Day Twenty Four - Bariatric Clinic Bust!

So this is where I get to say " I knew it was too good to be true".  There is a twenty pound difference between my scale at home and the bariatric clinic's scale....their's will be the correct one.  So instead of being down 89 lbs I am down 69 lbs.  I had a good visit but there were a couple kinks.  The first one was I am not drinking enough water....this is causing some issues.....constipation ...check.....unable to sweat which means no exercising which means no gym.  I am truely saddened by this turn of events.  The nurse was concerned about my legs and if I was doing my leg exercises.....WHAT LEG EXERCISES!....No one told me to do leg exercises ....the only I knew from working with bed ridden seniors and common sense was you need to keep moving to try to prevent a blood clot.  This coupled with the two weeks of the blood thinner injections that I took made me think I was in the clear for a blood clot but apparently not.  So now I am doing leg exercises and am drinking more water.  Feel like I am a inflated water bed right now slushing all over the place but it is apparently of the utmost importance that I drink 2 litres of water a day....in between my meals.  Oh yes, this should be fun as I am already full 99% of the time.  Now the catch to the water drinking is if I don't drink more than constipation will occur and then I have to take a stool softener and increase my water intake by another litre oh and I cannot work out or sweat until I am hydrated properly because I will pass out.  This seems to be an impossible situation that I am looking at.  I was totally thrilled about my menu change on Thursday but now I am not so sure.  Addition of solid food can also bring constipation and with that I need to drink more again .....I'm gonna FLOAT away darn it!  Once I was finished learning my scale was wrong and the whole water issue I had to go visit the dietician.  This time I had to answer all the "how are you tolerating this?" questions.  So far so good with everything I have eaten or should I say slurped off a spoon.  Then we went through the entire menu choice and new soft  solid menu change this week.  I really did understand it completely but I guess she figured I didn't.  I was informed that these amounts are what I can eat up to but not over this amount.  I said that I didn't think I could eat it all and she again reminded me that this was the limit.  I really don't think I am confused by this menu it really isn't rocket science.  I also got the water intake speech with the dietician too....and that this will lead to constipation and dehydration.  After leaving the clinic, it was the first time since I don't remember when that I really felt like saying "to heck with this" and just buy a sub or burger.  I know that is just my disappointment speaking out of turn and I just need to regroup and start viewing things a little different again.  So even though I am truly disappointed that I cannot go to the gym yet I am able to use some 2.5 lb weights around my ankles and wrists while doing stuff at home and I got the "ShakeWeight" as seen on TV.  Six minutes a day of shaking this weight helps with the toning of your arms, chest and back.  I am also allowed to take short walks and can use the weights during this time, but this is to be done with extreme caution and never alone as I could dehydrate very quickly and pass out.  May 25 is my next appointment with the surgeon and hopefully then I will get the go ahead to go back to the gym.  Until then I will be shaking my big bacon all over sounding like a wave pool on a 40 Celcius afternoon! Don't picture it....the mental picture could be disturbing...viewer discretion is advised!

Steph