Pills as a Meal?

Mar 31, 2011

I love my sleeve. I’m glad I did it. Do not miss the food. Don’t really mind the exercise though I need to do it more consistently. I think I’ve adjusted fairly well. However, I’m tired of pills. I don’t mind itty-bitty bills or chews or sublinguals. I just hate the big horse pills that like to bounce down the walls of my esophagus and then sit there festering in my tummy even if I’ve eaten something. Maybe I’m being mental about it.   

I had my first visit with the endocrinologist today. Support group provided ample warning that his bedside manner is not the greatest. Some of them had thought they were doing really well and then walked out of their appointment in tears. So, I was ready. I didn’t think it was that bad. He was actually very nice and very funny, but he does care about the science of his work. We tend to go in there thinking we are doing great, but then he terrifies us with loss of muscle mass and low metabolism. I knew I was starting out handicapped in this area after my REE last fall. However, I’ve been lifting weights and getting in enough protein. The appointment with the physical therapist last month gave me a heads up I was still losing body mass and needed to work on consistent exercise. Well, it was reiterated today. I not only need to be maintaining my muscle mass, I need to be building it. Weightlifting is actually being given more emphasis than cardio for fat loss. My metabolism is still whacked out. I’m losing weight but a portion of it is still muscle mass. So, guess what? I have more pills to take to help my metabolism and I will be doing more tweaking of my workout routine.   

Thank goodness I didn’t do bypass or it would likely be more! Here is my prescription/supplement regime for the next six months:  

1 sublingual B-12 (no problem with it)
2 calcium chews (I can deal)
1 small Vitamin D (I can deal)
1 horse pill Centrum multi-vitamin (recommended brand-stupidly bought Costco bottle)
1 horse pill gall bladder medication every other day
6 tablet-sized Ephedrine to help metabolism
6 horse pill L-Creatine Fulmate supplement to help metabolism
1 tablet-sized Biotin (my choice)  

I dreaded getting my multi-vitamin and gall bladder medication in. Now, add 13 more pills to that. I’d say a bad word, but I’ll leave it at “sheesh!” All this, as I’m about to go on vacation where there is no gym and I’ll be hauling bottles of pills around, one of which is a key ingredient for making meth. Explain that one to airport security!  

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