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Patty, First of all dont beat yourself up over it so much...after all we are all making such a drastic change so suddenly that it has to be expected that we're gonna lose it at some point. I agree with you that you need to get some carbs and fat in your diet. My doctors guidelines for the pre-op are at least 50 grams of Protein a day and less than 30 grams of fat ( obviously you would want to pick foods that are the lowest in saturated fat) but you should be able to have some fat & carbs in your diet. If you dont I think you'll be doing more damage to you than a fatty liver can have. Your body will kick into starvation mode which will just compromise everything you have acheived. My adivce is try the atkins shakes they are high in protein (15g) and low in fat (total 9g, 1.5g sat) and only 5g carbs. these were recommended by my nutrionist. She also reccomended that if we were hungry we could have 2 cups a day of veggies. I make this great Eggplant medley that works out ot only 150 calories a serving ( 1 cup) and has 6g of fat. PM me if you want the receipe...even my non-veg eating sister likes it. Hang in there girl !!

Jailin, please check with ur nutrionist bcuz a no protein diet doesnt sound right. If it's clear liquids then there are protein powders that you can add, but I think it's very important that you include protein in your diet. You can purchase isopure and other protein additives either at GNC.com or vitaminshoppe.com . please make sure that you take care of yourself the last thing you need is to make yourself sick....

The OCD in me (:laugh:) put it into a table...just quote the msg and delete everything but the table and add your info.. trirpletmomma............................... Aug 6 morphiend (sarah) .........................Aug 17 mommy2gabby (Elisha)....................Aug 4 abbypoo.......................................Aug 12 seckerto8 (sarah).......................... Aug 4 summeragain ................................Aug 17 Shouldbeworking (sally)...................Aug 26 viprvenm (Jason) ..........................Aug 20 formerfatchick..............................Aug 10

Great thread!!! So lets see.... 10. Give myself a pedicure 9. Wear a dress or skirt w/out bikershorts or spanxs 8. Sit in an airplane seat w/out an extender 7. Shop for clothes in a "regular" size store ( see ya Avenue) 6. Wear a bathingsuit w/out coveralls 5. Go salsa dancing w/out dying 4. Wear kneehigh boots 3. Get a tatoo 2. Walk into Victoria Secrets and walk out knowing my husband is for a surprise :laugh: 1. FINALLY.... have some professional very sexy budoir pictures taken and watch the hubby have a heart attack :tt2:

the first 3 or 4 days were awful!!! I think my poor kids will be ready to run away during my preop diet!! :tt2: ..I guess that explains why my dh has been working late for the last 2 days..:laugh:

Hello my losers...just wanted to share the happy news...I GOT MY APPROVAL !! yeay yeay yeay!!! Doing the happy dance all over the place !!! :biggrin::thumbup: Aug 10th...here I come !!! I am sooooooo excited, but ask me tommorow and I'll be a nervous wreck and there's plenty of room for the butterflies in the stomach since there's nothing else in there now...HA HA HA !!! yeay...yeay...yeay... :thumbup:

jenny, no worries already had mine and it was real quick and the anesthesiologist ( irish lady) is a doll, so where the nurse and the xray was super quick. It should go by quick and no hiccupus

tzn, feel free to stay:smile2: there's no rule booting you out due to ur surgery date !!

Hey Liz! there's more parallels than you think I also start up school again on Aug 24th, trying to finish up my masters by may if everything goes right ( fingers crossed!). Can you imagine how cool that would be to walk across that stage in my new sexy bod ?? ( LOL) :sad: Cute cowboy graphic btw !! I think I may be getting near that hump in the pre-op diet, today wasn't as quick kill me now bad, still hard but I think we're getting there. I'm using the LOSE it app on the iphone so it really helps in keeping track of my calories and so far today (4pm eastern) I've only taken in 500 so I might make it through this..( :biggrin: drama queen..i knw! LOL )

Hi Ya'll Just wnated to throw this out there and see if anyone was having the same issue and what to do. It seems that 80% of the time after a protein shake, I get gas/stomach pain near the top of my stomach. It usually goes away after about an hour, but during I am usually very uncomfortable and gassy (:biggrin:) Any ideas ?

Hi Tammy, Just wanted to say that I recently came back from Alaska and I sooooo fell in love with it :sad:, that I'm trying to convince the dh to move there !! So really how BAD are the winters ?? :biggrin: feel free to PM me.

Downloaded the app ! it's great but I agree that they do need to update the food database and btw now it's a free download. Thanks for the tip ! :biggrin:

Congratulations !!!!!! :biggrin:

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Never mind...the dh figured it out and did it for me...:biggrin:

kenworthlady..I'm sure you'll be fine, I've read in other post that medicare has a good track record when it comes to approvals!!

Thanks guys !! Still doing the --``~~ :w00t: Happy Dance -- `` ~~ . At least I feel like Im not starving through this pre-op diet for nothing and that there is a definite goal in sight.... I guess tommorow I gotta get a manicure since I bit off all my nails waiting for the decision over the weekend !! :thumbup:

Cool ! thanks I'll check it out.

Hey Allison, I'm officially joining the Aug 10th club!!! I JUST got my APPROVAL from BCBS !!! :thumbup::biggrin::thumbup: Doing the Happy dance !!!

Hey Allison, I'm on day 2 of pre-op HELL but have been trying out different shakes to get a "taste" ( haha) of what's out there. I'm doing the Spirutein Choclate Soy protein shakes. It's actually really good !! I also mix up the routine with the Atkins Dark Choclate RTG shakes and those are quite good as well. I second Jenny on the slim fast shakes, just hate the can so I'll try the powder this week ( DUH on me for not thinking of that!!). I also hear that Unjury is quite good and I did try the Isopure and not only is it good but it fills you up big time !! It's just sooo damn pricey !!

Hey Karen, how did you add it the sparklee thing to your signature ??

Karen, Hang in there girl !! It's def going to be a bumpy ride ( over the bodies of those we kill over hunger, LOL) but we'll all get there. I hear you, it's frustrating as fraking hell!! I'm on day 2 of pre-op liquids and sooooo hungry I could eat an entire cow in 30sec flat right now !!! :thumbup: scales, I am convienced are an agent of the devil :thumbup: and they purposely mess with us to try to throw us of our game, but we've been down that other road and we know it leads nowhere ( borrowing a line from the matrix) so put that evil thing away, exhale and carry on, YOU CAN DO THIS GIRL and just think on how in the very near future you'll have to change your screen name to SEXYtripletmomma !!! We're here for you and we'll stick with you rants, raves, curses, cheers and tears !!!:biggrin:

Hey Girls, I'm sooo glad to hear that everything has come through for you guys and that you're counting down the days !! I started my pre-op yesterday and right now I AM DYING !!! OMG !!! I'm dragging myself around...I know its suppose to get better after day 4 or 5 but OMG am I hungry !!!! :thumbup: I'm still waiting to hear about my approval...the surgical coordinator screwed up on my surgery date and submitted to the insurance based on Aug 17th instead of Aug 10th so she's trying to correct the date and Im waiting for a decision either today or tommorow but she's not picking up the phone ( AARGGGHHH!!!) I think it's the hunger making more mentally unstable right now !!!! I hope to have good news soon ( keep the fingers crossed for me please !) :biggrin:

My though on posting on saturday was just because it would keep the weeks straight but if you post on mondays I dont think its a big deal... Jenny, just highlight and copy the section of the chart from the message and paste into your reply ( don't do a quick reply, you must post a reply) and then put in your info. I like the sparkle banner idea...how to I put that into my signature ??