Chills562

Godspeed! I too am waiting for surgery this morning!

I too had a 'program fee'. An extra $600 not covered by insurance or co-pay! But I like my doctor, dr. Quillici out of Providence St. joseph's hospital in Burbank! It is a center of excellence and my cousin used him for surgery last year. Very good hospital and doc. Ultimately I put this in the hands of God to guide the dr. through a successful surgery. I hope you find a doctor that you like and feel comfortable with.

Maybe u can return the Macy's product... I am waiting to see if this one works for me. I bought the Hamilton beach at target and it wouldn't work properly so I took it back. I really want the bullet, everyone I know that has one is very satisfied but I didn't want to shell out $40 just yet. ( that is really $50 at bedbathbeyond with a 20% off coupon). Good luck with surgery, mine is Tues. The 9th. I'm 'nesting' right now. Cleaning house, doing laundry, making jello! Ttyl

Do you have a Target nearby? I just got one last night on clearance for $13.88. Came with 2blades, 3 cups and like five lids. Check it out!

so now is the real test. can i really stop drinking liquids before and after meals? will i be able to cut out my favorite carbs? can i do a liquid diet for two weeks at a time? i don't know! and now i get feedback from loved ones that say "dont do it!" "are you sure about this? you know how WE eat?" i've been known to be a 'quitter' in my own right. i am guilty of this from time to time. but i do understand the severity of what i am doing. i know the consequences of my actions from here on out. i dont want to fail at this and somehow gain my weight back. i have not heard stories of that yet, is it because it's too new of a surgery? i know in my nutritional classes most of the people getting a lap band or sleeve were there for revisions of a surgery gone bad (not the surgery but ther person gained the weight back). i dont want that to happene to me. i'm scared of that! this is all new for me, in my head i want a healthly lifestyle. i want to be healthy. i want to success with thsi surgery. i knwo it is only aa tool to use to help me, i cant expect to do nothing! i have to do the two things that i could never do on my own: EXERCISE AND EAT RIGHT!! can i do this? YES I can. i believe in visualization. i see myself thin and happy and enjoying life as it should be. not to be confined by my body image and the restraints of being morbidly obese.

It has been HARD! I find it easier to stay at home and watch movies without commercials! seriously, the TV has nothing but food advertisements. I am eating SF jello and pudding and popsicles like crazy! I like to whip my protien shake in the blender with a few ice cubes. I can't believe that I have been good for so long! 9 whole days! Well.... truth be told..... I cheated! on day two with a small salad and a cup of restaurant chicken soup, then on the second week I had another restaurant inestrone soup (left most of the veggies) and small piece of buttered bread. I felt so guilty, my nutritionist said to not worry about what was done, but try my best to stya on liquid only. and everything I hear reiterates that this is for my best. I need to shrink my liver for surgery, and so one and so forth..... I have to keep busy by posting and checking out this site, and talking to people who support me, but mostly its in my own head that I need to remind myself, this is for my own good. A new healthy me will emerge!!

hopefully, you should be done by now right? hope so! I am on day 9 of my liquid diet and I feel the same way! I thought it would be better, some hours of the day are better than others, I keep drinking Water, tea, eating Jello, pudding, popsicles. it's hard for me, especially at work where people are always eating. Be strong, you should be done with it by now and it will all be a memory. i come here to get moral support and remind myself that i will soon be posting how much better it will be 'afterwards'. Have Faith everyone, we are doing something to better ourselves and live a healthy life!

awesome post, great encouragement. i dont think my nut. will like it, but my tummy says give me a salad for lunch!

I wish i could have a salad with chicken! the thought of it makes my mouth water! i heard back from my nut. and she said NO WAY, stick to the liquids only. I am going to obey orders, so far Day 8 of liquid diet, i ahve to stop thinking of my grumbling tummy!!

Wow, thanks to everyone for reading my blog. i've never had a blog!! i couldn'd find how to keep entering on it, so i stopped. so here's the update. Almost finished will all pre-op work. doing labs on thurday. sleeve date is OCT 9th! so excited. I didn;t think that i could do this liquid diet, but so far so good. i have cheated a tiny bit, and someone sscared me by saying that you absolutely cannot have anything besides the liquid diet! something about cleaning out the intestines, but isnt' that what the bowel cleanser is for? i cheated on the second day by eating a small dinner salad. then i cheated again by having restaurant soup, only the soup part, i didnt even eat the veggies, oh and i snuck in a cracker in the soup. i think i've done very good considering the kind of eater i used to be. I also learned that a family friend just got sleeved last week, i talked to her on Saturday and she is doing great. my mom is all for me doing this and helping me with moral support. in fact my two sisters are drinking the protien shakes in solidarity. I am so blessed to have a supportived family. it's hard believe me, i honestly did not think that i could get this far. and oh, the good news, my clothes is alread fitting loosely! i am very excited. i just wish my nutritionist would call me back and tell me that i can have a small salad or a vegatable soup here and there. i only have 5 more days until i start the clear liquid diet, that may be hard. but i can do this, i'm half way through the liquid diet. thanks again for all the comments and support. i love this forum, it gives me a place to go when i dont want to be around people who are eating!

