One week out update....

I am one week out today and am going to get the drain out at Doc Jones today! YAY!!! This darn thing is annoying lol. I am doing pretty good with everything I believe...except for protien...I am getting down as much as possible...I am thinking I will have to order some Profect and try that. I am of course still having trouble sitting for long periods but I can walk like crazy! My DH stayed home the week of my surgery (thank goodness) and now my two year old and I are back on our own (all though I can call momma at anytime ) My teeth are hurting...weird...is that because of calcium??? I can now lay on my sides with a little more ease!!! YAYAYAYAY!!! Oh and I have lost a total of 20 pounds exactly!!!! WOW!    Well I am off to start the day! Have a great one everybody!!!

Good for you, Lisa!!!  Keep up the walking.....and hang in there! Glad to hear you have lost that much already! I hope it continues to fall off you just like melting butter! LOL Take care!

Congratulations Lisa! It's wonderful that your DH was able to stay home with you during the first week to help you out. I'm sure that made a big difference. Like you, I am just now able to start sleeping on my side here and there. It's a good thing because I don't know how much more my back could take! Congratulations and keep up the good work!!!!

Look at you go...24 pounds! WOW! Congrats...isnt it weird how you wake up and its gone lol!

Lisa, Congratulations!  Sounds like you're doing great.  Keep it up. Floyd

Sounds like you are doing great. I never had a problem sleeping on my side and boy am I glad about that. My back is so bad that I can't sleep on it. But I have to say that is starting to change. Must be the weight loss!  Better things yet to come for all of us! My DH stayed home the week I came home which was last week and went back to work yesterday. I wish that he was home only because I miss him. Other than that I have more energy than I have in years. I am doing things around the house but I am careful not to overdo. Even if I was to try my body tells me to slow down. lol

Glad to hear you are all doing well.  I am 2 wks post op today and doing well.   That drain tube is the worst.  I started hurting in my chest and called the doc and they said it was probably the tube, so they told me how to take it out.  So I got mine out a little early.  I havent weighed myself since I went to my week post op check up.  I had lost 12 lbs at 1 week.  As far as the protein, I had to go to Walmart and get some of the Whey protein that you mix with milk.  I tried the recipe the bariatric center said, but I couldnt drink that much in 1 day.  The powder mix is 46 grams of protein in 2 scoops + you protein in your milk, you get real close to 65, then I drink an extra glass of milk during the day.  Good luck!