Week One: Weigh-in

Well, I'm down 20 lbs.  20.4 to be exact.  Hardly seems possible.  So my stats now are:

HW: 335 (early March)
SW: 327.1 (@hospital surgery morning)
CW: 314.6 (@ home - so there may be some scale discrepancy but by what?  a few pounds? and I'm going to be using the home scale the most so we're sticking with this...)

I am going to really need this motivation because I'm not going to lie, yesterday kind of sucked.  I was HUNGRY.  I don't think it was head hunger because it wasn't for any craving or anything.  Until yesterday I had just kind of felt 'void' not hunger or fullness.  Yesterday it seems hunger came back (but still no fullness).  I actually woke up this morning feeling much better - much less soreness and overall just like a strange one week 'vacation' had come to an end and that we're heading back to more normalcy today. This is only partially true. I do feel better and my daughter is back to her school routine today but my husband is home this week still working from home to help me recover.  Thing is, I feel like I don't need that much help.  I didn't know what to expect so we did two weeks (they say 2-3 for recovery before patient can go back to work).  I imagined I'd be too sore to get up and that he'd be doing the cooking and stuff.  I've done all my food prep but he is clearly pulling the lion's share everywhere else because I can't lift, move too fast and I tire easily.

Annnyway, as I was saying, I woke up this AM feeling more normal....and where did my thoughts go? Food.  I lay in bed and thought about taking my daughter to school and then going, as usual, to my favorite deli for my favorite egg white and cheese sandwich which I'd come home and enjoy with a frosty Diet Coke.  Or Two.  I would seriously cutabitch for that meal right now, but I'm trying to focus my energy on the future - and take motivation from my successes so far.


PS: I finally pooped yesterday.  One week sans poop and I actually didn't feel that badly.  My husband was horrified.  Annnnnd that's your TMI for this post.