I have my life back!

Apr 06, 2011

 I feel so much better, it's amazing.

Today I went for a ride on my beach cruiser, but I avoided the strand due to the Grand Prix being in town. It was a beautiful sunny day; got some vitamin D in.  Come summer my lil cruiser will come in handy for excursions to the store, since I have a handy basket on it. Plus gas is just so outrageous ~  4 bucks a gallon. Why not jump on my bike and pedal 6 blocks to the grocery store for a few items? sounds good to me.

I also have been planning meals and cooking up a storm. This new bariatric cooking is a fun new adventure, and I'm enjoying it. I get allot of the recipes I make from blogs I've discovered here on OH. I am stocked up! Because I freeze most of it then just pop whatever I want for a meal in the microwave. Had a wonderful vanilla/ mango/ banana protein shake today... want to make a chai tea one.

I love the restriction part of my RNY, it's been the biggest help.  Could do ( couldn't we all?) with out the vitamin malabsorbtion. My first support group meeting (  my surgeons office one) is this Saturday. All and all I would say I have a pretty good surgery clinic team.

I am seriously going to re-join 24 hour fitness again, and lucky for me I just got an email from them with a very reasonable rejoin offer ~ no down payment. I loved the elliptical and the pool, man I loved to do freestyle, it just put me in another world, so relaxing yet such a workout. I want to do some weights too. i really want to make the most of the three more months I have that are supposedly the easiest weight loss months.

 I want to catch up because In January I was recovering from all this new and a bit overwhelming experience... and getting somewhat better then ....WHAM .  Feb came and i was slammed by a huge kidney stone, promptly went out of commission going in and out of hospital... felt like crap, but got it all finished by March 16th, and now I am on my own and eating nutritious high protein food ( 70 to 120 grms a day) , water, ( herbal tea with stevia)  taking all my vitamins... my calcium pill schedule is a full time job... 

 I feel like I have so much energy again, and aside from my uh.... 3 going on 4  week stall... scale has not budged, but what the hell, it will eventually.

I just feel so hopeful for the future again, so unlike what I was back a couple of months ago. The world is my oyster... (?) plus they do have allot of potassium.... or is that clams?

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