Day 40 Post Op

Feeling good and almost back to normal.  The scale said 209 this morning.

To recap.
Jan 28, 2009 I weighed in at 269.  In six months I lost 30 pounds through diet and exercise.
Sept 8, 2009 I weighed in at 239.  In 40 days I lost 30 pounds due to weight loss surgery.

I have started eating very small portions of real food.  I spent a day or too in Vegas last week and had prime rib!  I took three bites off my friend's plate and was completely satisfied.  The portion served was so huge and I remember thinking that I could have eaten the whole thing before.  Our stretchable stomaches are a huge design flaw...sorry God, but why do we have the capacity to eat such huge portions, when we can survive on such little food?

As I am introducing real food back in to my diet I am struggling a bit with portion control.  I have eaten too much three or four times and it is not a pleasant experience.  One little bite will put me over the edge and I am slowly learning when I should stop eating by listening carefully to body.  When I have had too much, it feels like severe heart burn AND that there is something stuck in your esophagus.  It lasts for a minute or too and I never want to feel it again.

I'll be blogging monthly now, instead of weekly or bi-weekly.  Thanks all for reading my little blog, see you  next month :)

- Angela

Day 30 Post Op

I feel great!  Today is the last day of leisure for me and I return to work tomorrow.   The scale said 214 this morning.

The weather has been beautiful!  I love these early fall days when the sun is bright and the sky is blue, and the temperature is about 60 degrees.  I've been in heaven this week and spent the afternoons at the dog park getting the exercise prescribed by my doctor.  I let the dogs lead the way.  Today, Peeza spent a good deal of time in the brier searching out rabbits.  Weeman followed her, and he kept looking back, stopping to wait for me to catch up.  The park is a mile all the way around.  There are five benches scattered throughout the park and I am familiar with all of them.  I still struggle a bit with my stamina.

I have sworn off yogurt.  It is one of the things I can eat, but have recently determined that milk products are one of the things that tamper with my sinuses.  In the past I was plagued with painful sinus migraines and since my surgery I have only had one sinus headache.  Even my Esthetician noticed a difference in my sinuses.  I put the yogurt to the test and had several servings of yogurt three days ago.  The following day, I was congested and I began to feel sinus pressure. Good bye Yogurt.

-A

Day 21, 22, 23 24 post op

Day 24 Post op.  Getting strength back and feeling good.  The scale said 216.5 yesterday morning.

This life of leisure is NOT for me.  I am really looking forward to going back to work.

I am still dealing a bit with nausea and searching for the perfect protein.  My protein intake has been inconsistent because of this problem.  But I think I may have found the solution.  I tried Syntax Nectar Medical plain protein and it went down pretty well with some yogurt.

I have come to the conclusion that I can not have Peanut Butter any more.  I knew I was slightly alergic to peanuts in the past (per the alergy testing my Naturopath did) but I tolerated peanuts very well and never noticed any physical reaction to peanuts.  I'm sad because it is one of my favorite foods  Out with the Peanut Butter and in with Almond Butter.

That's it for now.

-Angela