~*~Rachel~*~

Yea I decided it was way to soon to do all that jumping and jiving I am still having issues this morning hopefully I did not mess anything up kinda having a sharp pain if I breath in deeply. Think I will take it easy today..

I will be praying for you in the next few days! Keep focused and be excited your starting a new direction in your life!

Thanks for the suggestions I will try them!

Hi dadkins Hope you are doing well too you will have to give us a little update

My doctors office was awesome they put together a binder of what we can have and when so I have been sticking to it. I call it my band bible lol.

Thanks guys I am okay just in a lot of pain. feels like my port is going to rip out and this gas pain has started. I am a walking time bomb Hopefully it will feel better soon.

It sucked being at work every time I turned around this week they were offering me something but I resisted!!!! It felt horrible but It seemed like I have lost at least a pound a day so that is motivating! Now I am off until after I can return to full duty. surgery is on tuesday! Stay strong! We can do it!

Glad everything went well YAY!!!!

Lol I promise he was not meaning to do it. I gave him hell last night teasing him about it all night so he is pretty embarrassed. Btw He is my co worker I can't stay away from him.

Thanks guys. He is only a man... you have to forgive him I guess lol... I told my husband and he was just like wow he really stuck his foot in his mouth didn't he.... It is funny of course now but it kinda stung at first.... but boy do I plan to get the last laugh!!!

Good luck tomorrow let us know how everything went... Enjoy being reborn

Thank you all for the encouragement feeling better. Just had a weak I wanna vent moment and thanks for listening. Even if I was not having surgery it is just a bad time in my life lots going on and its hard to make a decision to go ahead at the risk of making things financially worse. But I would rather have debt then not be alive. I cried, I got a shake down. Found that if I will drink some chicken broth after it sooths the nausea. I will survive and keep the days ticking...

well I could only get about half the tomato soup down so I came home and made turkey sausage and a egg felt so good to have something on my stomach... I think I am just going to have to have a balance of one of the bars they are good pudding salad and protein. keep everything low carb but the carbs on the bars and shakes and stuff they want me to drink are far more calories and carbs then i would make out of a meal i would enjoy..

Okay so I am hungry... But not just starved! I think it is just the thought of what I would have already ate today that is getting to me...

So far I have had:

3 cups of coffee + non dairy creamer+ sweet and low= Calories-40 carbs-0

1/2 Robard new direction Strawberry protein shake= Calories-100 Carbs-5 Protein 13 (since I only had half)

Small green salad with cucumber lettuce banana peper green onions 1 dill pickle and wishbone salad spray= Calories ~50 Carbs~ 4

1- Fudge graham chocolate new direction meal replacement bar= Calories-160 carbs- 12 Protein- 15g Soy Protein- 13g

For the rest of the night I have:

1- Strawberry Jello- Calories 10

1- Baked chicken breast Mrs. Dash onion and herb + 1 tsp Dijion mustard= Calories-120 Protein-25g Carbs-<1

1- Chocolate Robard replacement Pudding= Calories-200 Protein-27g Soy Protein-3 Total Carbs=10

Small green salad same as above

1- Hot cocoa Robard new direction meal replacement- Calories-200 Protein-27 Carbs-10g

okay okay so I know that looks like a lot of carbs.... but thats total carbs and the amount of carbs available for digestion into sugars is a lot less.

So Total= Calories-roughly 930 maybe 10 or 20 more depending on amounts

Protein- 110 roughly

Carbs- 45 give are take 1 or 2..... pretty good I think...

Yes it is the same process. From what I have watched of the surgery on youtube they basically have to move your liver out of the way to get to the spot they have to work in. A lot of doctors do it different though. Some only allow clear liquids or full liquids and protein shakes. Some do a optifast diet which is nothing but protein shakes. Some do Atkins diet. So basically it all works the same less carbs less fat = less liver..

Enjoying my first shake. It is Strawberry blended with ice. Actually taste good like a Strawberry melted milkshake. Its 200Cal and 27g of protein! I think 10 carbs. So far so good. Only other calories used is my nondairy creamer for my coffee it was 20... had two cups so total 250cal. 27g protein. 1 Viactiv calcium chew. <love these> <10 cal>. http://www.robard.com is my diet replacement website if anyone wants to check out these shakes.

Thanks guys I look forward to reading of your successes as well. This website had become my new facebook! It really is a great way to start and continue through this journey. That is exactly what it is .... a Journey into the unknown. Each of us do not know where we are going or how successful we will be or what complications will stand in our way but through faith and support we find in our little community may we each have the courage to journey.