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Victory for sure! Sent from my LG-H873 using BariatricPal mobile app

Good luck! Hope everything works out ok. Sent from my LG-H831 using the BariatricPal App

When I started this journey back in March with my six-month pre-op diet, my first goal (even above losing weight) was to re-establish my relationship with food. Specifically, I didn't want food to be the focal point of everything in my life anymore. And that was a tall order and took some time, but it eventually happened. When I say that I replaced food with life, I meant that instead of obsessing over where and when (and what and how often) to eat, we think about what activities we are going to do on an outing. My partner and I leave Monday for a 3.5 week tour of Southeast Asia. Our planning has been much more about excursions (some even very physically active) rather than what kind of food we're going to eat. We get out and walk; we go to the movies; we go see the Christmas light displays. And more importantly, we see people; we don't avoid pictures, and we re-connect with old friends that we have been too embarrassed to face for years. I have gotten food to the point of being fuel for me and nothing else. Sure, I want what I eat to be good. If not, I wouldn't have worked so hard to get all of my Protein from food so I could dump those heinous shakes once and for all. But every day, I remind myself that food is just food -- not a friend, not a companion, not a coping device, not a support, not a destination, not an event, not the centerpiece of life. I let food and my out-of-control obesity control my life for far too long. That is over. Thank you for this post. You're so right. I only have 6 days till surgery. I am a food addict. Love the taste, feel, cooking.....etc. I'm looking forward to the new me. One day at a time. Sent from my LG-H831 using the BariatricPal App

My surgeon said diet boost. And these veggies. Sent from my LG-H831 using the BariatricPal App

Day six of preop diet. It's been a rough week. We are allowed 4 diabetic boost and 2 cups of certain vegetables a day. Today I had a cabbage steak, mushrooms and onions. I did drizzle about 1 tsp of Olive oil on my cabbage while it was cooking. Hope that didn't screw things up. Do you think? Sent from my LG-H831 using the BariatricPal App

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We are only allowed 2 cups of certain vegetables and 4 diabetic boost daily. It's tough. Tonight I made a cabbage steak, mushrooms and onions. I did put 1 tsp of evoo. Hope that didn't screw things up. My surgery is on the 19th of December. Sent from my LG-H831 using the BariatricPal App