8 Week Weigh In

Today I had my official weigh in at the Dr. Office. I was told that I have lost 16% of my excess body weight and I am down 53LBS since surgery. I also found out that Burgers at a fast food restaurants do not have that much protein as I need . So I was advised to have chili from Wendy's instead. That is not a bad suggestion since I like chili. Also found a great protein bar called "OH Yeah" that tastes good, but it is hard to find in Boone.

Some of the other things I have to work on is getting my protein levels up I am still not getting the needed protein. The Dr. said I should be getting more than 60Grams a day or more, I am at 45ish. So the protein bars will help with the weight loss. Something else I learned or at least heard and sunk in today is that the more protein you can get the more weight you will lose.

Last thing is my exercise, I need to get better about walking and going to the gym. Although I do walk a lot at work, more walking and lifting of the weights is required. Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. I appreciate the encouragement and covet your prayers for Stacey and I. Thanks again for all you do for me my peeps.

7 Weeks after Surgery

So 7 weeks after surgery I am still trying to figure out how to eat and trying to remember to eat. I have not had the sensation of being hungry since surgery. Now some would say that this is a blessing. But if you have had surgery like me and can not eat as much then remembering to eat is very important. Also important is eating the right things.

I found out early that fried food like chicken nuggets or chicken fingers are bad for me. Now don't get me wrong, they taste well going down, but not so good coming back up. One of the side effects (if you will) of the surgery is that my body does not break down food until after it passes my original stomach that has been reattached below my new stomach pouch. Because of this oil and suger for instance do not break down. In fact if I have more than 5 grams of sugar in a meal I get a rapid heart rate, my body sweats, and my intestines crap. So needless to say I am not a fan of sugar.

Because of this what we will call "dumping" syndrome I stay away from chocolate and anything with sugar. Most of you know I was an avid Dr. Pepper fan. I have not had one in 2 months. My new favorite drink is sugar free cherry kool-aid. In fact, I am a fan of most all things non sugar. I have also found that sugar free fudge pops are the bomb. My new favorite candy is tic tacs.

One thing I have found hard is eating protein for breakfast. I don't really like eggs and you don't get enough protein with peanut butter. But I had someone give me the idea of eating lunch meat so I am trying that. Oh yeah something else I cant eat that I used to love was spaghetti. It now gets stuck so I have had to try to find new noodle options. Let me know if you have a good one I can try.

Now that you have read all of this I have some great news. My weight as of today was 428LBS. Now this is the unofficial weight I will have the official weight on Wednesday. So until then thanks for all your prayers and support. I promise to write more now that I have more energy.

1 week after surgery

So it is one week since I can home from surgery. I am still having a little discomfort when I sleep but other than that I am doing good. My diet starting this week is soft consistency food, food like mash potato, eggs, grits, stuff like that. I have been able to walk several times a day most days. The only thing I have eaten that did not agree with me was a baked potato. I have not eaten any meat yet that is next week and I am ready for it. As of yesterday I was down to 456lb. Now if you read my earler post you will see that it is not much more than what i had already lost. True as it may be I have lost 15 lbs since coming home from surgery. They pumped my full of liquid so I gained about 10 lbs from surgery. Plus I am now able to get out and walk more. I am looking forward to being able to run. I was talking to a friend this week and she asked me what my goal weight was. My goal weight is 225-250lbs. She asked when the last time was was down that low I said freshman year of high school, almost 20 years ago. Oh well here is the start of a beautiful thing.

Weight loss Surgery

So about six months ago after talking to several doctors we decided the best course of action for mt to be able to lose weight would be bariatric surgery. More particluarly the Roux-en-Y bypass. So about three months ago we started making preparation for surgery by meeting doctors and going to educational classes. After several months we were now ready to go forward.

Six weeks ago I started replacing one meal with a protein shake. Four weeks ago I replace two meals with protein shakes. The last week I have replaced all my meals with straight liquid like sugar free jello, sugar free Popsicle, soup broth, and protein shakes.

My starting weight at the beginning when we first started meeting with the weight loss group was almost 499LBS. On Thursday the fourth of August I weight 479LBS. I am going to try to write about my success and failures with the bypass. And am also looking for some help from my friends along the way. I will post regular updated picture and weight on this blog for all to see.