seeing the big picture

Hi all! I know it has been a while since I last blogged. Honestly I planned to blog at one week post-op but decided not to because of the negative outlook I was having at the time. Surgery went well, it took about 3 to 4 days of laying around before I really felt "back to normal." Once the soreness was gone and some of the swelling went down I started to feel HUNGER! I was on a liquid diet for 2 weeks post-op and I was hungry...all of the time! Protein shakes got old really fast and although I wasn't a soup eater before, I have now tasted every soup imaginable. When the one week mark came around I was so consumed by the hunger I didn't feel posting would be very positive, so I chose not to.

I am now 2 weeks and 1 day post-op and I am able to eat solid foods again YIPEE!! I also now have a much better outlook and I am able to see the bigger picture instead of focusing my energy on the small things.

For example, I am an avid scale user. I weigh myself every morning without fail and most nights as well. (Even though I know the nightly weight-in isn't accurate.) So about 1 1/2 weeks after surgery my weight STOPPED. I didn't gain (thank God) but I also wasn't loosing consistently. I emailed the nutritionist  and asked why this could be happening and she told me it was because of the sodium in the soup I was eating. Yes it was a bummer and it slowed down my progress but the big picture is that I have lost 20 pounds on this journey that I carried around with me just 4 weeks ago! I will post my 2 week progress pictures even though I cant tell a big difference, and hopefully 2 weeks from now I will have rocked it out and lost more weight!! Thank you for reading and supporting me!