sleevicidal_maniac
On the downhill side!
Oct 26, 2012
Wednesday marked nine weeks for me. So this post is a couple days late because I spent the last two weeks on the road traveling for work, which in itself, was interesting. I finally made it home at 630 Friday morning, unloaded my duffel bag took care of the unmentionables and stepped on the scale. I was very excited to see that my three day road trip brought me four pounds of weight loss! So with the couple of pounds I lost last week, I'm within spitting distance of 60lbs and 3.5 past my halfway mark! I guess, if making it to goal is a climb to halfway and a gentle ride to the other side, I've reach the downhill part of the trip.
So, what are the details? Well... today marks 65 days post-op. I have lost 59.5lbs from surgery. My overall goal is 112 pounds so my personal milestone was 56, marking halfway there. My waist is now an honest 37" down from an equally honest 46-48". My neck is down from 18-18.5" to under 16", which I can't remember since I started measuring my neck - maybe high school? My BP has been floating around 125/85 but I'm also off of meds for the first time in, well, since my neck wasn't 18" and I feel pretty good that it will slide itself back down in short order too. I take the Prevacid once a day and the Actigall in the morning and at night. Other than that just the vitamins. I feel so good and I look so different that I brush my teeth with the lights on and my shirt off, staring at myself. It's so weird.
As I said, working on the road has been interesting. I packed a cooler and premeasured my chicken salad, yogurt, cottage cheese, trail mix, cheese sticks, applesauce and drinks and load them up in the truck. However, I also ate out once a day. I had a 2pc chicken fingers from Arby's - it worked for me. I ordered a slider appetizer from Applebee's and only ate the patties. I ate all three and it made me sick. Two was enough, I'm guessing they were 2oz each and I just ate more than I could handle. I went to Subway for a breakfast sandwich, ordered an egg white, ham and cheese and only ate the insides (no bread). Sick again. These are my three staple foods, so I don't know what did it this time unless it was just the processed food that did me in, but that was the worst I've been in six weeks. Finally we went to Texas Roadhouse and I ordered a chili appetizer with a little bit of raw onion and some cheddar cheese. I ate 2/3 of the portion and was full, felt great and enjoyed myself. I don't know if I will ever get used to what I can eat, but I promise you I am actively logging what I can't.
It's really something. The deeper I get back to my old life, the farther I am from my old lifestyle. I wonder if that makes sense? I had a busy weekend making hurricane preparations and now, I'm at my office, unplugging computers, lifting them off the floor and buttoning things down to see what today brings. I'm supposed to go to Puerto Rico at the end of the week with my wife. i hope the weather permits.
I guess I will add another quick post before I go away but for now, I guess I need to continue shutting down. Good luck fellow east coasters. I hope this storm is just an overblown rainy day - no pun intended. God Bless.
