Almost 4 weeks

Mar 28, 2009

I can't believe on Monday it will be 4 weeks already.  Things are going great and I haven't yet had any sickness from anything I've eaten.  I get to try "real" food for the first time on Monday.  I think my surgeon's office is much more cautious than other clinics in terms of how long they make you wait through the liquid and pureed stages.

One interesting side-effect is that I've lost my taste for many sweet things since the surgery.  Interesting since sweets were my downfall prior to the surgery.  I had bought some protein powder to make protein shakes and they tasted good at first but after a couple days I couldn't even bear the thought of drinking it.  Also, I had bought the fruit flavored calcium supplments, and I can't stand the taste of those any more either.  Just way too sweet and the thought of them makes me queasy.

Going into the first month I'm down about 25 pounds.  I can't decide if I'm happy with that amount or not.  I guess it's a little less than I hoped.  I know it will only slow down once I start eating regular food so I wanted to get the most out of the month on the super-restricted diet.

I still have a little pain every now and then, usually after laughing or sleeping.  But overall I feel great and I'm pretty amazed at how quickly the body can recover from such a major surgery.

My jeans are so loose already that I can pull them down without unbuttoning or unzipping them.  This from pants that I could barely zip up before my surgery.  And my husband said too that he can really tell my face is thinning out.  That's the best news of all because I can't wait to get rid of my 2nd chin!

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