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At the risk of sounding vain, I have that now at my weight And I don't want to lose it when I am 70 lbs less. I am pre-op w/ a large weight loss sz 18 today. I will actually be 199 lbs by my surgery on Weds. I AM a firery redhead. LOL. I have become rather subdued lately due to my weight steadily rising. My fear is that I will lose my presence when I am smaller. :ph34r:

Yeah LuLu... I am already packed and had my list for 2 weeks just burning a hole in my pocket. The days cant go by fast enough. Good luck and pass on some updates when you're up for it!

Hey Erika!!! I just spent some time in your blog - the engagement picture brought tears to my eyes!!! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE your wedding flats! Watching the wedding video now. I am soooo freaking out for Wednesday! I think LuLu goes tomorrow!

I know this is a support forum, so to me, the above comment is EXACTLY what I was about to say. You should consider therapy for yourself... and you should consider it for couples. I am going through similar with my husband and he refuses to go to counseling. I go for myself though. I thought I read in another thread that you are disabled. I am too. My disability has been an EXTREME strain on our relationship, much of which was not my fault. Nuff said :wub:

Does anyone ever mix any type of chocolate protien mix w/water and heat it to make hot chocolate, OR mix w/the Swiss Miss?

OK, I too am PCOD and insulin resistant and alrhough I can be successful when I cut out carbs, I have experienced what you mention. In my case, I was not getting enough food!! I wasn't eating enough actually. So I changed my entire everything by increasing all protiens drastically and walking. And I forced myself to eat 5x a day instead of 2 or 3.

I am 5 days pre-op. I'm strictly following the liver reduction diet. I have dropped nearly 35 lbs in less than 9 weeks..... So why am I feeling sick tonight.... like sinuses and swollen glands, sore-ish throat??!! I thought I recall seeing some other posts made about getting sick before surgery too. IS THIS COMMON? Uggg I don't think I can take anything. I have to check my little manual to see if I can take something! I'll flip if I am truely getting sick 5 days before surgery!

I am wednesday. I too am nervous and soooooo excited. Please update us!!! You're gonna do great!

OK so here's a biology question.... You said your goal was a 7 but you ended up a 2.... was that by choice or did you just keep losing weight? How does your body then know to stop at sz 2 and not end up at sz 0 or less? I have actually been worried that I will have a hard time not staying at a size. I do not ever want to fall below a sz 6 for example.

Size 2??? OMG I could not imagine

It's like I have a cold - with some brown phlegm (indicitive of an infection). It hasn;t full on hit me, but it's there. I dont recall you posting in my other thread. Search it - its a thread for people having RNY on April 15-16-17. But join it if you would like. ***doing the countdown dance*** !!! :D

I will be thrilled to reach 150, no less 140. GOOD FOR YOU in your journey. It feels amazing to wear size 8 & 10!! My surgery is in 4 days..... I will break 200 before then!!! I am not really struggling to stay on this track (re: pre surgery eating & weight loss) to be honest. I just know myself and know that my pattern cycles and in a year from now, without RNY, I could easily be 240. I'm not really in a rush to lose weight after RNY. My interest is being healthier! I'm praying this will help my diabetes and I am through with sugar and carbs.

you have 6 months to lose 10 lbs minimum? You can do that!!! Cut out as many of your starchy carbs as possible, and drink only Water. You will have this for life after surgery anyway. I am not a doctor but I have read rearch that cutting those carbs can help your fibro. If you can make it 4 days without heavy carbs, you will slowly begin to stop craving them. JMHO, but you asked

and how do you feel?

My surgery is at 1pm.... I am planning on 2 nights/3 day stay. Will I have any use for my laptop? I don't want to be bored in hospital.... do you think I will be sleeping much of the time?

Sorry, just testing from iPhone ap! Want to be sure I'm connected during my surgery stay if I choose to be. April 17!

thank you. I am not a huge fan of the mobile ap, but it gets me connected here so it'll have to do

In the past, when I have mixed powder into these things, specifically the jello & yogurt, they get way to think and gross. The soup sounds like great idea though!

Im 5 days Pre-Op. I bought the bin of unjury chicken broth and a sample of the unflavored.... I have been drinking the chkn one fairly regularly the past 2 weeks (I'm on the liver reduction diet and also trying to keep my protien up) but today I FINALLY tried the natural one. I only used 1/2 in hot-ish tea. BLEH DID NOT LIKE - I did drink it, but it had a smell to it and a taste. In a way, it reminded me of the chkn soup one, though that one I can tolerate IF I don't smell it as I mix it..... Sounds silly but I found in both cases, if I mixed it well in my mug, then I poured it into a different mug, I didn't get that funky smell in my nose. I will admit, it is a very minimal smell, but still smell it. I still have 1/2 sample pack of the unflavored - any suggestions of what to try it in??

very helpful! THANK YOU.

No worries, I will be careful. I will also only walk for weeks as needed. But how long can I expect to be on the ground?

Yes definitely.... I'm not doing anything risky. I figured I'd be on ground for at least 6 wks, maybe 8.

I am in totaly agreeing-confusion with the original poster!! What about warm fluids such as warmed broth??? Can we drink warm stuff right away? (6 day countown!!)

Me too! SIX DAYS!! I am freaking out!!