bigmetfan38
i think it was a week long stall . . . maybe . . .
Feb 27, 2011
so, i've lost a pound each of the last 2 days, and have lost a total of 17 pounds now since the surgery. i feel better (who wouldn't feel better losing weight?), but it hasn't come easy. i have been doing a lot of exercise, trying to get a jump start. hopefully it's going to continue.i am going to weight myself tomorrow, and then i'm going to start weighing myself on mondays. hopefully i'll be able to stick to it. i am definitely addicted to weighing myself, that's for sure.
i have been making sure i've been eating between 500 and 650 calories, which i found in some hospitals literature following the vsg. i wasn't looking at calories prior to the stall when i was on liquids, but since i'm on the mushies, i decided it was easier to get up there in calories and i better be careful.
protein has not been a problem for me, i've been eating between 70 and 90 gms of protein daily (not purposely), it's just been the way it's been - but i would rather eat more protein and less carbs. i've tried to be under 40gms in carbs, and under 30gms of sugar. hopefully all of this will work.
the only thing i'm thinking i'm having problems with is my skin . . . i'm drinking at least 64 oz of water every day and then whatever fluids come in with the other stuff. but today after my shower, i looked at my face and was shocked at how dry it was and not just dry . . . but flaky! i take biotin, multivitamins, and all the other stuff i am supposed to. but it was a shock to see my skin look like that. i had to put a heavy coating of nivea on my face!
i have my group on wednesday - and then my partner is having the same surgery on thursday! it's going to be difficult. the baby is REALLY attached to her. hopefully now that i can pick him up, he will let me bear the brunt of it. she's been practicing making him walk everywhere for 2 weeks. hopefully this will do the trick!
it's going to be easier in the way that we can eat similar diets pretty soon. we're only separated by 3 weeks. it's going to be an incredible adventure with her. i can't wait to see what the future brings.
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los osos, CA
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25.9
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Surgery
07/15/2014
Surgery Date
Nov 04, 2010
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