7 week VSG update

Sep 28, 2012

It has been 7 1/2 weeks since my surgery and I'm happy to say that at 202 lbs, I am down 28 lbs. It has been a bit slow the last 2 weeks with only 1 lbs a week but a pound down is a pound I will hopefully never see again. I'm dying to get to the 100's! I knew this would be a fight since my body has not been willing to go below 200 lbs for 10+ years. I have been down to 200 many times only to get stuck there and end up going back up. I only weigh on Mondays. Today is friday, so who knows maybe I am already there now. Hopefully monday (8 weeks) will see a 1!

It has been an adjustment. I get bored with eating the same foods and find that I shift around to new things and keep experimenting. The hardest part for me has been getting enough water. I know that is why my weigh loss has been slow this past couple of weeks. This week I can finally take 4 big swallows of water at one time so I have done better overall with the water. We will see if that makes a difference.

I am logging everything I eat on myfitnesspal.com. NadurraDeb is my member name there if anyone wants to be friends there. I find it interesting getting ideas from what others are eating and I really feel like we can all keep each other accountable. I have had my calorie goal set at 650/day. I was struggling to get that in for a while. Now I think I might raise that goal to 750/day since that seems to be where I am at today. Otherwise, I'm keeping my carbs under 40g and my protein to at least 80g. I'm tracking fat too but I don't really worry so much about that number. Sometimes I will go for higher fat if falls within my calorie goal and it means getting my protein in.

I have a vlog on Youtube (NadurraDeb) if anyone would like to follow me there. I try to post a video weekly with updates. I owe a lot to Obesityhelp.com. I have learned so much here. I don't get to post as often these days since life has gotten busy. I have so much more energy now that I feel like I'm playing catch up from years of being in a fog. I love my sleeve!

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