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I am so blessed to sit here and write that surgery went well. better than expected outcome, I did not feel any pain or nausea. I didnt even use the lortab i picked up for post op pain. I am a little disappointed that i have i did not drop any weight since pre-surgery. i only weighed myself all week the first seek after surgery and the number did not go below 240. i figured i will wait until my 2 week post op appt to weigh in with doc and ask him why! I know it could be any numbe of reason. but in the back of my head i'm thinking, am i the exception to the rule? i know i'm just freaking out. i can tell my clothes fit me loose and and my face is already smaller. but i can sure take in a lot of fluids. i mean i have no problem getting in 64 ounces of fluid. today i tried my puree soup with 3 saltine crackers. and i feel ok. last week, i took a nibble of a cheeseburger sample at costco. i thought it would be stuck or something, but it didn't. it was mostly the meat and i chewed it well. since then, nothing other than liquids. and walking. i've done it every day so far, tonight i may skip it. i had my first massage post surgery and i feel a little sore. maybe i;ll get up early and have a nice saturday morning walk. ahhh thanks for listening. ttyl

It has been HARD! I find it easier to stay at home and watch movies without commercials! seriously, the TV has nothing but food advertisements. I am eating SF jello and pudding and popsicles like crazy! I like to whip my protien shake in the blender with a few ice cubes. I can't believe that I have been good for so long! 9 whole days! Well.... truth be told..... I cheated! on day two with a small salad and a cup of restaurant chicken soup, then on the second week I had another restaurant inestrone soup (left most of the veggies) and small piece of buttered bread. I felt so guilty, my nutritionist said to not worry about what was done, but try my best to stya on liquid only. and everything I hear reiterates that this is for my best. I need to shrink my liver for surgery, and so one and so forth..... I have to keep busy by posting and checking out this site, and talking to people who support me, but mostly its in my own head that I need to remind myself, this is for my own good. A new healthy me will emerge!!

Wow, thanks to everyone for reading my blog. i've never had a blog!! i couldn'd find how to keep entering on it, so i stopped. so here's the update. Almost finished will all pre-op work. doing labs on thurday. sleeve date is OCT 9th! so excited. I didn;t think that i could do this liquid diet, but so far so good. i have cheated a tiny bit, and someone sscared me by saying that you absolutely cannot have anything besides the liquid diet! something about cleaning out the intestines, but isnt' that what the bowel cleanser is for? i cheated on the second day by eating a small dinner salad. then i cheated again by having restaurant soup, only the soup part, i didnt even eat the veggies, oh and i snuck in a cracker in the soup. i think i've done very good considering the kind of eater i used to be. I also learned that a family friend just got sleeved last week, i talked to her on Saturday and she is doing great. my mom is all for me doing this and helping me with moral support. in fact my two sisters are drinking the protien shakes in solidarity. I am so blessed to have a supportived family. it's hard believe me, i honestly did not think that i could get this far. and oh, the good news, my clothes is alread fitting loosely! i am very excited. i just wish my nutritionist would call me back and tell me that i can have a small salad or a vegatable soup here and there. i only have 5 more days until i start the clear liquid diet, that may be hard. but i can do this, i'm half way through the liquid diet. thanks again for all the comments and support. i love this forum, it gives me a place to go when i dont want to be around people who are eating!

Thanks for the encouragement!

I got the letter two days ago. I should be eating better, healthier, smaller portions.... no drinks with meals. no fat foods. I should have been preparing better instead of just 'in my head'. i know i have to start drinking shakes and eating better. has anyone else started late on changing habits?

so now is the real test. can i really stop drinking liquids before and after meals? will i be able to cut out my favorite carbs? can i do a liquid diet for two weeks at a time? i don't know! and now i get feedback from loved ones that say "dont do it!" "are you sure about this? you know how WE eat?" i've been known to be a 'quitter' in my own right. i am guilty of this from time to time. but i do understand the severity of what i am doing. i know the consequences of my actions from here on out. i dont want to fail at this and somehow gain my weight back. i have not heard stories of that yet, is it because it's too new of a surgery? i know in my nutritional classes most of the people getting a lap band or sleeve were there for revisions of a surgery gone bad (not the surgery but ther person gained the weight back). i dont want that to happene to me. i'm scared of that! this is all new for me, in my head i want a healthly lifestyle. i want to be healthy. i want to success with thsi surgery. i knwo it is only aa tool to use to help me, i cant expect to do nothing! i have to do the two things that i could never do on my own: EXERCISE AND EAT RIGHT!! can i do this? YES I can. i believe in visualization. i see myself thin and happy and enjoying life as it should be. not to be confined by my body image and the restraints of being morbidly obese.

LOL, i mean the carbonation expands the stomach.

Hello, I went to all my classes and they said no beer or soda (anything carbonated) because the carbonation expand the soda. that's what I understood.

i think if u r registered on this site, we have email/chat available. i would like to chat with anyone, but i may not have answers, im a newbie. try sending me a nessage thru here.

i'm with u! waiting for insurance approval. i am also getting excited reading the success stories. i want to be one too! right now i am having difficulty NOT drinking my water with meals or too soon before n after. its hard. also difficult exercising regularly. but onward we go, no looking back...

wow! sounds like my life story! thank u so much for sharing! i too think that way about good.... like i will miss it dearly (especially breads and sweets). i am praying that those cravings go away and will be replaced with the healthy foods that i love (salads and fruit, salmon, veggies) how does that saying go?? "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"....

Thanks to everyone for the encouragement! I know this is the best tool for me.

I think I'm mist nervous about hanging skin. And giving up things I love for a better body. Of course I will be getting healthier. Right now I am diabetic, have bad knees, high cholesterol, varicose viens. And risk of everything else that comes with morbid obesity. One sister say YES and one sister says NO. I keep hearing, "you can do it on your own", "you haven't even tried yet". I am trying to walk more and swim more, but this body is difficult to move. Any words of wisdom out there??