06, 2007
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