Josh? Is that guy still alive??
Yes, yes I am... I've been a bad blogger, over one month has passed since my last entry. I had some really incredible plans on sharing a day by day account of my post-op experience after Gastric Bypass surgery. The only excuse I can muster up is that this has been a really huge change in my life, and to be honest, I simply wanted the time that I was off work to myself to just think and adjust to my new way of life. But I am back, and I really hope to start doing this blog thing right.
It probably has a lot to do with being back at work and getting back in the groove of life in the real world (My first day back was today). I had 6 weeks off of work, and I have this piece of advice:
TAKE AS MUCH TIME OFF AS THEY WILL ALLOW!!!!
It is not that this has been a bad experience so far, because it hasn't, I'll detail my experience the last 6 weeks the best that I can in a blog following this one. My reason is that this is a life altering surgery, for the good, the bad, and the ugly, it will change your life. You'll have to gimme a year or two to give you the full details, but in just 6 weeks I have already begun to realize just how much of a change this is.
For one, I don't eat or drink like I used to. "Well no shit sherlock", I'm sure most of you are saying. But let me explain. After years of eating and drinking for recreation, all of a sudden things are vastly different. I "knew" they were going to be, logically anyway, but its tough to truly be prepared for how that is going to feel. I'm not going to lie or sugar coat it, there are times my new stomach frustrates me a bit. I want to go out and splurge a little or eat just for fun. There are times where I know for a fact if this were a traditional diet, that I'd be letting loose the next chance I got and getting 3 servings of pasta at the Olive Garden's bottomless bowl. <-- And that, is why I am 100% positive that this was the best decision I ever made in life. I feel that the fact I still experience these feelings of weakness is proof that I may have never lost the weight through "traditional" means. I have too much of a tendency to sabotage myself, and the Gastric Bypass is a tool that will help me to avoid that kind of self-sabotage.
In addition to not eating as much as I used to, I'm also not eating the same way I used to. I now have to chew everything I eat a million times (okay, so 30-40, but it seems like a million, especially at first). I'm just now getting used to this. It's not a big deal any more, but at first it was definitely a challenge to remember to chew everything WAY more than I did before. Of course my body reminded me loud and clear when I didn't chew right or ate too fast through a healthy dose of stomach pain or nausea. (or when I still don't at times ... It's funny how every once in a while it is like I forget that I ever had the surgery and just chow down...)
I also am a tad bit bored with the variety of foods that I'm eating. It is still quite limited, and I'm impatient as hell! (after all, my first words out of surgery were "Am I skinny yet?" haha )
That is all in addition to all of the stuff that flat out prevented me from working, which of course varies from person to person, such as stomach pain, the usage of pain medication (I was using the pain meds for about 3-4 weeks..), tiredness throughout the day, and so on.
But with all that said, I can't stress enough that I would do this a million times over. I no longer worry every day how I am going to change my life and become healthy. Instead, my mind is clear to focus on other aspects of my personal success. The biggest development being that I am buying my first house!! (I have an offer submitted, crossing my fingers that it pans out because I already have a ton of plans for the new house. Hmm... Sounds like another possible blog I'll be writing, the joy's of first time home ownership.)
Oh, yeah, and I forgot to mention, I've lost about 25-30 lbs since surgery. (I'm not certain, I haven't weighed myself in the last week and a half or so..) With the 20 lbs I lost pre surgery, I am down about 45-50 lbs total. I'm definitely anxious to tack another 100 lbs onto that weight loss ASAP!! (what can I say, I'm horribly impatient!!)
So yeah, like I say, give me a year to give an official "State of the Josh" report, but right now, things are definitely looking pretty great!
**
P.S. Does anyone else find it ironic that the spell check on Blogger.com does not recognize the word's blog or blogger??
It probably has a lot to do with being back at work and getting back in the groove of life in the real world (My first day back was today). I had 6 weeks off of work, and I have this piece of advice:
TAKE AS MUCH TIME OFF AS THEY WILL ALLOW!!!!
It is not that this has been a bad experience so far, because it hasn't, I'll detail my experience the last 6 weeks the best that I can in a blog following this one. My reason is that this is a life altering surgery, for the good, the bad, and the ugly, it will change your life. You'll have to gimme a year or two to give you the full details, but in just 6 weeks I have already begun to realize just how much of a change this is.
For one, I don't eat or drink like I used to. "Well no shit sherlock", I'm sure most of you are saying. But let me explain. After years of eating and drinking for recreation, all of a sudden things are vastly different. I "knew" they were going to be, logically anyway, but its tough to truly be prepared for how that is going to feel. I'm not going to lie or sugar coat it, there are times my new stomach frustrates me a bit. I want to go out and splurge a little or eat just for fun. There are times where I know for a fact if this were a traditional diet, that I'd be letting loose the next chance I got and getting 3 servings of pasta at the Olive Garden's bottomless bowl. <-- And that, is why I am 100% positive that this was the best decision I ever made in life. I feel that the fact I still experience these feelings of weakness is proof that I may have never lost the weight through "traditional" means. I have too much of a tendency to sabotage myself, and the Gastric Bypass is a tool that will help me to avoid that kind of self-sabotage.
In addition to not eating as much as I used to, I'm also not eating the same way I used to. I now have to chew everything I eat a million times (okay, so 30-40, but it seems like a million, especially at first). I'm just now getting used to this. It's not a big deal any more, but at first it was definitely a challenge to remember to chew everything WAY more than I did before. Of course my body reminded me loud and clear when I didn't chew right or ate too fast through a healthy dose of stomach pain or nausea. (or when I still don't at times ... It's funny how every once in a while it is like I forget that I ever had the surgery and just chow down...)
I also am a tad bit bored with the variety of foods that I'm eating. It is still quite limited, and I'm impatient as hell! (after all, my first words out of surgery were "Am I skinny yet?" haha )
That is all in addition to all of the stuff that flat out prevented me from working, which of course varies from person to person, such as stomach pain, the usage of pain medication (I was using the pain meds for about 3-4 weeks..), tiredness throughout the day, and so on.
But with all that said, I can't stress enough that I would do this a million times over. I no longer worry every day how I am going to change my life and become healthy. Instead, my mind is clear to focus on other aspects of my personal success. The biggest development being that I am buying my first house!! (I have an offer submitted, crossing my fingers that it pans out because I already have a ton of plans for the new house. Hmm... Sounds like another possible blog I'll be writing, the joy's of first time home ownership.)
Oh, yeah, and I forgot to mention, I've lost about 25-30 lbs since surgery. (I'm not certain, I haven't weighed myself in the last week and a half or so..) With the 20 lbs I lost pre surgery, I am down about 45-50 lbs total. I'm definitely anxious to tack another 100 lbs onto that weight loss ASAP!! (what can I say, I'm horribly impatient!!)
So yeah, like I say, give me a year to give an official "State of the Josh" report, but right now, things are definitely looking pretty great!
**
P.S. Does anyone else find it ironic that the spell check on Blogger.com does not recognize the word's blog or blogger??
posted by Josh at
1:53 AM
1 Comments:
ok, i'll give you that one as actually being ironic. thanks for the blog man, i was jonsin'. ~b.
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