Beginning of Week Two

 So, here it is week two. Yesterday I started the soft foods a day early because my blood sugar has been scary low. Like lower 60s.


 Who would have thought that low fat cottage cheese would taste sooo good! I mean unbelievably good! I haven't really missed food in the last week and a half, what I missed was the act of eating. Like my sister pointed out, you eat food from about aged 2 til 3 days before surgery you're going to miss the actual meal. She has a point since I am 42.


 My food schedule is different than any gastric bypass schedule I have seen but I googled the soft foods week to see how many times I should be eating them and every site says 5-6 times a day. My schedule doesn't include how often. It simply says

• Start tasting some of the items to the left using the tiip of a teaspoon
• Slowly work your way up to 2 tsp over 20 mins then eventually up to 2tbs over 20 mins. Whenever you feel comforatable doing so
• If drinking the protein shake, you can continue taking 4 oz 3 x a day
• Continue to work up to 64 oz of water/fluid a day.

So there's no amount listed. I found that 6 times a day seems to be too much. Since when I get to week 3 it says to eat 3 times a day I figured 5-6 times a day even with yogurt, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese and unsweetened applesauce I would just stick to 3 times a day.

I have had no ill effects, except this morning when I ate my 2tsp of cottage cheese to fast and I had to go lie down. Haha can you imagine?

I also realized what kind of tool gastric bypass is. That's what everyone at Dr. Graber's office keeps sayin, "It's a tool not a quick fix" it forces you to eat less which is true. Although I have known people who had the surgery who simply started grazing all day long, I think for those people they must have a food issue. Most of my adult life I was not often actually hungry, I often ate because you're SUPPOSED to eat. It's nice to know now that if I am not hungry I don't have to force myself to eat simply because I am expected to. In a way it's an excuse for me when I am not hungry to NOT eat I guess.