eljayem
16 days out. . .
Jul 01, 2009
So, most of the post-op ouchies are done. I can bend over, lift two gallons of milk, and walk two miles. Every day my belly feels better - right now, it feels almost normal.Biggest mind changes: I used to spend a huge amount of my day thinking about, preparing, and consuming food. Now that I am eating so little, it just isn't worth all the trouble. And since I am currently unemployed, I have nothing else to fill the time with, other than a job search, which is really depressing.
Head hunger is annoying. I'm not really hungry, but feel the need for foods just because they are there. Now my diet has relaxed, and I have more choices, I want a little of everything, like I used to eat. I have to remind myself I have another 30 years or more of eating, so I will have time to eat a piece of hash brown again.
I can already feel changes in my clothes. The clothes that were a tight squeeze now fit - from bras to pants. I hadn't exactly poured myself in them, but they hang a lot better now.
It is harder than I though to get enough fluid in. I am not thirsty, and drinking too much, too fast doesn't feel good. Every swallow, big or small, comes with a burp, and I don't really like sounding like a cow, so with no impulse to drink and no desire for rude noises, I have to consciously think about drinking. Actually, my pouch is really, really happy to just sit there empty.
I feel now that I am over the obsession part of the surgery, and I'm ready to get on with using the tool and getting on with my life. The family is planning a 4 mile hike on Saturday - I can't wait!
Total weight loss since June 1st: 22 pounds. Weight loss since surgery: 9.8 pounds. That freaks me out a bit. For some reason I was expecting huge chunks of weight loss, and yes, it has been a really long time since I lost 22 pounds in one month, but honestly, I was thinking that the surgery would make it faster. Unrealistic expectations, I guess. But I'd hate to think I did all this for 50 pounds total. . .
