Skinnygirlfightingtogetout

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! You look amazing!! You have no idea how much you have helped me calm my inner demon!

I was terrified too! I gained 7 lbs between being told of my date and having my 2nd to last Dr visit. I was told I had to lose those 7 lbs BEFORE my last visit (2 weeks) or he wouldn't do the surgery. THAT scared me more! I CHANGED what I was eating! I LOST the weight during the CHRISTMAS holiday! I stopped ALL caffeine! I switched to healthier foods, I ATE salads instead of fries and I STOPPED eating fast food! I started the "no liquids 30 mins before and after a meal" rule. I counted my chews and made sure I was pulverising everything! The fear of NOT being able to get this done. OF not being able to stop the downhill spiral I was going changed that! I am now day 5 of the liquid diet and ICE cubes helps with the chewing withdrawals. YOU CAN DO THIS!!! Good luck!

I think my Water just broke and I am NOT pregnant! LMBO!

Once I am back to solids I will be allowed 2 tbs of fruit. The skin from citrus might not be the greatest. I am allowed to peel the skins though. Good luck!

At my brother's wedding. I hated the pictures of me and realized that if I didn't do something major that I would never make it to see my nieces and nephews weddings or their kids born! When I couldn't mow my own lawn as a first time homebuyer due to the herniated disc that isn't getting better because of my weight. When the obgyn told me I was too fat for a hysterectomy. When the evil lady on the plane asked to be moved to a different seat because she was uncomfortable sitting next to me. When it got to painful to walk my dogs around the block When sex stopped being fun All this in a 3 month period broke the camel's back. I looked into the insurance aspect of it and found that I am covered 100%! I jumped on the chance!

10 Days! it still doesn't feel real! I have been on the pre-op "optifast" liquid diet for 5 days now! Last night we went shopping for the post op liquid phase.. We read EVERY label that we put in our cart! If it didn't fit the guidelines we were given then it did NOT go in the cart. We read up on some mushy food items and found some surprising things that we WILL be able to eat and some that we won't be able to eat. Everything is getting real but it still hasn't hit my brain yet that after all the hoops we have had to jump through (including loosing 7 pounds during Christmas!) that is really is going to happen and NO one can stop it but me! I have told my parents who are lap banded (one succeeded and one is not working at it) my boss, (my co-worker team just knows I am having surgery) and my 4 dearest friends. I got really good responses from EVERYONE! Some were a little hesitant since we had originally planned on the lap band but BMI's being what they are and having a great doctor who WANTS us to succeed we are now going to be sleevers! We are not telling the hubby's parents due to their response when we had just been "talking" about going to the seminar about WLS. The greatest response was from my boss. He just grinned and told me that what ever I time I need we will work it out and if I need anything to let him know! My hubby and I have gotten to where we are together and we are going to get rid of it together! I am so thankful to have such an amazing support team sitting right next to me. I know I will never fail with him at my side!

My Dr has my husband and me on "optifast" liquid diet for two weeks. It consists of 4 Protein shakes one cup of soup made with a powder and one Protein Bar. We are allowed 3 servings of sf jell-o and sf popsicles. We also get all the Water, decaf tea/coffee we want! It has taken all the guess work out of what we can and can not eat. It's a little tough but I don't have hunger pains, just head hunger. This is just to shrink the fatty liver and we will lose weight but there was no set "must" amount. Good Luck!

My Date is Jan 15th too! Same on the liquids! Best of luck to you!