Day 5 after Plication

[genepha 47]

I think I finally figured out the blog so I did post a longer entry in my blog if you can find it!

Today is the 5th day since my plication surgery.

I've lost 11 pounds as of this morning.

My starting weight was 283

Today's weight is 272

My goal for this first month is to lose 20% EWL of 130 pounds. So my goal for

month 1 is to lose 26 pounds and I'm almost half way there! yipppeee!

I woke up in a bit of internal pain this morning. My husband thinks it's my tummy healing.

Still following the liquids only diet. I see my dr. next Friday and after an x-ray of my

new tummy, I will get the okay to start mushies. I'm very happy with the liquid diet

though as I know once I start on mushies the weight loss will slow significantly. I want

to make the most of this first month and lose as much as I can.

When I was banded I really struggled with the liquids only diet, but I am not having

the same problem with the plication. food right now actually is pretty unappealing

to me which actually surprised me. I thought I would have a harder time of it, like

I did with the band. So I'm happy for that!

I'm off to walk around my neighborhood.

Take care,

genepha

[oliviam 3]

Way to go! Its nice to hear that you are not struggling through the liquid phase. I think we all hope this surgery will help us with the willpower issue!

[genepha 47]

Olivia,

Thanks! I'm actually quite surprised at how well I'm handling the liquid phase. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow it'll all fall apart but for now, I feel strong and in control. DH brought home a huge chorizo burrito for lunch today and it just grossed me outso I was happy to know that food that was once appealing - just isn't right now. I'm sure one day that'll change but for now I'm very grateful!

Willpower has never been my strong suit so I'm really hoping that my new tummy will help me out!

genepha

[amw 5]

Does anyone know how I can get to the blogs?

[genepha 47]

Does anyone know how I can get to the blogs?

underneath the name is a picture of a book, if you move your mouse over it - it says view blog - just click on it. (I just figured this out myself)