Fluids!!

 

This is my everyday bottle of watered down purple Gatorade (G2) that I try to drink everyday. Aside from Gatorade it is really hard for me to get my fluids in. I just wish I could gulp fluids down still! I do not think I have made my goal of 64 oz once since surgery. I really need to drink because if I get dehydrated even pre-sleeve it is all bad. I usually end up in the ER hooked up to an IV for hours on end! I am trying my best to get the liquid in but it is so hard!! 

Kids...

 

Well this particular morning was rough because the alarm did not go off so we had to rush out of the house with no breakfast but then we ended up with a few extra minutes and the boys said they were hungry! Stupid me agreed right away to bring them through the BK drive through secretly hoping I could take a bite of something! Well they got out of the car after eating and left all that extra food in my car!! I would have normally ate it all on the way home but today was different! I took all that food and dumped it into a garbage can and went home and ate a tiny piece of salmon we had cooked the night before! Yay me! it is a small victory but it is a victory! 

My breakfast...

Sometimes all I have time to grab in the morning is a cheese slice and five wheat thins... It is not ideal but leaving the house with 3 kids by 7:30 to pick up to more for carpool and getting to work by 8:30 is so very tricky for me.

Protein Problems

Yup, I'm bad and I know it..

 

I went out for Icecream with my kids and I caved and ordered a child size scoop of  orange sherbert :( . It went down ok I guess but it DID taste good!

Goldfish are the enemy!

Gold fish are my enemy. I can eat  up to ten of these no problem at all and I think about these darn little fish all day!! I need to stop. I think this would be considered a "slider food" because they do not make me sick at all!

Pureed Foods :/

 

Don't get me wrong I love my baby bullet and I am glad not to be on full liquids any more but YUCK! The first few days were ok, but after that it was so hard to eat that nastiness! It tasted fine but the texture made me want to vomit! So....I only did a week of pureed food and was done with that. No, my doctor did not clear me but did you know that in some states sleevers do not even have to do a pureed diet for two weeks so yeah I'M DONE! DONE! DONE! 

Spaghetti Sauce for me

My family had spaghetti last night :(. I had spaghetti sauce but I must have had too much and I made myself sick again. I went for a walk and that helped the nauseated feeling a little. I spent the rest of the night in bed :(. I guess I have to measure out only one ounce of food when trying something new because being sick sucks!!!

Happy Birthday to me ;)

I had puréed chicken and spinach for dinner. Also for my birthday treat we all had sugar free chocolate pudding with whipped cream. I took the whipped cream off of mine and only had a tiny bite since I was over stuffed and feeling nasty from the chicken... real food makes me feel gross! Sigh...

Full Liquids

OK this is my second day on full liquids and I am feeling much better. This is a tomato soup with a tablespoon of cream cheese melted into it. I also added garlic powder, salt, and pepper. It was so good I almost wished I could eat more than a couple ounces ;) but I can't and that's kind of amazing . I only finished a quarter of that tiny bowl and was FULL.!!!

Tea is my new BFF

 

I never in my life thought I would go to Starbucks and order TEA! I never really even liked TEA, I have always been more of an iced coffee or white chocolate peppermint mocha type of girl....but i guess that is what got me in trouble in the first place. It is the start of a whole new life for me in more ways then I ever counted on. 

4 Days POST-OP and 5lbs. down!

Okay today is Sunday (Superbowl Sunday) February 2nd and I am finally feeling better today. Do not get me wrong here it still hurts like hell when I swallow anything that is not hot tea or hot broth but it is getting better. I got to start FULL liquids today and I had one ounce of Greek yogurt this morning for breakfast, so far so good. It is hard to get my liquids in because every sip hurts. The good news is I weigh 187 lbs already! I went from 192 on surgery day to 187! That is five pounds down! I really hope I can feel better soon and it will not hurt to eat.

Oh another thing is that food that people are eating (Superbowl Food) smells good looks good but there is no way in hell I would consider putting it in my mouth because of the pain I am sure it would cause. So I guess that is a good thing plus I am not hungry anyway. That is all for now. Wish me luck that tomorrow is better! I really need to get back to work on Tuesday ....