First day back at work

So I went back to work today, 9 days after my surgery.  Fortunately, it was a pretty quiet day and I didn't have too much going on.  Everyone was really glad to see me.  A couple of the girls in my department could already tell that I'd lost a good amount of weight.  It is very easy to tell in my face.  That's probably the first place my weight loss is really noticeable.  I told several people about the details of my surgery and recovery, and the rest of the day I just quietly got my work done.

Today is also day 2 of the full liquid stage.  It's harder than I thought it would be to get in all my protein and my vitamins.  I'm back to drinking the high protein meal replacement shakes that I was drinking pre-op.  Let me tell you, it took me 3 and a half hours to get one down this morning.  I'm just not hungry!  Now, this is not a complaint... merely a statement.  Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I could live on liquids (for now anyway) and be satisfied!  What I'm trying to do is drink two of the protein shakes and one of the high protein "shots" each day so I can get my 80ish grams of protein in that the doctor recommends.

In between all the protein, I'm attempting to consume other things as well; things like soup, pudding and milk.  I attempted to eat some cream of mushroom soup today and wasn't able to strain out the mushroom pieces.  Have you ever realized just how many little pieces of mushroom there are in a half cup of that stuff?  Geez!  Lesson learned - if I'm going to take something like that to work again, I'll prepare (strain) it at home first!

One other thing I'm trying to improve is my vitamin schedule.  Sometimes it's just hard to space everything just right.  But I'm still new at this and learning the ropes.

I think I might try a stage 2 approved fudgesicle tonight with my evening protein.  Not sure what the hubs and baby girl will eat, but I bet it doesn't come close to my dinner!

Thanks for reading!