Let's see: Ten days post-op, the surgeon is very pleased with my progress, and put me on mushies. In fact, he told me that I looked so healthy that I didn't look like a patient. Blew me away. Thanks to my Best Half, spent one night at a famous, historical hotel, and took the walking tour, hours up and down stairs, including the window-shopping. I did tire out, but did just fine. Yesterday was the Queen Mary's walking tour, hours of up and down stairs. Again, fine. I can tell that my body has burned a lot of muscle with the fat, but my surgeon told me that, eventually, the body will get more discriminating about what it burns. For now, I just want to get strong enough to start lifting weights again. Patience, patience.

I looked at the list of mushies, and will NOT be sampling mashed potatoes, cream of wheat Cereal, or applesauce. I'm a low-carber by choice, so it will be poached egg, cottage cheese, yoghurt, and pureed meats. All nibbled at with a baby spoon. My coworkers are going to love seeing my new set of lunchware: Baby spoon, baby bowl, and 2-oz. storage containers. Yikes.

Amazing, isn't it, that you can walk around almost normally after having most of your stomach removed?

Low-carb worked for me, too! Good luck!