Post-op Visit

Just a little update about - ME!  I have survived.  I got past the gas pains  - HURRAY!!!  I have had such a busy week.  I mentioned I was banded on Wednesday - we took off on Friday to my son's basketball tournament.  That was interesting.  I have not shared the news about my banding with anyone except my DH and my mom.  I just told everyone that I had been suffering from the flu.  I just took my blender and made my smoothies and lived on soup.  It was so hard.  Then on Sunday when we came home I had to attend my son's football banquet.  Dinner was served.  PRIME RIB DINNER!  I love prime rib.  I didn't eat.  I was just there for the ceramonies.  I told everyone that I had stopped eating red meat.  I felt like a snob, but who cares.  This is about me - not anyone else!  I am so aware now how food is shoved at you.  We all connect through food, don't we.  I have used food as a crutch for all my life.  Monday and Tuesday I had an out of town meeting for work - no access to my food.  Yikes!  We went to lunch each day- mexican buffet.  I would have been in heaven pre-banding.  I stuck to refried beans.  At this point I was supposed to be on liquids, but I didn't think mushies would kill me a couple days early.  Man oh man - you can feel it.  Liquid goes right through the band.  Mushies kind of just hang out. 

Went into the doctor yesterday for my post-op visit.  She put me on mushies.  I learned that I had eaten too many refried beans.  She is telling me small 2oz portions of food at baby food consistency.  I was kind of bummed about that!  AFter another week I can move up to 4oz portions.  Is this really enough food?  I can supplement with protein shakes in between.  Obviously I have some head work to do.  The thought of so little food is killing me.  I was always the kind of person that planned out my next eating session, during an eating session.....so I have some work ahead of me.

Last night DH pureed some spaghetti for me.  It tasted good but I wasn't happy about the choice of food.  I don't think it was a protein friendly meal.  He was so proud to have helped me so I let it slide this time.  Afterwards I showed him that the doctor's recommendations state that we should avoid pasta and rice. 

Today I had a scrambled egg with a little bit of cheese and pureed tuna fish for lunch.  Not too happy with that.  I just cannot get over the texture.  Am I overdoing this whole puree thing? 

Good news....I am down 10 pounds!  Yay!  That's really a nice feeling.  This is the same 10 pounds I lost last winter and then put back on.  I cannot wait to keep watching the scale move!

Hope everyone is well ......off to another basketball game!!!

Tracy