Six days since the beginning of my new life. I have to say it has been a wonderfully challenging experience. Like I mentioned in my last post, I know the doctor's say the procedure is easy with a quick recovery time etc BUT for like 3 days afterwards, IT WAS AGONY! You will never realize what is meant by your CORE MUSCLES until you have some kind of abdominal surgery. Everytime you bend, twist, sneeze, cough, chuckle, you have pain. Thankfully the excrutiating pain is done but I cannot say that it is totally gone. I still feel it but I am grateful that it gets better with each passing day. In addition to all this, Aunt Flow came to visit and apparently her dates were flexible and she won the bid on priceline, and came EARLY! This sucked for me because I tried to plan the surgery around her impending visit. Oh and on Saturday night, throat started to hurt and I was like please Lord not this too!
So I am still on phase 2 of the diet plan which essentially is a soft liquid diet. The strangest thing for me, is that I AM NOT HUNGRY at all! It is really important that you stay hydrated and basicaly sip/eat every 15 minutes and because I am just not hungry it is really challenging. Yesterday, I told my husband to remind me to eat because I might forget! When those words passed from my lips, we both started laughing because I was the type of person that would plan out my activities around food. I would be RAVENOUS if I did not eat every 2 hours! I would go to bed thinking about what I woud be having for breakfast and lunch. Anyone who has ever dieted knows that there is a difference between physical, emotional and mental hunger. When you are really overweight, unfortunately, they all blend together. With the Band in place, I am learning the differences and how to recognize true physical hunger. Frank has been sooooo supportive and he still has to eat. At first he was feeling guilty when he would eat in front of me. I must say that there is no need for anyone to feel guilty about eating whatever they want in front of me. I will explain to you how this works: If I smell delicious food, I get a little nostalgic and I can say "wow that smells yummy." However, my attention is IMMEDIATELY brought back to the fact that I am physically NOT HUNGRY! I am looking forward to advanccing to the later stages of the diet so that I will be able to enjoy foods that I love but on a much smaller scale. Right now, it is alot of pudding and jello, soup etc...You know what they say "Pudding in, Pudding Out!" No need for me to elaborate on that..LOL...It has been 6 days and I am down 11 pounds....It is pretty Crazy! Thanks for reading...more to come
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ahh the days of baby food all coming back to ya..lol wow 11 pounds already? That is awesome! Good for you girl! :) We'll have to meet up for coffee and soup once you're feeling better :)
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ReplyDeleteYou know I relate to all this on so many levels. When I was in 6th grade a boy teased me and called me "big nose" and ever since then I felt ugly. I felt I was called to sing, but every time I got up in front of people I had panic attacks and felt everyone thought I was ugly. I also have always battle my weight, but have been able to win the battle, I just had to learn how to eat proper food and proper amounts, but always felt my body was out of proportion, so always wore baggy clothes to hide things I didn't like about myself. When I painted murals, I really looked gross. I'd wear ripped up jeans full of paint stains, baggy old t-shirts, old shoes, and let me tell you something. If I ran out to get something to eat...people treated me differently just because of my appearance. People don't even know that they are being shallow. They just are! Well, I had my nose fixed last year and I can't believe my new confidence! I finally like having my picture taken (if I smiled, it used to make it look bigger)and sing in front of people and don't even think about what I look like. Kel....I am behind you all the way! I know how much better you are going to feel about yourself, and the world around you! You go girl!
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