Vim would like your advice please!
Vim would like your advice please!
I am VERY concerned, to put it mildly.
a) My overall weight loss is 100 pounds. I have lost 42 pounds during my 4 months but seem to have stalled these last 3 weeks (at just over 3 months out) – normal period for a plateau? My total body water is 44.8% and my basic metabolic rate = calories = 1566.
b) I feel so well generally (mentally and physically) that I often forget I have even had surgery!
c) My pouch is EXTREMELY tolerant: I can eat virtually ANY food without EVER dumping! However, Pouchie does not like toast, any form of pasta or risotto (for which I am thankful!);
d) I have been “allowed”, even encouraged, by my wonderful surgeon to eat “a little of everything, anything you fancy”. Obviously, the emphasis is on “a little”. I enjoy “proper” food and relish healthy items through home cooking. I seem to have a “craving” for prawns, smoked or poached salmon, avocados (occasionally), cottage cheese, baked potatoes. Chicken needs to be very tender and moist. I love vegetables and fruit. I eat “everything” from fish/meat to the odd piece of chocolate/ice-cream.
e) I did eat more digestive/shortbread biscuits than I would have liked (but have now allocated a max of 2 per day), but eat them because I seem to handle the texture very comfortably and with satisfaction. I eat them plain or with a slice of cheese/ham/dip.
f) I have difficulty in “locating” protein. I try to acquire it from seafood, nut and from protein shakes. Often the high protein value is demolished by high sugars I don’t really know where to find a good list of protein rich foods.
g) I find drinking ANY liquid VERY trying. There are dozens of half-drunk mugs of tea around the house, stone cold and miserable. The odd coffee too. Water is just too sad for words…
h) This last week I have felt light-headed/dizzy. Is this a sign of lack of hydration (urine light yellow-clear), anaemia, lack of vitamins or a lack of protein?
i) I have a good appetite, sleep well and am overall so happy.
j) There are days when I only am interested in food and others only in fluid intake (soups, yoghurts, tea/coffee, water).
k) My concern is that my pouch is too accommodating, too happy to please in choice of items and quantities. I see the STOP sign when it is telling me it is full and most often I manage not go past the mark. I really feel as though I am eating a horse!
l) Exercise? “able student – should try harder” – must make a better effort!
Thank you TTF pals – I have the discipline to succeed – but not the knowledge of the technicalities!
Vim "in distress"
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