13 days out....

It's hard to believe it has been almost 2 weeks since my surgery. I never thought it would get here and now I can't believe I have actually gone through it. I am now doing great. Friday and Saturday I thought it was the end of me, or at least that's how bad I felt. But it's amazing what a little protein will do for the body! The Dr. I used in Houston has a whole different diet plan than the previous Dr. I saw here when I first started this journey. I am now following the first Dr.'s plan and it is working much better for me. I have learned that your body can not go without protein. I wasn't able to sleep more than an hour and a half and would wake up with a terrible headache. I would have to get up and drink water or broth and stay up about an hour and go through the whole process again. I would do pretty good in the mornings but by mid-afternoon I would start feeling really weak and bad. Jill called my mentor Michele that has gone through this same surgery in the last year and she told us what we needed to do.

I haven't weighed yet but I did measure my waist just so I could see if anything is happening with my body and guess what????????????? I have already lost 4 inches off my waist. That's crazy to me but I like it!

I don't know when I will weigh, mainly because we don't have scales. I go to the Dr. on the 26th so I might just wait until then. I don't know why I am so nervous to weigh. Maybe because I have failed at losing weight so many times in the past that I don't want to be disappointed. Of course I didn't do all this just to have bragging rights about my weight loss, I did it to be healthier, feel better, and hopefully prolong my life, or at least make the best of what is left of it!

I wish I could start back to work but I still have 2 weeks to go. I don't do well staying at home. I am feeling better though and I'm able to get out and do some stuff but it makes me pretty tired.

Jill got us moved over the weekend with the help of her family, our friend Chris and my oldest son. It was so hard for me to sit back and not work and it made me feel so guilty. But, I have been able to put up stuff and get us partly organized.


I guess that is a good enough update for now. Will add more as I can.