Asked about adding MIO or another sweetener to water and she said no, too much SODIUM. She said I could use fruit or veggies to flavour and again, stressed the importance of drinking water.

Said meat should be the primary food to focus on with meals / snacks and shoot for 80-90 grams daily now. Another week on soft foods.

I asked about bath / hottub and she said too soon yet as I am still healing.

Asked about small hand weights (3-5 lbs), she said to wait until 6 weeks post op for ANYTHING involving weights.

Asked about the 10,000 steps and she said to work up to it. She said I should definitely be doing 5000-7000 at this point now. She suggested 3 15 minute walks could get me about 3000 steps. (When I counted a 15 minute walk it was more like 600-700 steps so that's a far cry from what I should be doing. I'll keep trying.

She said CUBII and RECUMBENT BIKE are fine to do but they aren't walking. I need to walk.

She will follow-up with me in another week to see how I am doing. She said that because I did so well losing weight on the pre-op shakes that my weight loss now will be slower and try not to compare myself to others.

Nurse Yolanda also checked in with me yesterday so see if all was well. I'm so impressed with their follow-ups!