Well... I've started getting out of the house more. I went gift shopping last week. I think I overdid it, though. I could barely drive home. I think I'm still pretty swollen in my abdomen because it was murder sitting in the car with jeans on and the waistband digging into my gut. Normally, with the amount of weight I've lost, these particular pants would be falling off of me. That was Thursday. I wore the same pants out again on Saturday night, and it was MUCH more comfortable.
I'm still on the full liquids phase of the eating plan. On Wednesday, I'll get to upgrade to pureed food. That means, by the time all these holiday meals roll around, I'll be able to enjoy the healthy parts of them (after running them through the blender first, of course.) haha.
I've made some home made soups for the family that have been nice. I was able to share them too by just having the broth. Today, I'm making bean soup with ham.
My scale really hasn't budged much since last week's post. That's kind of annoying me. 24 pounds down, and 9 of that was prior to surgery on the liquid diet. Oh well... I guess "right now" doesn't really matter. What really matters is what happens long term.
I do feel my energy returning, though. It's a huge plus to be able to shower without needing to crash on the couch for the rest of the day.
There's still a little pain in my left side, but I'm sure that's to be expected. It's nothing that isn't tolerable, and I certainly don't need any pain meds for it.
Right now I'm looking into getting prepared for pureed foods and solids. We got some nice lean meats for later this week, and I'm going to try to make mashed cauliflower.
I think I really should have started measuring myself prior to surgery. I think it would help to see inches disappearing when the scale is letting me down. It seems weird to try to start now, but I might. I mean, there's still plenty more to come off. haha.
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