Smoking

Well I know this is a major weight loss surgery faux pas, but I'm a smoker. Confession: I smoked up to the day of my surgery and resumed about a week and a half after. DESPITE all the warnings from the doc! I have a problem.

However, (shameless plug) I may be cured thanks to Chantix. I started it a little over a week ago and this is day 2 smoke free! It works by getting into your system and gradually reducing your desire to smoke. And that's exactly what it did! I just got to the point where the cigarettes were no longer satisfying and was able to quit! 

Also I have experienced no side effects so far... But it's a 3 month treatment so we'll see.

Now I'm smoke free enjoying the outdoors at our friends' lake house... And I don't even have to bother them for an ashtray! #thrilled 

Hope everyone has a great day!

Weigh In Wednesday

Drum roll.... 217lbs! I am finally out of the 220's! I thought I was going to stall there forever. That is really all I have to report right now. Have a great night!

Update

Just realized today its been awhile since I visited ye olde blog! The weight is still coming off, albeit slow. I plan to amp up my exercise and protein this week to see if that shakes up things a bit.

Whats new and exciting:

• I now have a total aversion to seafood and eggs. Can't eat it, smell it, or think about it. Even typing that made me a little gaggy. Unknown if this will be permanent...
• I had to switch from chewable tablet Calcium to the starburst-texture kind. It was just too nasty and I wasn't taking it like i'm supposed to.
• I am now "cleared" to eat any texture food I want. The only thing I am really having difficulty with is chicken. I have tried a lot of preparations, but it is being stubborn. I've thrown it up several times, which is annoying and unpleasant.
• PB2 is awesome. I've been putting it in protein shakes and it is yum. Adds 5g of protein to the shake and a ton of flavor! I use it with chocolate or banana Bariatric Advantage protein powder. 

I've been trying not to have too many shakes lately, but I have had to supplement when I can't get down my lunch or dinner (especially if it was chicken).

I'm also REALLY trying to make breakfast a priority. It just seems like I can't eat anything before 12pm except coffee. I just don't want anything, not even a shake. I made some healthy mini muffins today as a game plan for this week, also I have some yogurt and I bought fancy granola so hopefully that will motivate me. The nutritionist says I'm supposed to eat TWICE before lunch... currently I would be thrilled with a few bites of yogurt.

Lets see, what else. I am pretty much in a size XL now, down from 2X. I discovered that I can't really wear any of my 2X stuff anymore, unless it is a sweater wrap or something. I recently bought some leggings in size 1X juniors and they fit great. I think that is probably a regular XL. So that is exciting! I think i'm probably in a 16-18 pants but I have been wearing smaller dresses.

Also someone who hadn't seen me in awhile greeted me like, "Hey, skinny!" yesterday. That made me smile real big :-)

As far as goals, I'd like to be down 20 more lbs by Christmas. I think that is doable. That would put me just at or under 200lbs which is my first BIG goal. I will definitely be celebrating then!!

Weigh-in Wednesday!

Weigh in (home scale): 223lb. By now I have realized that there is a significant discrepancy between my home scale and the scale at my surgeon's office. The surgeon's office scale weighs lighter. So I am going to stick with my home scale from here on out, because I can access it whenever I want, not just on appointment days!

But bigger news than the weight, is a few recent NSV's (non-scale victories) that I will share. First of all, I went shoe shopping the other day and found it much easier to bend down to try on shoes (without getting out of breath!) Also, in my car, it is easier to lean down and pull the gas cap door or the trunk lever. Lastly, today I put on some pants and they were almost too big to wear! That was really shocking because it seems like not that long ago they were snug.

On to what I've been eating. I've been having mostly chicken and tuna salad, cottage cheese, refried beans, regular beans, some cheese, peanut butter, milk, a few soft green veggies, banana, applesauce. I am fully off the protein shakes but occasionally I will have some protein pudding or a protein hot drink. Tonight I tried some baked tilapia but I wasn't that hungry so I only had a teeny bit. Truth be told, I actually snacked on some roasted potatoes that I had made while I was waiting on the fish to be done and got full on those :( FAIL!

I absolutely can not WAIT to get out of the 220's. Though honestly, I won't really feel like I'm "on my way" until I'm out of the 200's. But thats just my hang up.