10 months Post Op
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, 01-16-2018 at 07:59 PM (2941 Views)
It's almost 10 months since surgery and I am still doing very well, sticking to my new normal.
Don't get me wrong, there are times I WANT something I normally do not eat anymore and I will give in and eat a few Town House Flatbread Crackers because I refuse to feel like I am on a diet. I know how many I can eat without going berserk and once I have a few crackers, that's it. (Unlike the OLD days where I could polish off a box in one sitting.)
I am walking daily outdoors still (we have had NO winter yet), jogging indoors on the treadmill we got for Christmas, and I am at Zumba dancing away 4 days a week. Had someone told me I would be doing this one year ago... I'd ask what you had been sniffing.
I am proud of myself for following through on this surgery and not giving up. I won't say it's been a cake walk, by NO means. There were times I was frustrated with things and had to adjust to the new way of eating and drinking, but it's a learning experience. I can not really eat much red meat anymore: it just doesn't go down right, or agree with me. Even cooked tender is a NO GO. Chicken is about all I can handle and it has to be super moist. And the Italian in me had to say goodbye to my sausage I always added into sauce. I avoid pasta pretty much because of the carboholic in me... I would want more and I don't need to eat those carbs. But I have discovered ground turkey and ground chicken with a tad of teriyaki sauce, occasionally, stir fried with coleslaw and seasonings.... it's good. And I just began eating Tofu... with my pasta sauce it's a tasty dish.
But being 102 pounds lighter and 5 and 6 dress sizes smaller has been a joy! I bounce from 165 lbs. to 168 lbs and I am MORE than fine with that. Size Medium tops (compared to 2x and 3x tops) is one of those pinch-myself-moments.
The picture above is from January 2017 VS January 2018. What a wild ride this has been.