Vanishing Velez

So I mean technically this isn’t week 1 because I had my consult a few weeks ago, but this is the week that I’m starting to really focus on my health, try to track everything, and doing what I need to do to ensure that this process is successful.

I decided to start now after speaking with one of my good friends and one of his good friends-both of whom had bariatric surgery. They both told me that they did not fix their relationship with food before their surgery, so they are starting to gain some of the weight back. I don’t want that to happen to me, so I am trying to address some of those issues now.

On Saturday night, I posted on Instagram what my goals would be for the week:

I can tell you right now that Sunday just did not happen. I had a family emergency and ended up not eating anything whatsoever until after 2pm, my Fitbit wasn’t charged so I wasn’t wearing it-not that I was doing much walking- then we went to sushi and I definitely overate.

Monday, however, was a good day. Sunday night I packed my lunch, measuring almost everything (I know you’re supposed to measure mayo and other condiments, but as long as I’m not making tuna salad or something that is mayo heavy, it’s less than a tablespoon and I don’t care) and making sure it was healthy.

I only took the elevator twice over the course of the day. The first time is when I first got to work in the morning. I go up the elevator with other co-workers and it’s nice to chat, so unless I am by myself I will probably continue to do that. The second time was because I was on autopilot and forgot. I mean, I was on autopilot and forgot every single time I went to go upstairs, but usually before I hit the button I remembered and took the stairs. This time, somebody happened to be coming out right as I was walking by and didn’t think of it until I was already on my way up. I didn’t think that taking the stairs would be this difficult, but I’m finding that it’s more breaking the habit of taking the elevator rather than the difficulty of actually getting up the stairs.

I also had a quick consult with a new therapist. On Friday last week, I brought up my bariatric surgery to my current therapist and he let me know that he isn’t well versed in the subject but another therapist in his practice is, so he referred me to her. She seems really sweet, and we are going to work on dealing with my relationship with food-specifically why I overeat, why I emotionally eat, etc. and healthier ways to manage those emotions. I do not foresee this being long term-probably just until shortly after my surgery. Our first appointment is on Friday.

What are your health goals for this week? How can we support each other?