Hi everyone,
I began my journey toward Gastric Sleeve Surgery back in February of this year. I really thought the process would take much longer to get approval from my insurance but fortunately I received my date, July 16th two weeks ago. Up until today, I have been very excited about the process and have been dedicated to the doctor prescribed diet, exercise and making sure I attend support groups, doctor and nutritionist visits, etc. However, tomorrow I begin my two week liquid diet and it really just hit me how profound the change I will be making in my life. I have worked very hard on letting go and even grieving my relationship to food but it is scary and a bit daunting. I am so looking forward to all of the benefits to losing weight from more energy, buying clothes at stores that are not in the Womens' department and shopping with my friends, to developing a healthy relationship to food. I'm so glad I found this website as I need the support from people exactly like me who are in or were in the same situation that I am in. Are there any good ideas for emotionally getting through the next two weeks of the liquid diet? Did you journal, walk, call people? Any and all ideas are greatly appreciated.
