I'm not going to lie and say this has been fun. It hasn't. As of today I've been on a liquid diet for 23 days, and I'm more than ready to have some REAL food...I wanna CHEW! I've never looked forward to pureed food, but here I am salivating over all the goodies I'm gonna throw in the food processor next week. I've found some great bariatric websites and some yummy recipes I can't wait to try out! Yes...I'm going to COOK!!
So here's a few of my biggest issues:
Things taste weird. I'll be honest...I had a nibble of mashed potatoes tonight and they tasted off somehow. Things smell funny. I can't explain it. I don't know if it's the new addition of protein to my diet. I've always been a carb girl, so all this protein is new to me. And the protein I'm getting is not meat or beans...it's all liquid. And don't get me started on the dry packaged proteins. VOMIT! Can't do it. Ick! Yuck! Give me Atkins protein shakes til I can get my hands on some tuna and fish.
Gas pains. Sorry, but it has to be said. Gas is a problem. No, I'm not a burping and tooting machine. Gross...although my boys would think it's HILARIOUS! It's more just gas bubbles that get stuck and cause horrible pain in my side and in my shoulder. I'll either figure out how to get it out or live with it. We'll see.
I'm still hungry. The LapBand does not turn off the head hunger. And the small amounts of "food" I'm allowed don't satisfy me and won't until I get my first fill. I still want to eat foods. I've learned that if I'm going to go out to eat and can only drink my protein shake, I need to have a little soup or something before I go to quieten the head hunger voices. If I go eat when I'm at the "give me food or I will rip your head off" stage, it's too late. I'm going to get emotional. Once I start drinking my shake, I'm good. It really does satisfy me. But I do have to be careful on how hungry I allow myself to get.
What have I done? Yes...I've had this thought on more than one occasion. What have I done? What do you mean I can't cheat and have just this piece of pizza? Or some gumbo? Or even a SALAD?!?!? Yeah, I've panicked...and then I got over it. LOL!
Okay...so here are the good things:
I'm sleeping better than I was before. It's amazing how bad I slept after a night of gorging on Taco Bell or Jack in the Box or Casa Ole. I can't even begin to explain the difference.
Heartburn? What heartburn? Again...I lived on fast food and grease. It's amazing I have an esophagus left! Gone. No more Tums for me!
What do I do with all this money??? Do you realize that I was spending approximately $25 A DAY on fast food?!?! I pulled up my bank account and estimate that I was probably spending about $150 A WEEK on junk food. I am so embarrassed to even type that. Seriously. And then b/c I was just getting fatter, I would go shopping. I figured if I dressed better, no one would notice. HA! So all the shopping for clothes for me has been cut off indefinitely. I have an obscene amount of clothes ranging 3 sizes that I can work my way down to. No need for anything new at the moment.
So...this is where I stand. As of today, after being on a liquid diet for 23 days, I've lost almost 17 pounds. Yes, that's great, but I still have a long road ahead of me. And from what I've heard, once I start adding real food to my diet, I will gain about 5 back, so I need to really prepare myself for that. I have my postop visit with Dr. Dean on the 26th. A few more weeks and I'll be able to really start a workout. I'm looking forward to that honestly. Short skirts and tank tops...here I come!:)
BTW -- went to Sonic the other day after a 3 week absence to get Peggy a Diet Coke. I told Peggy I'm shocked they haven't called to check on me and ask where I've been. Carhop comes out, I roll down the window, she says, "Girrrl! Where have you been?!?! Didn't see you this morning!!" Oh. Em. Gee. Peggy bust in a fit of giggles and I wanted to crawl under my seat. To make it worse, the car hop says, "You haven't been here to get your cheese sticks or your breakfast burrito!" Yeah...she knows my 2 orders by heart. Time to be best buds with the people at the gym instead of the carhop at Sonic.
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