Anakin Jay

Good luck time lord!! you got this!!!!

Thank you for posting this. My surgery is tomorrow, and this is my biggest fear. Getting depressed that I can't eat as much as I want to. But I know EXACTLY that feeling.. a few hours after I've ate a large pizza and family sized bread sticks, I think... god that wasn't worth it, not I feel like crap and I'm getting fatter. I'm glad to hear that the process seems to be reversed with VSG... sad in the moment, but then happy and proud later.

Just FYI, raw meat is fine to eat. I'm not saying the Paleo diet is a raw meat diet, but I just wanted to chime in. The *only* reason we need to cook our meat now is due to the disgusting mechanized way super markets slaughter their cows. The process ends up with a ton of germs and bacteria on the outside of the meat, so store bought meat needs the OUTSIDE of it cooked well enough to kill those germs. That's why you can eat a rare steak. As long as the surface is cooked enough to kill the germs from processing, you're fine. Note: you should NEVER eat raw hamburger from a store for this reason, the germs are all mixed up in the meat... and this is why it's a bad idea to ever order a rare hamburger.. in fact, most restaurants won't serve them to you less than medium.

36 hours from now I'll be waking up and getting ready to head into surgery. I check in Tuesday at 7, and under the knife at 8. Nervous but excited!! Ready to get this over with.

My surgery is Tuesday at 8am so essentially 4 more days. The cold feet are really starting to set in... ><

me me me! 6 more days!

Our health insurance company sent us 3 or 4 dozen sugar cookies for Christmas... 0.o

Count me in!

Day 3 of liquids for me... Chicken Broth has become the highlight of my day... lol. I may actually start licking bullion cubes pretty soon, the salt cravings are almost uncontrollable.

It's 11:26pm, and my pre-op liquid diet starts tomorrow.... of the mass of "food funeral" food I bought, I still have two frozen pizzas left... debating staying up all night just so the food doesn't go to waste

Guess I get to christen this new forum, really empty in here! I got approved for my surgery, and I'll be sleeved January 24th! 2 week liquid diet starts sunday!!!!!!!!!!!

Protein helps a ton with making you not feel hungry. If you're allowed, maybe drink more Protein Shakes, or maybe take some of those protein shot things. My liquid diet starts tomorrow, but I did an 8 day nothing but Water fast a few years ago in one of my attempts to lose weight. For me at least, the physical hunger went away around day 3, and the mental hunger went away at day 5... day 7 was when I *really* started feeling weak.. so plan accordingly

You can see my progress below as well.... start to finish is a little over 6 months for me. It really just depends on your insurance, and what they require.... I would say the "average" insurance requires a 3-6 month diet period.

Just had all my info submitted for final approval, why do I feel like I just passed a note to the popular girl in my 7th grade class asking her to the dance, and hoping she circles "Yes" before she hands it back to me?

Just got the call this morning, I'M APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 24th I start rocking the sleeve incredibly nervous and excited at the same time... ><