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Taco stuffed sweet potatoes. My friend brought me flowers and I served him dinner! What a lovely night. The dinner was so lovely. I haven’t cooked for anyone but myself for a very long time. And I really enjoyed the sweet potato. It was taco night!! 💕 #tacos #lowcarb #healthy #flowers #weightloss (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1RZjWRAK-S/?igshid=bryh8u64oqx6
Smoky cauliflower tacos with black beans, cabbage mix & sour cream. Very interesting recipe I tried today from my cooking class. It’s vegetarian. Not #tacotuesday today but that’s ok. We still enjoyed it. I was only able to eat half of it. So much fun making this. Yummy! https://www.instagram.com/p/B0W2NOkANSb/?igshid=fzctcyb1deut
Was so happy when my friend offered to cook for me last night and it was delicious!! She was surprised with how little I was able to eat. I only ate half of the salmon, some of the squash and one bite of potatoes. Since I was not at home I wasn’t able to measure or weigh like I usually do. But good thing I love left overs! I took the rest home and ate it for dinner tonight with some green beans. #salmon #fish #newpouch #bypasssurgery #gastricbypasssurgery #weightloss #food #foodie #sogood #yum #active #fitness https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3_xPeAihJ/?igshid=809pzhpmhv9c
⭐️ 5 weeks post op ⭐️
Hey all. I just wanted to share this before and after picture with you. Today I am 5 weeks post-op. I am doing really well, healing fast. I am feeling changes in my body already and seeing myself in the mirror and having more energy means more to me than the number on the scale Even my clothes are fitting better. I will admit today was a tough day. I was away from home and not prepared. I didn’t didn’t drink all of my fluids nor take all of my vitamins that is my fault. It was a very hot day. My birthday is on Monday I’m very excited. Being 5 weeks post op is exciting! It does get easier. And I am able to do more / eat more / find foods I like. I am not having any cravings other than cheese! It is nice to eat food that isn’t pureed! But I ate dinner too fast and wasn’t able to get more than two bites in. Usually I eat slower. I am able to get lunch in but am struggling with dinner / a full breakfast. Other then this I am doing just fine.
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I honestly love my crock pot!! I had it on all afternoon while I did laundry and cleaned up around the house. I barely used it before but I have used it twice since surgery now. It’s perfect for summer and makes meat so moist! I made 4 Chicken breasts with a garlic & herb marinade, cooked on high 3 hours then added peppers and this turned out fantastic. For dinner I made the chicken into a mini quesadilla, and was able to tolerate it all. What a good day 😊 (Next time I might try to cook it on low but the chicken just fell apart!) #rny #recipe #food https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzl_Q-VAJQZ/?igshid=6gna9c2dp2mp
4 WEEKS SINCE SURGERY
This past week has been comfortably busy. I went back to the clinic to see the nurse and dietitian and have a small nutrition class.There were 9 others there, and we all had surgery around the same day! They taught us what to eat now - which is soft solids for the rest of your life. How to eat it, how to cook it. It was very informative. Essentially this will be a lower carb diet that I will be eating. Everyday I am learning what I can tolerate.
For example, I made chicken in the crock pot yesterday. I put in a jar of salsa, 2 breasts and let it cook on low for 6 hours. And tada, salsa chicken. The two chicken breasts could have fed me for about 4-5 meals or more! It was so tender and delicious. Then, I pulled out the chicken, shredded it into small pieces, and made a chili out of the leftover salsa. I added one can of low sodium pasta sauce, pinto beans, kidney beans, and put all of that in pot.I added some spices, and then when it was done, I re-added the chicken. I just loved this, and it gave me so much protein. I got the Salsa Chicken idea from Pinterest.
For lunch, I had shrimp and broccoli. So far, out of the meats I have tried, I have been able to tolerate them all, and chicken/turkey seems to be the best ones and best tasting. I have only had dumping syndrome once, and that was the other day because I ate my tuna (and one crackr) too fast at lunch, and the contents from my pouch said bye-bye into my intestine, and I was fatigue and feeling full for over an hour!
