"Air it Out" Thread

If it makes you feel any better, I was in horrible horrible extreme pain for an entire month after my surgery due to getting my gallbladder taken out.  Any movement felt like my body was getting ripped apart on the right side.

I was basically bed ridden until the pain ended.  I couldn't exercise, barely ate ANYTHING, and was afraid to drink a lot because then I would have to get up to use the facilities.

take heart. Not everyone's recovery is smooth sailing.

I couldn't have done Zumba two weeks post op because I couldn't have stayed awake long enough.

I had a hard time with a lot of food at your stage too. I was on full liquids for three weeks after surgery, then purees for another three weeks. I wanted solid food, but when I tried to eat it my stomach sent it back.

It really does get better.

I'm sure it will get better.  At least that is what I'm telling myself.  I thought I had it made; I didn't throw up at all my first month or so (on liquids), then I started throwing almost everything up when I tried solid foods.  I'm a few days past 2 months post-op and thowing up a lot.  I can't eat solid foods yet except for cheese, bread, and crackers.  I can't eat meat of any kind.

So, you are not alone!

If you're throwing up that much you may be developing a stricture.  They are easy to fix.  Talk to your surgeon.

 I am 3.5 years out and still don't do zumba!
I would have ended up in the morgue if I would have tried 2 weeks out.

I've been lying to myself for months.

When I workout regularly I burn upwards of 2500 calories a day, so I eat around 1800-2000.  Well, I've still been eating that much (at least), but have been skipping way too many gym sessions.  Before last week I hadn't run more than once in months.

I've been watching the scale slide up a pound at a time and saying it's jus****er.  12 pounds later, is it still water?  At one point the scale read 15 pounds heavier.

I'm calling myself out on all the bull****  Get back to the gym, cut the calories, and just being real.  Day two and it looks like it *really* won't kill me to do what's right.  This morning I was just 10 pounds above my lowest.

Heather, I applaud you for your honesty and your bravery. You can do this!

I swear to God, I would have thought you were inside my mind!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm there with you girl....

So Tuesday I had a "big pouch" day.  Day went wrong right after breakfast which for some reason seemed to not "stick".  I did ok at work but that evening I had one of the new soft baked Quaker cookies in banana nut (excellent by the way so I would recommend not buying them) and then less than and hour later I found a chocolate mint Zone bar in the pantry and ate that.  Then maybe an hour after that a serving of hummus chips. 

It was my choices that were poor.  The big pouch day still freaks me out so in that stress/panic I reach for comfort.  When I could just open up a bag of baby carrots and eat all day. 

I have to move past the freaking out because invaribly I will have a day that same week or next were I forget to eat or just have low calories and carbs for the day. 

I have been trying my best to get ALL of the reccommended protein in each day, I have never made it to goal.
Since I have had such a difficult time getting any type of nutrition in, I have been surviving on Fage 0% with less sugar strawberry preserves, small Wendy's Chili with 2 ounces of cheese added when I get home (this is 2 meals) and chicken and stars soup at hand. For a small snack I have been eating baked vegetable chips. At night I try to have a 1/4 cup of Silver Plate fiber cereal (need to stay regular) with a 1/4 cup milk. I have been doing the best that I can and I am at the point where I need to eat something or I get really weak.
I am going to the surgeons office tomorrow and will hopefully see the NUT also for some suggestions.