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Started the 6 month diet, scheduled the psych eval, seminar in a few days...

So I started dieting on Friday. I desperately need to up my water intake to 64 ounces (if not more!) a day, not just for dieting but for life in general.   I was 277.4 Friday and today I was 272.8 so at least I know low-carbing still works for me. But if I could up my water intake and drop some of the water weight maybe I could shrink into some of my nicer dresses before my cousin's wedding in a week and a half!   So I scheduled my psych evaluation for next Thursday. I need to talk to my insurance company and see if they're going to reimburse me for that or what.   Hopefully by Thursday I'll know which surgeon in the practice will be mine. I'm not sure how that works... but the seminar is on Monday and I guess I'll meet with them then.   I'm excited to get the ball rolling, but at the moment I'm a bit overwhelmed. I'm scheduling a huge number of things, not just because of starting this process but also because I'm trying to get my car repaired from an accident on the 18th and I'm trying to get my application to graduate school finished and submitted by Friday.   Urgh. I have to make a 6 hour round trip just to pick up a transcript for that. Plus figure out how to get my immunization records.
Bjornsyouruncle

Bjornsyouruncle

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My before picture

So this is me from last Wednesday, May 28,2008. I'm 5'3" and at the time my weight in the picture is 272. Hopefully it has gone down some but I'm trying to go a week without weighing myself since I tend to jump on the scale several times a day and that's not good behavior!   Anyway, I'm wearing scrubs since I'd just gotten home from work (I work for a pathologist's group processing surgical specimens), so excuse the extremely bright red pants.
Bjornsyouruncle

Bjornsyouruncle

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Me and upskirt photos

So I started a youtube channel to document the next year of my life (I've only posted one video so far!) and I'm really excited to see everyone's videos on there.   If you didn't know there is a huge wls community! Go, watch, learn what other people have gone through! It is fantastic.   Anyway, I'm all geeky and excited because I have a couple subscribers...now most of them are other wls folks, one is a friend of mine, and then there's another one I couldn't place. I check out the person's account and I'm the only channel they're subscribed to and all of their favorite videos are either asian fetish videos or upskirt videos.   Oh-kay...not really weird at all. Now I'm trying to figure out what I have in common with the upskirt folks without actually having to contact the person... but you know, at this point? I'm cool with it. I'm not baring any skin, if the upskirt person is thinking about surgery maybe it even makes sense.
Bjornsyouruncle

Bjornsyouruncle

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Learning to chew

I've been making a conscious effort the past few days to force myself to chew my food thoroughly. I want the things I am supposed to do after surgery to be second nature by the time they're necessary.   I apparently do not chew very well! Ugh, I have to work on that. It really slows down my pace when I'm eating, which is good. It gives me time to feel full.   I also need to keep the hydration levels up. That's important and I shouldn't overlook it.   Meanwhile, the low carbohydrate diet is going very well. I'm comfortable on Atkins, it works really well with my body chemistry and it works for me. Of course...sustaining it long term? That's the hard part.
Bjornsyouruncle

Bjornsyouruncle

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6 month countdown starts May 27th

I went ahead and called my insurance company to see what hoops I have to jump through. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do the 6 month diet... but I do.   So to begin that I made an appointment with a weight loss doctor that's actually the wife of one of the surgeons. I figure if anyone knows what kind of documentation my insurance company needs, she'd be the one.   I need to low carb anyway. I lose weight on it and it really helps my PCOS symptoms when I don't eat sugar.
Bjornsyouruncle

Bjornsyouruncle

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