paflyersgal

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Its been a very exciting adventure. I'm five months post op and enjoying ever second of it.

Some weeks I find myself misbehaving and eating things I shouldn't eat. I don't pig out or anything, but I find myself craving things. Mainly when I am at work.. I always want snacks at work. I need to be stronger. I didn't have surgery for no reason and I certainly didn't have this surgery to fail. 

I know what I must do and as of Monday 3/28/2016.. I have sat myself down and told myself what I was doing wrong and what I needed to do to get back on track. Yes yes .. I did talk to myself.. Lol..

I reevaluated my calories and cut out those extra carbs I allowed to creep back in. I have always measured my food and I never got off track with that.. My problem was.. I was eating too many calories and my fat content was too high. I'm back down to 600-800 calories. I haven't gained any weight but it surely slowed down. I went from 2-4 lbs a week to 1 lb a week for the past 3 weeks. I feel that I am still too early out to slow down to very little weight loss.. So stepping back and reevaluating my food intake was the best thing to do.

Heres to a more successful week and months ahead! 

October 29th 2015.. I am 3 weeks post-op. I feel really good. I am on the "baby food" stage of my program. I eat greek yogurt, eggs and protein shakes mostly. I had some mashed potatoes one day and a few mashed up meatballs at a work luncheon, but mainly I stick to yogurt, eggs and shakes. I use Preimer Protein, because it's the highest amount of protein I could find, 30g. I know that if I drink two a day I have at least met my 60-80 grams. I however have had a hard time getting in all my water. I bought a 20oz water bottle, so I make sure I drink at least one whole bottle while I am at work. However; my problem is when I get home, I am never hungry or thirtsy and when I force myself to drink or eat I just don't feel well. I know I need to get my water in though and I am afraid that this will cause me to stall.

I lost about 56 lbs before my surgery. I had a 6 month wait time, supervised with the nutritionist, due to insurance. Since my surgery I have lost about 28 more lbs. however; this week.. my scale told me I gained 4 lbs! OMG! I of course did some research before I flipped out.. and read other peoples posts and all about the 3 week stall. I did just get over my TOM, so I add that to my struggle. I just hope that I am doing all the right things and not messing this up. It's hard.. and although I know what I need to do, and I do my best to get it done.. it's still in the back of your head.. what if this doesnt work for me.. I would hate to ever think that it wouldn't. I know.. I am only 3 weeks out.. and this takes time. I know that there are stalls and I know that I still have a long road ahead of me. I just needed to put it down in writing to make myself believe it more.. if this makes sense.

I've got this!! Cyas in a week!!

Weigh-in for June at the office was down another 7 lbs. my scale at home however hates me.. It always tells me I've gained weight. I started going to the gym four days a week as of June 1st. I've noticed my energy has improved and my knees and back haven't been hurting as much since I started working out. I do a good 30 mins on the treadmill and add in some weights, some crunches and a few other things here and there. I've gotten into a grove though and let me tell you it feels really good. If it feels good now I can't wait to see how it's going to feel after my surgery and I've dropped much more weight. Happy June!! Only three more nutrition visits left for this girl!!! Yahoo!! 

Yesterday 5-19-15 was my second appointment with the nutritionist, the weigh in was good for me. I am down 4 pounds since my last visit on 4-28-15. I figured that after dropping so much in April that it would slow down. I however pretty much gave up starchy things. After my appointment though, I decided to add some back into my pre-surgery diet. The nutritionist said that she doesn't want me to give up those grains, she just wants me to eat smaller portions. I decided to add whole grain rice, oatmeal, whole grain pasta, and whole grain bagles back into my diet. I just don't want to eat them every day. Since I stopped eating starchy things back in February, whenever I eat stuff like this it makes my stomach upset. I don't know if it is because I stopped eating it and my body was detoxing or it's just all in my head. Whatever the reason, I dnt know. I'm going to try and keep these four items in my diet for a the next month. However; if I end up gaining weight or not losing any, I might cut it all out again even though the nutritionist said to eat it. 

Today April 28th I went to the doctors for a meeting with the nurse! The first thing they did of course was weigh me in. I have lost 15lbs!! That's 15lbs since April 8th! Amazing!!! It was a great day for me!! The only thing the nurse had to tell me to keep doing what I'm doing and that everything looks great!! YES!!

This week has really tried me. I've ended up with some car trouble which is stressing me out. Normally that would lead me to go eat comfort food. I didn't do it though.. I was strong! I didn't eat those donuts at work or that cookies the kids offered me. I drank my water and had a sugar free ice pop! I'm so proud of myself !