Three H: Holy, Healthy, Happy

I Need a Change Weight: 321 Surgery Weight: 307.5 Current Weight: 281.4 Goal Weight: TBD, but definitely under 200. I think 180 is attainable, hopefully even 160. I doubt anything less is realistic, but I wouldn't be upset with 150.  Five weeks to the day following my surgery, I have lost a total of 26.1 pounds! The majority of it was lost in the first two weeks. I lost about 20 pounds during that frame. Week 3 sucked.  The scale went up and down and pissed me off as I floundered around in the " Week 3 stall ," which I didn't know was even a thing... but it is, and I stuck to the program and moved past it.      Week 4 started to improve. Week 5 I seem to be hitting my stride! I lost 2.5 pounds this week! I feel like I'm getting the hang of portions, protein, and hydration.   Once I read that lipolysis depends on water and that broken down fat is either peed out or breathed out , I made sure to not skimp on my water intake and even boost it up more when poss...

Progress Report Today marks 3 weeks since my surgery on May 22nd. I lost weight quickly during the first two weeks. I averaged about 1.5 lbs lost every day. Some days it was closer to 2lbs and some days closer to 0.5lbs, but most were steadily around 1.5lbs. It was pretty exciting to have lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks! I'm already feeling better: I feel that I am sleeping better; I'm dreaming again and the dreams make more sense and are often entertaining. I feel a little more rested after sleep than I had been feeling before surgery. Weight loss does improve sleep apnea, which is wonderful, but I know I'm not out of the woods yet, either. It is much easier to move my body around. Before surgery I felt stiff and sore and it was a chore to just get my body moving. Whether it was being overloaded on carbs or salt or both... well, I don't know. I just know my body already feels lighter and it was feeling lighter just days after surgery so I know it wasn't a matter of losin...

On Friday, May 22nd, 2020 I had gastric sleeve surgery. I call that Day 0. My husband and I woke at 3:30 AM (after going to bed at 2:00 AM because we were both anxious and kept ourselves distracted by watching a movie.  We arrived at the hospital at 5:00 AM wearing our surgical masks as instructed and both had our temps taken and used hand sanitizer as required. I was feeling a little woozy. I thought maybe it was from low blood sugar but once I was back in the pre-op area they did a finger stick which read 154... so I guess not. Perhaps wonky blood pressure or just re-breathing CO2 from wearing the mask constantly.  They took me back rather promptly at 7:30 AM and I scooted over onto the bed with the foot rest and arms in a weird crucifixion pattern. My husband had mentioned that I would not be lying flat, that I'd be at an angle, which I hadn't read before, but the foot rest seemed to indicate that I would indeed be at an angle. The anesthesiologist was rather stoic until he...