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I've lost 18.5 pounds!

13 years ago

Hard to believe, but that's my official weight lost after just 2 weeks. Finally on the pureed diet today!! Eating my first pureed meal right now.

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houstonmom_gw
13 years ago
That is fantastic! That is quite a bit of a big loss there! As someone always battling the scale, I can truly appreciate your efforts.
patti43
13 years ago
That's fantastic!! What can you eat pureed? Anything you want?
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Yellowhair, I am enjoying your post. Congrats on your loss! You can do this! Yep, DH will see you losing and will probably ask the odd question about food every now and again or he might start making better choices. My DH is seeing my weight moving and the fact I am feeling much better just because I am doing this...he is making better food choices, making sure he has a proper lunch (they have a hot cafeteria available) and he is eating much, much lighter at night. He is even trying my low fat potato chips (the baked ones) and I found a new one that he does like. You are doing great, on track. DH will sort himself out. Just by having better food choices available in quantity (fresh fruits, veg) he may feel more comfortable reaching for them if you don't fuss about it. If he is concerned about his weight but not quite comfortable discussing diet with you, you could always pick up a men's magazine that has healthy eating articles - then he could get the 'macho' advice. Thanks for sharing. I just love reading everyone's posts! It helps us pull each other along! Cheers, McPeg
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trailrunner, I have this one from RobinKate, my family loves it. I'm thinking it would be very pretty made with the white tomatoes I grow every year: Tomato Orange Marmalade Adapted from Gourmet 2003 It is important that you use the best quality tomatoes you can for this recipe. You can use any color of tomato you want, a mix is especially striking. Don't use paste tomatoes as they do not have enough liquid in them. If need be in winter you can make a batch using 1 quart jar of home canned crushed tomatoes. However supermarket tomato look alikes will not work. A friend tried that once and when I asked how it was she replied, "Well... I ate it." Which meant no one else would. 3 pounds peeled, cored and chopped ripe heirloom tomatoes, including juices (the weight is after peeling, coring and chopping, including the weight of any juices) 3 cups sugar 2 organic juice oranges, washed 1 organic lemon, washed 1/8 tsp salt Place peeled, chopped tomatoes and their juices in a 5 to 6 qt or larger, wide pot, (the ingredients will all fit in a smaller pot but you need to leave space so they will not bubble over, ideally it should be at least 9 1/2 inches wide to encourage rapid evaporation). Slice oranges and lemons as thinly as possible, including peel and pith. I slice mine on my mandolin using the thinest insert and then remove all the seeds and slice the rounds into 4 pieces (and the pieces that are only peel I julienne, you can also quarter the fruit and then slice it as thinly as possible with a knife. Place the lemon and orange slices in the pan with the tomatoes, checking again for any citrus pits you missed, in the pot with the tomato. Add the sugar and salt and place over moderate heat while stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved. Turn the heat to high and continue to cook until the setting point is reached.* Using a canning funnel ladle hot marmalade into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Run a bubble wand or small knife around the inside of the jar to remove air bubbles. Use a damp paper towel to clean the surface of the rims, place a clean lid on top, add the rings and tighten as tightly as you can with your hands. Place the filled jars in a water bath canner and process for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes is up remove the lid, turn off the heat and leave to rest for 5 minutes before removing the jars to cool on a towel or receiving blanket. I don't know if this is the one you are looking for, but it's good. Thanks RobinKate, I know you're out there somewhere! Annie
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ruthieg__tx
13 years ago
Congrats............It's so wonderful I know you must be feeling great. Continued prayers for you and stick to the doctors orders....Get well the right way.
glenda_al
13 years ago
Good for you, Kathleen!
nodakgal
13 years ago
That is wonderful Kath!!
It will only get better from here on out!
Georgysmom
13 years ago
Way to go! It's so hard.
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
13 years ago
Patti, most things, except stringy foods like beef and pork, you can eat ground beef but they said the normal pieces of beef are too stringy to process. One of the things they recommended was Wendy's chili, so that's what I ate for a late lunch. Looked pretty gross but was so good. 21 grams of protein in one large cup so it helps with the protein intake too. I'm going to try some of my spaghetti sauce and low fat cottage cheese for dinner.
summer_tx
13 years ago
Alrighty then! That's terrific Kath! I'm so impressed at how good you're doing and recovering. All my best to you and your efforts. What will you graduate to after the pureed foods?
molly109
13 years ago
Great News!!!!!! I am happy for you.
FlamingO in AR
13 years ago
Wow, that's so fast! Good going, Kath. I hope you're feeling good and are healing up quickly!
sue_va
13 years ago
You deserve a pat on the back for that!

