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I wore the gown the first day but got up and showered and put on my pajamas the second day and left those on until I showered the next morning and I put on yoga pants and a shirt to go home in. It was nice to be in my stuff and I was comfy.

Approved this morning. My date is October 28th at Christiana Hospital in Delaware. :-) Hi fellow October sleevers!

I, too, have tried & returned several different Protein powders. I used Body Fortress chocolate Peanut Butter before surgery but it does have 7 grams of carbs so I tried the Body Fortress vanilla whey isolate & added sugar-free Torani, DaVinci or Walden Farms syrups. I tolerated it, but after surgery, the vanilla stuff was horrible & sat like a rock in my stomach. Of course, for the first week after surgery I was only allowed Clear Liquids, no Protein Shakes until day 8. I went back to the chocolate peanut butter stuff since I could handle it. But after another week or so, even that one turned on me. I bought some unflavored whey isolate Protein Powder & GNC & added my flavored syrups to that. The only issue I had was that it was a bit thick. I did a lot of research online & ended up getting some Now Sports unflavored whey isolate protein powder from Amazon. You can even get it in a 10-pound bag for the best value. It is truly unflavored & is not thick. Now that I'm on pureed foods, I add it to get my protein goals each day.

I hope this happens to me lol

haha i packed a lose set of pajamas for going home in, my kindle and my cell phone and charger. i used none of it, as i was sleeping most of the time.

While in my weight loss journey I tried almost every Protein Powder out there. They were nothing but disgusting. The thickness, the after taste, and just plain nastiness doesnt sit we'll with me.
Please tell me someone out there had the same reaction but found something good?

Hi that is really not a silly question. Im sure more of us wondered the same thing. Depending on how big your ice shavings.. but one and a half cup is more or less equal to one cup of Water. The ice also helps for the swelling of the new stomack where it was cut. So go ahead and eat up..it is only good for you. Also don't worry if you accidentally swallow a small piece, it will melt soon after reaching the stomack. No harm done. All of the best on your journey...

You should be fine, as it will all be Water by the time it hits your stomach. Since ice is less dense than water, and has some air between the bits of ice, a cup of ice will be less than a cup of water - how much less will depend upon how finely shaved it is. Weigh it to be sure, as an ounce of ice by weight is the same as an ounce of water by volume.

I started an excel workbook.
Tab 1:
1) track weight loss per month versus my forecasted goal
2) track weight loss per week versus my forecasted goal
3) track BMI and current BMI ratings
4) track chest, arm and waist measurements per month versus my forecated goals
5) I chart via a contol charts to see if I'm loosing to much or gaining weight, so I can change what I eat to prevent any additional shifts. I'm a 6-sigma Black Belt geek.
Tab 2:
1) track my clothing size per month versus my forecasted goals
Whatever method you use, make sure you like tracking via that method or you might stop tracking.

I am keeping a binder. In it I have my doctors plan and info. But has gone so far beyond that. I have recipes for each stage. I have fitness info, suggestions, and plans. I have inspirational quotes. I have found printable logs for my food, exercise, and designed my on journal pages. It's all girly and customize just for me. Everything I find here or on my FB support groups I save and copy it and put it in my binder. It out grew my first binder and I got a lot bigger binder for it. It's so inspirational. I have every thing at my finger tips. I love it and think it has really helped me so far in the process of gathering info. I feel it will help keep me accountable and encouraged. I think it's an awesome Idea for you!!!

I feel the same way, as I imagine most yo-yo'ers do. To be in the 220's would be awesome, but the thought of Onederland? It's almost too exciting to hope for. I've not been under 200 since I was 19. I can only imagine the positive changes physically, socially, and emotionally of losing a whole person! I also want to doubt it but at the same time I just want to rush through and get started on the losing and surgery. I'm ready to live.

You go girl! I can't wait to be in regular size clothes!

Book, binder, journal!! All, some or one?
I'm starting a binder to keep all the info I find important from the boards. I am going to print out the posts that really helped me and keep them so if I ever need to go back to something I don't have to scroll through hundreds of pages. I will keep my before pics for when I feel I need to control my cravings close at hand so I can keep myself accountable.
Did anyone keep anything like this?

I have a notebook in Evernote where I have kept all that type of information that is important to me that I want quick reference to. It is easily searchable and has personally been a great resource tool for me.

Premier Protein is the best! Only one I could tolerate without gagging.

Body Fortress chocolate was really good and very inexpensive! It taste just like chocolate milk. It wasn't gritty or too thick. It is 8 grams Total Carbs and 26 grams of protein.I tried Premier and it was disgusting.

I can across this page and it laid everything out nicely for me. Maybe it will also help someone else who is getting ready for surgery. This is exactly what I needed and really makes me more comfortable with my new habits I need to create post op.
http://www.murfsurg.com/dietary_guidelines_sleeve_gastrectomy.htm

Fit,
I friend if mine had this saying, "how do you eat an elephant?.... One bite at a time!!" He meant that to look at a task that is really large you complete it one step at a time. Celebrate the intirim goals, that will give you victories and help keep motivated!! Plus its nice to have wins!!!
In our cases if we have 100 pounds to lose, and set 10-10# wieght loss minigoals and we only lose 90 pounds, thats is still damn good!! Do we meet our ultimate goal, no, but we reached 9 minigoals, have 9 victories and still lost 90pounds!!! Plus we probably had a few NSV's along the way!!! Thats awesome and pretty good!! We would all be that much healthier and skinnier and better off!!!
Every large task I have undetaking since, i have looked at the same way.

This is a lot like the diet my doctor gave me, although it does progress slightly faster on a couple of things.