Thursday, August 25, 2011

You know you've had bariatric surgery when...

...you make a 210 calorie frozen entree, and you cannot eat the whole thing! 

It seems like it's been awhile since I wrote, but I guess it's been only a week.  I have lost just about 40 pounds.  I am exercising more.  Glen and I walked 2 miles the other night, after I spent the day cleaning the house.  Yesterday, the girls and I walked to Fort Fraser AND we did water aerobics last night.   I saw Dr. Hawasli last week and he was happy with my progress. 

My clothes are getting big on me, but I can still wear a lot of things.  I am literally going to wait till Labor Day weekend to shop for school.  I am wishing I had Stacy and Clinton to help me put together 20 outfits from 7 pieces of clothing!  :-)  I went on-line to look for some hints on how to do this.  I do not want to buy a lot, and then have to turn around and buy more.  Okay, so I'd be thrilled to have to do that, but I don't want to pay for it!  Yes, yes, yes, I know about going to thrift stores, but I am still plus-sized, and often the selection is pretty bad.  I definitely want to buy 2-3 pairs of pants, some tops, a jean jacket, and I'm not sure what else yet. 

I am now at the "soft foods phase", so NO MORE PUREE!!!  Yeah!  Not that I ate much puree...I really ate a lot of soft foods (eggs, beans, turkey lunchmeat, etc) and just chewed a lot. 

Oh, and I went with Teri to her seminar...and I actually got to be a guest speaker.  I talked about how in Jan 2010 I weighed 300 pounds, lost 30, and gained over half of it back.  That I knew HOW to lose weight, but with the large size of my stomach, I could not SUSTAIN it.  I told them about my fatigue and some of the pureed things that I ate.  It was great for me to be a "success story" and I think they appreciated seeing someone who had it recently and is surviving and making it work. 

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