Week 5-6

Jul 21, 2009

I feel physically great.  I am into a size 20, which means I'm down two sizes.  The 24s were tight, now they are loose, and the 22s fit, but I can get the others up, fastened and move in them.  What an improvement!  My weight loss is temporarily slowed right now, due to TOM.  That, however, is a relief, since I missed one in June (for the first time in my life)  and was beginning to wonder if pregnancy was a possibility.    My weight is 227, which means slightly less than 20 pounds lost in 5 weeks since surgery.  And I know I'm still losing.

Biggest problems: water consumption and calcium supplementation.  My pouch is happy empty.  It doesn't want anything in it.  Calorie counts have been in the five to six hundred range, when I count them.  The water is a problem because if I gulp, it hurts, and if I sip, it makes me feel. . .not good.  Because of the need for protein, I've been drinking milk more than water.  Protein has been in line with my surgeon's recommendation.

For the Calcium, I decided to give myself a couple of week hiatus and try a gradual restart in a few weeks.  Right now, anything with more texture than refried beans doesn't work.  Except carbs, of course, which can be chewed up and dissolve in saliva.  But mashed potatoes, no way.  Those first few weeks, I actually was a little wilder than I am now, as far as food.  Maybe I'll try some deli meat today - that supposedly is easy to handle.

I have to keep reminding myself that this stage will pass.  I do want to make these first six months count, since everything I've read says enjoy the honeymoon while it exists.  That is my goal - to lose more than 50% of my weight in the first 6 months.  We'll see.

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