LipstickLady

I'm practicing pre surgery and I am so grossed out. For real. Eh...I brought this on myself, right?

Thanks all! I do need to work on smaller bites. I guess I am so used to eating so fast that sitting there and chewing is torture along with the texture of the food. I am seriously hoping to be someone who never has a taste for food again. Gawd knows I've had more than my share!

Water weight! When you exercise, your muscles hang on to water. Keep your sodium down and keep doing the right thing.

Uhh...aren't spinach and broccoli veggies?

YAY YOU!!!!!!!

That's wonderful! Thank you so much.

OH GOOD!! Thank you so much. I thought it was liquids ONLY, no food. Are we allowed to have veggies or fruit throughout the day? I have some highly physical days during that period (martial arts camps) and we sweat for two to three hours so I know those days will be miserable without some sort of nourishment. I appreciate it!

My surgery is scheduled for May 16th (WOOOHOOOO!) and I am so excited I can't stand it. I've been mulling this decision over for a few years now and watched four of my friends go through the process last year, all of them very successful but all of them with various pre-op diets. None of them had to do the two week liquid diet pre-op as I do, one of them actually had to do nothing at all. She ate like a piglet right up till the night before. :faint: I am pretty physically active now for a fat girl. I do martial arts 3-4 times a week and for my job, I am from one extreme to another. I am either walking all day or sitting on my fat ass in front of a computer for six hours. I work from home, so I try to do computer work on martial arts day and vice versa. I've not yet gotten the details of my pre-op diet (that will be next Thursday), but I figure I have two weeks to start easing myself into the transition. I am extremely obsessive compulsive, so I want to make sure I am setting myself up for success and not going overboard too fast. I am thinking I am going to start substituting a Protein shake for Breakfast each morning starting today. EAS Carb Advantage 110 calories 4 carbs 17 protein 1 Fiber For lunch, it's easiest to buy a roasted chicken breast, add in some veggies, and I really need to throw some carbs in there while I wean myself off. For dinner, repeat lunch but with a different protein. If I can hang on to this for a few days, I will have the same breakfast, same lunch, and swap out dinner for another Protein Shake. I am most worried about my heavier physical days. I do not want to break down and eat the house down as I am prone to do on the days I swim laps for a few hours. I also don't want to feel weak and dizzy during the big martial arts testing day I have coming up halfway through my two weeks hence my need to prep myself. I am truly tired of setting myself up for failure as I am sure most of us have experienced in this never ending yo-you fat person world. Thoughts? Tips? What worked for you? Also, my family doctor gave me a script for phentermine and I love it. If anyone has used this, were you allowed to do so during your two week phase? I'm so scared to give up all my crutches, but I **WILL** do what I have to do to get to the finish line.

Thanks! My nurse told me I could take them and I will ask again before the two weeker. Fifty pounds pre-op is fantastic!!

Richmond, VA here and having surgery with Dr. Bautista on May 16th. Anyone know the details of his two week pre op liquid diet?

Why?

Sending F/R!

Oh guuuurrrllllll... And groom up the girly bits without pulling a muscle.

May 16th here and oh my gawd, this just got REAL!