Three weeks post op and I am feeling really good. Still working on trying to get the protein in without the shakes. So far today I have had cottage cheese and peaches for breakfast, cheese and crackers for lunch, Greek yogurt for afternoon snack and right now I am trying to get down beans and cottage cheese, and I still need to work in 15 more grams of protein. I'm not sure how I will get the rest of the protein in without a shake, but I'm still thinking. With my limits of soft foods, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt have the best bang for my buck as far as protein goes. Cottage cheese has 15 gm of protein per 1/2 C. and Greek yogurt has 16 gm of protein. I am feeling stronger every day and though I've been a little disappointed that I've only lost 17 lbs since surgery, I remind myself that it would take me about 3-4 months of Weight Watchers just to lose 17 lbs. In comparison to that 17 lbs in 3 weeks don't sound bad; and 35 lbs total in 5 weeks definitely isn't bad. I still have that fear in my head that this won't work for me. I'm not sure how long it will take for me to move past that fear, but it's definitely still there. I still find myself getting carried away taking too big of bites and eating too quick. I just feel that God has so richly blessed me with this opportunity and I just can't give Him enough praise for how well I have done. I think about my mother and it really breaks my heart that she never had this opportunity. Lord knows she certainly deserved to have had an opportunity like this.
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