Pre-op Diet???

[2babutterfly 483]

Oh my,,,I had yesterdays date wrong!!! I only have 8 days til surgery!!! I'm on the 13th..I go tomorrow to meet with the nutritionist....day 2 isn't too bad...but I want something salty soooo bad! Everything on my list is sweet except my broth!!!

Are any of you tired??? I feel a little tired today.

[EricaLyn 0]

Oh my,,,I had yesterdays date wrong!!! I only have 8 days til surgery!!! I'm on the 13th..I go tomorrow to meet with the nutritionist....day 2 isn't too bad...but I want something salty soooo bad! Everything on my list is sweet except my broth!!!

Are any of you tired??? I feel a little tired today.

I'm on the 13th as well! I'm so excited and a bit nervous and kind of anxious and well....kind of flipping out. LOL

I've been on a 1000 calorie diet for 5 weeks now. My 3-week pre-op diet has gone well. I'm on all liquids right now. It's tough. I'm really hungry. Not just head hunger either. Feeling weak and light headed.

Of course today is Cinco de mayo and the entire office smells like a Mexican restaurant. AND one of my co-workers made this awesome Bundt cake - it looks heavenly. Ack. I just keep walking past as I go about my day.

I'm losing a ton of inches, but the scale isn't budging which is frustrating. I've been holding at 25 lbs lost and 295 lbs. My goal before surgery was 290 lbs. Hopefully I'll lose another 5 lbs before May 13th.

I'm also starting to think about the foods I'll not have again, i.e., popcorn. I'm so hung up on popcorn right now I can't stand it. I know I shouldn't even think about entering a movie theater for a few months.

Happy to have another May 13th bandster!

[Allison 2]

I've actually heard that most people can eat popcorn, you can just get the fat free kind or something.

[jbflorida 1]

Hi Erica--I'm a May 13 bander too!

Hungry, but determined. I'm on 800 calories of Optifast. Boring.

I just went to a birthday party--ate nothing. Yay me! Yay you!

[KristeyK 8]

Now THAT takes a lot of discipline!!! Going to a party and not even eating cake. YOU GO!!!!

[jbflorida 1]

Thanks, KristyK--love the little silly pictures on your posts!

It is not discipline and it certainly is not willpower. It is CHOICE. I find that if I have to rely on discipline and willpower, I eventually lose....and I don't mean weight!

It has to be a choice that I am making. Then there is no struggle. In fact, nothing at the party (and there WERE goodies) tempted me because I chose to do this. Mindset.

Unfortunately, in the past, after I lost the weight and the choice to diet was over and I was "cute"--I got cocky and well, y'all know the rest.

Today is day 8 of preop and I am more bored of it than anything...