3 Weeks out

May 13, 2012

Today was my first day of real food.  The last three weeks have been pure hell.  I have had to sit at meetings drinking water, while everyone else indulged in pizza, chips, sandwiches, etc.  That was SO HARD.  To top it all off, as of two weeks, I have only lost 10 pounds.  I will be weighing myself tomorrow morning.  I will be so upset if I haven't lost any more weight.  I don't feel like I have.  My left side still hurts so much.  I really feel like I have an incisional hernia. I brought that up to my surgean and he said that it is very hard to get those and that my pain is normal.  I sure hope so.

Now on to my first meal.  For breakfast, I had 2 ounces of cottage cheese.  That went down pretty good.  I had low fat string cheese for a snack.  I am now working on 2 ounces of refried beans mixed with cheese and ground beef.  Hopefully, I don't have any issues with this.  I am trying to remember to take tiny bites, chew, wait 10 seconds, and do it again.  I'm also trying to remember to only eat for 30 minutes.  I'm still having a hard time getting all of my protein in. I have only been able to manage 34g of protein a day.  That's not good.  I have to keep working on that. 

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