Got Milk??

Surgery Date: June 2, 2012
Current weight loss: 31 pounds


I am slowly becoming a vegetarian!  Mainly because my list of things I "cannot" eat post-op gets longer and longer if it lives on a farm.  Some of the issues are partly my fault.  I am currently about 6 weeks post op.  So I am in the stage of "trial and error" of what I can and cannot eat.  Basically, I try it and wait to see what happens.  Per my post the other day, we all know that eggs and chicken make me SICK.  Like sick sick.  Well.....I can now add whole milk to the list but cannot blame this on trial and error. This was a straight up ERROR!!

I have NEVER liked milk to start with.  NEVER!! Based on allergy testing I had done years ago I am severely allergic to eggs and milk but I really have no idea what the allergy side effect is.  Whole milk has bothered my tummy since the Gall Bladder came out in 2009 (it died....due to being overweight I am sure).  I am not lactose intolerant though.  I can have fat free milk, low fat cottage cheese,lite  cheese, lite yogurt etc.  But things like ice cream, pudding, etc makes me sick.  Well......I clearly ignored this little life experience today.

I had to go ahead and have my root canal today.  Cracked tooth was beginning ache and I could not chew on that side at all.  I am a root canal pro at this point but the one today was ROUGH.  I was very sore, not allowed to chew on that side and really couldn't open my mouth after anyway. I had A LOT of shots in there today and once the numbness wore off......  I felt horrible and all I wanted was a milkshake......clearly a major memory lapse from my past as well as major defiance of the Gastric Sleeve rules.

I thought for sure I could get one, mix some protein powder in it, and only have a few sips.  So I did! Literally no more than 5-6 sips.  And........I was sooooooooooooooo sick.  Like just wanted to curl up and pass out, nauseated, so so sick.  Will spare the details but it was NOT good.  I knew this was a major risk to try but had major regrets within 20 minutes.  I am sure between the whole milk, fat and sugar my body was in SHOCK!! Milkshake was basically denied access today.  Went straight to jail, did not pass go, and went bankrupt.  Lesson learned.  Pretty sure any of my Belite friends are shaking their head at me as we speak.  I know.....was dumb.  I have never made good "eating" choices when I don't feel good.  I bet I will next time.

The moral of this story is:  If it isn't on the list of approved foods do NOT do it.  Don't even try it. Not this early in the process.

My personal moral of this story is:  If Old McDonald has it on his farm and it says "Moo moo here" or "Cluck cluck there" it is not going in my body.