Six Weeks Out Today

Sep 16, 2009

Wow..  it is hard to believe it's been six weeks since my surgery.  Time is REALLY flying.  People tell you that it will but until you experience it yourself - it's hard to grasp that concept.

Week three was awesome because I got to start pureed foods.  Some of my favorite foods were: 

Scrambled egg with salsa and a touch of sour cream
Split pea soup with ham (homemade)
Cottage cheese with salt and pepper on it
Salmon with lf cream cheese and capers whizzed up
Spaghettio's with mini meatballs (had this 3 times until the can was gone.. YUM)

Victories of week three and four were:

*Started walking Cooper with no problems
*Could FINALLY sleep on my side again with little to no discomfort
*Getting a routine in for vitamins, fluids and food - and it was flowing pretty smooth
*Measured myself week four:
       Neck - lost 1 1/2 inches
       Bust - lost 2 inches
       Waist - lost 2 inches
       Arms - lost 2 inches
       Thighs - FOUR INCHES - off each thigh..  WOOO HOO
       Calves - 2 inches

Challenges of week three and four were:



*Smelling the food everyone was cooking for lunch every day
*Really missing carbonation - Crystal Lite and water were getting really old
*Treats were out everywhere at work...
*The scale STOPPED MOVING..

Victories of week five were:

*Had to go buy smaller dress pants for work - jeans are fitting looser.
*Was able to eat some more mainstream foods and my pouch handled them all fine except Jimmy Dean Turkey   Sausages
(can you say buffet nightmare)
*Put my scale in custody of  my closet so I would not be obsessed with weighing myself daily (let's be honest here, SEVERAL times daily)

Challenges of week five were:

*Still not seeing the scale move - see above comment about handing scale over
*Had to exhibit AMAZING restraint when my mother said to me "Is that too much turkey? (I had 2 oz on my plate)  Is that turkey too dry?  Can you have Miracle Whip?  Are you taking too big of bites?  Did you chew that well enough?
*Threw up the first time after trying to eat 3 turkey sausage links for breakfast.. YUK!!

So on to Week 6... I am going to do some major strength training at the gym this week and step up my walking.  Fluids and food are fine.. Time to ramp up the exercise.

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