6 weeks post op

It doesn't feel like its that noticeable to me even though I'm 30 lbs down but here's a couple pics from April before I had my surgery

 

Here's tonight

I love watermelon.  It's yummy, juicy, sweetness good.  It feels good going down.  Sleevie likes.

more food....

Dinner tonight we went out to Joey's seafood.  Hubby had 3 pcs of Halibut breaded and friend, coleslaw and a 1/2 a plate of fries. 

I ordered this.  I ate 1/4 of the pc of salmon (the other 3/4 is in the pic), 1 pc of the roasted potato, 1 french fry and 1 tiny bite of baked beans.  I was stuffed.

Meal sizes

THIS is what hubby had for dinner (and what I used to have). He had already started on his chicken.  Notice the extra large plate.

This is what I had the same night... the small version of the same plate set with alot smaller serving

things and thoughts

My monthly visitor hasn't been too awful at all.  I actually forgot to change my Divacup this morning before work and managed a clean spill free change in the ladies room stall.  It seems that my flow is lighter.  Not sure if that's from the surgery or just lucky for me *this* month but I'll take it.  I'm definitely going to monitor it for next month and see if its the same.  Cramps haven't been too bad this month either. Hubby checked the scale for me yesterday because there's no way in hell I want to weigh myself when I feel like a manatee.... he compared it to the pre-period number and apparently I only gained 1 lb this month.  This is major.  I usually gain 5-8 lbs in bloat and feel super gross.  This month I honestly don't.

Weird how things change post-op.  I have a bag of chips (twists) and a dark chocolate (90%) bar in my desk.  I have zero interest in eating either of them. They've been there for a couple of weeks now. Pre-op, they wouldn't have made it INTO my desk at all.  They would have been scarfed pretty quickly right after I got them.

I've graduated back to coffee now post-op.  I can only get in about a 1/3 of a cup before I'm jittery.  I don't even fill my mug up half way.  People look at me strange and ask if the decanter is empty.... nope!  I just don't want that much coffee!  Pre-op, I was ADDICTED to the Sugar Free Rockstar Energy drinks.  I had 1 every single morning on my commute to work.  I haven't had one sincea few days before surgery.  I don't even crave it. 

I'd say the loss of food/sweets/etc craving is probably the biggest overall thing I've noticed.  I mean of course I know that I can only eat a few tablespoons of food now but really... its the cravings that have me surprised.  That there aren't any.  Even alcohol.  Pre-op, my liver was well exercised.  Now, while I'd *like* a glass of wine here and there, I have really no interest in bothering with the possible weight gain/dehydration/quick effects... so I don't.

Last night we went to a going away party for my personal trainer.  She's off to Alaska to run a gym up there.  She's been kicking my ass for 2 years and I'll miss her as we became friends even through those grueling 1 hour sessions 3x/wk.  They had all sorts of food, alcohol and the like at the party.  As I hadn't had dinner yet, I had 3 thinly sliced pieces of smoked salmon, 1/2 pc cheese, 1 multi grain cracker, 1/2 pickled string bean and about 6 nuts.  I was stuffed.  I was pleased with myself for my good food choices.  While I would have totally been all over the BBQ later that appeared, (hotdogs, bbq salmon and chicken) I honestly didn't want it because I was satisfied with my meal and feeling good.  Everyone else around me was eating and drinking it up and I was absolutely fine to sit there and just enjoy the company of the people instead of hovering over the food table grazing all night.  What a change!

I really need to start tracking my monthly cycles better.  I just downloaded an app for my phone that will hopefully make this easier.  I was a week late but apparently a messed up cycle is to be expected right now because of the rapid weight loss.  Finally Aunt Flo showed up this morning.  This will be my first "real" period since surgery since I don't count the one that showed up spontaneously post op.

So far I'm normal crampyness but it came on quickly... no 2-3 days of spotting like usual.

Ever since I threw up last week sleevie has been irritable with me.   I tried steak on the weekend.  2 teensy pieces and that was it.  My mouth and stomach went on strike.  Food wise its been a rough few days.

Scale wise I'm seeing some good things. Back to losing again.  I had about a 5 day stall last week so I'm pleased to see its moving again.  I haven't been back to the gym.  I really need to get going.  If not, I might as well cancel my membership and save the $35/month instead of throwing it away every month.  I still have 6-7 personal training sessions to use as well so I need to get my butt in gear and start moving so I am prepared for when the trainer starts kicking my ass.

I seem to go through energy phases.  It's likely related to my protein intake but I really haven't been monitoring it too much.  I have a shake every morning with 40g protein and then meat some time during the day.



This morning though, I'm a strugglin.  **yawn**