116 lb transformation

So here we are DURING the transformation. I am excited that there is this HUGE, apparent, difference from August 2017 to now January 2019. I can't wait to see the transformation that happens in the next 1.5 years. I have eyes, I have a chin, I have a beck, I have HEALTH!

I am one day away from progressing to Food Stage 3 since VSG. This means adding in deli meat, tuna, chicken, and really soft veggies. I did try ham last night and it went just fine. I tried chicken franks today in some beans for protein and it went fine so I am looking forward to eating more normal. It is scary to try new foods because maybe it won't agree with my stomach but I want to be able to eat dinners with my family (although it will only be 2-3 oz haha). Pork and beef are off limits for now and I am OK with that. I made a calendar with our meals for the next month and on it is scallops, cauliflower rice, zucchini, shrimp stir fry, ricotta bake with turkey meatballs, spaghetti squash taco bowls, veggies noodles, buffalo chicken wonton cups, shrimp and kielbasa sheet pan, BRUSSEL SPROUTS FINALLY!!!!!! Cauliflower gnocchi, fish, broccoli tot nachos, ground turkey spaghetti with zoodles, veggies noodles, where's the crust pizza, low carb chili dog bake, tuna cakes, cream chicken enchilada skillet, cabbage and kielbasa, shrimp Taco Bell, coconut shrimp, and other yummy stuff. SOME DAY SOON, I will be going to Red Lobster to get me some crab legs YUUUUMMMM. I really plan to eat healthy like I did before surgery and one of my big goals is to find meals that my entire family loves that maybe isn't so healthy, and do a healthy version of it.

Week 1= -10

Week 2= -3

Week 3= -3

Week 4= -5

Measurements will be taken tomorrow and updated soon!

Comments

Thursday

Hello all :) I was at a training this week with work and when deciding where we should eat somebody mentioned Olive Garden and I immediately dropped by head. I know Olive Garden as PASTA, PASTA, PASTA so I wasn't looking forward to the temptation. I don't know why I don't give myself credit for how strong I am. My entire life, people couldn't pressure me to do ANYTHING I didn't want to. I am SO STRONG and I make my own decisions; I am a lion, not a sheep :) (I want a shirt so bad that says "Be a lion") Anyways, when we got there, I looked at the menu and right there on the lunch section were meals that were 300-400 calories and as soon as I saw zucchini I was in. Its a half piece of chicken with a piece and a half of zucchini with mozzarella cheese and some lemon butter with tomatoes to top it off (I didn't eat those). I left behind some zucchini and you know, I never once thought about pasta as I was sitting there. On my way home I thought of

2 week liquid diet

Today is the day! All liquids! Well, except for the popsicles, jell-o, pickles, and celery. I have to get in 4 premier proteins and then at least 48-64 oz of other liquids each day. Other liquids include: Water Diet V-8 Splash Sugar free jello Sugar free popsicles (less than 25 calories per popsicle) Fruit 2-0 Crystal light Diet Snapple up to 2 cups of broth decaf tea and coffee Propel water Powerade zero I don't really know what some of those are and yesterday when I went to look for Diet V-8 Splash to try it out, I couldn't find it so who knows. This morning I am having 2 vanilla premier protein shakes in a thermos with my decaf coffee. I also have a 20oz thing of water sitting here and a 32oz grape Powerade zero. Last night I made strawberry, lemon, and blue raspberry jello, I bought 3 different sizes of dill pickles, and then I have boxes of popsicles, all different kind of broths, all different flavors of Powerade, grape Propel, and some cinnamon tea

17 days post op

Happy New Year everybody! :). I can see now that these blog post that once were days apart are probably going to be weeks apart due to my YouTube being up and running. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkL_ZZWuw7kEq4N-IWQ4zw?view_as=subscriber Sorry but sometimes speaking is just easier than writing but I will do my best of keeping up both! So I am almost 3 weeks out. Getting into the fluids is getting easier, especially when I add protein powder to food and I don't have to worry about drinking the protein shakes. Everything is slow for now, eating, drinking, walking....all slow :). It is the process though so slow we shall go! I started a cup of coffee around 8:45 and finally finished it at 10:15. Then I wait 30 minutes to eat. So at 10:45 I made an egg with cheese and am slowly working on eating it. I am not hungry....that kind of goes away with surgery so its about making yourself eat for nutritional value. It's hard to keep eating when you don't feel like it

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