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Starting my liquid preop Tuesday. I only have to do 1 week, so good or bad I couldn't bring myself to do it early. Lol. On a positive note I have a large pot of broth cooking, it has been cooking for 3 days. Lol yes 3 days. I have been layering ingredients in order to pull out as much flavor and nutrients as possible. Bit is so good I had to remind myself it is for after surgery lol. Woot! Loser bench clear me some room I'm gonna need a large spot to start. But I will make room for the next guy really quickly.

Here is a major peer reviewed paper on wieght loss nutrition after bariatric surgery. it is very heavy reading but intended for the medical community. This is great information if you are willing to wade through it. Pasquini asmbs_nutritional_guidelines.pdf

My surgery is May 14th for those of u that have been through this already, I have a question for u. During the clear stage. How much broth do I need? I am planning to make a giant pot of homemade broth. An strain it and freeze ahead. But don't know how much I will need for those 7-10 days. Any thoughts. I figure I can produce better nutrient dense broth than in a can. Pasquini

So after 4 years oF wanting wls, and 2 yrs of active research. I have a date and I am trying to talk myself out of it. All morning I have been reminding myself of all the other things I "should do with this kinda money" feeding myself the "is this the beat use of it" question. Somewhere in there I know it is, I didn't expect to attack myself on this. Lol. Whew. I just need to hang in there and stay focused. Right? Pasquini.

Godspeed!

I am officially two weeks to go today! Wow, I have so much to do before I leave. Lol. Finish a major remodel project, do two granite kitchens, move to my new house, prep for my meals after returning home. And start this preop diet. Whew!

Thanks that's helps

I will be there with Dr Almanza the 10th of may. I'll let ya know.

16 days to go. I start my preop diet in a few days. :-\

Well everything is booked, surgery, flight, hotel, May 10th new life begins

Tarain: You are so right! I keep telling myself I have waited four yes. That four yrs gone!

The voices are at least excites at the moment lol

@empress Yes I am looking forward to Dreamland. BOLO'd Nope can't say I have heard that. Or know what it means. Now OREO'd I know :-)

@hip Rolled up! Yeah what's with these manufactures! Fat kids aren't taller just because they are wide. It not proportionate here! Lol yup rolled hm up or walked em off. . The absolute worse was in 5th grade Jordash jeans where the bomb! Well you can guess they didn't have them in my size, of course. (So my mom, bless her heart for trying.) bought printed denim fabric, made me Jeans and (1000 points if you see where this is going) painted (yes painted) a horse on the back pocket! Haha. I still remember deciding to wear them to not hurt her feelings. Lol. Yeah there were some bloody nose at school over those. Haha.

@happy1957. It's never to late to make a change, I have been 4 yes waiting for this. The wait can be very discouraging, hang in there, never give up sweetie! Soon you'll trade in those sails for a sleek jet ski!

I just booked my hotel, decided to roll the dice with price line. I stated 4 star hotel in downtown San Diego for 110.00 I am staying at the Sheridan hotel and marina! Their site lowest rate is just over $210 a night. :-) just keeps getting better. Woot! *extremely dorky happy dance*

I hate iPhone auto correct

That should have been war to ear, Hmmmm Freudian slip? :-D

My flight is booked! Arriving in San Diego may 9th. Gonna enjoy the night life before heading down the next morning. Whew can't believe it's actually happening!! Oh and I had a pretty cool morning. I was a lowes picking up material for a job and the cashier (whom I think is stunning, and asked out once not knowing ahe was engaged, and is no longer) says to me hey, are u losing weight, your look great! I smile said "ah shucks ma'am" in my best southern drawl, chatted for a minute flirting mercilessly, with her grinning eat to eat. Then walked out thinking yeah, just wait till a few months from now. Mwahahaha!

@starygrl. I feel for you, I worked for a bout 4 yrs in a korean context and sometimes the cultural difference is dramatic. Lol. It is what it is. Hang in there, ignore the cultural ignorance and enjoy the nang myung.

@raine will do! good luck next week. Soon u will be numbered among the losers! Godspeed

@empress. Go ahead belt it out! Maybe I should get that for my iPod for the trip. It could be my theme song! Kinda like when wrestlers enter the arena and their song plays while they give high fives and air waves to the fans on their way to the ring. Hmmm I might have to talk to my coordinator. I can see it now.... *enter dream sequence, blury vision music starts, focus returns, que announcer* and in this corner, in the pale blue open backed gown, weighing in at 270lbs, from Oklahoma pas-----qui------niiiiiiii!!!!!!! *all the other patients going wild, creating a throng as I wave and sign autographs, stopping to take a picture with a baby or two (though I can't imagine why someone has brought their child to the clinic, sheesh people!) lights are flashing, camera's are snapping away, clothing is being thrown, (oops wrong dream sequence, sry about that folks)* then the announcer breaks in and in this corner refusing to weigh in, coming all the way from inside the land of gastrouka, undefeated, heavy weight champion of the buffet world, "The Stom------ach" today bout will go 1 50 minute round, loser leaves the other alone forever! Crowd goes wild!!!!!!!* (end dream sequence). Or something like that.

Major inner voice uprising today. I finally subdued the peasant and threaten him with starting the liquid preop early if he didn't leave me alone! so I am booking my flight tonight may 10 here I come!

Thx everyone for the encouragement. Ironic how much our minds sabotage us.

Wow! That's fantastic. So fast. I hope it's like that for me. Heck for all of us!