6+ months

Jan 16, 2009

Christmas day was my 6th month milestone.    I am now ~175-170 pounds. I feel absolutely great! Emotionally, psychically and spiritually.  I'm getting rid of clothes by the trunk full. I actually go out in public and "want" to be seen.  This life altering metamorphosis is beyond anything I ever expected. I'm no longer embarrassed to talk about it and answer people truthfully when they say "How did you do it?"   I also caution them that this is not an overnight fix. It's not a "diet."  But it's difficult to suppress my happiness. I gush.  I'm down right giddy.  

But even after 6 months, it's a daily chore to get in my protein drink. I feel well enough that I can skip a day but I feel tired and weak the following day.   Forty years of bay eating habits don't magical go away in 6 months. 

Things I can NO LONGER eat: anything carbonated, iced tea, french fries (but no problem with mashed potatoes or rice), raw cookie dough,   ice cream, and no cake icing. I can manage a bite of cookie or cake, even chocolate but there's really no desire to have any. The flavor just doesn't satisfy me anymore.  One craving I've had since shortly after coming home - is vinegar.  Once I could have solid food, I was having a teaspoon of dill relish or I'd suck on a dill pickle - not eating it and only small amounts. Vinegar always soothed my stomach when I was younger and it still does apparently.

Every meal is an event. I no longer take food for granted. Having the RNY is the only way I could have ever managed to pay attention to what and how I eat.  I can't just pop something in my mouth absent-mindedly.  And everyday is something new to learn.  

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