Turbo Yo-Yo

I was somewhat lax about my healthy habits yesterday. Not terrible. But I didn’t track the whole day, for instance. And gasp I ate a doughnut DAH-DAH-DAAAAAH!

But overall, I’ve been a lot better. I would think the desire to not get violently ill would be enough motivation for me not to overeat, once I’m in the post-op stages, but it is what it is.

Basically, the surgery drastically shrinks your stomach, so if you overeat, it can make you very uncomfortable or sick and can even be dangerous. So they want to make sure you’re not in a pattern of overeating prior to the surgery.

Also, you have to chew your food very thoroughly to the consistency of applesauce before swallowing it. You take small bites, chew slowly, eat slowly, and you don’t drink anything until 30 minutes after you eat. This is so you don’t flush out all your nutrients before your body can absorb them.

You are pretty much guaranteed rapid weight loss with this procedure because for the first time ever, you are not battling your hunger. But you have to sustain the healthy eating habits and lifestyle or you regain the weight. Like anything else, the surgery is a tool, a means to an end. It is not the end itself.

This is what I am in preparation for, the healthy and entirely new lifestyle change that must occur just prior to and after the procedure. Smaller amounts of food on my plate, larger amounts of protein. Low sugar, low fat.

For me, it will be worth not shooting up and down the scale like a turbo yo-yo. I have every size clothing bulging out of my closet from a 4 to a 24.

I am ready for this.