I am now a day past 6 weeks post-op. As of this morning I am down 49.5lbs!
Along with my weight being down so much, I am also thankfully shrinking. I've gone from wearing a 52" waist pant to a 46". I've also gone from 5XL shirts to a loose fitting 3XL. I should be into 2XL very soon.
As for my diet, I'm pretty much on regular foods now. The only difference is the amount of food that I can eat. My portions are 3oz and I am sticking with that and measuring. I did have a stall in weight loss for a couple of weeks but after doing some reading I found that stalls usually happen because of either not getting enough water or not getting enough protein (or both). Since then I have been trying as hard as possible to get my 90-100 grams of protein a day. That is hard to do just eating 3 3oz meals a day. I've supplemented this with drinking protein shakes in between breakfast and lunch and lunch and dinner. The shakes that I like are Premier Protein chocolate. They give me 30 grams of protein per shake, very little calories and about 10 grams of sugar which is good. Starting this week I have also had the Premier Protein bars for breakfast. These are OK, not my favorite as they are very dense and it definitely takes more than 30 minutes to eat the whole thing!
I still haven't taken comparison pictures from the day before surgery. Heather and I both keep saying we need to do that. Maybe this weekend we will have time.
I have also started going to the gym on a regular basis. I never thought I would say this but I LOVE going to the gym. I have taken advantage of the personal trainer that is offered from when we signed up and am now on a workout regimen. Now the only thing is that we need to get a little more consistent in going during the week. It is difficult to do workouts during the week due to the boys soccer schedules. My plan right now is to do my gym stuff on Friday Saturday and Sunday and then the rest of the week either cycle in the mornings or walk during practices.
Speaking of bikes, I just bought a new one! I will be picking it up this Friday and I'm so looking forward to it. I went with a mountain bike this time to use for both training and to be able to ride with the boys and as a family easier. I'll put pics up of the bike once I bring it home on Friday.
Until next time....
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
3 weeks post-op
Well I am now at 3 weeks post-op. I had my followup with the doctor and also had a visit with the nutritionist.
Let's start out with the stats. I am as of the doctor's scale down 33 lbs. This is with my phone, keys, money clip everything in my pockets. According to the scale at home I am down 35 lbs. I'll take either one!
The visit with the doctor was good. I am going to backtrack a little to Monday when I had a followup appointment with my nephrologist (kidney doctor). I had blood work done last week for this appointment and the doctor was thrilled with the results. The last time I was in there in March I was showing as being diabetic. That is no longer the case! All of the rest of the tests were in a good state. My blood pressure was also low. So low that she has decided to cut back my blood pressure medication to a lower dose. Technically I don't have high blood pressure, but blood pressure has a direct effect on the kidneys causing them to deteriorate faster, and since I have one that wouldn't be a good thing.
So now to the visit with the WLS doctor. Both last visit and this visit I met with the nurse practitioner Carmen. She is happy with how I am progressing and has cleared me to start trying the stage 4 diet, which means I get to have MEAT! I am so happy!!! After that visit I also saw the nutritionist. All she did was go over the nutrition guide, ask me how long it took me to eat, etc. She did also correct me as far as when I should be taking my vitamins. I was doing it all wrong. I also talked to her about my protein intake. I asked if I should be shooting for the recommended protein for my height, which is 90-100g a day. She said yes. This is kind of hard to do since I can only eat such a small amount. She advised me that I will need to start supplementing with a protein powder that I can add to foods as I eat. I will have to start researching that. I know from reading posts in the facebook groups I belong to there are many out there. The most popular that everyone seems to like is called Unjury. They make several different flavors, including chicken soup, and they even have an unflavored that you can add to other foods. Definitely will be looking to order some of that.
Getting back to the meat thing. Evan had a soccer game last night in Los Banos, which is about an hour and a half away from here. Since the game was at 6pm, and we had to be there at least a 1/2 hour before, that meant leaving at 4. Dinner had to be eaten out. Since I was cleared to start trying the stage 4 foods we decided to go to the kids' favorite place, Subway. I ordered a 6" meatball sub, minus the bread. Both Heather and I thought it might be a weird request but the girl behind the counter acted like it is very common. Oh the meatballs, as I said to Heather, almost better than sex! They were good and they were sitting fine in my stomach so we had success there. Today for lunch I had some pastrami lunch meat and provolone cheese (3oz total) and dipped them into mustard. Again it sat well with me and it was delicious!
My next followup appointment is not until July. I will try and update the blog once a week, but it may turn into once a month. I know after a month I will do a photo comparison from pre-surgery to 1 month out.
Let's start out with the stats. I am as of the doctor's scale down 33 lbs. This is with my phone, keys, money clip everything in my pockets. According to the scale at home I am down 35 lbs. I'll take either one!
The visit with the doctor was good. I am going to backtrack a little to Monday when I had a followup appointment with my nephrologist (kidney doctor). I had blood work done last week for this appointment and the doctor was thrilled with the results. The last time I was in there in March I was showing as being diabetic. That is no longer the case! All of the rest of the tests were in a good state. My blood pressure was also low. So low that she has decided to cut back my blood pressure medication to a lower dose. Technically I don't have high blood pressure, but blood pressure has a direct effect on the kidneys causing them to deteriorate faster, and since I have one that wouldn't be a good thing.
So now to the visit with the WLS doctor. Both last visit and this visit I met with the nurse practitioner Carmen. She is happy with how I am progressing and has cleared me to start trying the stage 4 diet, which means I get to have MEAT! I am so happy!!! After that visit I also saw the nutritionist. All she did was go over the nutrition guide, ask me how long it took me to eat, etc. She did also correct me as far as when I should be taking my vitamins. I was doing it all wrong. I also talked to her about my protein intake. I asked if I should be shooting for the recommended protein for my height, which is 90-100g a day. She said yes. This is kind of hard to do since I can only eat such a small amount. She advised me that I will need to start supplementing with a protein powder that I can add to foods as I eat. I will have to start researching that. I know from reading posts in the facebook groups I belong to there are many out there. The most popular that everyone seems to like is called Unjury. They make several different flavors, including chicken soup, and they even have an unflavored that you can add to other foods. Definitely will be looking to order some of that.
Getting back to the meat thing. Evan had a soccer game last night in Los Banos, which is about an hour and a half away from here. Since the game was at 6pm, and we had to be there at least a 1/2 hour before, that meant leaving at 4. Dinner had to be eaten out. Since I was cleared to start trying the stage 4 foods we decided to go to the kids' favorite place, Subway. I ordered a 6" meatball sub, minus the bread. Both Heather and I thought it might be a weird request but the girl behind the counter acted like it is very common. Oh the meatballs, as I said to Heather, almost better than sex! They were good and they were sitting fine in my stomach so we had success there. Today for lunch I had some pastrami lunch meat and provolone cheese (3oz total) and dipped them into mustard. Again it sat well with me and it was delicious!
My next followup appointment is not until July. I will try and update the blog once a week, but it may turn into once a month. I know after a month I will do a photo comparison from pre-surgery to 1 month out.
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