6/23/2010 D6WLB

Weight: 258.4 lbs

Notes:
8:40am
This morning I decided to have the plain oatmeal for breakfast and it seems to be going down ok. I can only eat one small teaspoon (I am using my son's toddler spoon to eat) at a time and I have to wait at least 45 seconds between bites. I snuck in some blueberries and they seem to be well tolerated too. Good news, I noticed that when I do my hiccup/burp (was extremely painful for the last 5 days) it is not so painful anymore. I am hoping that the gas pain might be on the way out, also by eating semi-solid foods I am hoping to help expedite the unwelcomed guest’s departure. I am down another 2.2 lbs since yesterday; I guess I should stop complaining after all I am in this to get healthy by losing weight. The clothes that I was wearing the day I started this blog are looking very sloppy on me right now, I am down 21lbs since June 7 and my wife had to dive into the old "skinny" clothes bin to pull out threads that fit me more properly. It is funny; I never really thought about being skinny, just getting my liver healthy, yet I am kinda excited at the prospect of losing a substantial part of my body mass. I wonder what I will look like. I guess we will have to wait and see.


8:47pm
Overall it was a good day. I went to an outdoor mall with the family and walked around for about 1 hour and that pooped me out. We stopped at Au Bon Pain and I had some soup, it was a low fat southwestern soup and I only ate about 1/2 cup before I got full. I had my wife take me home and I then slept for about 2 hours. I am realizing just how weak I am, I am doing my best to make sure I am eating more and more but it seems that it is simply not enough. I did notice that my appetite is most definitely coming back; the good news is that the band seems to be doing its job in that that I don't have to eat much before feeling satisfied. What sucks is that I have to keep eating pretty much all day, however once I get on to normal foods I will be able to put food that is a bit more caloric dense into me and that will keep me from having to eat more than 3 or 4 times per day. Also, today the gas was much better and even right now (when it usually gets the worse) I feel reasonably OK. Anyhoo, time to get ready for bed. Good night.