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May 21 I will start, what I'm calling, the "liver shakes". My surgery is June 11. That's 22 days of 3 shakes a day, plus 250 additional calories from low glycemic index vegetables...omg. Math and vegetables in the same sentence. What am I doing?? My fridge is completely stocked with vegetables. I'm ready. I know that the first week is hard, and will power through. But with 20 some years of crappy eating habits in my arsenal, what if it's just too hard and I cave. I don't want to believe that I will.

I hate vegetables. I may never want to see arugula again :)

I hate being fat more. Maybe those hated vegetables will be my liberators in the end.

I might be excited. But don't tell anyone.

~M

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That's a really vicious pre-op diet!! I can't comment from personal exoerience as I didn't have to do any pre-op diet at all but I just wanted to say, whatever hoops your doctor makes you jump through, it will be worth it in the end!

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After day three you stop wanting to steal candy from babies or ponder robbing the quicky mart

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