I am doing well. I feel I am almost all healed up, and I am drinking two protien shakes a day inbetween all of my meals and am on track with my vitamins. The clinic told me to take more vitamins, but thats okay, I fit it into my schedule where I can. You know, I don’t lead a very busy life, and it’s summer, I have all of the time in the world to perfect a routine.
I crush all of the medications 3x a day, take a multivitamin 2x a day, take calcium citrate 3x a day, and vitamin D 2 drops 3x a day/1000IU. All of my meds right now, are chewable, liquids or crushed, as subscribed by the clinic for now. Thankful some of them are liquid or I’d never get them all in!
Feels like there is so much to do in a day and I feel like I run out of time. By the time 9pm rolls around, I am just exhausted!
And then, on top of everything, I have to try to get 64oz of water in/day! I try to drink as much as possible, lots of water and lots of peppermint tea! Peppermint tea is my new favourite. SHH, who needs caffiene?! We don’t know her!
I am off to a BBQ later today, and going to bring my chili with me! Looking forward to seeing my friends, I am sure they will be excited to see me eating real food now!
If anyone reading this is from Canada, have a great Canada Day weekend!! Enjoy everyone.
STAY TUNED, MORE COMING SOON :)
Congratulations babe, keep working hard for what you want! Much love xx
Thank you for the support :) I will keep going!
On the left, one day before surgery, on the left is today/ 3 weeks difference. This has been so hard, learning what to eat again, how much my stomach can hold, taking my regular meds and my vitamins on a daily basis. I am finally getting into a routine and getting more seep. I am very happy with myself.
On Thursday, June 20 2019, I went to see my surgeon again, and he said I am ABOVE AVERAGE in how much I have lost so far. He says I need to eat more, and get more protein in, and only walk at night until I can get 700 calories per day in then I can go to the gym. IMAGINE THAT. I am being told to eat more calories when all I used to do was over eat, and couldn’t get enough food. And the wrong type of food. Wow.
My worker from CMHA told me to start writing my life story so far and I have started doing that. It feels like I am writing a book, it’s such a long process! I am getting there slowly, writing it paragraph by paragraph. I have so much to say about my life, about my experiences, and I am hoping others can learn from them too. I hope I can inspire just one person and inspire myself everyday with new information. That is my goal.
So far I am able to tolerate ground beef, squash, turkey, 100 g of yogurt at one time, I eat greek yogurt triple zero by Oikas. I am currently on minced stage, I tried a soft egg yesterday and it didn’t sit well and gave me lots of gas. I didnt like the feeling at all.
My mom jokingly calls me a baby because I am learning to eat at different stages all over again. It takes time, but eventually I will get my strength back and be walking and NO ONE will be able to stop me.
MY STATS: HW: 482 lbs, SW on optifast: 413 lbs, SW at surgery: 397 lbs, CW: 366 lbs
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This was lunch yesterday. I gotta say, minced food is not fun! I find myself still wanting to eat pureed food and tons of protein shakes. So far, I’ve been able to tolerate the full fluid diet, all of the pureed diet but the minced diet scares me. I cant wait to go on Wednesday back to the clinic to learn what I should be eating for the rest of my life. All I gotta say is lots of spices have helped me get through (like italian seasoning and mrs dash no salt!) this can tuna had 2 tbsp light mayo (miracle whip) and a squirt of a mustard plus pepper. I could only eat 1/4(that’s two oz) I felt it was very dry but I was full and bursting at the seams! https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGQHTvALO8/?igshid=1bzcbr6aarhu3
And a few days!
The last two mornings I have been enjoying a decaf instant coffee. I fill the cup half full, and then fill the rest with caramel Premier protein shake! (Example here on my instagram) It is delicious and helps get my protein in so I don’t feel like I’m just wasting time not getting in enough calories/protein! The surgeon said at my 3 week check in that he wants to see me eating more calories, at least 700 a day, before I can start doing even a light workout. I am walking everyday, maybe more than 30 minutes, and going beyond the activity I used to be able to before without pushing myself.
