So I found this channel on You Tube and I am LOVING this girl. This is one of her first videos, and although it's like 18 months old, it's so similar to where I am, that I had to post it. It's like having a friend going through the same thing as me!! Thank goodness for You Tube.
P.S.--I plan to do my own videos soon. I'm still not feeling confident enough to put my fat face on the internet. :-)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Quick Update--5 weeks post op
I'm feeling great!!!
The last 7-10 days have made a huge difference. I'm feeling very little pain anymore, meeting my hydration goals most days, and I have WAY more energy! Exercising on a regular basis has really helped. I am still not eating much, but the excercise keeps my energy up, and gives me motivation to eat--after all, I HAVE to eat to be able to excercise.
Food has become--at least for right now--sort of a chore. Because I can't eat the same things I used to eat (comfort food like macaroni, hot dogs, and bread) it doesn't really appeal to me at all anymore. It's just not 'fun' anymore! That change has been the biggest emotional challenge so far, and belieive me I'm still dealing with that every day. I am very literally mourning my old comfort food hobby. For me, food was my main source of 'fun' and happiness for more than 15 years. Food made me feel better, every single time. Now when things suck, I have to cope with them like a grown-up and that's hard to do when you don't have any practice!!
:-)
Still, though I've been a bit emotional abotu it all, I haven't been even remotely tempted to try any of those 'bad' foods, because I still have VERY firm memories of being sick the first few weeks and I don't want to do anything to relive that stage.
I've been really good about eating only protein-rich foods, but when I do feel the need to 'splurge' I have a couple of safe filler foods that I've been relying on. One of those is avacado. When I'm feeling the need to have a non-protein food, that's my treat. I can only eat about 2 table-spoons a time, so the fat content is not soemthing to worry about and it is one of the only foods so far that has actually given me a reminicent 'comfort food' feeling. It's great!
I also let myself have a little sweet-potato on my birthday, and that was heavenly!!
I'm at right around 50 pounds of weight loss now, and trying not to weight too often (it's soooooo tempting to do it every day) because I know it can be discouraging, and my weight fluxes so much over the course of a week that it doesn't really give an accurate idea of where I'm at anyway.
That's all for now, off to the store to investigate protein-bar choices.
adios!
The last 7-10 days have made a huge difference. I'm feeling very little pain anymore, meeting my hydration goals most days, and I have WAY more energy! Exercising on a regular basis has really helped. I am still not eating much, but the excercise keeps my energy up, and gives me motivation to eat--after all, I HAVE to eat to be able to excercise.
Food has become--at least for right now--sort of a chore. Because I can't eat the same things I used to eat (comfort food like macaroni, hot dogs, and bread) it doesn't really appeal to me at all anymore. It's just not 'fun' anymore! That change has been the biggest emotional challenge so far, and belieive me I'm still dealing with that every day. I am very literally mourning my old comfort food hobby. For me, food was my main source of 'fun' and happiness for more than 15 years. Food made me feel better, every single time. Now when things suck, I have to cope with them like a grown-up and that's hard to do when you don't have any practice!!
:-)
Still, though I've been a bit emotional abotu it all, I haven't been even remotely tempted to try any of those 'bad' foods, because I still have VERY firm memories of being sick the first few weeks and I don't want to do anything to relive that stage.
I've been really good about eating only protein-rich foods, but when I do feel the need to 'splurge' I have a couple of safe filler foods that I've been relying on. One of those is avacado. When I'm feeling the need to have a non-protein food, that's my treat. I can only eat about 2 table-spoons a time, so the fat content is not soemthing to worry about and it is one of the only foods so far that has actually given me a reminicent 'comfort food' feeling. It's great!
I also let myself have a little sweet-potato on my birthday, and that was heavenly!!
I'm at right around 50 pounds of weight loss now, and trying not to weight too often (it's soooooo tempting to do it every day) because I know it can be discouraging, and my weight fluxes so much over the course of a week that it doesn't really give an accurate idea of where I'm at anyway.
That's all for now, off to the store to investigate protein-bar choices.
adios!
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