ChrissyZ

This is FANTASTIC!!! No wonder my metabolism is DEAD ... I need to eat more than 3 times a day! Thanks so much for sharing this!

First full day home after surgery and I feel fantastic! NO PAIN whatsoever. Even slept on my side last night ... so far this is almost too easy to talk about. Had a GREAT surgeon ... even showed me my stomach in a dish after surgery (I begged) ... and now, 23 and a half pounds down since my pre-op diet that started on January 2nd ... I am feeling SOoooo good. Only pain was a little gas on Day 2 in hospital and taking out the drain. I feel so lucky. Ok the Isopure (Protein "juice") is not great, but I dilute it 50/50 with Water, and I concentrate on that during morning and early afternoon. I put a little Crystal Lite Rasp.lemonade in my water (allowed by my Dr) and it's really good. Also, no sugar added sorbets and no sugar italian ice is a GOD SEND ... ate 3 a day in hospital, and now at home. Believe it or not, college inn fat free chicken broth is actually good (when you haven't been eating real food for a few weeks) so I eat a can of that a day ... I add a tiny pinch on salt. I teach, so I made sure I took ample time off to really heal and psyche myself up for the restricted diet while at school. I was more worried about it than I needed to be. I have a full week next week at home to recoop and I can hardly wait to start adding a little yogert. But honestly, I'm really dealing with the diet well. I'm asking all my friends, "What did you have for dinner tonight?" I love hearing about what they are eating, but I don't really want to be around people eating yet. I did - don't tell anyone - stick my pinky in the peanutbutter jar and licked a smiggent of PB ... wow ... but I want to be good and wait ... it helps to tell myself, "I can have that soon ... just not right now." Attitude is everything. Tell yourself the Isopure isn't so bad ... and just deal ... life is good and getting better every day! I still can't believe I actually went through with this! Wow....