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Okay well I am back, sorry for the long delay. I just seemed to lose the interest to talk as I really didn't know what else to say. It has been 9 weeks since the surgery and 12 weeks since the start of the Opti-fast. I have gone from 390 pounds to as of last night 333.2 pounds. I am 3.2 pounds shy of being a full 60 pounds lighter. I have spent the last 3 weeks fighting to keep food down. It has been a struggle to remember to chew everything up to the point of mush and that i still can't eat everything i want. I would kill for a salad, and I never thought I would ever say that. But here I am saying that I would kill for a nice big spinach salad with all the yummy veggies and a nice poppy seed dressing. But I will not be having one, as i tried and it really didn't go over well...lol,

I am slowly learning what i can and cannot eat. When the dietitian tells you no juice that there is usually a reason, and it is usually the sugar content...and yes i thought i could cheat and have one small bottle of juice and i was so wrong...it made me sick for two days.  I seem to be doing well not that the dietitian or surgeon would let me know how my blood results were. I know that I am currently fighting with dehydration. I just can't seem to get enough water into myself in a day. I know I should be drinking at least 24 to 28 oz of water a day to be hydrated properly, and i am lucky if i get half that in.

I started working out again, that was a chore, and boy did i hurt after words. But I know it will be the best thing for me and it will help shed the pounds faster. I just find it hard to want to workout. So for now I am looking at vacuuming and sweeping as workouts...cause for me they really are...I am still healing and so a full blown wii active workout just was to much for me. I tried it but it really hurt me. I have started walking with my husband we try and go walking everyday and it is nice, i get out of the condo for 45 minutes into the fresh air even if it is below zero most days, but it just feels so good to be out. I have noticed that with losing over 50 pounds that i can walk for 45 minutes without any back pain, or feet pain, that i have the energy to walk for that long and i actually love it. I am hoping to get into running once i have lost enough weight.

Now i believe that I was going to tell you what life is like now that i am on solid foods. Well I wish I could tell you, but I find that solid foods just don't like me just yet. I read in my research that it really takes about 12 weeks after surgery to feel like solid foods will stay down...so I am hoping that is true. I am hoping that in another month I will be able to eat solid foods comfortably and not worry about throwing them back up, cause I can tell you that when your stomach is the size of your thumb and you throw up it hurts more than that throwing up ever hurt in your life.

Sorry if this entry is so small, if anyone reading my blog has questions or wants support in their struggles with weight loss, please don't hesitate to contact me. I am very open and honest about all of my weight loss journey and i will not judge or belittle you in anyway. I am a great listener and very understanding and loving, and i would love to help...I know how hard it is to live with a bad view of yourself because of your weight, i know how difficult it is to listen to the comments from strangers, who know nothing of you or why your over weight. I have struggled all my life with weight issues, I was never skinny and then fat, i was just fat and then fatter and then beached whale fat...So I better than most will understand.

not sure if this thing has a box for questions but if you need to contact me its lisalewiseland@gmail.com