AmandaRaeLeo

I'm 3 weeks out and eating (drinking is more apropos) the way I should but my head is planting many a tempting food visions in my mind's eye. And in my dreams. I'm terrified of damaging my sleeve with too much, too soon. But food is often the feature presentation in both my conscious and subconscious thoughts. I know b4 I would eat until stuffed and when that overfed feeling left, I pack more in. I'd eat privately to hide my intake. I'd do eating "drive-by's" where if leftover food was on the stove I'd sneak a bite on my way through the kitchen. I'd eat mindlessly and feel remorse and disgust afterwards. Not b4 or during. I flipped the switch for the bingeing. Afterwards the flood of emotions. That's what makes me an addict, I think.

I enjoy hiking too. Alas Ohio is not known for mountains but we have some nice metro parks. I'm not on solids yet, but I've heard that Quest bars pack a lot of protein with low net carbs. I'm planning on hitting the metro parks again tomorrow. The shorter ones to see how I handle it.

I hate not being able to sleep on my stomach so congrats to you. Nothing like getting your sleep the way you are most comfortable! I have a pretty high pain threshold. No pain meds since the day after surgery. I was sleeping on my stomach, favoring my right side while I was still in the hospital! Once the drain was out I was full on with a pillow buffer. Hooray to stomach sleeping.

Now that I am on full liquids I mix mine with Almond Milk, unsweetened. It's extra Calcium and only 30 extra calories. It kicks the shake up a notch.

I wonder if it was the flavor she was referring to? Coconut can be heard to digest and pineapple is very acidic which may cause indigestion and reflux. My postop diet cautioned against pineapple juice for awhile and coconut too.

When you're able to do oatmeal Quaker has the "perfect serving" where you can measure your servings.

Luigi's sugar free Italian Ice has been great for me.

Congrats on a successful surgery and I'm glad to hear you're recovering well.

I got some roasted garlic salsa to blend in and reduced fat cheese to melt. Mmmmmmm.

Preparing for purée on Monday.

Would this shorten the baking time?

BM?

I love WW. Such a great program. I plan to go back for support. You can track your points on the WW app and track calories on MFP.

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Very well put.

Cardiologist update: Rather than create a whole new thread I figured I'd just post it here. I saw my cardiologist today. Showed him all the prints and tapes from my heart acting up. He appreciated the data. He seems to think my weight, coupled with the stress of surgery pissed my heart off. He also thinks with the weight coming off it will work itself out. My heart is in sinus rhythm, as it should be. My pulse and bp are excellent. If my heart persists in being cantankerous we will explore procedures as needed... Now, how about some irony? I was stranded in Denver due to an SVT incident in my heart and then a blizzard. My cardiologist happened to be vacationing in Denver at that exact same time! What are the odds? :-)

Plus we're kinda heavy and harder to carry off...

It's hard to see how one can resort to WLS and not be addicted to food. I know I am. I found this paragraph on the web site referenced below. "The stages according to the Kubler Ross Model are – Denial, Anger, Grief, Bargaining, and Acceptance. These stages of grief parallel naturally to addiction." http://addictionjournal.net/?p=791

Good idea!