Monkey Off My Chest

This is how much I've lost since March. Exactly one six year old Tessa.

Now you see it...

Now you see it, but in the form of a monkey girl.... 

Once I past 50lbs, I've started to notice my posture and stance is changing, maybe even the way I walk. I'm sure that the chiropractor will say that's a very good thing, but it also makes me feel kind of physically disoriented sometimes. I'm assuming that's because it's happened so fast that I haven't adjusted. Either way, my back feels much better than it used to!

Vacation, aka "I Can Eat Anything Syndrome"

Last week and the week before we were on vacation. Two seperate road trips, to be exact. One lasting about 17 hours each way, and one only 3.5 hours each way. No matter how it adds up that was a lot of time in the car, a lot of snacking, and a lot of fast food.

The good thing is that I'm far enough out from surgery that I can pretty much eat anything.

The bad thing is that I can pretty much eat anything. Like...

Yes I had chips. And ice cream. And chicken nuggets. But the solace that I find is that it was all in very small amounts. It took me three separate snack attacks to finish this big-grab sized bag of chips. And when I got chicken nuggets, it was only a four piece order. High fat food, but small amounts.

I actually found chicken nuggets to be a good source of road-protein when my options were limited. Which was partially due to a leaky cooler that soaked all of my cheese. Squishy wet cheese, bleck.

But life happens right? I think that's the point. Life will continue to happen and I will be equipped with my own inner portion control and at the same time able to enjoy treats.

Now, many patients who have had bypass are not able to eat a lot of high fat foods and experience what is called 'dumping syndrome.' Thankfully, that is not common in sleeve patients. And thankfully even despite my road food adventures, I have yet to experience dumping.

What it WILL do of course is slow down my weight loss. In two week I only lost about 3 lbs, and honestly had I been home and on a normal diet it would have been more. But I'm happy with that. I didn't gain anything. Today I am holding at 52 lbs lost.

Oh and I shouldn't forget the nightly glass of wine in Colorado and lime-aritas at the lake. They may have added to my calorie count as well. But vacation is over and in my mind it was welllllll worth it.