Well yesterday sucked but today is starting out pretty good.

I haven't been hungry yet and it's 10:30 in the morning. I usually get really hungry at night so if I'm only getting 1200 calories, I'm going to hold off on having my morning shake for a while. Also, my mood isn't sour as it was yesterday for having put up with the shakes-only diet. Truth be told, I did end up with about 1300 calories in my shaker. Plenty of protein... more than enough really to meet my basic needs.

I'm going to try to take a zen approach to these next few days. I've heard the first few days of the pre-op diet are harder so I will take an "it is what it is" approach.

Keeping busy appears to be the best way to handle this. Distracting myself from food, which my body was telling me I needed, is a bit like using that funny high voice to get a puppy excited to play with you rather than chew on the leg to that new table.

I found a few protein powders that don't totally offend every cell in my body. Body Fortress makes a few that are pretty decent -- strawberry and a "cookies and cream" mix. EAS has their vanilla which isn't bad but isn't good, but their chocolate is pretty much like chocolate milk.

My wife's boss had a RNY Gastric Bypass surgery so he's become quite the connoisseur of protein powders. He describes most of them as tasting like a**.

I discovered I don't have any workout shorts that fit well and don't look tight on me. I skipped the Y last night in part because I would look a little goofy in what I have and I don't like wearing sweat pants. So it's time to head off to the big mans store and grab something. I may check in later.