Week 17

Halloween is so freaking  frightful!

Not because of the over abundance of zombie costumes, or the creepy  crowds of Elsa's that came through trick or treating, but because of the pure evil known as....CANDY.

Chocolate,sugar,and candy has always been a weakness of mine.  Always.  When we were kids, we got tons of candy from trick or treating-the good old days when it wasn't scary to go door to door to each end of the town.  I can remember mine not lasting long.  When my dad had to go into town for gas or something on a Saturday...we always went along because we always got to pick out a treat.  In high school, they actually sold pucks of cookie dough.  And cookies that were huge and barely cooked.  I remember way too often eating just a cookie for lunch.  My sugar obsessions go wayyy back. So Halloween always scares me.  I started to eat a few pieces of chocolate and I could feel it all rushing back to me.   I put the rest in the basement and that helped.  I don't go down there unless I need to do laundry and that doesn't happen too much :)  I am surprised I let myself have any in the first place,but I did, and I know now that it has no place in my life.  Ever.

Now that I am a mom, I make sure that Halloween isnt just about candy for my kids.  We had fun this year making our own costumes and handed out candy for a church function.  They get lots of high protein food that day to keep them well-fed and balanced.  I don't want them to fear candy,but at the same time, they need to know it really is a treat.

I also had my 3 month ( 1 month late!) follow up with the PA and the dietician.  Everything is going well--I really don't have any complaints to speak of.  I have ZERO reflux.  I have great restriction and as long as I pay attention to my fullness ques, I never overeat.  Trust me..it is just not something I can do anymore.  There is no stretch to my stomach, so if I even go one bite over, it is painful.

My vitamin D is still low and my calcium is a little off due to hyperparathyroidism.  Basically..what this is is higher calcium levels that may be because my body is taking it from my bones.  So I have to take calcium, and extra D.  The dietician looked at what I eat on a daily basis, and really wants me to work in more calories.  The last few weeks my lossses have been slow.  At this point I might be getting to used to eating low calorie and need to get that metabolism furnace going again.  I am adding in higher calorie(but high protein) foods since I figured out I might only be getting 700 a day. This means an extra egg for a snack or some nuts.  I will have to eat more times a day--it is so hard!

My cholesterol went from 213 to 179 and my blood pressure was 114/70.  Presurgery it ran about 160/90-very high for my age!

So for now, I will take my 62 pounds and work harder and eat harder.   How often has anyone in your life told you to eat MORE?  Now that I can't it is a really big job to balance it all out!