Tuesday, March 2nd, was my first post-op doctors appointment. I was given two thumbs up. As of Tuesday I dropped around 8 pounds from my "Unofficial" post. Now, I'm a whopping 320 pounds. So, since starting the two week pre-op diet I'm down a total of 44 pounds. WOW! I can't believe it. Just 100 more to go. I'm well on my way. Quick funny story. Everybody in my family calls me Maestro. Why that name? Another story and I'll explain another day. In addition to calling me Maestro my sister, Wendy, calls me Pork Chop. Don't ask me where she got that from. But when she saw me for the first time in about a week she said, "I can't call you pork chop anymore I'll have to start calling you lunch meat." Why lunch meat and where it came from I don't know. Anyway. You're probably thinking that's not funny, but I think it is. I guess you had to be there. OH WELL! Maybe next time I'll hit a homerun in the jokes section.
For the first time today I went to the gym at my apartment complex and walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. According to the machine, I walked a little more than a mile-and-a-half and burned about 250 calories. I asked the doc when I could start lifting weights. He told me to weight a few more weeks. I guess lifting weights could cause some damage.
So far all of my entires have been on the positive side. Thank GOD I have had nothing but positive thoughts and progress. Now here comes a negative comment. I would really call it negative, I would call it a "Keeping it Real" moment. Believe it or not, I'm actually hungry. Yes, I said, "I'm hungry." Keep in mind, I haven't had anything solid for the past month. I'm craving a homemade taco. At some point, I figured my hunger would return, but didn't expect it to return 2 weeks after surgery. Needless to say, I'm about three to four weeks before I can consume anything solid. I start what could be considered the worst part of this recovery process Sunday. Sunday is when I start stage three of my post-op diet. You wanna know what it is? Here goes. According to the good folks over at TLC Surgery -- Dr. Terry Scarborough is the best surgeron on the face of the earth -- it's called "Puree Protein Diet." Yes folks. For the next 3 weeks I will be putting my food in a blender. Honestly, I don't know how in the hell that's going to work. The idea of cooking something then putting it in a blender is crazy. I know I'll get through it. I've made it this far. Plus, GOD won't give me more than I can bare. Honestly, if I can make it drinking nothing but clear liquids and eating sugar-free jello for two weeks I can do just about anything.
Here's where my aunt Marchelle comes in. By the way, Marchelle has been my constant source of information and piece of mind before, during and after the surgery. She's going to give me some of the information and things she did during this stage to help me out. Marchelle -- I hope she doesn't mind me putting her info out there, but oh well -- had lap band about three years ago and she looks FANTASTIC. I don't know how much weight she's lost, but she looks great.
That's all for today. Until next time.
Peace and Love.
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