First let me say,
I am surprised how many of you are reading this blog!
I am amazed at how many people in life are so interested in this journey.
Seriously, unexpected.
Welcome-but unexpected.
This week went by too fast and before I know it, people are asking me
"Why haven't you blogged???"
and I'm like...
"Oh ya! Its been over a week....I'm on it!"
This week was the my first week that I have entered what we call
"Phase 3" of the post-op diet.
This means I can eat soft solids.
(This includes deli meats, cottage cheese, low fat cheese etc...)
I am supposed to focus on protein foods,
so I have been eating a lot of deli meats and cheese.
Ooooooh was I excited to eat deli meats.
That last leg of the liquid diet had me DYING.
I was CRAVING protein.
For some reason my thumb sized tummy would hurt every time I tried to drink protein shakes,
and my surgeon let me off the hook and said "if it hurts, don't force yourself to drink it".
I feel like after being on an "all liquid diet" for an entire month,
its easy to stick to any other type of diet.
This week I have been eating a lot of:
eggs
light cheese sticks
deli meats
cottage cheese
yogurt
and my calcium chews (from Costco and taste like candy)
I told my best friend Emmalee about my diet,
and she started to laugh,
because it is basically the opposite of what she eats.
(shes a vegan)
Lots of meat and cheese.
It's been my on-going joke that diet is almost exact opposite of the food pyramid they taught me in elementary school:
They taught us:
LOTS OF GRAINS!
FRUITS AND VEGGIES!
A BIT OF DAIRY
HAVE SOME PROTEIN!
After gastric bypass your diet is more:
LOTS OF PROTEIN!
(60 g a day! Exhausting for this thumb sized tummy!)
EAT THAT CHEESE!
LIMIT YOUR FRUITS AND VEGGIES!
NO CARBS ALLOWED!
Weird, right?
It feels backwards, but it makes sense.
I can get nutrients that you need from fruits and veggies from multi-vitamins,
but you can't "fake" protein.
So with the limited space I have,
gotta focus on 'dat protein.
Truth me told,
I'm still malnourished,
and dehydrated.
I get lightheaded any time I stand up too quickly.
Its hard to eat and drink all that I am supposed to!
I would essentially have to be consuming something 24/7
and that's just not easy.
I had been feeling really good.
I had been walking the dog and it seemed to be going well.
So a few days ago, while I was walking,
and feeling good,
I decided to keep walking.
I ended up walking 2 miles.
At first this felt like a victory,
until I came home and essentially crashed for the rest of the day
and it wiped me clean for at least the next two days.
geeeeez.
2 steps forward, one step back.
I've also started feeling sick this week.
I eat try something new,
I eat something a little too fast,
and I puke.
Not fun.
On the plus side,
I've already dropped a LOT of weight.
30 pounds in one month.
Can't complain,
but don't you dare think it came easy.
It came with a lot of sacrifices
and a lot of tears.
This is definitely not the easy way,
but it's proving to be effective.
I love feeling like the worst is behind me.
I will slowly learn what I can handle and what I can't,
which will lead to less sickness.
I get less and less sore every day.
I can do more and more every day,
and so the transition continues.
#awkwardbathroomselfies
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