Day 15

Well as you can probably tell, I did not do an entry for Day 14.  I was tired and not feeling great so I skipped it.  Today is the very last day of being on an all liquid diet.  Tomorrow I start eating soft solid foods like eggs and soft boiled or baked potato and oatmeal and soft vegetables...OH I CANT WAIT lol.  Today I went to the park in Ravenna and walked around its outer edge for about an hour straight.  I consumed my usual 3 GNC Swiss Chocolate Lean shakes for my 75 grams of protein.  I am still wore out from my walk but looking forward to doing it again tomorrow.  As for my weight, I have now officially lost 30 pounds in 15 days.  My weight of 325.0 is a 1.8 pound drop from Day 13's weight.  I look forward to dropping below 300 pounds for the first time since early 2009.  Hopefully by the time I go back to school for my last semester on January 18th, Ill be close to that.  Good night everyone see you next time.

Day 13

Hello everyone and thank you for dropping by once again to read up on my weight loss journey to being Obese Never Again.  Today I consumed 3 GNC 25 gram protein lean shakes for my 75 grams total and at least 16 grams from a serving of Lactaid 1% milk fat cottage cheese.  I went to Richmond today to GNC to get more lean shakes since I was on my last 3 today.  I decided to go with a new flavor from the Vanilla Bean.  I got Swiss Chocolate.  This should last longer since after Tuesday, I will no longer be solely dependent on those shakes for protein.  I am already looking so much forward to being able to put a scrambled egg, soft boiled potato and fat free refried beans on my plate.  FLAVOR!!!! While I was in Richmond, I parked in a far mostly empty parking lot in the mall area and did some walking hoping it wouldn't rain on me. Tonight's weigh in comes in at 326.8 lbs which is a drop from last night of 1.6 lbs bringing my grand total weight loss to 28.2 lbs.  See you tomorrow!

Day 12

Hello readers! Hope you had a great and Merry Christmas yesterday.  I decided that after 10 straight days of reporting my progress that I would use yesterday being Christmas as an excuse not to,  I suppose that it is okay with you.  Any who.... Today I went to the old Richmond Mall to walk around.  Made 2 whole trips up and down the mall inside and then did some walking around outside the mall.  I consumed 3 GNC lean shakes for a total of 75 grams of protein.  No nausea or vomiting today.  My surgical wounds appear to continue to healing just fine.  My weight for tonight came to 328.4 pounds which is a 1.6 pounds drop from last night bringing my total weight loss since surgery to 26.6 pounds.  Nothing more to report.  See you tomorrow!

Day 10

Hello everyone, it is time for another post.  Today was pretty decent, except I did have an episode with vomiting but I think it was stress induced..Finding out something completely out of your control is going to try to keep you from having financial aid to pay for your very last semester of school is pretty damning.  But back to my day.  I have kept fluids in me and also continued intake of protein through the GNC Lean Shakes.  I ate 3/4ths of a banana today.  I also ate some home made applesauce.  I had a small bowl of tomato soup for supper with protein powder mixed in.  (HINT: Follow the mixing instructions for protein powder in hot soups).  I did drive to town today to walk.  It was the first time I drove since the day before my surgery.  I walked approximately 1/4 of a mile in town.  Today's weigh in comes in at 330.2 lbs which is a drop from last night by 1.6 lbs.  Bringing my total weight loss to 24.8 lbs.  Merry Christmas Eve everyone.  I will post tomorrow night!

Day 9

Well today was a bit of a set back for me.  I woke up at 6:15 AM after sleeping poorly to make it to Georgetown for a meeting with the Bariatric Clinic and Dr. Smith's office.  I was supposed to meet with the dietitian for post op diet tips and to get my drain tube removed.  During the informational with the clinic's dietitian, I became very faint and light headed and had to leave the class to be attended to.  This has happened before.  I have to say that anxiety got to me again.  I guess that and all the weight I lost, dehydration, and lack of sleep all contributed to my blood pressure being low.  I had my tube removed by Dr. Smith's assistant and the staff at Georgetown Bariatric was so kind to me.  I ultimately had to spend 2 hours getting a 1 L bag of fluids put into me by an IV.  I still managed to get my 100 grams of protein in today by drinking 4 GNC Lean Shakes that contain 25 grams protein each.  Today I started stage 2 of my post op diet which for the next 7 days means that on top of clear liquids I can add stuff like skim milk, cottage cheese, creamy soup, sugar free pudding, bananas.  I took advantage by consuming some tomato soup made with skim milk.. Man I tell you it was the best tasting stuff I put in my mouth since before the surgery.  I weighed myself and found that I weighed 331.8 lbs which is actually an increase of .8 lbs.  I believe this was due to the 1 L of fluids that was placed in me today.  I had dropped an impressive amount of weight..Perhaps just a tad overdone.  But I am sure my weight will continue to drop.  See you tomorrow!

Day 8

Well if you include the day of my surgery as Day 1 instead of Day 0, then today is Day 8.  I had my appointment with my EENT doctor and was cleared of my inner ear infection.  Today is also my last day on Stage 1 of my post op diet.  It will not be missed as finally I will be able to consume milk products and soup products.  This will make taking in my 70-100 grams of protein much easier and tastier.  The last straw was when I mixed 20g of Protein with this white grape juice drink and sipped on that on the way to Lexington.  It got to really tasting bad.  I did actually get in 100 grams of protein today as I also bought 2 40g protein bottles of clear liquid drink from GNC and consumed those through out the day.  I am periodically spitting out this milky white crap from my mouth which seems to be festering on my tongue which I will be asking my doctor about tomorrow when I go see him to get this drain tube taken out.  My weight tonight came to an even 331.0 pounds which is a drop of 2.4 pounds from last night bringing my grand total weight loss to 24 pounds.  See you tomorrow with a new update.

Day 7

Well today I woke up feeling very gassy and BLAH!! This period of clear liquid only diet is wearing on me very quickly and its a constant struggle to stay true to the system in place.  Anything that resembles cooked food seems amplified to me in smell and appearance.  Even an oven baked pizza from Wal-mart looks and smells amazing.  I go to the EENT doctor tomorrow for a follow up to a Left ear infection I had prior to the surgery.  Yes I still have this drain tube in me that had better come out Wednesday.  Wednesday will also be the day that I convert over to stage 2 of my post-op diet which will allow me to consume milk products like Milk, puddings, and also non-chunky soup.  It will allow me to add a lot more flavor to me protein consumption.  My weight tonight came to 333.4 which is a 2.6 pound difference from last night.  This brings my total weight loss to 21.6 pounds.