Stallsville

Things are going very well since my surgery. I can eat pretty much anything, still staying away from bread, rice, pasta, sugar, and fibrous veggies. I usually eat a 1/2 cup of food per sitting, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. Nothing makes me sick except milk and eggs, I still am drinking lactate milk and doing fake eggs. I still have to catch myself from not chewing enough or taking bites that are too big, because they do get stuck. I haven’t gotten sick or had any bad reactions to anything in three or four weeks.

I am back at work and that’s going well too. Not having any coffee or caffeine only seems to bother me around 2pm, but I generally get a second wind quickly! I did start drinking a little bit of diet Snapple tea (PEACH! yumm) and it has a LITTLE caffeine in it, so it does boost me a little bit, but not enough to dehydrate me.

I have been stalled for about two weeks at a 28lb loss. I know this is normal, and everyone that has this surgery goes through a stall usually around this time, but I am frustrated. I have to keep remembering where I was, and where I am now. I have lost almost 50lbs from my highest weight in December. I haven’t measured myself (I really need to do that) but I know I have lost a lot of inches. I am almost two pant sizes down and I feel great. My energy is starting to come back, and I feel so much better. I am not as winded when I walk up the stairs, and I want to do more, which is my favorite part.

I promised side by side pictures, so I am going to post them now. Even though I haven’t hit my 30lb mark yet, I want to stay positive and remember where I came from!

I am really enjoying how good I feel, not just physically but emotionally charged up. I have never felt so good about myself in my entire life. I have moments where I felt good about myself- once in the summer between 8th and 9th grade when I lost a little weight (I was curvy instead of chubby), once when I came home after my first month at college and I had lost 20lbs (walking everywhere helps), once in the middle of college when I lost 35lbs and got into a size smaller, and now. That isn’t a lot of moments in a my life where I really felt beautiful. But I had a moment this past weekend, wearing the outfit in the picture.

(The first picture is the day before surgery, second is this past weekend)

I came home from work and I was wearing a pair of jeans that fit the week before, and now they were too big. I was able to pull them off without even unbuttoning them, and they were my “skinny” jeans. I was putting another pair if jeans on that fit better and my boyfriend said to me, “Wow, you’ve lost a lot of weight.” I have had a lot of people tell me I look great, I’ve lost weight. But that once sentence from the man I love, who see’s me EVERYDAY really able to notice, really made my week. I feel beautiful, sexy, and confidant. I haven’t felt that way in a really long time. I can’t wait to see what I’ll look like in a month.

More Nyquil please..

I’m sick.

My boyfriend, although I love him dearly, got me sick. Sore throat, cough, congestion, you name it. I haven’t been sick in a long time, and for those who know me, know I am a huge baby when it comes to being sick. The worse part, is I can’t take the medicine I am used to taking because of my surgery. I had to buy liquid tylenol cold, which taking that is almost as bad as being sick. I wish they would make cold medicine taste at least halfway decent. I still can’t sleep because my left incision is bothering me still so I can’t get comfortable. Nate is also sick so he is up most of the night coughing or snoring. So sleep This is not the way I wanted to spend my last week off work. I wanted to have some fun, see my friends, go through all the clothes I have and get rid of stuff. It isn’t really looking to good for me.

Monday I have my appointment with the surgeon, and if all goes well, I go back to work on Tuesday. I am excited to be able to go back to work, so have interaction with people again. As soon as I go back to work I will probably wish to have time off again. It’s a vicious cycle. I think if I were feeling better I would be enjoying my time off more. I mean, its not horrible, I can basically do what I want, but this fucking incision won’t heal correctly and it is really putting a hinder on my life. I can’t move around, I can’t sleep. I have a lot to do before I go back to work and I can’t while I’m in pain.

(Click the photos for recipies)

The good thing is I am eating well, getting all my protein and water in. Thanks to my WONDERFUL brother-in-law, I have a bunch of the best chili ever.So I’ve been eating the chili for lunch for a few days, and its been amazing. It tastes good and it gives me a ton of protein. I was also kind of bad and had a little piece of Nate’s homemade corn bread. It’s basically two things I’m not supposed to have for a few months (bread and corn), but it went down fine, and I didn’t have a bad reaction to it. Nate and I ordered chinese for the first time since my surgery. I got just got pain steamed chicken and chinese veggies with a brown sauce on the side. Since I wasn’t sure of the sugar content of the sauce, I didn’t use very much of it, and it all went down fairly well. It makes me happy that I will still be able to order out and have a normal life.


Lately I haven’t been able to eat in the morning, so I usually have a glass of milk for breakfast. For lunch I usually have leftovers, like today I had salmon with a Dijon mustard sauce, and green beans with italian cheese.

I made the salmon last night, and Nate LOVED it. I didn’t have honey dijon mustard, so I just used regular dijon and added some honey. I sauteed green beans in a little butter, and salt and pepper. Then I took some shredded italian cheese and melted it over the beans. Yum-o.

For dinner, I turned to my favorite TV cook, The Pioneer Woman.

The meat is super tender after it cooks for 3 hours on low. I also add potatoes and carrots at the end to make a full one pot meal. Then I make a gravy out of whatever is left in the pan. It is super DE-lish and perfect for me right now.

I will post more of my recipes!

So far, I have lost 28 pounds since my surgery, and 47 total.

Once I hit the 50 pound mark, I will post some before/after pictures!