BHoenig

Funny, I worried about the same thing. I used to drink Diet Dr. Pepper from morning until night. I gave it up cold turkey and was fine. I think my mind was just ready to do this. I'm so sick of feeling this way that I didn't care. You'll find you're stronger than you think are you are!

Mine is tomorrow also in NJ. I live in PA, but there was only one surgeon covered under my insurance and so far...I love him! Good luck tomorrow! I'm scared here right along with you!!!

I don't drink those. My doctor recommended Optimum Nutrition Platinum. We love them with almond milk. My kid just chugged two cups worth. The chocolate, cookies and cream, and strawberry are awesome! All doctor recommended. Maybe ask your doctor about them. We also use Syntrax Nectar...another recommendation from the doctor. He gave us a list of the best tasting, highest protein, and best to break down for smoothness and these were on that list.

Wow, that is sincerely messed up. The best revenge is to live well. Have an excellent surgery, excellent recovery, and live well. That should shut them all up!

I was like that too in the beginning. I wasn't going to tell my mother and then just surprise her the next time we made the trip to see her. Then she broke her leg and needed surgery. I realized I better not have surgery without telling her so I did and she's been excited for me and supportive from the jump. We have a small circle of people who know, but I haven't made any grand announcements. I didn't say a word on facebook. I just felt like this was my deal and I didn't want it to be about everyone else. I didn't need anyone commenting and cheering me on or questioning me about it. I needed to focus on doing what I needed to prepare and not on answering their questions. So I don't offer up the information, but I don't particularly hide it either. I don't have a good relationship with my dad and haven't talked to him in several years, but I know if he catches wind of this, he's going to take all the credit and come out of the woodwork. My weight has always been an issue for him and he hasn't been kind. Forget that he's the one who taught me all of my bad eating habits. Of course he's freaking skinny. Must be nice. I keep a nice tight inner circle that I can trust to be supportive and non judgmental. The rest of them...well, they can piss off as far as I'm concerned

I'm not sure what shakes you've tried, but my nutritionist gave me a list of the ones that are considered favorites of their patients so far and we tried Syntrax Nectar and Optimum Nutrition Platinum. We love both. My kids and husband are doing the pre diet with me and they love it too. We mix it with Almond Breeze Original flavored Reduced Sugar Almond Milk. I don't know if those recommendations will help you, but I figured I would offer them up.

My surgery is Wednesday so I understand your nervousness. I guess the only thing I can say for you is you want to go ahead and go through with it because if you chicken out...you may decide to do it in the future and you'll have to start all over again. I for one, I'm done living like this. I won't waste one more day where my first thought in the morning is that I need to lose weight and my last thought when I lay my head down at night is I wish I wasn't fat. When I made this decision, my mind was finally free for so many other things. I was no longer obsessing over how or when I would lose weight. I had a concrete change coming and weight loss was a guarantee. Think about it! You know how I knew for sure I would be successful? I took on the pre diet and never cheated once. By day three all cravings were gone and it all just clicked. I've had 37 years to eat whatever the hell I wanted. I knew I had to succeed in this pre diet because if I didn't, food had more control over me than I have over it and there is nothing scarier than that. My friend just had her surgery two weeks ago today and she came to visit Saturday and looked and felt great. She had a few rough days, but she didn't regret it at all. I'm carrying that infectious enthusiasm with me for Wednesday morning!

@@LipstickLady How are you doing with extra skin? You and I are similar in weight and height so I was curious how that is going for you.