Checking in at Twelve Days Out

Nov 06, 2010

Well, I am twelve days post-op and I have already lost 26 lbs! This is in addition to the ten pounds of fluid I gained in the hospital, which follwed me home and stayed for about four days. Then one morning I woke up and it was gone--along with ten more pounds. Then by this past Wed (10 days out and my first post-op visit) Ten more pounds were gone. Today, another six!

This, to me, is amazing. It took me three months in WW a year or two ago to lose that amount of weight. I know I will hit a stall soon, but that is okay. I am perfectly okay with my body doing it's thing, and I know it needs time to catch up.

Wednesday, I graduated to soft foods, YAY! I really struggled with getting all my protein from those shakes. In fact, I never did manage to get all of my protein in when I was on liquids only. Now I can eat egg (my first required solid food), which didn't really stay down scrambled the two times I tried, but probably would soft boiled or poached. I can also eat beans of any kind (they have to be LF or FF), LF cottage cheese, tofu, and some soups, like split pea (I have eaten Progresso's. It's yummy), lentil, tomato (yuk) or bean soup. Next week I get to add meat and soft cooked veggies.

All in all, I am doing well. I got behind in my classes since I had to miss the week of my surgery, so most of my time is spent making up work. I am also behind schedule on getting my business plan done, but oh well. I refuse to let myself get stressed out about that.

I have been procrastinating about taking a before picture. My doctor did take one, though, and I am sure I can get a copy of that, but I still think I should take one myself before I lose any more weight. I have a food and excercise log that has a place to put your monthly picture, and I would like to keep up with that. Also, being an artist, I do a lot of visual journals. I have been planning on doing one based on my journey with this.

Well, that's about it. I am planning on making my posts more topic focused in the future, and not so much of a personal diary since I already keep one of those in hard copy. But for anyone who has been kind enough to read my ramblings so far, I appreciate it and encourage comments of any kind (just be civil).

Smiles to all,
Amie

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