doing fine ~

can't believe how quickly the weeks are going by since i started this new way of living. 14 weeks since i started my pre-op liquids and the weight loss began! feel better all around and haven't had any discouraging moments at all -

weight loss to date 56 pounds

working through stalls

during the first two months the pounds melted away really quickly. the first week lost 20 pounds. then in may i didn't even get on the scale, because i knew that with the surgery my weight would actually be up a bit from the trauma of surgery. until mid june i would lose a pound or half pound almost every other day. i was sure hoping that this rate of weight loss would continue for a long time.  but, the weight loss has slowed down a bit.  i am not complaining - because it is still better than prior to surgery.  what has happened this month is that i will stall for a few days - or this month for a week then drop a few pounds at one time. today is wednesday and i hadn't been on the scale for 3 days and i am down 2 1/2 pounds since saturday - down 10 pounds over the last 23 days - three months ago (13 weeks) i started on my pre-surgery liquids and that is the date that i use for when my weight loss began - so - total weight loss 54 pounds!

11 weeks/or/2 months

eleven weeks that i have been losing weight - 2 months ago sunday i had surgery. wow!

not much new to report - haven't tried any extraordinarily wonderful new recipes - oh except did a spinach, bacon, swiss quiche on saturday that sure was delicious.  kind of falling into some easy routines regarding food items - things that work, taste good and are relatively easy to prepare.  my favorite protein right now is taking one of the new whey blue raspberry "bullets" and pouring it into the lemonade crystal light - YUM.  pretty hard to find though. we drove to 3 different GNC's on sunday before we found their last box. tasty and 42 g of protein! next favorite is the lean dessert whipped vanilla protein - makes a very nice treat in the evening.  going through the container pretty fast though because when i start blending sarah and terry want one too :-p

after 11 weeks - 47 pounds lost

10 weeks ~~

ten weeks ago today i started on my pre-op liquid diet... 

eight weeks ago today i had surgery. SO glad that God led me down this path to have weight loss surgery - no regrets at all!

of course during the first weeks the weight just fell off and continued to drop pretty quickly  up until around 2 weeks ago.  i feel that now, while i am still losing weight it's not as rapid. there is still a LOT to go but i am pleased with my results so far.

total weight loss to date in 10 weeks = 46 pounds!

good but uneventful week

don't really have a lot to report about for this week - everything is still going well - no food issues this week at all, but then i didn't try anything new.  still staying away from chicken and any other dense meats.  mainly ate either quiche or black bean soup or spaghini.  

weight loss to date 43 pounds

new experience this week (possible TMI)

this has been a very good week - with one exception - experienced "foamies" on monday night.

i've had very good success with ground round - having hamburgers, mock taco salad - even had a steak n shake burger last weekend.  monday evening the kids wanted food from Red Robin and it sounded good to me too so i ordered their protein burger (carry out). this is basically a burger, no bun wrapped in lettuce.  at first bite i could tell that they firmly pack their meat because it just felt more dense - after a couple of bites it stuck. new this time though i started belching a LOT. well i ended up throwing up the burger along with a LOT of foam - very strange and uncomfortable feeling.  

i discovered protein pudding this week from Instone - got it at GNC - it has 20 grams protein and is very tasty - very thick rather gooey texture though, but glad to find another way of getting protein.  the only other protein supplements that i have liked are isopure and the new whey bullets, so i was pleased to find this protein.

made a couple of awesome soups this week from the beforeandafterhelp.com website ~ creamy cauliflower & chicken (didn't add the chicken, used tofu instead) and my favorite so far the thick black bean soup.  

weight loss to date 42 pounds - after 8 1/2 weeks

time sure has gone quickly

i cannot believe that it has been almost 6 weeks since my surgery.  and i feel great.  have been enjoying different foods this week.  because sarah and terry are on south beach we are all able to eat some of the great recipes that i have found from beforeandafterhelp.com.  this week i made the cheeseburger pie - which was pretty good, i made it with 2% cheese and that cheese doesn't melt very well.  the taste was good but when i make it again i am going to use regular shredded cheddar.  then on thursday i made the au gratin talapia - WOW was it delicious!!!! even took some to work on friday.  had a bit of broccoli too. then today we were doing a special father's day brunch for terry since he is heading to dc in the morning.  made the broccoli quiche OH MY GOODNESS - it is awesome.  unfortunately for me i was eating a piece of turkey bacon and not paying close attention to my chewing and i must not have chewed enough and it ended up getting stuck so i didn't get to eat more than a few bites of the quiche.  speaking of things getting stuck - on monday i ate some stir fry that sarah made with chicken and the same thing happened.  poo!! weight loss to date 40 pounds!!