PatPat.

Keep up the good work.

Sue
country_sunshine
13 years ago
Two thumbs up for you Kath... keep it up.. or should I say down.. lol

Carolyn
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13 years ago
You go girl! Whoooo Hoooooo!

Kathleen I wish you continued success. You must be proud of tackling this.

I'm smiling with you,
Cheers,
Peggy
kacram
13 years ago
congratulations, Kath!
I'm UP 7 since Christmas! ahahahaha

how are you feeling? soreness?
lydia1959
13 years ago
Woohoo!! You're doing great!
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
13 years ago
Summer, I'm on pureed for one week and then soft for one week. After that it's normal food.

Kat, not much soreness left. Doesn't even hurt when I cough, which surprised me. Been wearing a sports bra, though, because a regular bra rubs on that top lap site. The wonderful thing is I can almost lay flat again.
katlan
13 years ago
Oh man, that's awesome. Congratulations!
tami_ohio
13 years ago
Awesome!
kim_okla
13 years ago
Congratulations. I have a friend that had the surgery in September. She's doing fine, no problems.

I wish you continued success.
grammahony
13 years ago
Good for you Kath. I take it you had your bypass surgery.
Leslie
Charlee_MO
13 years ago
Way to go! I'm very happy for you!
jel48
13 years ago
Good for you, Kath!
chloecat
13 years ago
That's great!

I've lost 13, but it has taken me 13 weeks. :)
lindyluwho
13 years ago
Whooooo Hooooo! You go girl!

Linda
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
13 years ago
Congratulations, Chloecat!

Went today to my primary care md for lab work and to check my bp. Slightly orthostatic so he wanted me to drink Powerade 0. Not quite as good as Crystal Lite. ) : I really wanted to check my bp out because I haven't been able to take it with my cuff these past few days. It just kept giving me an error message so I wasn't taking my medication in case it was low. I'm hoping I never have to take it again.
Linda Wayman
13 years ago
Good for you Kath. You've done very well.
Congratulations to you too Chloecat.
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Adella Bedella
13 years ago
Congratulations! Nice to hear you are doing well.
lynn_d
13 years ago
Good for you, Kath! You are feeling pretty good? How much are you able to eat at a meal? I'm guessing that eating small meals more often works best?
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
13 years ago
Lynn, I'm feeling ok, just get tired easily but they tell me that's normal for the first few weeks after this surgery. I can eat between 3-5 ozs of pureed food at one time but it takes a long time to eat. We're supposed to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks every day. I started late today because of my Dr.'s appointment this morning so I just ate one snack...a soft scrambled egg. Don't think I'm going to get my last snack in because I'm tired and as soon as Johanna texts me that she's at the high school I have to go pick her up, (she's on her way home from a swim meet), then I'm going to bed.
hgl_gaylemarie
13 years ago
Congratulations! Continued success.
jannie
13 years ago
Amazing! I met a woman who had lost 200 lbs after stomach stapling. She was eating high-protein. She looked fantastic.
sharon_fl
13 years ago
Congrats Kath!! You are SO on your way to your new life! By the way? If you find you aren't meeting the amt of protein daily? For an evening snack...put skim milk,a few cubes of ice & add a couple Tbs of strained baby food peaches...and blend. Not bad! Also-I bought the sugar free popsicles-barely any calories and it satisfied my craving for icy cold things. ROCK ON!
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
13 years ago
Sharon, been trying to get an e-mail to you but your my page e-mail link isn't working. Thanks for the tip. I did buy some baby food for this stage but haven't tried it yet. I don't even remember what I bought other than some meat based ones for protein. I also have some sugar free popsicles, they're so good because my mouth is always so dry when I first wake up in the morning.

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