I am able to clean up around the house, which makes me happy and today my biggest task of all since surgery: doing laundry by myself. Now I live in an apartment so I’ll have to cart my laundry downstairs, and I am not sure if I have the energy yet. Luckily all of my clothes are fitting better and I still have some that are clean!
Yesterday, I got in 400 calories and 60g of protein. The Bariatric Clinic recommends that I get in 70g-100g of protein per day.! I am still drinking lots of protein shakes until next week when I can eat more solid foods. I am nervous for this stage because I haven’t puked yet and don’t want to start vomiting either!
I just love Pinterest because it is so great for recipes and has a lot of Bariatric friendly recipes as well! I tried one on there for lunch, the pureed egg salad, and it did not agree with my stomach. I didn’t like the bloated feeling I had for the rest of the day after that!
I am very proud of myself, I baked cookies, froze them all, and am taking them to an event next week! YES they looked good, but I didn’t need one so I just kept on baking and freezing until I had enough for my event, two dozen cookies! I would have eaten six in my past life. My friend once told me, you have a bite of your own baking, that’s it, you want more! Just like “I bet you can’t have just one chip” - Lays.
3 weeks after Surgery, I made it! I started the process to get surgery in November 2017, and now I am here. A day after Surgery, I didn’t know if it would be worth it, and sometimes I still think..did I make the right choice? But only time will tell and I sure am loving the results! I am certain that this will keep me motivated and on track for the rest of my life.
Good luck to anyone going for surgery, who has had surgery or is considering surgery! You are amazing. You’re going to learn and discover more about yourself during this whole process.
Thank you all for the support thus far!
Until next time...
Stay TUNED!
On the left, one day before surgery, on the left is today/ 3 weeks difference. This has been so hard, learning what to eat again, how much my stomach can hold, taking my regular meds and my vitamins on a daily basis. I am finally getting into a routine and getting more seep. I am very happy with myself.
On Thursday, June 20 2019, I went to see my surgeon again, and he said I am ABOVE AVERAGE in how much I have lost so far. He says I need to eat more, and get more protein in, and only walk at night until I can get 700 calories per day in then I can go to the gym. IMAGINE THAT. I am being told to eat more calories when all I used to do was over eat, and couldn’t get enough food. And the wrong type of food. Wow.
My worker from CMHA told me to start writing my life story so far and I have started doing that. It feels like I am writing a book, it’s such a long process! I am getting there slowly, writing it paragraph by paragraph. I have so much to say about my life, about my experiences, and I am hoping others can learn from them too. I hope I can inspire just one person and inspire myself everyday with new information. That is my goal.
So far I am able to tolerate ground beef, squash, turkey, 100 g of yogurt at one time, I eat greek yogurt triple zero by Oikas. I am currently on minced stage, I tried a soft egg yesterday and it didn't sit well and gave me lots of gas. I didnt like the feeling at all.
My mom jokingly calls me a baby because I am learning to eat at different stages all over again. It takes time, but eventually I will get my strength back and be walking and NO ONE will be able to stop me.
MY STATS: HW: 482 lbs, SW on optifast: 413 lbs, SW at surgery: 397 lbs, CW: 366 lbs
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Puréed turkey and cauliflower. Tastes like turkey dinner to be honest. And three small bites down with 4-5 minutes in between and so far I can tolerate it. I will let you know if this doesn’t work 😂😂 - - #letsgofam #wls #weightlosssurgery #pureedturkey #pureed #gastricbypass #dinner #gettingfit #weightloss #rny #rouxeny #surgery #turkeydinner #eattolive #twoweekspostop #postop https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvxbCCAg7H/?igshid=yz90f6totcby
*****TWO WEEKS POST-OP***** ~~~~please keep scrolling if this picture disturbs you ~~~~ - I only took this picture to show my mom. But then I thought it would be perfect to show you and anyone else who may be interested in how well I am healing after #gastricbypass surgery. There is light bruising; where that bruising is, was all purple before. It was nothing to be worried about though. It showed up a few days after surgery. The incisions to my knowledge are healing very well and I’m so proud of myself. Today I am two weeks post - op, I am down 23 lbs as of Wednesday!! I could tolerate my full fluid diet and am ready to move on to the puréed diet stage!! I will try new foods slowly. Also, I will have to try to get all or most of my protein in and as much water as I can (averaging 6-7 cups per day). If anyone has any questions don’t be afraid to DM me 😊💜. - 👉Read my new blog post at: https://mywlsjourney.com 👈 - #myweightloss #myweightlossjourney #nutrition #inspiration #weightlossinspiration #rny #gastricbypasssurgery #mylife #wls #wlscommunity #gettingfit #healing #bruises #weightloss https://www.instagram.com/p/Byr85HvgMWd/?igshid=7qzwaeepqy
What I’ve Learned In The First Two Weeks After Gastric Bypass Surgery!
