by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 23, 2024 | Exercise, Food, Food Review, Gastric Bypass Surgery, General Thoughts, Goals, History, Non Scale Victories (NSV), Post-op, Pre-Op, Struggles, Weight Loss Update
One year ago today was my gastric bypass (RNY) surgery. While the process started some months prior to this (I think my first doc visit was in August,) this is the day when the journey took it’s biggest turn for the better. Here I am 1 year post op and things...
by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 22, 2023 | General Thoughts, History, Pre-Op
Long post notice. Tomorrow I hit the losers bench for RNY gastric bypass! I’m feeling a LOT of emotions. I spent years thinking surgery was crutch, as I kept going up and up. As early as I can remember thinking about it, I’ve been a bit overweight. In my...
by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 21, 2023 | Food, General Thoughts, Pre-Op, Struggles
Saturday mornings are generally my “me” time. The wife likes to sleep in and have a lazy day in general, and I tend to be an early (or at least earlier) riser. Usually that means I hit the basement of our house, where I have my painting area (I do acrylic...
by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 19, 2023 | General Thoughts, Pre-Op, Struggles
Today is day 11 of my pre-op diet. This plan has been a big struggle for me. For the first 10 days I felt hungry all the time. ALL THE TIME. Not only was I hungry but I’ve had no energy and, I don’t know if this is related or not, but I was achy and extra...
by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 16, 2023 | General Thoughts, Pre-Op, Struggles
Week one of the pre-op diet is down and I lost a crazy 16 pounds in one week. I have to say, it was pretty rough. Especially the first couple of days. In the beginning I was so tired, sluggish, and felt like I had a cold…and felt like I was hungry ALL THE TIME....
by chris@iwdonline.com | Oct 15, 2023 | Food, Pre-Op
This is it. This is probably my last real meal for a long long time. For the next week I’m on liquids only then the surgery and it will be several weeks before I’m back to solid foods and a long long time before I’m back to this much food. This meal consisted of...
