Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Well I haven't had much time to blog this week or much new to report. Lew had a biz trip so Nick and I were straight out and when I finally got him down at night it was all I could do to watch a little tv and crawl into bed.

Feeling pretty good, but still frustrated with the slow weight loss. Since I lost wrote nearly a week ago, I am only down 2 more pounds. This is very maddening to me and I just dont get it. But I am trying to be patient as everything I read says the 3week stall is common and it will break. I also talked to Louise today and she told me to try and up my water instead of focusing on my protein drink all day. I was counting that toward my water intake but she said that could be the problem- not enough straight water. So i am doing that today and we'll see what happens.
Just 1 more day until my new puree stage. I dont really plan to have purees because the thought of that really grosses me out. But I will try mashed potatoes, oatmeal, more soup, and some fruit. I cant wait to have a piece of banana! I read somewhere that laughing cow cheese will be ok also- if only i could have it on a cracker!

I did have a small cheat last night and man did I pay for it. Nick and his 2 buddies and I made banana bread and it smelled and looked so good I was eyeing it all day.
I finally gave in and took 2 small bites and it seemed ok. For about 20 seconds.
That's when I felt this horrible pain in my chest and I thought it was going to come back up. The fullness, and pain feeling lasted for about 20 minutes and it was agony. I regretted it so bad. So I guess it's working! It was such a stupid thing to do because i know bread is one of the LAST things on the stages list and we're supposed to avoid it altogether if possible- even down the road. Man it was so good...but not worth the scare.

I went to the NE Soup Factory today near my work...love that place. Today was my first day back to work since surgery and it felt great to get out of the house and back to the newsroom. I managed to squeeze in a pedicure too and had a great day at work...missed all my newsie buddies. Only a few people here know I had surgery but i was really excited because one of the girls who does not know told me that i looked like i lost alot of weight. So that felt good.

And even though I am not losing as fast as I might like I did hit a new low today. I dipped below my wedding day weight- and that's the first time I have been under that weight in almost 5 years. So that was great.

Oh one of my incisions was sore and puffy last night so i pressed on it and it was open and tons of fluid came out. Sorry so gross...but i thought it must be infected.
I bandaged it over night and it seemed fine this morning and not sore. So i called the office and she said it was normal. She said the fluid sometimes builds up and then forces its way out- and that the hole would close up again on its own. What fun.

Well I have to go see if the Soup Factory is still open because the curry crab coconut soup is calling my name.