Shelleymb

Thanks! Surgery went well. I cried going under though because was a first. But I did well. Thank you.

Ive been wrapping my body in a heating blanket. The wedding is August 23 2014.

I've never had surgery before and I'm terrified. I don't understand how anesthetic works and that scares me. I'm ready to be home. That's all. Mumford and Sons playing to keep me calm, and it's working.

Sitting in my hospital bed, waiting for my journey to start. Got my first iv... Pretty scary stuff for me. See ya on the flip side.

My surgery is tomorrow, and I can't seem to get my house clean enough, I feel like I'm having a baby!

Did anyone else plateau while on their pre op diet? Haven't lost weight in two days. I feel maybe I might be in starvation mode. Boo. My surgery is tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous because I haven't lost any weight in two days.

It is my TOM... Mother, I'm an idiot. Lol my bad.

Ok, they told me to lose 10 pounds, and I lost 12, I just thought it was weird to not lose anything on so few calories

It's been a long whole since I weighed less than 280 pounds, but this morning when I got on the scale I weighed 279.2 I am on day 5 of my pre-op diet and have lost a total of 12.4lbs since starting on Friday. But, unless surgery and recovery cause me to go back, mark my words... I will need be in the 280's or above again. I say good bye to those pounds and I never want to see you again! Happy Tuesday everyone.

Oh no, that sucks, because BCBS would have excepted it most likely. They seem pretty lax on everything

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My surgery date is this Friday. I am still on my liquid diet for a few more days. Did you insurance company say that you had to start over on you nutrition/supervised diet? Because that makes no sense.

I was scared of this too while going through my supervised diet so I asked the clinic and they said that the only weight that bcbs sees is the starting weight and BMI, the 3 month diet is all about making lifestyle choices and making your goals.

We can do this!!! Hold strong!!

I just figured out I don't know how to add people D:

Burned off those lumpia .... Now it's time for bed.

Find me on this little app, I'll probably use it as my "weight loss twitter" since I'm not telling people about my band. Or leave me your screen name and I'll find you! My screen name is Shelleymbecker

How weird, is that for pre op or forever?

Straws to drink with? She never said anything to me. I find I drink more water through out the day with my cup and straw cause I sip on it without thinking about it.

I meant never, not need. Lol

I had my final appointment with my surgeon before my surgery on Friday. It was weird to be off routine for my liquid diet, and it caused me to stray from the path that I have laid down for myself. Because the clinic that I am working with is about 2 hours away, I froze one of my protein shakes so that when I got hungry in the afternoon, I would have a cold shake. Well, I froze the shake solid and it wasn't close to being thawed out and It came time to where I could feel my tummy grumbling. So when I finally got home I popped one of my frozen meals into the microwave and waited. And as I waited, Ty made some lumpia for his dinner. After I finished my meal, I made a mistake. I ate two little lumpia. And they were so good. But right after I finished being happy about the taste, I immediately felt guilt. So I got my phone and went to input the lumpia into myfitnesspal I found out that they are 110 calories each. I felt even worse. The only thing I didn't feel bad about was not going over my calories. But I still felt awful. Then I sat up and said to myself, "I am human, I make choices, some are good, some are better, and some just mean that there is another action to be its companion." So the next thing I looked up on my phone, was when my gym closed. 9pm, so after the food settles in my stomach, I am going to finish the action that I started by eating the lumpia. I'm going to burn those calories and more. I no longer feel guilty, I feel responsible.

Must must must drink water, it's what helps flush the bad stuff out as your body burns it off. Drink till your eyes float!

And I'm exhausted. Is that normal? It's 7 and I'm ready for bed. I was able to drink 96 oz. of water, had 3 protein shakes and a Smart Ones meal for dinner. Does anyone know how many calories I need to consume before going into starvation mode? Because I only consumed 620 for the day, I just don't think I can drink another shake. Please, any advice....

Luckily I only have to do it for a week, but then I think about after surgery and how it will be about a month before I can eat real food. Boo

I (oddly) miss being at work to help distract me from not being able to eat. I have been hungrier at home and have already had 3 shakes today and its only a little past noon! So I'm going out to exercise. Burn off these calories.