Stuck.
I realized I have been neglecting the whole basis for this blog - my wls journey. I have had a couple things going' on, so here are some updates.
I am now officially 5 weeks out from my surgery. I weighed 264.4 the Thursday before surgery and yesterday morning I weighed 238.6, I believe. Math done, that's 25.8 pounds gone in 5 weeks. Not too shabby at all. That is without exercise (which will be starting very soon). I am also now only 2.6 pounds above the weight at which I started phen-fen in 1996. That is crazy. I thought I was so huge then, and I kinda was, but this time I had to lose 50 pounds just to get back to that. I really, uh, put in some work there.
What am I eating? This is the question most asked of me. I am eating real stuff now. I am trying new foods and discovering new things. I can eat sugar in small quantities and not get sick (bad). I can eat some veggies (good). I can eat salad (good). I can eat chicken most of the time (ok but I am sick of it). I have eaten too much a few times (bad). I have eaten too little a lot (bad).
I have had 2 occassions where food got stuck. One, I wated and it passed but the other, I did throw up. Now, it wasn't really that bad. It hurt to have the food stuck. It was weird. Like, it hurt to breathe in and I could feel the pain all the way from my chest to my back. Eventually I had to bring the food back up cuz it was just so uncomfortable. It wasn't awful to have to throw up. It isn't the puking that gets me, it is the nausea, and since there was none, it was all ok. It wasn't nearly as awful as I thought it was going to be.
What else? I need more protein all the time. I am taking my meds and my vitamins. I am drinking my water but can always have more. My clothes are way bigger. My face is looking smaller. I will get to see people this week and next who haven't seen me in a while so hopefully they will notice. This is a great trip.
I am now officially 5 weeks out from my surgery. I weighed 264.4 the Thursday before surgery and yesterday morning I weighed 238.6, I believe. Math done, that's 25.8 pounds gone in 5 weeks. Not too shabby at all. That is without exercise (which will be starting very soon). I am also now only 2.6 pounds above the weight at which I started phen-fen in 1996. That is crazy. I thought I was so huge then, and I kinda was, but this time I had to lose 50 pounds just to get back to that. I really, uh, put in some work there.
What am I eating? This is the question most asked of me. I am eating real stuff now. I am trying new foods and discovering new things. I can eat sugar in small quantities and not get sick (bad). I can eat some veggies (good). I can eat salad (good). I can eat chicken most of the time (ok but I am sick of it). I have eaten too much a few times (bad). I have eaten too little a lot (bad).
I have had 2 occassions where food got stuck. One, I wated and it passed but the other, I did throw up. Now, it wasn't really that bad. It hurt to have the food stuck. It was weird. Like, it hurt to breathe in and I could feel the pain all the way from my chest to my back. Eventually I had to bring the food back up cuz it was just so uncomfortable. It wasn't awful to have to throw up. It isn't the puking that gets me, it is the nausea, and since there was none, it was all ok. It wasn't nearly as awful as I thought it was going to be.
What else? I need more protein all the time. I am taking my meds and my vitamins. I am drinking my water but can always have more. My clothes are way bigger. My face is looking smaller. I will get to see people this week and next who haven't seen me in a while so hopefully they will notice. This is a great trip.
posted by Neely at 11:46 AM
1 Comments:
I can't wait to see you too :( Now now now now now!
sigh.
I guess acting like a 4 year old won't work.
25 pound in 5 weeks is amazing. Have I told you lately how much I admire you? Oh, yeah, a cookie here in there isn't going to kill you, you know. Fuck what other people say. You're doing great.
Oh yeah, come over.
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