brokenwings

Your going to do great... I am in 48 hours.. This time wenesday i will be banded

Sending Prayers and good vibes your way. Would appricate you do the same for me Wensday as thats when i have my band. I have to be at the hospital at 6 am but driving 2 1/2 hours so will be leaving my home around 3 am.

Wow sorry your husband is being so mean. I think he is bullying you becasue of his own self image He is scared you will lose weight then leave him. And if he is always this way with you he may be right. NO one deserves to be talked to the way he is to you at this time. Tell him if he cant be supportive then to just be quiet. There is risks to anything but much more risks to what your health is going to be if you dont lose weight. Fact is being over weight is damaging to all of our bodies. So do this not for the negitive husband but for yourself!

lol that sounds so much nicer then the weird dream i had last night. I am on day 4 of my preop diet and having surgery wenesday. SO this morning i dreamed i was in a place and they charged you on how much you would eat and they charged me the most expensive meal. It was self serve and i kept adding things i wanted to my tray thinking the whole time how everyone who saw it would think i was a pig but did not have the will power to not get it. Then i saw this chocolate cupcake someone was eating and i had to have one. I looked around only one i saw was part of the table decoration but i took it The icing was mile high and it looked so good.Everyone was watching me and whispering bout what a pig i was, I took a bite and it was awful. Tasted sorta like ice milk but much worse. I couldnt wait to throw it away. Thats when i woke up

I guess in this i am lucky. I have 2 coworkers who did this 2 yrs ago both highly successful. One had slight complications but i asked her even with that would she do it all over again and her answer was a unresounding YES. I do have one coworker who tells me this scares her and worries her. But fact is while any surgery scares me not as much as growing older with this weight and what i know my health in the long run will be.

I had a very bad night sleeping last night. Went to bed with my back and leg hurting and tossed and turned also had on my mind what if something does go wrong during surgery. I have my children grown (youngest is a jr and is 18) but I sure want to be around for a long long time to enjoy them and my grandbabies. So anyway this morning after waking up many times i dozed back to sleep and i had this dream. My daughter and myself went into a resturant that was serve yourself. When we went in they informed us it was based on how much you thought you would eat. When i told them i had no idea they then choose the biggest meal plan for me. I was slightly embarrassed but that didnt stop me from going to the line and start loading up my tray. I wanted everything. I kept thinking how embarrasing it was and that everyone was going to see my tray of food and think of me as a pig. But then i spotted the hugest chocolate cupcake with mile high icing. Somone was eating one and i had to have one to. I looked around and there wasnt any left except one they used for disply. So i took it. I then proceded to take a bite while everyone in the place was watching and whispering bout me being a pig. The first bite and it was awful. It tasted like ice milk only worse. I quickly tossed it away, I was waken up just at that time at what i thought was a car horn only when i looked outside wasnt anyone there. I think this was my msg that I cant contiune this way. That i must take this step to become a new me. To beat this food issue once and for all. I know this was weird and a long story but well i had to share it with someone who might understand how this dream effected me.

Ok its very normal to have fears. A few days ago i was laying in bed and almost went into a pure panic bout the surgery. Thing is I look at it this way. While there are risks for any procedure they are less then the risk of you getting injuried in a car accident. You must put all risks in perpespective. Now i cant tell you what will happen if you have the surgery i can tell you the riks of heart diease, Diabeties complication etc.. are VERY high if you dont have the surgery and lost weight. This is a life changing surgery and I personally think it will change all of our lifes for the good. I want to live a long healthy life. I know now when i walk my knees hurt, my back is hurting as i sit here typing. I Know that the fact that im insulin resistance mean i am one step from diabeties and being a nurse i know what that does to your kidneys heart etc... SO While you must make your own choice please dont let anyone freak you out. Think of these riks in perspective...

I am taking a week after surgery. I have my surgery on a wen i am not coming back to work till the following thur.

i was going to be off work untill my surgery wenesday but I am going in to work for a friend today who needed off for a family emergancy.I have had alot of time on my hands but i am now wondering how i will do at work on this preop diet. I have been doing great at home, even if i have only lost 2 lbs in the 2 days. I have not had the desire to cheat on it at all.

