One Month after Surgery

Jan 13, 2012

Well I had the flu just before my 1 month surgery date.  It was the worst I have ever felt including childbirth!  Better now and trying to rebuild my food again as I reverted to liquids only for 3 days.  Wednesday I bought a new scale so that I can weigh myself while over 300lbs.  I am now down 44Lbs. total since the pre-op diet.  I feel better already and have barely started the journey.  I am supposed to be able to eat soft foods now and that isn't as easy as I had thought it would be.  I think my carbs are too high some days, but I haven't gone crazy with them.  I joined the gym on the 12th of January and used it for the first time that night.  Something light though since I have not been active in over 2 years.  I did the treadmill for 15 minutes and then lifted weights on my upper body for an hour.  I am doing high reps and sets so as to not build too much weight but rather just tone the muscle that i already have.  It wasn't too bad aside from sore shoulders today.  I am aiming for 4 days a week to start.  Tomorrow I will get in there and do another cardio routine, probably the treadmill again and this time my lower body.  I am holding off on working my abs for a little while since I still experience pain when I bend over.  So far I have not experienced any complications from the surgery and I am doing pretty well.  I need to get creative with my food and the only downside is that I am having to cook different meals for the family every night which is getting old fast.  I still am so glad to have had this surgery and look forward to being under 300lbs by March.  I don't want to make my timeline too tight but feel this is doable with having started exercising and based on how well I have done thus far.
My mini-goals are as follows:

Goal 1:  Under 300 lbs.
Goal 2:  break 250 Lbs.
Goal 3:  Break 200 Lbs.
Goal 4:  Get under a size 12.  Don't care what weight that is and will have to see how I look at that point.  I am sure that I will need some plastics at that point.  Time will tell.  These are the goals I have set for myself this past week.  I used to be a cardio freak at the gym and know that if push comes to shove I can get my cardio pretty high to accomplish my goals in a fairly short time period (18 months).

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