15 lbs lost in 10 days...

WOW, just WOW. I know this rate of loss will not keep up, however it's an amazing start!

Ride yesterday went great. Went to super Walmart and did a lot of walking around. I was a bit sore and pretty tired by the time we were done but it was good to get out :-)

Looking forward to thursday when i can advance my diet to include a lot more protein choices = MEAT, has to be a puree consistency but at least i can eat something else :-)

Getting a little stir crazy...

I havn't been anywhere since I came home Sunday except as far as the mailbox. So today I am going to try a short ride in the truck and see how i do. I am looking forward to some sunshine and fresh air.
Doing okay with my "eating", really discouraged by how nasty most everything tastes, but just getting it down slowly and surely.

Feeling hungry... 7 days post op

So it's been a week since surgery. And today is the first day i can honestly say i have felt hunger. I actually felt like i needed to "eat". Every other day i've just been "eating" cause i knew i needed too, today though I woke up and actually felt like i'd better have something. By no means do i feel ravenous or anything, but it's good to feel a normal feeling.

11 lbs seriously?

ummm wow!
I was feeling (actually am still feeling) crummy this morning. Overdid a bit yesterday and then didn't sleep well. So i decided to step on the scale just to see if maybe i lost a pound or two that would help boost my mood. Well much to my shock I have lost 11 lbs in the last week. Holy toot! I know this is mostly the shedding of water bloat that happens right as you start any "diet" and i know the drastic cut back in my food intake also has a lot to do with it, BUT it's a huge loss and a fantastic accomplishment so I'll just be proud of myself!!!!

Post Op day 5

Going well, moving better each day.
My back is quite sore, i think it's from sleeping in the recliner, think i might try upstairs in bed again tonight.
I was able to get in a bit more "food" today, still not much. I ate & drank -
5 oz yogurt
6 oz protein shake (i'm supposed to try to get 2-3 of these in)
1/2 of a SF popsicle
SF Pudding cup w/ 1/4 scoop protein powder
1 cup egg drop soup
sips of water all day probably 20-25 oz.
(SF stands for sugar free)

So nowhere near that amount of protein they want me to get in, nor the amount of liquid. But i'm working at it and that's the good thing, I certainly got more in today than yesterday.

I am noticing that I really am not ever "hungry". My head is currently playing games with me and making me think/lust for foods I can't have right now, but i'm not even really hungry for those, just obsessed with thinking about them. It's a head game, i know that. The egg drop soup was yummy and i really enjoyed that.

It's amazing how much my taste has changed. Toothpaste tastes HORRIBLE! Sweet things taste 100% sweeter i swear, and i'm eating the sugar free variety of things. Hope when i get back to yummy proteins like fish, seafood, chicken and such they don't taste funny too.

A couple people have asked me if i've lost weight yet. I havn't really bothered to check, immediately post op you have so much swelling and such from the actual surgery that you often don't lose a lot. My plan is to wait to officially weigh the first time this weekend. My ticker reflects the weigh in the morning of surgery :-)

day 4 post op

First off it is nice to be home. yes i am of course very uncomfortable, but i'm "uncomfortable" in my own home which makes it a lot nicer. the ride home was tough, every bump hurt, but luckily it was mostly main roads and not a ton of bumps. Slept pretty well last night. Overall i feel weak, tired and just "foggy" but i know that the anesthesia effects can last a while and also that the pain meds can do that too.

I'm eating small amount of yogurt, pudding and cream soup. I eat popsicles and drink lots of water, in tiny sips. I also have tried some protein shakes, so far just a bit of that goes down at a time.

Overall feeling pretty darn good considering everything that my body has endured.

3 days post op

i had a rough night last night. very gassy adn bloated. threw up some pain meds and couldn't get comfortable at all. i have never wanted to fart so badly in all my life, hoping it happens sooner rather than later. hoping to head home today, i will be more comfortable i think and be able to rest better.

2 days post op

obviously i have pain....i'm moving slow....but so far so good. tried a little clear liquids last night, seemed to do okay with them. i seem to get gassy from everything even water and burping hurts but it will pass the more i can walk around. i think they take my pain pump off today and i try pain meds by mouth, hoping that goes well.

Weight Loss Ticker...

I am going to be brave and bold and just put it right there at the top of the blog. My high weight is 379, today i weight 376, so from my high weight i've lost a grand total of 3 lbs, whoopty doo. That is precisely why i am having weight loss surgery, i cannot do this on my own, i have tried, and tried and tried again. So here we go, here's to hoping it moves down the line a lot in the next few months. I put my "goal" in as 199, the doctor has not set any definate goal for me, but 199 sounds like a nice number for now. "Normal" as far as BMI is concerned would actually be like 165, i just don't forsee me ever being there. So for now it will stay 199.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock

The day is slowly ticking by.
I am doing okay on the clear liquids, of course your head plays a lot of games with you, but i'll be okay, i can do it, it will be worth it.

Started the meds shuffle. I take something pretty much all day long every couple of hours.

I am a bit more nervous about tomorrow but it's not really bad, just totally normal stuff. I'm sure that the next few days will be hard. I will be taking a laptop to the hospital with me and I hope to update my blog when i can and am up to it.

Thanks to all who have offered help and been so supportive of this life changing decision. I thank God every day for such a supportive group of family & friends.