Hooray! Today was my first day of clear liquids. Just 6 more to go before my surgery :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: I had my pre-op with Dr. J today. It's the first time I met him. I absolutely love him!!!! He said that I was very healthy and thought the surgery should be easy for me. I also got my pre-op instructions, and was told I would receive a call the night before surgery to go over final instructions. I asked Dr J about my being on synthroid. Since I had my thyroid removed in May of 2005, would that affect my ability to lose weight in a satisfactory time. He said no, as long as I continue my follow ups every 2 months with my endocrinologist, they would make the adjustments to my synthroid as needed. His experience with patients who have thyroid conditions is that their metabolism speeds up after the surgery due to the weight loss and watching what is eaten.

So here are my stats:

Day 1 of liquids: Beginning weight - 279.8 (my scale - which is in sync with the Doctors)

2 Chai Lattes (non-fat)

Sugar Free Jello

1 White Mocha from Starbucks - non-fat (too much fat, won't do that again :embarassed: -- 6g of fat, but 20g of protein)

2 cups fat-free low-sodium chicken broth

2 low carb slim fast (chocolate) total of 40g of protein

Isopure Passion Fruit zero-carb drink (40g protein)

Flinstone chewable vitamin

B12 vitamin - melts under the tongue

Water, Water, Water . . . Oh yeah, more water

So that puts me at 100g of protein. I will have to watch that tomorrow.

So far, so good, not really hungry or craving anything . . . yet! Before bedtime tonight, I'm going to drink some skim milk, so hopefully that will help in case I wake up hungry during the night.