Rectification
Today I had the gastric band loosened. My doctor had informed a colleague of his about my condition and I was seen first.
The doctor I saw was young, handsome and very nice. I had taken my daughter with me and he hugged her and stroked her cheeks and made cooing sounds at her. His secretary teased him that he is brooding. Oh well, nothing wrong with brooding, I say!
Anyway, he removed just over 0.5 ml of saline and now I can eat and drink again without vomitting but I think that I ate a lot less tonight. Well, I ate a piece of omelette with cheese, some french fries and some green beans in tomato sauce. The last two I helped myself twice to but both times it was a small portion. I refused the ice cream afterwards because I was very full. I did drink 3-4 fingers of beer, however.
Today I went swimming at the swimming pool and had a great time. My aunt helped me a lot with my daughter so I had a chance to actually do a few laps (read 2 laps in one go, in two seperate efforts) and for me that is a big thing as my bad knees do not make it easy for me to swim any more. I find that a froggy type of swim (what is it called officially? it is not the crawl, nor the butterfly swim) works best for me. It exercises my arms a lot but puts little pressure on my legs/knees.
It was great to be in the nature anyway, drinking a cold frappe coffee with lots of milk and sugar and eating a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. I ate very very slowly, remembering yesterday's marathon vomitting sessions that lasted well into the night (last night I would drink a sip of water and not ten minutes later I would be throwing it up... very bad situation. I was so thirsty but after 3 efforts to drink water, I resolved myself to having a dry night and morning.)
Anyway, I am a happy bunny because I weighed myself today and was -2 kgs since Tuesday (a kilo a day). And I also managed to fit into a size smaller suimsuit without any trouble. I am now wearing size 28 swimsuit which means I am probably a size 30 dress size. I felt good, what can I say? I looked at my reflection in the mirror and the back seemed so smooth and the buttocks have decreased in size dramatically. No wonder my back pains have gotten better the last few days! And have I written anywhere that yesterday I felt my knees for the first time? Till recently all I felt when I touched my knees was a big lump of fat but now I can actually feel a dip on their outside.
Thank God, my project seems to be working at long last! I am positive about the future. I know problems won't disappear just like that, that I still have to work on things to improve my life, but somehow it seems easier to do when I know that I won't be dragged down by fat.
Small steps everyday... that is all that is needed. I went through 9 months of pregnancy by taking it a day at a time. I can do this with my slimming and it doesn't matter how long it will be till I reach my target, I am determined to enjoy the journey. :)
The doctor I saw was young, handsome and very nice. I had taken my daughter with me and he hugged her and stroked her cheeks and made cooing sounds at her. His secretary teased him that he is brooding. Oh well, nothing wrong with brooding, I say!
Anyway, he removed just over 0.5 ml of saline and now I can eat and drink again without vomitting but I think that I ate a lot less tonight. Well, I ate a piece of omelette with cheese, some french fries and some green beans in tomato sauce. The last two I helped myself twice to but both times it was a small portion. I refused the ice cream afterwards because I was very full. I did drink 3-4 fingers of beer, however.
Today I went swimming at the swimming pool and had a great time. My aunt helped me a lot with my daughter so I had a chance to actually do a few laps (read 2 laps in one go, in two seperate efforts) and for me that is a big thing as my bad knees do not make it easy for me to swim any more. I find that a froggy type of swim (what is it called officially? it is not the crawl, nor the butterfly swim) works best for me. It exercises my arms a lot but puts little pressure on my legs/knees.
It was great to be in the nature anyway, drinking a cold frappe coffee with lots of milk and sugar and eating a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. I ate very very slowly, remembering yesterday's marathon vomitting sessions that lasted well into the night (last night I would drink a sip of water and not ten minutes later I would be throwing it up... very bad situation. I was so thirsty but after 3 efforts to drink water, I resolved myself to having a dry night and morning.)
Anyway, I am a happy bunny because I weighed myself today and was -2 kgs since Tuesday (a kilo a day). And I also managed to fit into a size smaller suimsuit without any trouble. I am now wearing size 28 swimsuit which means I am probably a size 30 dress size. I felt good, what can I say? I looked at my reflection in the mirror and the back seemed so smooth and the buttocks have decreased in size dramatically. No wonder my back pains have gotten better the last few days! And have I written anywhere that yesterday I felt my knees for the first time? Till recently all I felt when I touched my knees was a big lump of fat but now I can actually feel a dip on their outside.
Thank God, my project seems to be working at long last! I am positive about the future. I know problems won't disappear just like that, that I still have to work on things to improve my life, but somehow it seems easier to do when I know that I won't be dragged down by fat.
Small steps everyday... that is all that is needed. I went through 9 months of pregnancy by taking it a day at a time. I can do this with my slimming and it doesn't matter how long it will be till I reach my target, I am determined to enjoy the journey. :)
Total loss: 13.65 kgs in 7 weeks (average: 1.95 kgs loss per week)
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