Here it is Friday, the 17th of December and I am 4 days post-op, I am experiencing the terrible gas in my joints and really feel full and bloated 99% of the time. I decided to get online and found this awesome website just for people who have or want to have the sleeve performed. I am writing a blog not for attention or recognition...but just to put my thoughts down somewhere. I have a feeling this is going to be a very interesting journey. I wanted to be able to remind myself of every little detail so I will be that more diligent to stay focused. Right now it's easy...I couldn't eat if I tried...but a year from now...I want to remember. See I didn't eat because I was hungry (pre-surgery info), I ate because I like food...love the tastes, smells, whatever!!! I also ate when I was happy or sad or upset or glad. I ate to celebrate things...I ate when I would be disappointed...food has been my best friend for 30 years...and that ended on Monday!!! (Okay...so it ended 2 weeks before that when I started the pre-op diet...but it MEDICALLY ended Monday!!!)

I'm not saying I don't still love food...I just now know...I HAVE TO EAT RIGHT...and I'm not going to waste this time and effort and pain and misery I am dealing with just for food. All my best friends will now be in human form. When I see something I want to eat...I think how I can turn it into something healthy and within my guidelines...I don't mind eating quesadillas or hamburgers without the tortillas/buns...so there's my protein and food I love!!!

And I don't believe in never having a certain food item again...if I want a cookie one day (after I'm on regular food)...then have 1 cookie. I don't want to worry about it...I want it to be natural...and healthy. The old Jenny would have ate the whole box of cookies. (Or at least half)

People always said to me...the key to losing weight is to "THINK SKINNY". Now I always wanted to smack those people...because if I could "THINK SKINNY", then I wouldn't be a fattie!!! But I think it's a whole mind change. And I've come to understand what they were talking about-- The 2-week prep diet didn't even bother me...and like I said earlier I am thinking of ways to make foods I love healthy...so I guess what I'm saying is..."THINK SKINNY"

Good Luck to All!!!