Gastric Bypass

Hello all my peeps!...Okay that does sound a bit stupid coming from me!

I just had a thought...If I were really into the full disclosure about sharing all the details of my life through this little journey, I'd probably post my starting weight and update you as I go. Well, as much as I like sharing, and apparently I can't stop typing, I am NOT telling you exactly how much a I weigh yet. I may in the future...who knows. Some types of public humiliation are even to much for me! (Those of you who really know me, know how much of this I actually heap on myself, just doing everyday stuff like walking down a road..."Queen of public embarrassing moments" THAT is my very well earned title! Think...piano concert!)

Of course I must update this. I find that the process of writing helps me to think through all those jumbled thoughts that rumble through my head. And I have a question for YOU! I wouldn't mind an answer. Of course, with the way my itty-bitty brain works, there WILL be more than one question...

I am taking a medication to help get me started on the process of loosing weight. All the med does is decrease my appetite. Of course with any medication that would truly help a person control this, due to side effects, I can only take it for 3 months. After that, I am on my own. This medication MAKES A DIFFERENCE in my day. I can absolutely tell the days that I forget to take it, which aren't many. Today was one such day. Breakfast was fine, but by the time lunch time came around my stomach was literally in pain because I was so hungry. Then I noted that because I was so hungry today that for even almost 20 minutes after I ate, I was kind of in a fog. Once my blood sugar (and I am only speculating on that, I don't have diabetes, or pre-diabetes symptoms) came back to normal, I felt fine! Then I realized that I hadn't taken my med, so I took it about 2 hours later on an empty stomach.

Here are my actual questions, that was all the preface to this stuff:

1. Does anyone else have not-very-pleasant hunger pains like that after not eating for just 4 hours, or is it just me?

2. If you do, how do you handle them? (I need to mentally/physically prepare for when I can't take that med anymore, and any type of snack other than water is off the table.)

3. Why is it that a medication that actually helps me control my appetite and that "flips the switch" so to speak on my appetite during the day, has to have so many side effects? (that is more a question for the ether, isn't it!?)

It may be viewed as a crutch by some people, but I see it as a real tool. I credit that med with at least a certain percent of my success up to this point. I want to KNOW that when it is gone, I'll not only be able to continue to loose weight to where I need to be, but also maintain that weight that I need to meet before my surgery. I guess life is about not knowing though...I really hate that! I know that with this medication, boy oh boy, if I let myself, I could still eat what I was before I made all these changes. I don't give it that much credit. The "props" that I do give it relate more to just taking the edge off that feeling of "I need to eat right now" that always leads to poor and impromptu food choices, such as a drive thru, or unnecessary trips to a grocery store.

Anyways, thanks to you all for supporting me as I try to change a big part of my life...hee hee, big part! I wonder if that is my toosh? :)

Jen's Freakin' Food Journal:

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 piece of toast, Protein shake, vitamins.
Lunch: Green Salad with chicken, 1 yogurt cup, 3 slices roast beast, 1 small slice cheese, vitamins
Dinner: Green Salad, Fish, Cottage Cheese(only a small amt.) Protein shake

I did get all my water, and so far no cheating(there won't be any, but it is earlier than I usually post stuff)