Rhie P.
8 wks 2 days post op - 197
Feb 08, 2011
Still on my blood thinners. Will get an u/s next month on my arm and if my blood clots are gone then I'm done with the coumidin...if not...then they will keep me on them another 6 weeks and then check again...wash rince repeat...wash rince repeat.
My weight is taking it's very very VERY sweet time coming off. I'm following the rules, drinking my water, getting in all my protein and I've even started to exercise *gasp*.
Went to the nutritionist yesterday so she review my food logs and she told me what I already knew she was going to tell me. I'm a light weight and my weight will come off slower and less dramatically then say someoen that started at 300+lbs. I have to remind myself every day that I did not gain all this weight in 8 weeks and I should expect to loose it all in 8 week (enter stage left the little girl from Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory "but daddy...I WANT it NOOOOOOW". I need to keep my calories between 700-1100 (I'm hoovering around 700 right now)....somedays food is just a struggle....like eating this oatmeal right now....my stomach is saying to feed me....but my mouth and brain are saying "Oatmeal...AGAIN - YUCK"!
I've put the scale away. I've lost 3lbs in 5 weeks....I was becoming obsessive watching the numbers bounce up and down...no more...it will come out once a week. If I can give up soda, and bread and sugar...by golly I can give up the scale for 6 days a week.
I'm nervous about going back in to see my surgeon though. He made a comment about me loosing another 40lbs by the next time he sees me (in March)....um...that leaves me 4 weeks to drop 32lbs.....um...not going to happen...maybe if I go back and re-visit my eating habbits on weeks 1 & 2 post op (less then 300 calories a day on some days).
My clothes are starting to fit a lot better. I haven't dropped a clothing size yet (even though I'm down 28lbs)...my too tight clothes are just fitting the way they were supposed to fit - not tight=) When I see myself naked though...I don't see any changes....maybe if I get a tan or something.....