i see that alot of nut's have diferent ideas about the liquid diet! i see some people can have salad. i want a salad so bad......... but i was told my a friend who did this to NOT eat anything at all, just drink the liquids and clear stuff like SF jello, pudding, posicles, fudgesicles. yes they taste great and i cant get enough sometimes of the jello/popsicles. but i could really go for a salad at lunch or dinner. i put a call into my nut. but haven't hear back yet. so wanting to eat lettuce and tomatoes, cucumber, celery, and maybe even make myself a juice in the juicer! any thoughts? congrats to all you who started the liquids this week. let me tell you, i didn't think i could do it myself! but i have been strong, dont think about food, stay away from the TV! watch movies only. think about how much less you really need to feel satisfied, i honestly didnt' think a shake would fill me, but it has so far. i eat jello in the am, have a small juice, then my shake. its lunch that gets me! and its hard at work smelling the toasted bread! but we can do this! a small price to pay for a lifetime of skinny!!

so i am cheating right now! i am on day 7 of my liquid diet, but i really wanted a chicken soup from this resaurant. i am only eating the soup part, i did crumble in one cracker. is that horrible? i know i should be doing good, i passed my first weekend and it was hard to be around people. one more weekend to go, i dont think i will be able to go to a birthday luncheon though, that will kill me! can someone please tell me if i am going to blow it by eating this soup?? i have been good about protien shakes and jello, pudding, posicles. just this soup thing, i crave agood soup.......

To Sfernandez: YOU GO GIRL! You are worth it. Please keep us posted on your progress would love to know what my life will be like in one year. I'm getting sleeved on October 9th.

Day 6 liquid diet I cheated a little!! On day two I ad a small salad, on day 5 I had restaurant minestrone and tried not to eat the vegetables. I also took a huge bite of buttered bread. Today I pinched a tiny tiny piece of salmon. Omg! How much longer ..... I've been trying to be good, for the most part I have followed docs orders.

Question, for you newly post-sleevers: I hear a lot of struggling getting the protien in, but tell me.... How is the hunger? Better or worse than pre-op liquid diet?? Very curious as I am on my 2nd day of liquid diet. Not too horrible.

Godspeed!

Day1 liquid diet. Have to stock up on Jello , pudding, fudgecicles! On sale at stater bros! I made it so far....

I'm starting liquid diet tomorrow, I hope I won't be a miserable person when I.m starving... I stocked up on sugar free jello, pudding and Popsicles! Can anyone recommend good low fat soups, I.m going to try trader joe's although they are a little high in sodium. I will be looking for moral support o. This site. And praying for will power! Good luck Octosleevers!!

October 9th, God willing! I am 49, divorced. My family supports me, i'm super excited! Liquid diet starts Tuesday.

October 9th at st. Josephs in Burbank, CA. Hardest part will be my two week liquid diet. Starting to have my protien shake only for breakfast, but hard for lunch and dinner.

any suggestions on questions i should be asking my doc. He is highly recommended as well as the facility. But what should i ask pre-op?

I hear great stories of success, but I don't think there's much info on horror stories. are there any? I know this is just a tool for me to eat better and exercise. I have proven that my willpower is nil to nothing! How will this surgery help me not stuff my face? I know, I have issues. I was starting to go to overeaters anonymous meetings I think I should return.

Wow, great input everyone, thanks for your help! I have a surgery date October 9th! I am very excited, scared about failing at drinking and eating, I haven't mastered that yet. It sounds like this could be the answer for me. I know I must adopt better eating habits, better food choices. I can do this. I,ll be a frequent visitor here....

Hope it's not too late, but I bought the choc protien shakes from Costco (30 grams protein). They taste great! And I hate diet shakes, they all taste yucky to me, but seriously, these are ood!

Hopefully early October for me! I just passed the stress test today.... Woohoo! Now if I could only start eating right!