Yesterday I went for my 2 week follow up. I was excited to remove those staples and to hear what my doctor would say about my weight loss. Well I had an interesting experience. First i did not see my doctor, I did see the nutritionist which was a great help and the nurse practitioner took out the staples (that part was a little painful). But the most painful part of that appointment was hearing that i was not in the weight loss range seen at my two week mark.

Apparently people tend to loose 10%-15% and I was at 8%. Immediately my brain went to crazy mode, why did i do this surgery? How am I going to loose all this weight if i can't even do it now? I was crazy? I should eat less? I should walk more? maybe its time to go to gym and work hard?

I went crazy and at some point and after telling my husband of all those crazy thoughts, I was reminded of how much I have to work on my mind and not beating me up. Ok so I did not loose within the range but i am loosing weight. And i have been dizzy and weak which has not helped me walk, but i did get good tips to help me feel better and yesterday i walked a lot more and felt better.

What a roller coaster i had yesterday. I thought i share this with others to continue to clear my head.

-izzy

What were some of your "good tips"?

IzzyBelle - WOW!! I didn't realize that there were "rules" about how fast someone should lose weight especially on a liquid diet! I probably would have gone a little "crazy" too, and indignant to boot! And then I would have beat myself up for not writing down exactly every kilo-calorie I ever ate and keeping track to the thousandth of a k-cal, etc! And of course that would set me up for complete failure and I'd be right back at the start...

You know what? I bet you are doing just fine! I am sure there's an average, you know? From 1% to 30% and right smack in the middle is "10-15%" but just a hair off the middle is 8-9% and that's where you are! I bet it's like little kids' growth charts - being smaller or bigger than "average" doesn't mean diddly squat if the kid is happy and healthy, right? So I bet you're doing great! And you're doing it right, and you're happy and (trying to be) healthy and the weight will follow. Hang in there! *hugs*

To deal with my weakness and dizziness at this point i was told to start drinking Protein drink first thing in the morning and to do 10 minute walks instead of longer which drain most of my energy.

Day 2 following this advice and its helping a lot.