1 Week Post-Op

Yayyy!  One week!  7 Days!

Ok, as of today, I've lost a total of 12 pounds from the day of surgery!

My hypoglycemia hasn't scorned me as much as I thought it was going to this past week, which is really good.

One of the things that has really helped me this week is sugar free popsicles!  I like them a lot and they keep me hydrated.  I don't have a problem getting in water, but when I don't want to drink water and I need some hydration, I'll just get a SF popsicle.  I've also been drinking my water with Crystal Light.  My favorite flavor is Strawberry Kiwi and at WalMart, they only have that flavor in the newer "Crystal Light Pure" which is like less calories or something.  I'm not sure.  Anyway, it's still good.

For this next week I'll be starting the full liquid/mushy stage of eating and I'm excited!  I had some low-fat creamy tomato soup and it was really good.  It actually gave me a jump start of energy!  I'm not really that tired at all today and I think that I can finally start a walking regimen pretty soon, which is good.

Can anyone give me any ideas on how to get more protein in at this stage?  I've been getting some, but not nearly enough.  I've gotten some ideas about how to get protein in from a lot of the youtube videos I watch, but anything helps.  Let me know!

Just a quick post-op update.

Still awake. It's 2:22am.  I made a wish just now that I would go to sleep.

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It didn't work.  I'm still awake.  BUT I did learn something new today!  I'm intolerant to V8 VFusion Lite juice right now.  It's like the newer version of V8 Splash I think.  It gave me diarrhea.  (I know that was tmi, but if I had to experience it then you do too :D

That was all.

Post Surgery Update!

Hey, everyone!  Ok, so I got home from the hospital last night and I meant to update the blog, but I was so tired I couldn't even type lol.

I feel better today.  The nurse gave me a pneumonia vaccine before I left the hospital and I think my arm hurts more than my stomach lol.  Anyway, the liquid diet is going pretty well; I've figured out that if I drink apple juice I have to dilute it half and half with water because it's too strong or something.  Not sure.  All I know is that it gives me more gas than I already have, and that's not fun at all.

Speaking of gas, I've been living off of Gas-X since I had my surgery, and I think that it's helped a lot.  (was that too much information? lol).

I'll keep you guys updated on everything, but as of now, I'm really tired.  I'm probably going to go ahead and take a nap.  Again.  lol

HAVE A SURGERY DATE!

Yayyyyy!!  I've been waiting so long for this!!

And who says you can't make the insurance company comply with your every whim??  MUAHHAHAHHHAH.  ahem.

Anyway, it was going to take a while (ok, so "a while" in my book is anything longer than what I'm willing to wait for.  It was going to take about a week) for in my insurance company to go over my file - I have Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal - but I called them 2 days after my paperwork was submitted and they called me back the next day and said I was approved!

Yay!  My surgery is tomorrow afternoon at 4p.  I'll be getting Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery, as well as getting my lap band removed.  I'm so ready for this, it's not even funny.  I haven't updated in a while, but that's because I really didn't know what to write about.  BUT NOW I have something write about!

I be sure to keep you guys updated on what's going on with the surgery.  I think I'll have to stay in the hospital for a night, but I'm not really that worried about it.  I'm just ready to get this over with and get my weight loss back on track!

I've been thinking about what I eat, and I think that I'll post like a daily meal plan on here of what I ate that day like one day per week or something.  Just so you guys don't get bored with what I'm eating if I post it too much lol.