Katariina

I can't believe that this time next week my gastric bypass surgery will be done. I was very happy to hear today that my son will fly to Mexico to support me during my recovery time. I wish I could leave today. The diet has been a lot easier than I anticipated. I am not really that hungry and I don't have any cravings. I am sure that they will be back after I have recovered from my surgery. I have lost about 5 to 7 pounds during my first week. Not quite sure, because I didn't jump on the scale until about 2 days of dieting. Regardless I am happy with that. I have 110 pounds to lose and it is not going to happen overnight. Has anyone already had their surgery this month? I would love to know how you are doing.

Hmmm. First, I don't think that the purpose of the liquid diet at least for someone like me is to lose as much weight as I can in 2 weeks. (This might be the goal if you have tons of weight to lose.) If I understand correctly, the goal is to maker my liver smaller etc. so that the surgery is easier and safe. One can easily reach ketosis by eating steaks and eggs etc if you don't eat carbs. In my liquid diet, however, my doc has allowed me to drink fruit and vegetable juices. Both have tons of carbs. So I highly doubt that I am anywhere near Ketosis. My goal is not to lose as much weight as I can in two weeks but to have as safe surgery as I can. Am I missing the point here?

I cannot believe that I in my stupid mind decided to have a major dental surgery a day before I started my liquid diet. What do you do when you are in pain? You eat of course. (You do this also when you are happy, sad, excited, anxious just to name a few but that's different story) So here I am in terrible pain and all I have is a protein shake to look forward to! It has been a miserable 2 days but I am sticking to it. I am telling myself that eating a slice of cake would mean that I will die in the operating table and it seems to be working.

My date is 8th of September. I am excited, scared, regretting my decision, proud of my decision and everything else every day. Feels almost like being pregnant with the emotional roller coaster. Come to think of it I even have the big belly!