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I Now Have To Get Serious About Surgery. What Was I Thinking?

so now is the real test. can i really stop drinking liquids before and after meals? will i be able to cut out my favorite carbs? can i do a liquid diet for two weeks at a time? i don't know! and now i get feedback from loved ones that say "dont do it!" "are you sure about this? you know how WE eat?" i've been known to be a 'quitter' in my own right. i am guilty of this from time to time. but i do understand the severity of what i am doing. i know the consequences of my actions from here on out.   i dont want to fail at this and somehow gain my weight back. i have not heard stories of that yet, is it because it's too new of a surgery? i know in my nutritional classes most of the people getting a lap band or sleeve were there for revisions of a surgery gone bad (not the surgery but ther person gained the weight back). i dont want that to happene to me. i'm scared of that!   this is all new for me, in my head i want a healthly lifestyle. i want to be healthy. i want to success with thsi surgery. i knwo it is only aa tool to use to help me, i cant expect to do nothing! i have to do the two things that i could never do on my own: EXERCISE AND EAT RIGHT!!   can i do this? YES I can. i believe in visualization. i see myself thin and happy and enjoying life as it should be. not to be confined by my body image and the restraints of being morbidly obese.
Chills562

Chills562

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Successful Surgery! Almost At Two Weeks Post Op!

I am so blessed to sit here and write that surgery went well. better than expected outcome, I did not feel any pain or nausea. I didnt even use the lortab i picked up for post op pain. I am a little disappointed that i have i did not drop any weight since pre-surgery. i only weighed myself all week the first seek after surgery and the number did not go below 240. i figured i will wait until my 2 week post op appt to weigh in with doc and ask him why! I know it could be any numbe of reason. but in the back of my head i'm thinking, am i the exception to the rule? i know i'm just freaking out. i can tell my clothes fit me loose and and my face is already smaller. but i can sure take in a lot of fluids. i mean i have no problem getting in 64 ounces of fluid. today i tried my puree soup with 3 saltine crackers. and i feel ok. last week, i took a nibble of a cheeseburger sample at costco. i thought it would be stuck or something, but it didn't. it was mostly the meat and i chewed it well. since then, nothing other than liquids. and walking. i've done it every day so far, tonight i may skip it. i had my first massage post surgery and i feel a little sore. maybe i;ll get up early and have a nice saturday morning walk. ahhh thanks for listening. ttyl
Chills562

Chills562

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Day 9 Of Liquid Diet.

It has been HARD! I find it easier to stay at home and watch movies without commercials! seriously, the TV has nothing but food advertisements. I am eating SF jello and pudding and popsicles like crazy! I like to whip my protien shake in the blender with a few ice cubes. I can't believe that I have been good for so long! 9 whole days! Well.... truth be told..... I cheated! on day two with a small salad and a cup of restaurant chicken soup, then on the second week I had another restaurant inestrone soup (left most of the veggies) and small piece of buttered bread. I felt so guilty, my nutritionist said to not worry about what was done, but try my best to stya on liquid only. and everything I hear reiterates that this is for my best. I need to shrink my liver for surgery, and so one and so forth..... I have to keep busy by posting and checking out this site, and talking to people who support me, but mostly its in my own head that I need to remind myself, this is for my own good. A new healthy me will emerge!!
Chills562

Chills562

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