Weighed in today

Oct 21, 2015

Well, today marks 1 week on the Pre-Op Diet Part One.  I had to have labs done today so I went ahead and weighed myself at the office, just out of curiosity.... It's been 1 week and I've lost 15 pounds.  I was shocked because I really don't feel all that different, but my dietician "warned" me this would happen - others will notice before you do.  I haven't been feeling so great the past 2 days thanks to a migraine that brought with it nausea and chills.  Sugar-free Jello does wonders for the nausea though!  Tonight I was looking for something to put on my pork loin chop but could not find any sugar-free barbecue sauce.  Maybe that's an oxymoron?  I have sugar-free all natural ketchup, so I thought there MIGHT be a SF BBQ sauce, but oh well... I found some seasoning that should do the trick.  I made the mistake of putting mint extract in my Pure Protein shake today.  I apparently got some on the top of the can because my lips were numb for a while and I clearly put too much in my shake because it tasted horrible!  It's like last Christmas when I made these cookies called "Eggnog Thumbprints."  They had no eggnog in them, but they did require a little rum extract added to the "eggnog icing" that goes in the center of the cookie.  Well, I must have written the recipe down wrong or the person who created it wrote it down wrong because following the directions, the icing turned out HORRIBLE.  That baking extract is serious business!  

My friend has been kind of questioning my eating choices lately because of all the aspartame and sucralose and other chemical sweetners.  I have spent my life avoiding them but it's almost impossible to find "sugar free" without some kind of chemical sweetner.  I told her that it's only temporary and I'm seeing results, so I am going to carry on doing what my dietician has instructed me to do.  It really does bother me though.  I go through all the labels and try so hard to find something without a chemical sweetner but it just doesn't work with controlled carb and calorie intake.  These kinds of criticisms and challenging questions/opinions are precisely why I haven't really told many people about the surgery.  It's frustrating, but I'm pretending to be oblivious to the effects and such of chemical sweetners.  I just keep telling myself, "It's temporary!"  

On a different note, I have noticed that I am less tired the past few days, which is a miracle!  These little rewards are definitely keeping me motivated and on track.   Marching on!  

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