My best week ever!!!!!!!

The last few weeks I have been feeling discouraged because my scale has been going up and down each week. My total loss for Nov was 1lb!!!! I was starting to get nervous because I will be at 6 months out in a few weeks and thought this would be an indication of how my weight loss will be after the honeymoon period. At the last support group I attended at Presby Hosp the NUT mentioned that we should be getting a max of 60g carbs a day. The NUT I see had never mentioned about keeping an eye on carbs so I hadnt kept track. Well, after that meeting I looked at what I was eating and I was WAY over 60g carbs a day. Starting last week I drastically cut back my carbs to around 25-30g a day aaaaaaaaaaaand the scale moved 5lbs this week. This is my best week EVER!!!!!!!!! Previoulsy I had a week where I lost 4lbs and that was my heighest... that was back in my first moth post op! Since then Ive done 1-3lbs a week. YaaaaaaaaaaaaY! Had to share because I was excited for myself In addition to watching the carbs I "went back to basics" and added more lean protein and fruits/veggies. Also commited myself to going to the gym faithfully and quit making excuses for myself. Its so great to see hard work pay off.

That keeping the carbs down thing is hard... Especially the first month out. I'm supposed to be eating "soft" foods. I asked my doctor what soft foods were, and he kept saying tuna salad and chicken salad over and over again. It was pretty funny--I don't think he really knew. But seriously, I end up eating mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, cheese, eggs, cream of potato soup, pudding, refried beans, etc. I feel like I exist mostly on carbs right now... I'm working on adding some deli cut meats to my diet, but am not really supposed to do a lot of fruits... And why aren't we supposed to eat regular salads? Great job, Jennifer!