2 days till surgery!

[nessieberry 19]

I know some parts of the day I feel fine and it feels like surgery was months ago. Then i eat too much or try to walk too much and i remember it's only going on the 3rd week!

Today is my birthday and Saturday is my son's birthday so we went out to eat at a buffet. I actually feel good after eating there cause they had a lot of good i could eat. I had cottage cheese chicken broth bourbon chicken and even had a treat of sugar free pudding with whipped topping! When i talk about eating all that food it probably totaled 3 tbsp!

Usually in the evening i feel pretty bad nauseous and tired but tonight I'm feeling good. How about you?

I can't wait to be able to eat or drink more easily. Drinking more so than the eating. It's such a chore to get down one Isopure and Water. And the food-I haven't thrown up so I'm glad about that but it's still so uncomfortable to eat. God help me- if I wasn't loosing weight I would hate this. The weight loss is very encouraging. Enough to think that I made the right decision.

My surgeon never talked to me about what kind of weight loss I'd see and I never looked into it too much. I just myself to hope for 10 pounds a month. I mean, they told me the 65% thing but in my head I thought that was a year out. I've lost 20. I didn't realize how fast it would go. I keep bracing myself for a stall and telling myself that this is more than I ever hoped for so if I whine after loosing over a pound a day I need someone to slap me or something. JK

I've had some down times. Week one was the hardest. It was really hard not to eat with my son. He's 10. We live 5 blocks from a little Caesars pizza an for the first time we walked to get the pizza. I've been telling myself to do that for 2 years. Anyway it was too much. The smell was too tempting. I took the cheese topping chewed it and spit it out. That was my low point. I haven't bothered sharing that on here because people are so negative. Week 2 was better. I'm getting used to mind hunger and not craving things I smell.

I'm learning the difference between being full and being satisfied. Which for me means eating very very tiny bites.

Sorry, this is getting rather long. One last thing-my family is being more supportive of the surgery and my decision. Maybe they're just glad I made it through the surgery. ?

The buffet sounds good-and great job-I haven't gone out for a meal yet...kinda nervous. Happy birthday! How old is your son? Mine's 10.

[devonmae 56]

I have four kids. My oldest is 11 the birthday boy will be 8 then i have a 5 yr old girl and a 3 yr old boy. I have been able to drink pretty normally now. I just cannot tolerate Protein Shakes anymore and i know I'm not able to eat enough to get my Protein in so i know my hair will be falling out soon!

[nessieberry 19]

I have four kids. My oldest is 11 the birthday boy will be 8 then i have a 5 yr old girl and a 3 yr old boy. I have been able to drink pretty normally now. I just cannot tolerate Protein shakes anymore and i know I'm not able to eat enough to get my Protein in so i know my hair will be falling out soon!

You must be busy!! Can you handle the isopures? They are the only thing I can do because they aren't chunky. The apple ones aren't bad.

[devonmae 56]

I haven't tried the Isopure I was just drinking the high Protein low carb slim fast and the Syntrax. Today i had 1/2 an egg and 1/2 a sausage patty for Breakfast and some tuna fish for lunch. I think I'm starting to figure out when I'm full before its too much! So far both times i ate today I did not get sick! How are you doing with Vitamins. I need to start taking mine during the day because i usually wait till night and then i feel so bad i can't take them cause i can't swallow one more pill.

[nessieberry 19]

I haven't tried the Isopure I was just drinking the high Protein low carb slim fast and the Syntrax. Today i had 1/2 an egg and 1/2 a sausage patty for breakfast and some tuna fish for lunch. I think I'm starting to figure out when I'm full before its too much! So far both times i ate today I did not get sick! How are you doing with Vitamins. I need to start taking mine during the day because i usually wait till night and then i feel so bad i can't take them cause i can't swallow one more pill.

I do okay swallowing pills. My main problem is just feeling discomfort when I drink and eat. I feel like everything is all jumbled inside of me. I need to get out and walk more. At least it's not snowing this week!

[rybecca20 160]

Rybecca how has your recovery been?

Hi I am doing great!! 8 months out and I feel normal again. Well for the most part. It gets better everyday!!