The Bad

When I started this blog, I did so with the intent to share my journey...the good, the bad and with unflitered honesty.

The Good: Obviously, I'm feeling better now that I have two weeks of recovery behind me. I'm not sore, my incisions are healing very well. I almost never have the sensation of feeling hungry, and when I eat, I get full quickly and stay full for a long time. I'm starting to notice differences in how my clothes fit, and people are starting to comment on how they can really see that I've lost weight already. My mom couldn't believe the difference from the time she saw me before surgery and two weeks afterward.

The Bad: The scale sucks! I was down to 235 and in a few days have gone in the wrong direction by a few pounds. I went from pretty much having soup and water last week to being able to add pureed/very soft foods. The problem is soft foods have lots of carbs. Even still, I'm only consuming about 500 calories in an entire day. So, carbs or not, I don't get the weight gain. I know I'm not drinking enough liquid b/c in an entire 8 hour work day, I may pee once. I'll refrain from sharing other issues where the potty is concerned. Unless my body thinks it's being starved and is hanging on to everything I put in it, I just don't know what's going on with the gain. Ugh!!!

I'm a little frustrated, but that just means I need to make some adjustments. Obviously, I'm not drinking enough and not getting enough protein in. My co-worker/fellow lapbander suggested that I not eat out at all right now b/c even the soft foods in restaurants are impossible to gauge in terms of calories. She also suggested that I bring my scales to her so she can lock them up. I'm a slave to the scale....can't get into the shower in the morning until I've stepped on the scale to measure the fruits of my labor. That wasn't such a bad thing when I was seeing 2 pounds lost per day!

Now that I'm feeling better physically, it's time to start exercising. I'm going to join (again for the 3rd or 4th time) the recreational center on campus and make it a point to go a few days a week to start, going to take family walks in the afternoons and see how these changes impact the weight loss.


Starting Weight: 252 lbs
Pre-Op Weight: 250 lbs
Today's Weight: 239 lbs
Total Loss: 13 lbs