45lbs, 6 weeks, and HUMMUS! :)

[jenniesue 81]

Cannot believe it has taken me this long, but I think I'm finally getting over the nausea hump. It's still there and I still have a hard time stomaching my own saliva. Either have to swallow it with Water or spit it out. My sleeve is a little wuss right now. LOL. However, the nausea is only there half the time... Woohoo!!

I feel that I can finally Celebrate my weight-loss.. 45 lbs in 6 weeks! I stayed the same for about a week, but that's likely because I was in starvation mode. Literally no food or Protein drinks since about 5 days post-op will do that to a person. That's 5 straight weeks no nutrients. I kept asking asking the doctors how I was alive. The 3 ER visits for IV fluids were basically keeping me afloat plus I got more fluids when they did another endoscope. (BTW, the official prognosis was that I'm fine, just a slow healer & my stomach is more swollen than most.)

Now to the exciting part!! I ate actual food yesterday! On a whim I bought 3-olive hummus, and no nausea after eating! I was able to eat about a tablespoon. I basically just licked it off the wheat thin mostly. But, did get about 3 wheat thins in, too. I'm so energized! This is the push I needed.

Here's to my new life finally beginning!

~Jenn

[TexasMiss 314]

Congrats! So I have a question. I've never had hummus but it's on my list of foods. Can you tell me what it tastes like? I think I've never tried it because it's chick peas and I don't like regular peas. Go figure...the things in my head lol

[jenniesue 81]

It tastes like deliciousness! I cannot really relate it to anything because it tastes like hummus. It tastes nothing like peas. It has a refried Beans consistency.. But tastes nothing like them, either. There are many different favors to fits your tastes buds. My personal favorite is 3-olive, but there is also: classic, garlic, red pepper, spinach artichoke, to name a few.

Seriously give it a try!

~Jenn

[TexasMiss 314]

You've convinced me. I'm going to put it on my grocery list and look forward to trying it...when I can lol

[pottergirl 261]

glad you are on the road to recovery!

for the record...i hummus to0

[AmyL1352 9]

Try the hummus with red bell pepper. It gives it a sweet pepper taste. I like putting it on flatout bread. They also make garlic hummus. Word of advice though: check the labels for the Protein. I've found that some brands don't have very much Protein in it over others. For example: one brand had 6 g protein in a serving while the other only had 2. I opted for the 6g one to get the much needed protein.

My 2 year old also likes it (yay!). I've made him hummus sandwiches (but he licks the hummus out before he eats the bread. weirdo)

[vols fan 60]

Congrats on eating real food I know what you mean I was nautious for three weeks and had a stricture finally after three endoscopes the problem resolved and eating tuna salad humus and fruit now, yay I'm excited, keep up the good work