A Little More Informed

I can't remember if I already talked about this or not.  If I did you can all suck it and skip this post.

I was talking to this woman named Trudy that my mom used to work with.  She had a hysterectomy and just recently had a gastric bypass done.  She's lost 25 pounds so far.
I was asking her what the turn of events was after her hysterectomy.

She said after her hysterectomy she put on a lot of weight.  She'd tried all kinds of stuff to lose it, but it was hard for her to be active because her joints hurt.  After awhile she went to her doctor for problems with one of her hips.  He said it had to be replaced.  He also said that with all the weight she was carrying around her new hip would deteriorate quickly.  That's when she talked to him about gastric bypass.  She originally asked about a lap band, but her doctor said that with all of her past weight issues she should do a gastric bypass.  She followed a doctor supervised diet, and when it didn't work she went ahead with the procedure.  She hasn't looked back.  I was telling her about how my joints hurt all the time and it's hard to move around.  I can barely tie my own shoes or lean over to pick something up off of the floor because my belly gets in the way and my back hurts.

So Trudy told me she was having that same issue, and thought her life was pretty much over, but after the surgery she feels like she has her life back.  Her weight is coming off and it's getting easier to move around.  Her joint pain is dissipating.  I want that to be me.  My poor ankles are trying to support 255 pounds, and they're having a hard time.  Those poor little guys.

Anyway, Trudy sent me an article about this stuff called UNJury.  It's a protein supplement that you mix in with milk.  Kinda like Slim Fast, except it's only 100 calories and I mix it with almond milk, which saves me 20 calories.  Huzzah.  Trudy drinks it to keep her protein levels in check so she doesn't lose muscle mass.  The article talked about this guy that had over 150 pounds to lose and did it my substituting meals with an UNJury protein shake.  I've been trying to do the same.  It saved me a shit load of calories yesterday.  I had a total of 1500.
It's also helpful that my stomach has really been bothering me lately.  I can't eat very much before my gut starts to hurt, and if I eat something sugary I get instant heart burn.
I went to Hessen Haus with Nathan today to celebrate our interviews, (it was sort of funny, I said I had an interview at 1 pm on Wednesday, and he was like, "really???  I have an interview at 1 pm on Wednesday.")

Sorry, ramblin' about the bf.

I'm thinking more and more about how a lap band could really give me my life back.
BUT....  in the meantime, since I don't have a job and I don't have insurance, well, I just sent in my COBRA payment, I still need to give this time.

I think my higher estrogen dose is giving me canker sores.
Damn.