long overdue.
Hi, I’m a terrible blogstress. Here is an update!
It’s been 4.5 months since my surgery, and I’m doing fantastically well. Life is busy and fun.
Since surgery, I have:
-as of today, lost 85 lbs.
-lost 10 dress sizes.
-blood sugar is normal, without medication.
-blood pressure is normal, without medication.
I feel amazing. My energy levels are through the roof.
What am I eating? I eat 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. My meals are protein heavy. I often eat meat for breakfast. I still can’t stand protein shakes, no matter what kind, and refuse to gag them down, so I get my minimum required 78gm of protein/day through real food. I can eat 2.5-3 oz of dense protein at one time, depending on what I’m eating. Generally closer to 3 oz if it’s fish. Less if it’s steak. I don’t enjoy eating chicken breast, or any other meats that are prone to drying out. I do best with moist or fatty cuts. My cholesterol levels are great, and I’ve never been a huge believer in super low fat eating anyhow.
I watch my carbs, in that I very rarely eat bread, pasta, rice or potatoes. If I really want some, I have a little bit, but my meals focus on protein and then veggies. I snack on things like nuts, fruit, cheese, beef jerky, edamame. I try to keep my processed foods to a minimum and focus on whole real foods. When I want a treat I’ll have some frozen yogurt, and every so often I treat myself to some popcorn (when I go to the movies) or a small dipped cone from dairy queen.
What’s different about how I eat post-op, is that I don’t feel like I’m fighting with myself every time I put a bite of food in my mouth. It is WORLDS easier to make good choices. Much easier to ignore the carb-monster whispering in my ear. I am not craving shit food all the time. I am not insatiably hungry all the time. Actually, I’m barely ever hungry at all. If I do make a poor choice (like yesterday when I was at the CNE and ate a soft serve icecream cone AND a box of popcorn) it does not send me into a downward spiral of shitty eating for a month before I can pull myself out of it. I wake up the next day and get back on the horse without issue. And btw, I woke up this morning having lost a pound after my carbfest yesterday. Could be because we walked around for 10 hours yesterday. Which is something else I can do much more easily now 
I am so very thankful that I researched the hell out of the surgery choices available to me and found out about the VSG. I’m glad I found a supportive doctor and the courage within myself to rally for what I knew to be the best choice for me. It has given me a new lease on life. I feel and look like a new person. I don’t feel like a freak around other people when I’m eating, and can enjoy a huge variety of foods. I have more confidence in myself. Life is so good, I can hardly stand it sometimes 
Also, I have such supportive people in my life, I am eternally indebted to them. I have so much love in my life, I often wonder how I got to be so lucky.
Here are some progress pics. You can see that I have lost the most from my face and belly. I still have a luscious jelly roll around my middle, but I hope that in time it’ll be gone.
Can’t wait to see what another 4.5 months from now will look like
