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hi all!  My hospital stay was hell - with high anxiety & hot and cold flashes.and diarhea starting on my 1st postop day-I was creating a rut to the bathroom!  I was also having auditorry hallucinations. and couldn't think straight.  I was blessed to have Deanna with me who talked with me when I needed it..  Once home I started vomiting- I must say it didn't hurt, when I had my entire stomach it hurt a lot when vomiting.
      So now I'm vomiting a lot, I'm constantly dizzy and having jerking of my arms & legs, with tremors in my hands.  Dr. said to change my vitamins which was one of my triggers for vomiting. Was taking Celebrate vit's now I trying Centrum, which I promptly threw up --This could become expensive!  I'm exhausted and after 1 1/2 wks I've only lost 2 lbs!  I expected more. My Dr. said the jerking, etc.was the shock to my system.
      I wish I hadn'nt done this surgery.  But I also know I would have always wondered if this would have changed  my life.  I know  I have to live with it now.  But recovery is rough.

That's good to hear. I was glad to get back to work. I was so bored sitting at home.

I'm curious to see how much you've lost so far. It seems like in the beginning it's like a pound a day. I bet you're under 200... easily! Hope he gives you the seal of approval to move onto the next stage.

Things are good here. I broke my stall...It was really hard work. I exercised twice a day (my body is so sore) and cut back to 600 calories, but it was worth it to see the scale move again.

Looking forward to reading your blog today!

How are ya doing? Are you ready to get back to work?

Awwwe you're so sweet Sara...I feel and warm and fuzzy. Congrats on getting back on track!

Remember how we were just talking about stall? Well I hit another one...I jinxed myself.

I was doing so well, then all of a sudden nothing...Friday, nothing, Saturday, nothing. I think I'm going to scale back (no pun intended) on my calories and see if that makes it move. I have a routine, so I want to change it up for a week. I normally eat 750-900 calories a day and I'm switching to 600. I normally exercise once a day, so I'm switching to twice. Dr. Tanaka has me taking a double scoop of protein powder every morning with a cup of milk...that's 400 calories just for breakfast! I've decided I'm going back to Unjury products, kinda like I did right after surgery.

Here's my meal plan for today..

Breakfast: egg and 1/8c. cheese
Snack: Crystal Light and unflavored Unjury
Lunch: Veggie dog and ketchup
Snack: Edamame Beans 1/4 cup shelled
Dinner: Unjury chicken Soup
Snack: Yoplait Greek yogurt

646 calories / 92 grams protein

Wish me luck! I'll let ya ladies know how it works.

Doc's scale says 40 pounds lost, my scale says 39. My goal is to be under 200 by Nov. 4th which is Senior Night for all Varsity (winter sports) players. I have to go out on the field in front of an entire stadium of people and get introduced with my son, Tyler. I would be way more comfortable at 199 than 224!

PS. If you haven't tried Smart Dogs, you should...they are da bomb! 45 cal / 0 fat / 8g protein

I saw Dr. Tanaka on Thursday (and Becca who looks fabulous!).  I had only lost 3 lbs in 3 weeks.  I've been cheating on the diet plan.  I added in potatoes, pretzel thins and sugar free pudding. I also was snacking.  Dr. Tanaka said to know off the snacking because it was keeping me from losing weight.  Even though I snacked, I never ate more than 900 calories in a day.  Yesterday I tried not snacking and viola!  2lbs gone.  I was hungry, but I just stayed strong.  I ate about the same amount of calories as I normally do, but because I didn't spread them out through the day it seems to have helped.  I'm down to 220 now, and I feel good!  I'm sticking to Doc orders from now on!