The whole reason I started this blog was to share my journey thus far. I started at a higher weight, but with the support of friends and family and people I know who have had the surgery - this is all starting to make a ton of sense!
The night of and a day after surgery, I was in a lot of pain. I was never told that I would have a lot of gas pain after surgery, even though I have already had my gallbladder removed and I guess I forgot how painful that was too because of the gas they fill you with to be able to see during surgery. Any surgery is painful but out of all the surgeries I have had, this one seemed like the worst one. The gas pains lasted about 3-4 days after surgery. At times,I was crying out in pain, and the only thing I could do for it was to walk around constantly. After all the gas was gone, I also learned that passing a bowel movement, or peppermint tea is really good for helping with gas pain. I had peppermint tea a few days ago, and it made me burp like crazy! I wish I knew this a few days after surgery instead.
Two weeks later, I only have 5 incisions that are healing very nicely. The tape that they used during surgery stuck to my skin. I have been reading up online that using a cotton swab and alcohol helps take the adhesive tape residue off your skin, then you wipe it with a wet cloth and soap. And rinse thoroughly. Be careful because you don’t want to get any extra soap or alcohol in your incisions!
Tomorrow I start the pureed diet stage, (the second of four diet phases post - op) and I am quite nervous to say the least. I have been tolerating protein drinks, cream of wheat with protein powder in it, jello, broth, sugar free greek yogurt, and some unsweetened apple sauce very well. I find the apple sauce to be a little acidic on my stomach, but it helps with taking my everyday medications. I went out and bought a bunch of frozen vegetables to cook and puree for the next stage. I also bought some ground beef and will be cooking a turkey to freeze slices, and use the bones in soups.
For the next diet stage, I will be trying a new thing everyday. I want to go slow, and I will be making everything very bland so it doesn’t affect gas, and other sort of pains that might occur. I eat very slow, and take little bites, and even if it is pureed or a liquid, I still chew my food to help aid in digestion.
I am looking forward to everything this surgery has to offer me. This is a new life for me. and if you are considering surgery, all I can say is...THE TIME IS NOW! Don’t let others dictate your life, and do this for you. Your future self will thank you very much, and I promise this will be the best decision you have ever made.
MY STATS: RNY DATE: May 31, 2019. HW: 482 lbs. SW before surgery: 398 lbs. CW: 375 lbs. Weight lost since surgery: 23 lbs.
Stay Tuned, more coming soon!
Everyone's Weightloss Journey is Different!
Whether it takes me a year, two years, or even five years, I’m going to lose this weight and become a healthier person! Everyday I’m going to try my best. And that’s the most important part. I personally know that this journey is not an easy one. There will be some days I will wake up and won’t want to do it at all. I know there are days where I wish I could just sit on the couch and not follow my daily routine at all. I have to take vitamins and this and that, follow my diet, exercise, WOW! Sometimes it just seems like too much work.
With me, it’s a huge mental health piece as well. Born bipolar, I think that I really have a double whammy. Sometimes I lack the motivation to get started and put myself out there. I literally have to push myself out of bed every morning, and it’s even harder to push myself out the front door to do the things I need to do. But I have to do it. I am here to show the world that I can do it. And I know that others can do it too.
So please follow along with me on this journey, and if you can find any motivation from me at all, I will be so happy! If you have any suggestions about what I should write about next, please let me know in my inbox: here
Have a great day everyone. :) Keep smiling!