Meat, meat, meat

For all the folks out there that are anti-meat...not for you....

So I managed to eat and keep down:
Chicken and gravy
Ham and gravy
Brisket and bbq sauce

Pretty impressive. I am impressed.

My younger sister says I look old now since I am loosing weight. I am not sure how to take this other than she is pissed off at my life right now.

On a personal note:
I said good-bye to Dad and little sister this past weekend, it was emotionally charged and well it went as expected.

I had chicken....

Finally--I managed chicken 2x's. I had to have a lot of "sauce" with it, but OH YEAH, I managed it and I kept it down.

Can say that about a recipe from my Eatting well after weight loss surgery book, but I passed the leftovers to a co-worker and she loved it. Wants the recipe.

I managed to embarass my self at church Wed. night, had to go run and get sick. Lovely. My friend Alli walked in as I was pulling myself together. UGH!

I tried and failed...

I tried to have some pesto sauce with ???? and then there is the avacado dip....last week...I got sick from the avacdo dip. Sucks, I love it. The pesto was great, I made the PERFECT batch, but had nothing to put it on...

Does it ever get easier....?

Leap of faith that ended in a success

Uh what? Ok not a big deal for most, but I tried chicken again last night. I was at the mall and needed new glasses, which I think are giving me a headache, but anyhow. I went through my exam, picked out frames and walked the mall to wait. I got a little bit of sweet & sour chicken from the local chinese dive and some extra sauce. That is the big secret of eatting food, you have to slather it in whatever~~4 pieces went down. I threw out the rest, didn't want any more. I was really happy.

Now if I can get my insides back on track all will be right with the world....ha ha ha

Tried talipia.

Ok so tried some white fish....talipia. Worked! Was easy on me. Good thing! It's friday!!

Dr. visit

6 more pounds off. 26% of my goal off. BMI-down 7 points.
Good day.

Dr. visit

6 more pounds off. 26% of my goal off. BMI-down 7 points.
Good day.

2 1/2 days of pain

Oh yeah, wasn't ready for pain again. Not fun. Felt it 100% at church on Sunday. I am not sure what "it" is, but it is at the lower left incision site. Called the Dr yesterday. Got asked tons of questions, they are not worried, so I am not worried. I just hurt. I go in tomorrow for a 1 month post op appointment, we are checking everything then.

Just threw up dinner, nice! So I have no idea what to do. I need to go back to the grocery store. It is sort of a waste of time. I bought some Mu Shi Pork and ate on it for about 4 days. Seems so much more logical. Just not always feesable.

I am tired, have been getting a lot of compliments along with tears about how "different" I look. I am happy and sad!!

Emotionally I am all over the place, they said that is exactly what would happen. Hooray I am on track with something. Maybe I will go backwards to soup. Tomato didn't taste very good, so that doesn't leave many options for me, I am fincky.

Happy 4th and SUCCESS story

Thursday night I managed to keep 1.5 ounces of spaghetti and meatballs down. I cut everything up very very small. I didn't finish, I felt full so I stopped eatting. Friday night I stopped at our local chinese food place, so far won-ton soup has been good to me, got a small and some Mu-shi-pork. So far so good. I am sleepy of course, but I feel great about actually eatting SOMETHING and it stays where it is supposed too. 2 successes in one weekend. Now I do have LOTS of leftovers, but I will deal with it. The Mu-shi provided meat and veggies, I guess so did the spaghetti and meatballs, so I got a win-win. Carbs are bad and I get that, but just to get some real food down was wonderful.

What I am missing most

Well this weekend is the 4th, everyone is having bbq's, I am feeling rather left out, but it is up to me to make it work. I am missing:
BBQ chicken
Steak
Hamburger
Hotdog

Meat in general. I have yet to figure out HOW they want me to get in 70 ounces of water and 70 ounces of protien, my "pouch" is now the size of my thumb. I would like some grilled bbq chicken, a thigh...a ribeye steak done med. rare, mexican food, chinese food (although won-ton soup is working out great), a hotdog left on the grill too long. Yeah I miss it all.

Gastric Bypass (update 7)

Hey all:

So I went yesterday for my post-op ed class. Got weighed. Not so great and I cried, but they (the Dr.’s ) were not 1 bit concerned. They said weight gain happens in the beginning, you are female and you have to think about water retention as well. Ok I buy that. So did a little shopping, got a few thing to wear to work that won’t fall off. Didn’t spend much and the clothes will get me through my transition times.

On the food front: Wow this is so hard, but I have found a couple things that work out really well. Cucumber and onion salad. Just little bits, but it tasted so good. Deviled eggs. Anything egg is great and stayed down. Crab salad, just don’t use imitation crab meat like I did, bleh!

I am still throwing up pretty regularly, but I am doing better. Today was the first day back at work, whew. Long day and I am really tired. I have grazed on and off, it is a struggle. Yogurt for lunch, wheat thins to snack, breakfast didn’t go down so well. I will learn...



Overall, it is the hardest thing I have tried to accomplish thus far, but I am making it and I am trying and that is the most important thing.