Week Three and Things are Well

So in the third week post op things have been going well.  I have continued walking this week and have made it up to 55 minutes in a workout.  The cool air has been a blessing as well. :-)

Wednesday I had my 2 week check-in with my doctor and everything is going well.  My incisions are all healed up.  It is crazy how I can't even tell where some of them were!  They are so small and healing so well.  I am very pleased.  I don't need to go back to the doctor until I am three months out- so in October.  Everyone in the office of Bariatric Specialists of NC in Alamance was so pleased and excited about my results.  Wednesday I had lost 1.2 pounds since Saturday for a total of 17.4 pounds since July 12th!

I was also able to go ahead and get my vitamins to start taking (for the rest of my life).  I have a multivitamin for bariatric patients. The ones I have seen before you have to take multiple in a day, however, this brand is newer I believe and you only need to take one.  Bonus!: It tastes similar to fruity pebbles or Flinstone's vitamins, and definitely not chalky like others I have had. I have to take Vitamin D once a week, it is a prescription strength because I had low Vitamin D before surgery.  I also take a B-Complex vitamin which is a chewable, and a B-12 sublingual vitamin which dissolves under the tongue.  Two hours after taking my multivitamin I can take my calcium I need.  These calcium chews are sugar-free (of course) and taste just like a caramel chew. Today was the first day I was able to take them all, and they were all quite pleasant and I know I will be able to keep up this regimen.

So, as of today I had lost another 0.6 pounds.  So, total this week I lost 1.8 pounds.  Not exactly what I was expecting, but I know this comes and goes.  I am following guidelines and rules precisely- making sure I am getting in my fluids and my protein.  I am working out, and trying to stay active without pushing it too much.  Hopefully next week will be a better week.  However, I am telling my self that as long as that number keeps going down, or staying the same, all is well.  That number will not go up!  Plus, 33 pounds since the end of the school year is nothing to be upset about!

Today I was able to start on soft foods.  Can we say HOORAY?!!! For breakfast I had a soft scrambled egg and some string cheese.  For lunch, I had turkey roll ups. It is crazy how long it takes me to eat! I have to make sure I chew everything up very well because it doesn't get broken up like it used to before surgery.  Also, I need to make sure I am not eating too fast because that can cause dumping syndrome as well.  Dumping Syndrome is where my food dumps too quickly into my lower intestines and causes flu like symptoms.  This is something I most definitely want to avoid.

I am starting to tell a difference in my clothing some. The jean capris I have been wearing in the pictures I post I can tell are baggy in some areas, and I have having to adjust my shirts a lot more than I used to because they are falling around. I still can not SEE it yet, but I am hoping this upcoming week I will be able to see the difference.  People around me have mentioned how they can tell looking at this area, or that.  So, fingers crossed! Here is my latest picture. What do you all think? Can you tell a difference compared to my first picture?