Week 7 - Downsizing

Well is it now 7 weeks since my Gastric Bypass and I am now down to 92kgs and into a size 18 top and pants.

Considering my previous dress size was a 22 to 24 dependent on the make, not bad.

I have not had any "dumping" as yet but have had to purge a little when food gets stuck. I think it mainly gets stuck when I eat too fast without chewing the regulation 20 times.

Returned to work last Monday after 6 weeks off. Did not make it through the whole work day as my energy levels are still not up to normal.

My food intake is gradually increasing to the 8 tablespoons my dietitian wants me to get up too, I think I am up to a 6 tablespoons per meal. I can mostly eat what I want but it needs to be really soft moist meats etc.

No regrets to date of having had this operation.

Post Op Update

This is the first chance I have had to update my blog since the operation.

I am now 93.1 kgs - a loss of nearly 16kgs, this includes the 4kgs I lost on the Optifast prior to surgery.

The journey to date has been great, I was only in hospital for 4 days, very little pain from the laproscopic entries.

FOOD: I couldn't wait to go from the broth/soup stage in the first couple of weeks, to some food that actually had a taste. I can now eat nearly normal food. I usually choose food that has a high water content ie stews, gravy's, stir fry etc.

Thanks Sarah advice and for the suggested Spagg Bol, it purees great and had flavour.

CLOTHES: I am now into a size 18 in both pants and tops. Not bad considering I was verging on a size 24.