Three Weeks Post-Op

Jul 13, 2011

7/13/11 - Three weeks post-op (yesterday).  Started to get excited that I was below the 300 lbs mark, but scale has gone up and down all wk giving or taking a lb or two.  Never went below 298 lbs.

I did do the tape measure again and now I am at a total loss of 5 1/2 inches in the stomach and 3 1/2 inches around the hips/butt.  So I am losing inches and not lbs. still.  Trying not to be discouraged.  Have had more pulling and burning from internal staples or sutures or muscles and nerves reconnecting and "coming back to life"....whatever you want to call it.  So haven't done much exercise other than walking doing errands and shopping, etc.

I can fit into size 24 pants now (was 26/28 pre-op) but fitted pants make the tummy tender in those areas so only wear them for short spurts.  Getting to wear some of my shirts that I hadn't worn in a while because my big stomach made them come up too high.  I am tall and have a tall upper body and that alone is a pain to find shirts long enough, but to add fat to that too and it is exhausting trying to find shirts that don't shrink up too short.  Now that I have lost a lot of belly fat, I can wear some of those shirts again. 

I ate out for the first time this past wkend.  Did real good.  Kids love that Mama can't finish her food and they get more food.  ha ha  Even when my daughter picked out red velvet cake, the other daughter got sweet potatoe pie and my son got chocolate pudding pie....I did great!  I took one tiny bite of the sweet potatoe pie as it was not overly sweet and was satisfied with that.  I had a half of a chicken picassa breast, a few bites of fruit, a few bites of a pea salad and the bite of the pie.  I was good.  One of hardest things for me is not drinking when I eat.  I have always had a hard time swallowing when I eat and 9 times out of 10 I rarely drank throughout the day, but would drink 1-2 glasses of whatever at mealtime.  So that has been hard.  Plus, it has been extremely hot and humid this week and I stay thirsty and want to drink, drink, drink, but feel ill if I go too much too fast. 

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