RHCD

That moment where you had your first “oh wow life really is different now? “

Yeah I had that this weekend. I’m on day 10/11 in the post op liquid phase (and struggling but that’s a different post).

I had to go buy belts for my pants because they were getting droopy. First time for that.

First time hanging out with friends and while it’s not unusual for us to bring our own foods because of what ever diet/ gastric thing one of us is dealing with. I literally smelled food and that while that smells good I really don’t want any (grilled burgers). Like literally didn’t have the feed me now response I was so used to. I was content with my blended Soup and Jello I brought. First time for that. One of my friends commented on how much brighter/upbeat I seemed too.

Next first: The Mr and I went out for errands and are finished the night up with a show. I put on a shirt and it just felt weird and baggy. This was a shirt I have like two or three of and a month ago wore regularly. I actually went and changed to into something less baggy.

While out and about we had time to kill and went to one of our favorite restaurants. I knew I could get an awesome soup that the broth would be tasty and would blend up nicely once I got home. I ate really slow and barely made a dent. I think I was full (still figuring that part out) and stopped to get the rest to go. I also laughed when they gave me this big ole soup spoon that I knew was bigger than I should have per bite and instead used the teaspoon. A couple more firsts there.

I know I’m going to lean on these NSV for the eventual plateau.

What were some of your firsts?

I tried a whole bunch of Protein waters, shakes, what not to figure out what I could stand for both pre op and post op liquid phases.

I added Bone Broth so I’d get something savory during post op phase and glad I did.