struggling with food................

Its almost been 16 weeks since surgery but I am still struggling to eat.   Somes days are good, some just suck.  Down 58 pounds so far though.  Gonna have to have a little werk done on the saggy parts.

Almost to onederland!~

2 more pounds till I reach the single digits on the scale!!!!  Bye Bye 200's!!!!!

20 days out-25.4 lbs gone!!!

Its been really rough trying to re learn to eat again.  It makes me think I always gave my children bites that were too big!!!  Thank you for Chike Protein and GNC Amplified Whey Protein....complete lifesavers!

7 days out....feeling good!!

Last Wednesday, the 24th I had my surgery.  It went well, no complications to speak of other than it was on the brink of a hurricane. The only incident I had was my blood pressure went up and was being really stubborn about returning to normal.  I came home Friday and as of yesterday have progressed to soft/moist foods.  I seem to be tolerating things well, so far.  My weight loss is right around 20.2 pounds thus far.  I have been wearing my pedometer and have actually managed to get in about 5,700 steps a day.  One day at a time, one bite at a time, one step at a time.

14 hours to go

So ready for this.  Got great support from family and friends through the first part of this  journey.  Something strange happened today that came at an odd time.  We had an earthquake, 5.8.  I was sitting in the nail salon with my boyfriends sister doing my nails and the ground under my feet rippled.  Very strange.  Anyway, I am ready for tomorrow.

Got my survival kit packed up for werk!!!!

Got all my stuff together this evening that I'm gonna need for my pre-op diet that starts in about 56 hours....goodbye solid food for a while.  The past two weeks seemed to have flown by.  I am totally ready for the next leg of the journey to wellbeing.  ome on August 24th!!!

17 days and counting

10 days till the liquid diet begins and 17 till surgery...I can't believe its almost here.  Had my 4 hour pre-op class last week.  I needed that reinforcement. Very, very EXCITED!!!!

Counting down.........

7 weeks to go till surgery day.  Staring to get excited and realizing that I really have to focus.  Doing research on gyms, trying to find a trainer to help me do things right, thinking about my new eating plan....exciting and scary all at the same time.....as Bruce Hornsby says "Its a long race, if I try I can surely win it"

Got my Surgery Date!!!!

Talked with my surgeons office yesterday, surgery date is August 24th.  12 weeks to go.,.,.I can do it!!!!

The Best News in the World.......

Yep, thats how I see it.  After 6 months of meetings,  nutritionist visits and seminars, I got the call I was waiting for....I GOT APPROVED!!!!  I will find out the date next week.   I am so ready for the next part of my journey.

Last visit with the nutritionist today....

Had my last appointment and she recommended me for surgery, now the waiting begins.  The Surgeons office says there is usually a 72 hour turnaround with my insurance company, so I should know something by Monday.

One more visit to the Nutritionist......and then we wait

Had my next to last visit last Wednesday, all was well.  I have been reaching my set goals as far as changing my eating habits and identifying problem areas.  I never realized I was a shoveler!!  I eat like its the last supper!!!  Habits learned as a child.  I have been able to put the utensils down and think about the chewing process, but it HAS NOT been an easy process for me.  Its weird having to unlearn 53 years of doing something that has become automatic.  I guess any process starts with the newborn, infant and toddler stages!!  I guess at this point I am getting anxious, it has been a 6 month process and I am ready.

Got my Liquid vitamins and protein powder for Surgery!!

Worked out on the Wii tonight

Today was my regular day off and I actually managed to not have any doctors appointments, support groups or anything else scheduled.  A real day off!!  I had a BLT and a salad for brunch and a piece of baked chicken and a small slice of lasagna for dinner.  Then I did several exercises on the Wii Fit.  Bicycled 2 miles, did the yoga stretching exercises and did the parade marching thing.  Total workout was 1 hour.  Felt really good. :~)

Getting my eating plan back on track...

Went to the Nutritionist the other day and thankfully I had lost 1 pound.  I did tell her the calories she wanted me to consume were just too much so I am back to the point program I was following before.  I did catch myself stress eating the other day after a depressing situation at werk!  I know that is one of my problem areas ad I am working on it and I also managed to give up the popcorn for 4 days out of the week.  I'm satisfied with the small steps and the progress thus far.

Second visit with the Nutritionist tomorrow...

Tomorrow will be my second visit since she increased my caloric intake.  I think I have gained instead of lost weight.  Its very frustrating.  I had a good eating plan in place and was comfortable with it and I am really struggling with a 1300 calorie diet versus a 25 point one which I was used to.....I guess I'll get it eventually, it just seems like too much food!!!!