Slow learner

I seem to be a slow learner.  I ate my yummy lunch way too fast.  It hurt!  I had to stop eating, and didn't even finish the small amount on my plate.                                
 I finally started to exercise with my daughter Nancy on March 14th.  And I felt healed from the surgery.

First 30 Days

No more weight loss.

No weight loss

I am discouraged.  I am not losing weight.   It seems like I hardly eat anything.   I am not drinking 64 oz. of water a day, so I need to do better on that. I tried to wear jeans on Tuesday but the jeans irritated the iincisions that are still healing.   I went for a nice walk today in the sunshine with Nancy's family in the snow.

First bad nausea

I hope I learned a lesson today. I had not eaten today.  And I was in the SLC airport so I had limited choices.
I bought a chicken wrap.  I ate too fast, and I ate too much.  It hurt and I really had to fight throwing up. I had to lay down on my back.

I am feeling extreme weakness today.

Interesting discovery

I realized something interesting about chocolate on Sunday.
Whenever I have an argument with my husband,  I can eat endless amounts of chocolate,  easily eating 1 pound of candy bars. ...NOT ANYMORE!  

After arguing with my husband  felt the emotional habit of eating chocolate. I dished up a half cup of sugarless ice cream and put chocolate syrup over it. I took 2 small bites and didn't want anymore.

Then I  mixed up another old favorite: some brownie mix stirred up with a little bit of water.  I also ate 2 bites if it and through the rest away.

Late Sunday evening I was visiting my daughter Katie and she offered me a cookie: chocolate no bake.  Shortly after eating it,  I began to have shoulder pains which I tried to massage away. It wasn't until the next day that I made the connection; at my one week appointment I talked to the surgeon about my shoulder pain.   He told me that the first 2 days the shoulder pain is from the gas they put inside during surgery and that after the first 2 days it is referred pain from the stomach.

In February I lost 23 pounds

My total weihtloss for February is 23 pounds.  My friend Patty noticed that my face is looking thinner.  It was nice to hear something nice.

Happy Day

I am so happy today. I am feeling better. It doesn't hurt hardly at all to move around. The shoulder pain is gone! Hip, hip hooray. I can bend over better already, (since before the surgery), a sign of good things to come :) I went out to my hot tub this afternoon. The few pounds I've lost are making a difference. I felt better about putting on a swim suit. Oh, and another nice thing: On Sunday evening, my son-in-law noticed that my face was looking thinner.