I went to Dr Bishop’s office on Wednesday for an appointment with his nutritionist. I got on the scales and had lost 17.5 lbs since my visit 2 weeks previously!! WOW!
The nutritionist was no help at all though. She showed me the same booklet they gave me when I first when to see Dr Bishop last year outlining carbs, proteins, restricted vegetables, free vegetables, etc. She kept talking to me like I was just doing the atkins diet or something. She’d be showing me the booklet and saying something like “and don’t have more than 1/2 cup of beets at a time” and I’m thinking “um I can only eat 1/2 cup of anything at a time”. Anyway, she didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know so I think I’ll just stop going. Very soon I’ll be able to get weighed on my regular doctor’s scales (which only go up to 375lbs). I have an appointment with her next week to get her to write out an order for blood tests that I need to have done before I visit the surgeon in beginning of Sept.
Feeling good about things. Next Saturday I’m going to my first party since the surgery at my sisters and she always has a good spread … things like nachos and a yummy dip, sausage rolls, hors d’oeuvres, chips, etc. But this time they are thinking about me and will be doing deli meats and buns, salads (potato, macaroni, etc.). I’ll not eat dinner that night and just nibble on things there.
And in the next few weeks I’ll be going to my first restaurant since surgery. I’ll let you know how that goes. I’ll have to be careful what I order as I don’t want to be running to the bathroom. My boss was telling me this week that his family went out for chinese on the weekend and kept telling his wife to slow down with her eating. She had the surgery 3 years ago. Well she ate too fast and ended up running to bathroom and throwing it all up again. I guess it is something you have to remember and live with the rest of your life.
Met with the trainer twice this week and boy am I sore and stiff!! LOL but I guess that is a good thing. I want to tone up as much as I can to try to minimize the amount of sagging skin I’ll get.