Weight: 252.8 lbs
Notes:
Well here I am into week three with the LAP-BAND. This past week has seen much progress for me; all that complaining I did over gas pain is now over. I have not had any pains at all; I am glad that is all gone. This past Thursday my staples were removed, painless and over within 15 seconds J The doc weighed me and was impressed with my weight loss to date especially given that the band is not even turned on yet. He told me that my success so far is a good indicator that I will be very successful with the band moving forward. On a side not I was laid off this week, I mention this only because I did not resort to food to cheer me up. I new it was coming and although I did have a small period of morning (3/4 day) by the time the layoff came I was actually relieved. The job was toxic and it caused me to stress eat at times, not good! Anyhoo, I am now on the phase IV diet which means I can have pureed foods including meat. I refuse to eat pureed food and/or baby food as recommended by the doc. I will stick with protein shakes and yogurt for the next 1 ½ weeks thank you very much. I have to admit that I have cheated a few times by eating normal food, albeit small amounts, because I long for some normalcy in my diet. Also, today I got cocky and tried eating a hot dog with the bun. I forget (for about 15 seconds) that whatever I eat it has to be in small bites because although that band is not tightened yet my stomach is still kinda swollen. Anyhow, I took one normal size bite of the hot dog, chewed it well swallowed and did not feel so good. Being a dumb ass I did the same thing again about 15 seconds later and I thought I was going to die. Simply put those two bites (about ½ normal size hot dog) filled my new stomach to about 115% its capacity and it hurt like hell for about 5 minutes, I actually though I was going to take a heart attack it hurt so bad. I was preying I would puke but the food would not come backup. Needless to say I learned a profound lesson today. After the pain finally went away I did not eat another thing, nor did I have the desire, for about 6 hours. Even drinking water (doing yard work) made my stomach hurt. Just based on that I feel good that the band is going to help me achieve my weight goal, which by the way is 190lbs. Only 62 lbs more to go J
Well folks that is all at this point, things are not so exciting anymore as I learn to eat a whole different way. I am taking this day by day and I look forward to success.
Talk to you in 1 week.
Cheers, Louis.
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