Mountain_lover now on the Pre-op Diet!!

[mountain_lover 3]

I am now on my 2 week Pre-op Diet. It will consist of 4-5 Protein milkshakes, which I can make with fruit, nuts, non fat yogurt, and skim milk daily. Also I can have a Protein Bar for the moment when I feel a hunger moment. I am going to try hard to limit those to 1 each day. I will also need to drink 32-64 oz. of Water each day. I will be having my sleeve on Dec.2, it will be here before I know it. I feel like I am on an emotional rollercoaster ride. I am so excited that I am truly getting Closer to having the sleeve surgery. YAHOO, Thank you for all your comments and your thoughts & prayers. I posted a new album of my pictures " Night before Pre-op Diet pictures. I will post more after I get done right before I have the surgery.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Great news, Mountainlover. Your surgery date will be here before you know it.

[Itstime 0]

Good luck with the post op diet, you sound very determined to do this right! I am right behind you with a surgery date of Dec 4. We'll be thinking of you!

[*susan* 1,709]

You sound like you are going into this with the right attitude and should do wonderfully. It won't be long now!

[thinoneday 445]

Good luck ML. . . let us know how everything turns out for you!

[Malaika 50]

ML - CONGRATS and keep up the good work - with an attitude like that you will be a success!!! Dec. is right around the corner, and so is the beginning of the new you!

[lucygoose 0]

Congrats mountain_lover. I know how excited you are. I am not far behind you on the 8th. It feels like I go to bed thinking of the surgery and the future and I wake up thinking of it. The pantry is already reorganized with "my shelf" and I had to talk myself out of packing my bag already. lol .. I'm not sure how tall you or what your goal is, but our weight is pretty much the same thing. It will be fun tracking together. Best of luck on the diet.

[carolyn24seven 11]

Mountianlover: Cut the Protein Bar into 4 pieces. You can have all four if needed, but, try one piece at a time with Water and wait to see if that one piece does the trick.

The up side to this is, you will be eating these smaller amounts after surgery and you are getting a head start. You will remember how difficult,(=willpower) it was before surgery to eat this small amount. and you will giggle at how easy this is after. Life is gonna be soooo good. hang in.

[cajun 46]

I am now on my 2 week Pre-op Diet. It will consist of 4-5 Protein milkshakes, which I can make with fruit, nuts, non fat yogurt, and skim milk daily. Also I can have a Protein Bar for the moment when I feel a hunger moment. I am going to try hard to limit those to 1 each day. I will also need to drink 32-64 oz. of Water each day. I will be having my sleeve on Dec.2, it will be here before I know it. I feel like I am on an emotional rollercoaster ride. I am so excited that I am truly getting Closer to having the sleeve surgery. YAHOO, Thank you for all your comments and your thoughts & prayers. I posted a new album of my pictures " Night before Pre-op Diet pictures. I will post more after I get done right before I have the surgery.

You'll be sleeved before you know it!

Nice family pics...is that your daughter's wedding?

The pre surgery diet may get tough early on but then it gets easier as you lose the hunger feelings....I did anyway. Hang in there...look at your pics when you feel tempted..that helped me. You will be so glad you did this!

[mountain_lover 3]

I would like to say thank you to each and everyone of you who posted comments. They are all very helpful and much appreciated. I am liking my shakes and bars, but I am having a hard time getting 4-5 in each day. It is after midnight and I am going to go fix me another one because I only had 3 of them on Wednesday and 3 on Thursday before midnight. I did eat a Protein bar each day. I am going to the Y about 3 times each week. I miss it when I don't go. I will post later and let you know how the pre-op diet is going. I am so excited about doing this. I feel that this is my best chance to have a shot at losing weight and keeping it off. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!

[mountain_lover 3]

Congrats mountain_lover. I know how excited you are. I am not far behind you on the 8th. It feels like I go to bed thinking of the surgery and the future and I wake up thinking of it. The pantry is already reorganized with "my shelf" and I had to talk myself out of packing my bag already. lol .. I'm not sure how tall you or what your goal is, but our weight is pretty much the same thing. It will be fun tracking together. Best of luck on the diet.

Hello lucygoose,

I am 5' 4 1/2" tall. My goal is 145. My goal up until I decided to have the sleeve was 155-166 pounds, because that is the weight I was at for at least 8+ years before 1978.

That was the year that I was hospitalized when I had a so called "nervous breakdown" and they put me on tranqualizers for awhile and I started gaining weight. I gained up to about 300 pounds in 2 years being on medication. I have pictures of me before gaining all that weight, and all these years I have wanted to get back down to that weight. But now since I have decided to have the sleeve I do believe that I should have my goal at 145 pounds, which will be a more ideal weight for my height and my large body frame. I know that I will be happy with anything below 165, but I am hoping to be at 145 give or take a little. I want to be more healthy, happier and to live much longer. Also I would like to have better self-esteem from having a more ideal weight than what I have had all these years from being so obese. I wish you all the best on your surgery on Dec. 8.

[mountain_lover 3]

Hello cajun,

You are right, it will be here before I know it. It is already Nov.22. Time sure is going by fast.

Thank you for your comments about my pics. Yes that was my daughters wedding. She got married last year in june. I weighed less than I do now in those pictures. I gained alot after those pictures. My mother passed away a week before my daughter got married. Also I had surgery in April of last year on my knee, a total knee replacement and it was hard for me to exercize. I wasn't very active after the surgery on my knee. It has healed up quite a bit now, so I am trying to exercize more.

I hope I can continue to lose after surgery and not have to go through that up and down weight ever again. I want for this to be successful, I am really ready for a change. I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired of being obese. I wish you all the best.

Edited November 22, 2009 by mountain_lover

[DALITEDESIGNS 1]

Its funny (or not ) how lonely we feel. I have the same feelings but have never had the courage to say them.

Well no more... Sunday the 29th is MY DAY the beginning of the rest of my life (yay me ).

Now im excited thank you all, xxxxx.

Dalite

[mountain_lover 3]

Its funny (or not ) how lonely we feel. I have the same feelings but have never had the courage to say them.

Well no more... Sunday the 29th is MY DAY the beginning of the rest of my life (yay me ).

Now im excited thank you all, xxxxx.

Dalite

I am so glad that you are feeling better. Just remember you are never alone now. You can always come on here and talk to us. EVEN AT 1:OO OR 2:00 IN THE MORNING. ( I see that there are at least 8 viewers on this pre-op topic ) I have a hard time going to sleep, I always have but it is even more difficult now since I am feeling like I am on an emotional rollercoaster ride. I am really glad that I found this forum to help me through this journey. I really feel sorry for all the people that have to go through this without any support. I wish you all the best on the 29th.

[mountain_lover 3]

You'll be sleeved before you know it!

Nice family pics...is that your daughter's wedding?

The pre surgery diet may get tough early on but then it gets easier as you lose the hunger feelings....I did anyway. Hang in there...look at your pics when you feel tempted..that helped me. You will be so glad you did this!

Wow you are doing great. You have lost so much since your surgery. Time sure does go by quickly. Now it is so close. Only 6 more days until I go to have surgery. Thank you for your support. Have a happy Thanksgiving day.