JAN. 9, 2011 - SUNDAY - DAY 7 OF 2 WK. PRE OP DIET. - WELL - WHEN I GOT UP THIS AM, I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I HAD LOST SOME MORE WEIGHT! I WEIGHED MYSELF AND THE NEEDLE HAD MOVED JUST A LIL BIT! YEH - ME! EVERY LIL LB. LOST - COUNTS! HAD MY HOT DECAF TEA WITH SPLENDA AND A PROTEIN BAR FOR BREAKFAST. NOT TOO BAD. I GUESS I'M GETTING USED TO IT. OH MY - I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR MYSELF SAY THAT!!! TOOK MY GRANDSON SLED RIDING TODAY. IT WAS SO FUN. I HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS!!!! HE REALLY ENJOYED IT TOO. I GOT LOTS OF EXERCISE AS I PULLED HIM ON THE SLED! LOL I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL COLD MUCH! JUST MY NOSE - HA HA. HAD MY PROTEIN SHAKE FOR LUNCH. NOW JUST 2 MORE PROTEIN SHAKES TO GO TODAY AND I AM DONE! YEH!!! GONNA HAVE A SMALL SUGAR FREE JELLO AND A SUGAR FREE POPSICLE TODAY TOO AND THAT WILL BE IT FOR THE DAY. I SLEPT GOOD LAST NIGHT TOO! I AM STILL HAVING ACID REFLUX IN MY THROAT THOUGH. THAT STINKS! I STOPPED TAKING HE MEDICATION FOR IT SINCE I STARTED THIS PRE OP DIET SINCE I WAS HARDLY EATING ANYTHING. I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD NEED THE MEDS. BUT I STILL HAVE THE ACID REFLUX IN MY THROAT. IT IS VERY ANNOYING. I AM SCHEDULED FOR AN EGD NEXT TUESDAY. HOPE THEY DON'T FIND AN ULCER. I WANT MY BAND SURGERY TO GO AS SCHEDULED ON 1/17 WHICH IS ONLY 1 WK. AWAY NOW! SO I GOT THROUGH MY 1ST WK. OF PRE OP DIET. YEH ME! I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE IT AND I DID! SMALL MIRACLES!!!!