update on my lap band revision
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on 3/14/09 11:27 pm, edited 3/15/09 12:54 pm - Togo
on 3/14/09 11:27 pm, edited 3/15/09 12:54 pm - Togo
I seem to have hit a plateau for the moment.
The good news is that people are noticing that I'm losing weight now. I am wearing a pair of jogging pants that I couldn't wear before the surgery. And I am getting better at crossing my legs. It is a comfortable feeling to sit in a chair and cross your legs lady like. It is still a bit of a struggle but I am doing it.
While I seem to have hit a plateau on the scale I am losing inches around my body.
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P.S. After having said I hit a plateau - a few hours later I weighed myself and found I'd lost 2 pounds. What a pleasant surprise.
I am going through trial and error with the post op diet, trying different things out.
I am eating salad from the salad bar at the store and fish now. My favorite is red snapper and baby shrimp. And I am keeping plenty of canned soft fruit in little cups on the kitchen counter to snack on as I go by. Plus a bowl of imitation crab meat to snack on. I mix cottage cheese with pineapple chunks. I also bought canned asparagus and chopped off the tips. I only like to eat the tips. All canned foods are rinsed and drained. And I have my chocolate protein shake I mix in the blender with ice cubes. Taste like a chocolate malted. Oh, and I eat plenty of soft poached eggs with salt and pepper for breakfast - without butter - maybe every other morning.
I taped a dime up above the kitchen sink. I look at it all the time. The food I eat has to go smoothly through a size that's the size of a dime my doctor said. So I eat little bites, chew well, and I eat often. I am never hungry.
I keep a water bottle of Crystal Lite or some such thing around me all the time. As well as getting in regular water.
So that's the update.
The good news is that people are noticing that I'm losing weight now. I am wearing a pair of jogging pants that I couldn't wear before the surgery. And I am getting better at crossing my legs. It is a comfortable feeling to sit in a chair and cross your legs lady like. It is still a bit of a struggle but I am doing it.
While I seem to have hit a plateau on the scale I am losing inches around my body.
------
P.S. After having said I hit a plateau - a few hours later I weighed myself and found I'd lost 2 pounds. What a pleasant surprise.
I am going through trial and error with the post op diet, trying different things out.
I am eating salad from the salad bar at the store and fish now. My favorite is red snapper and baby shrimp. And I am keeping plenty of canned soft fruit in little cups on the kitchen counter to snack on as I go by. Plus a bowl of imitation crab meat to snack on. I mix cottage cheese with pineapple chunks. I also bought canned asparagus and chopped off the tips. I only like to eat the tips. All canned foods are rinsed and drained. And I have my chocolate protein shake I mix in the blender with ice cubes. Taste like a chocolate malted. Oh, and I eat plenty of soft poached eggs with salt and pepper for breakfast - without butter - maybe every other morning.
I taped a dime up above the kitchen sink. I look at it all the time. The food I eat has to go smoothly through a size that's the size of a dime my doctor said. So I eat little bites, chew well, and I eat often. I am never hungry.
I keep a water bottle of Crystal Lite or some such thing around me all the time. As well as getting in regular water.
So that's the update.
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