I have been trying to figure out how to post the before pics in the profile. I see the spot for it but cant figure out how to upload a picture. I have forever hidden from the camera and i dislike seeing pictures of me. The reason is they make me relize just how big i have become. Thus i want to put my before pic up here so i can use it to help myself stay on track and maybe when i get to put an after pic it can be encouragment to others...

Sure is a quiet day in here. Seems no one is around. I have had my lunch and breakfest and so far the preop diet has been ok with me. I lost 1.6 lbs yesterday. I dont have alot ot say just wanted to see what everyone else is up to today.

My diet plan is 2 shakes a day has to be below 25 carbs, 2 cups of milk a day 2% or Skim, 1 cup of fruit juice, 3 dairy products a day to include( Light Yogurt, sugar free pudding, 1/2 cup cottage cheese) 2 fruits a day ( a small fruit or 1/2 cup canned), 2 fudge sycles (no sugar added) 2 cups of veggies a day ( can use italian dressing on these) all the soup broth i want and all the popsycles, crystal light i want. I know ppl keeps having issues with this diet and i know i am only on the 2 day but for me its been pretty easy. The worse part is the shakes only found one i really like alot. But the rest of the day i am eating eating eating and feel good. I hope this helped.

Darlin i would call my Surgeon first thing in the morning. Tell him what happened get in to see him as soon as possiable... He will know the answers.

I have eaten it seems all day and yet i just now reached 699 calories according to the myfitnesspal.com today.. This liquid diet sure isnt adding up many calories... I gotta lose at least 10 lbs at this rate by surgery date. Would love to leave my house next wenesday at 299 lbs... I know I know wish wish wish...

Awww Charda shake (no pun intended) it off hon. Its going to be ok. You just change it now. The preop diet is for the most part to not lose weight but to shrink that liver down. Just look at it as one step to getting closer to the band we all need...

LOL I am on my preop diet so sure wont be any of those things for me. I am having my 2nd protien shake (saving it for dinner) and my cup of carrots with some italaian dressing, also got 2 more dairys and 2 cups of milk so going to do some sugar free pudding in there somewhere and maybe a yougut. I also have one more no sugar added fudge sycle left for the day. I have yet to eat my first popsycle. I did have chicken broth ( drained progresso low sodium soup 2 xs today. For lunch i had that a cup of lettuce and my 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup peaches and actually enjoyed it. For any of you who are drinking crystal light i found the BEST flavor this week. Its appletina and it tastes just like one sooo YUMMY. I also got a margirita one but not tried it yet.

Only 15 lbs?? lol you do relize thats like 5 lbs a week.. pretty dang exciting if you ask me!! Way to go!

The surgeons phone call took all of 2 mins today. He said my labs was all great and that as far as he is concerned he will see me next week bright and early for my band to be placed. I am now though all the hurdles. And so far today the diet has not been bad at all...

HI Mendy!! Welcome to our group. I think you will do fanstastic I am having mine May 2. I am so ready for this move.

Yes Elizabeth i did get the clerance today and faxed it to my drs office. Today is the day the surgeon calls me. I am waiting for that and i started my preop diet. I had half a banana and a slim fast 1 2 3 for breakfest gotta say tasted good and i am pretty satisfied.

Yay!!!! doing a little happy dance for you. Everytime i read something like this i know i am on the right path to happiness and health.

This morning before i went to work (after seeing my primary MD and getting the medical clearnance i needed for my surgery related to my Blood Pressure) I went by the store and got some itlaian ices sugar free.. I love the lemon ones... Yea i am ready to jump on this thing.

lol besides 3.5 lbs in 4 days is more then the 2 lbs a week they suggested we will lose your doing great.

I read that the gas and gurgling is normal. Have you tried gasx .. I was told by my surgeon to be sure to have gasx melts on hand that i would want them after surgery. As for not much weight loss yet as someone pointed out (not sure with my medical background why i didnt think of it) we are starving a system that is use to alot of food so its in shock and thus slowing down our metablosim but when it relizes that hey this is what we have then it will start using the stores of fat we have for energy...

Judy i think those will be my lifesaver as i was told i could have as many sugar free popsicles as i want. So everytime i get hungry or a craving one is going in my mouth... lol i may slosh by time i am done with the week but my liver will shrink.