Today is the 4th day of my pre surgery Optifast diet.

I have started coming to this support website more often and am really uplifted by the support and great comments from people on here - not to mention the fantastic photos of before and after ..

So far I've taken all my measurements and I have plenty of horrid before shots .. and I am coping on the Optifast ..

I feel all this liquid and mushy diet thing is such a finite time you know? 2 weeks pre op .. 2 weeks post op .. 2 weeks of mushy food .. it's all measurable . it's finite . it will END and then I can start to be a normal person ... who happens to like small serves of food and doesn't let the food rule her life.

I am really looking forward to exercise and now it's spring here it's the perfect time to get into that .. oh and walking my dogs .. they will love it and so will I ..

I dont have a set goal yet .. should I have those?

not sure .. I want to feel good and look pretty nice by Xmas .. which is 2 1/2 months away but I have no clue what I will look like by then or what I will have lost.

I figure this is a lifelong journey now so who cares how long it takes .. (though secretly I want it to happen SOOPERFAST hehe)

haha. This is crazy, but I'm actually looking forward to the restrictive pre-op and post-op diets. It must be getting close to your surgery date. I can only imagine your excitement!

I too have taken pictures, but I don't have the guts to upload them to my computer! So right now they're sitting on my camera where I can review them. Baby steps, right? lol.

Anyway, good luck on your surgery and keep us updated on your progress!

thanks LBGFL !

I feel a bit too new to post pics here yet also .. but who knows .. maybe once I have a waist eh? haha

thanks for your support .. it's less than 48 hours away to surgery .. terrified but .. so looking forward to losing !

when is your date?