A lot of my friends ask me about how much I can eat now that I have had the gastric sleeve surgery. Today marks 7 months since I had the surgery, and I can definitely eat a lot more than I could in first few months. That doesn't mean my stomach has stretched though. In the first 3-6 months, your stomach has a raw wound that needs to heal, which makes it quite difficult to each much food at all. Now that my stomach has healed, this will be more like what I can actually eat on a regular basis, and possibly a tiny bit more as I reach 12 months and beyond.
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| Before - my special treat of nachos! |
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| After - Unfortunately my special treat didn't sit well with me so I didn't eat more than a couple of bites |
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| Before - Baked potato with beans and salsa |
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| After - I ate this over about 30 minutes and managed to eat just over half of the potato |
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| Before - Small Lime Chicken Salad from Sumo Salad |
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| After - I have picked out all of the chicken as well as some of the salad. I only had about 15 minutes otherwise I would have probably eaten a little more |
Besides some very unglamorous food photos, I have stayed around the same weight this week, hovering at high 82, low 83 kilos. The weight continues to come off, but I am not as obsessive with weighing myself as I was at the beginning of this process. I am a data-oriented person so I love seeing the numbers and tracking my progress, but it's also kind of nice to just let it do it's thing now.
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ReplyDeleteGood for you! I think it's so important that you are thinking about all the long term health benefits & not just wanted to look good in a swimsuit :) I can't wait to see pictures.
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