First and Twenty

So, this week has posed some major victories and a small scare. At the beginning of the week, I actually GAINED a pound. I don't know how this was possible, but the day before there was no weight loss and then an actual pound was gained. This obviously threw me off what I had expected to see.
Before the focus on the weight loss, standing on the scale was terrifying. Having no idea what to expect, the numbers popping up only lead to a sense of defeat and sadness, it was a sense of being out of control. Then, it has been more manageable and at least knowing what to expect, gains or losses depending on what I had done before. Now, it has become easier and actually quite fun to get on it and expect to see the numbers going down. That is, until Wednesday. I was terrified. "Why did I have weight loss surgery only to gain?", "What if this isn't going to work?", and "What did I do wrong?" all crossed my mind.

This amazing partner that I call my wife said to give it a few days and see how it goes from here. If it continues, then we will call Dr. Collier. I agreed, reluctantly.

Thursday there was a bit of loss, like .5 lbs. I wanted to see more. That came on Friday and Saturday.

Today (Saturday) I come to you after the surgery with my first 20 lbs down! Jessica says that I haven't been this thin (I use that word loosely) for over 6 years! It is quite amazing.
As for the food portion...I have graduated to more solid food. I had two, count them two chicken ravioli's with some tomato sauce on them and some mashed potatoes. Doing very well I might add. I am checking calories and weight loss on a great website called FitDay.com. It is free, but beware of the Google Ads.

I will return to work on Monday. I will still keep you posted as we journey through this together.

Keep it rollin'