I'm still alive and happy to be sleeved
Well im exactly one week post op I'm doing well however I'm not drinking enough water but I am drinking Gatorade so i don't get dehydrated. I've been doing well I'm having my shakes and I've been eating yogurt too I don't have much pain and my steri stips came off yesterday and im healing wonderfully. I'm excited to get to the pureed stage I want s ok mr butternut squash soup and I'm really excited to try some new stuff. I've been wanting avacado too so for some reason i want fresh veggies and fruits. Excited next week I get weighed for the first time since surgery I'm hoping for a double diget number but not gonna die if it's not. Hope everyone is doing good.
Elia Maria Saenz
Congratulations on the great start! I am 7 weeks post-op and eating regular foods.... it won't be long for you. The exciting thing is eating one egg, 1/2 an English muffin with a little jelly or butter for breakfast and be completely stuffed (it just makes me smile everytime, haha). Getting the water in is always a challenge at times but I try to drink as much as water possible before evening meal so I am not getting up all night going to the bathroom. My program has me having a snack of 1 cup of skim milk between meals for additional protein and that does keep me feeling quite satisfied all day between meals. It's a mind thing with the idea of not eating when you don't need too. Instead of the old me eating because I really really liked too. The weight doesn't come off as fast as I thought it would but it does come off. Enjoy the next month of new things in a new way.....
HW: 336.5 (March 1, 2015), Height: 5'11", Birthdate: November 8, 1955
VSG: July 1, 2015 288.0 lbs, University of Iowa Hospitals -- Dr. Isaac Samuel
CW: 196 lbs, goal: 186
8/2/15 -- 263.8 | 8/30/15 -- 256.0 | 9/20/15 -- 248.6 | 11/1/15 -- 240.6 | 11/29/15 -- 233.2 | 1/3/16 -- 227.4 | 1/31/16 -- 218.6 | 2/28/16 -- 211.2 | 3/27/16 -- 204.6 | 5/2/2016 -- 206.6 | 5/30/2016 -- 203.8 | 7/7/2016 --198.8 | 8/1/2016 -- 197.8 | 1/25/2017 -- 196.3 | 3/23/2017 -- 194
The drinking was so hard for me after surgery, because I hated drinking before surgery. Hang in there! And congrats with your good progress :)
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
