The hardest task with liquids this far is being told you cannot drink 30 minutes before or after you eat. I simply cannot bide by this rule. I must have a swig of water to finalize my meal at the very least! And when I say meal, I'm being extremely generous. What I really mean is my quarter cup of scrambled eggs or my quarter cup of ricotta cheese mixed with some sauce to appeal to the Italian in me.
Earlier this week I started blending my vanilla protein shakes with berries to get more of a milkshake concept. This actually worked for me. Filled me up and gave me the sense of living on the edge! Only kidding! It was tasty though! I need to figure out more ways to be inventive. I know it's nothing new to most. We are Smoothie Nation these days. I refuse to drink kale or spinach! No way, no how!
Earlier this week I started to try different things like fish or hard boiled eggs to get my protein. My body did not like the egg. I'm still on the puréed process but my nutritionist gave me the ok to eat some softer items as long as they were really small. I pushed the envelope with that egg. It was the second time is a week that I experienced "dumping syndrome."
It's been a learning process for sure. The biggest lesson is that I need to do what the doctors tell me and not rush anything.
The plus side, with getting real foods in me with protein, like the fish I ate yesterday, I was able to give enough energy to my body to enforce more weight loss. You see, I wasn't getting much food in as I was full on water. Therefore, my weight loss slowed down. This morning, I happily woke up to 4 more pounds down!
Current weight: 238
Starting weight: 296
Weight lossed: 58
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