The infamous calorie count post-surgery....

Well, at least it was infamous to me. I was so curious, so I explained to my gyn the basics of my current WW plan -- 22 points per day plus "exercise points" -- I always earn the max amount of exercise points which is 4 (you can earn more, but can't USE more in any given day). So I explained to her that my theory was to just eat the exercise points for the two weeks post surgery and not exercise, in effect taking in roughly 200 more calories than normal. Initially she thought this was too much if I wanted to continue losing during that time frame. When I then explained that my 22 points a day adds up to roughly 1200-1400 calories per day she backed up and said that I should instead eat those activity points that I won't be earning for a couple weeks. She didn't want me below 1600 cals a day during the post op time frame, and I'm FINE with that! Totally doable, so I'm going to go with my generalized plan of 26ish points/1600 calories a day. I'm glad to have that set, and on my mind because I was afraid of giving myself too much leeway post op and not losing at ALL. I'm hoping there will be some skin associated weight loss, but I'm not sure.

I also confirmed my post op treatment for the hyster, and I'm happy with how that's all working out. Really, just seeing Dr. Sweeney helped me immensely -- she and I are just on the same wavelength I think -- she puts up with my neuroses and helps me so much. I told her that at least I try to be entertaining at the same time :)

One thing that did hit home when I saw her yesterday was the fact that Dr. Smith, the plastic surgeon, really is doing my surgery essentially for free. She said that she was surprised the lower fee he offered would even cover his expenses because this is a rather extensive tummy tuck. That makes me feel so amazingly blessed. I feel like I should be a bit guilty too, but I'm just trying to be thankful and keep the emotions surrounding this experience positive.

Today was the field trip to the hospital and CJ was cracking me up -- when we first got there he kept exclaiming "Wow, this place looks JUST like a hotel!!!" He's such a sweet kid. I love them both so much, and I'm sooo lucky to have them. But we saw some brand new babies today and I'm proud to report that I had no yearning what-so-ever for any more of them! Yay!

I'm happy that I've been eating well this week. I haven't gotten on the scale in four days and won't until Saturday AM for the official WI, but I'm thinking I'll be down at least a little. I love the feeling when I know I'm eating clean, and counting EVERYTHING.

If anyone wants contact info on either of my great docs, let me know and I'll give it to you, or you can just Google Dr. Denise Sweeney (ob/gyn) and Dr. Gary Smith (plastic surgeon) in Roseville, California.