Fat Frog Diary

I'll make this short. In November 2019 I had a gastric bypass as a last-ditch effort to lose the 300 pound body I existed in. But I developed a hiatal hernia and other issues, despite losing 80 lbs.  On March 11, 2021 I went back under the scalpel to fix the hernia. Funny how I noticed that all abdominal surgery diets resemble one another. The have the same phases: Clear, Liquid, Puree, Soft, and Restricted Regular. Finally, the patient returns to normal eating...and gains it all back unless they permanently change how much and what they eat.  It all comes back to the calories for me. Garbage in my mouth, garbage out and glued on my butt. However, I have learned through repetition that some so called diet foods suffer not from a lack of taste but a lack of imagination. Diet food can be cheap, easy, and flavorful. You know what's even easier? Counting calories. Eating healthy food. Give up the carbonated beverages, and yes, even the diet sodas. So here's my diet list. It...

Cindy J. took me home, and I was so grateful I was almost crying. She even came back the next day to Stitch and Bitch in the afternoon. She advised me to try to do without my bed wedge and antacids. By golly, I slept better, and my reflux is gone! Yaaaay!  Maybe it's because I slept so well, but I realized I had been making a fundamental mistake in how I eat. I still want to drink with my meal, and that one habit is allowing food to pass before I get the signal that I am full! The time to correct the bad habit is now, while I am still on full liquids.