Post Op Week 3

Yesterday was my 3 week mark! It also was my last day on the full liquid diet. I got this totally! Weight on Saturday was 278.2. Down 3 more lbs. Can’t wait to take my 1 Month pictures next week! I am so over liquid stage of my diet. Sick and tired of the plain taste and nothingness of what I was drinking. I am getting in 2 to 3 protein shakes around 50 to 70 grams of protein. I have tried this milk called Fairlife. It has 50% more Protein and 50% less sugar. It does have a bit of a different taste but I like it. It is also expensive and doesn’t mix well with dry protein supplements.
I am trying to do more movement throughout the day even did an aerobic walking video. It was really hard because when I exercised in the past I gulped water. Now I can’t do that. A friend suggested chipped ice to suck on and I am going to try that. I also realized how out of shape I am. It was kind of a deflated feeling. 
Today however was an excited day! Pureed foods. I was kinda dreading this stage I mean eating pureed chicken and tuna? But I was so over the full liquid it was awesome to ‘eat’ food! I have to start obeying the no drinking 30 min before and afyer eating so more thunking about what goes in my mouth.
I made pureed egg salad for lunch and then pureed chicken and flavored it individually in little cups. BBQ sauce, taco sauce, buffalo sauce, honey teriyaki,  and chicken salad. Pureed squash and beans too. How did I do all this? My very best friend gave me her baby food maker! What a life saver! It even cooks the food for me if I wanted!

Love this because I can do the small amount I need instead of my ninja needing to be filled up really high to work well. I have almost my whole week of food made. I had already pureed some chili my husband had made in preparation and froze it. I am also going to make pureed tuna salad for a lunch to try. I won’t do any other fish though. 
Ah and I even got some spice in tonight. Added Buffalo sauce to my pureed chicken and it was fine. I was fine! Yes I love anything spicy spicy so this makes me soooo happy!
Yay for Food!

Post Op Week 2

Everything is going very well! Took my Steri-strips off on Sunday night and the incisions look good. I am concerned about the big one and will have them look at it at my next follow up. Just a cosmetic look about it. Exercise is going well, mostly walking. I can sleep any which way in bed now and no longer need my step to get up into bed. Yeah! I did have trouble jumping up into mu husbands trucks, that pulled on my stomach muscles a bit, hurting them.

I have another week of full liquids before I can move onto pureed foods. I have been pureeing food / leftovers for this stage so I have plenty of options. I am very sick of plain food, need some flavor but not much you can do on a liquid diet. I have a little trouble getting in all my fluids. The sipping constantly is not always an easy feat!

I do find myself sticking my fingers in my mouth tasting food as I am preparing it and I can really taste things like salt and sugars in foods.

I am sticking to weigh ins on Saturday mornings. I have noticed my face thinning out and my clothes are much looser. Size 24 almost don’t even fit and I find my size 22 pants are fitting. Hoodies and sweatshirts are no longer tight. It is a great feeling. My husband said I was shorter, my comeback is I must have lost all the fat pads on the bottom of my feet making me short! LOL