linda305

Ladies and gentleman!!!! OMG, surgery is set for tomorrow. I am excited and ready to live my life to the fullest.

Ladies and gentleman!!!! OMG, surgery is set for tomorrow. I am excited and ready to live my life to the fullest.

Ladies and gentleman!!!! OMG, surgery is set for tomorrow. I am excited and ready to live my life to the fullest.

Congrats. You'll be fine. I'm right after you. I have surgery on Tuesday.

The surgery is no more dangerous than gallbladder surgery.
We will be fine.
We need to do our part. Follow the directions. Get our heads right. Reach out to support groups / psychologists / forum members. If we do the things we need to do our odds of success and low complications are high.
You got this. We got this. Breath. We will be ok.

Congratulations. Im scheduled for Tuesday December 3rd.

Today i decided to stay home today. My surgery is suppose to be on Tuesday. If i lose the required 20 pounds my doctor suggested i lose within two weeks. Therefore no turkey for me especially my favorite "rice". But i am thankful for getting ready to have this surgery.

Congratulations with your surgery. Im glad to see your doing great. I can't wait to be were you are.

Congratulations. Im scheduled for Tuesday December 3rd.

Today i decided to stay home today. My surgery is suppose to be on Tuesday. If i lose the required 20 pounds my doctor suggested i lose within two weeks. Therefore no turkey for me especially my favorite "rice". But i am thankful for getting ready to have this surgery.

Linda305, don't be down on yourself. Don't dwell on the mishap. We all make mistakes and many of us cheat [pre and post op]. Just keep telling yourself why you are doing this. Forgive yourself and move on.
If you don't like the taste of Water, I don't, try infusing the water with fruit. Just pick out the fruit you like, cut it up and put the slices in the water container. This way the water tastes a little, "a little", like the fruit.
Are you exercising? When I was about to join the police academy [many moons ago] I was told I had to lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks. I hated exercising but I went running every day. The surgeon and nursing staff will tell you to get out and walk at least 30 minutes every day. If you are not exercising, go to the mall and walk.
I agree with Hotmess, if you are sick you should not have the surgery. Your immune system is comprised.
Good Luck, keep us posted.

Whoa! I read that you have to lose 20 in 2 and my eyes almost rolled out my head!! You know what, I would have the greatest challenge when I was on HCG sometimes with cheating. One way that I prevented a cheat was to go to Starbucks and order a large regular coffee and I would add splenda and one Creamer in it. Having a taste of sweetness helped me and I new it was not a lot of calories. My other way was to go to bed earlier than I would before. So off to sleep at 7:30 or 8pm. No way would I wake up to eat or cheat. Hope this helps and Good Luck!

Not to encourage you not to put forth your full effort to lose the 20 lbs., if that is what is required by your doctor, but there are times that in order to motivate people to meet a loss, there is a chance that the doctor may have requested that you do above the actual number, so that you reach the "real" weight loss which is needed to shrink your liver in order to perform a safe and less complicated surgery! It's called "reverse psychology" or what I like to call.... "tricking the bad behavioral mechanisms that are inherent in us into submission"
For instance, when I need choir members to be at a certain place, at a certain time, and knowing that if I say 2:00, they'll get there at 3:00, I will tell them to be there at 1:00, so they'll be there at 2:00 on time. Do I get belly aching and whining about "why do we have to be there at 1:00, the event doesn't start until 3:00" Yes, but guess what, they never fail to get there on time, because some "people" generally have a built-in behavioral mechanism to be late. So for the half-steppers, I trick their "behavioral mechanisms" into being on time by requiring them to show up earlier than the actual scheduled time.
I say all this to say.... it's not all gloom and doom, and you're not a complete failure! Continue on the mandated plan, and lose as much as possible and keep in mind that if you don't stick to it, it will delay the surgery even further. You just never know, 20 lbs. may not be attainable or even the "true" amount that you actually need lose, but if you stick to it and loss as much as possible, you may find that you actually lost the "real" about weight needed, even if it's less than 20 lbs., to perform a safe and less complicated surgery because the liver will have decreased to the actual desired size. The point and encouragement here is to lose as much as possible, so that if the doctor does require 20 lbs. you won't have that far to go!
Keep up the good work, and remember to STAY BEAUTIFUL by remaining positive in your thinking and in your words.... and your actions are guaranteed to follow!

Thanks Tink22, that hurts but i needed that.

Thanks Hotmess. I know I'm ready for this surgery. I am not saying everyone cheats but im willing to say my failure. Some people have one pre op day or one week pre op. I have two weeks and i will admit its very hard. My doctor is so crazy to think i can lose 20 pounds in two weeks. I have gotten back on the wagon and started my shakes again. But thanks for the well wishes and i will try harder.

Don't feel so bad about cheating. I wanted a Baconator SO bad on my pre-op diet and I didn't give in and get it - and to be perfectly honest I really wish I had gotten it. I'm 2 months post op now and I can have a bite or two - and I'm at point now that it doesn't bother to think about a Baconator, but everything is different now. Even if I wanted to eat a WHOLE Baconator it would probably take me ALL day and part of the next day. I'm incredibly THANKFUL for that too - because if I didn't get sleeved I would still be eating Baconators all the time! I'm rambling but my point is - don't beat yourself up about because once you're sleeved you won't be able to eat like that!

On my 5th pre op day i went to McDonalds and got a 5 piece mighty wing. And today i ate some chicken noodle Soup by Campbells that was 70 calories. I have a cold and been feeling really sick. My pro op diet consist of only 5 shakes a day, Water, crystal light and sugar free Jello. I was told to lose 20 pounds within 2 weeks but only lost 5 pounds the first week. My advocate adviced me that if i didn't lose that 20 pounds by the 2nd surgery will be cancled on the 3rd.

They are Optifast Protein Shakes. Yes, 20 pounds in 2 weeks. Im trying to move on. I just hope my sugery doesn't get canceled. Thanks for the pep talk.

Thanks Tink22, that hurts but i needed that.

Thank you Bluetatto. My doctor only wants us to drink Optifast which has 160 calories, 17g sugar, 14g protein.

Thats really good, congrats. How long did it take to lose 12 pounds? If you don't mind me asking.

Wow. 12 pounds over the weekend. I will try that in the next couple of days

Wow. 12 pounds over the weekend. I will try that in the next couple of days

Thanks Hotmess. I know I'm ready for this surgery. I am not saying everyone cheats but im willing to say my failure. Some people have one pre op day or one week pre op. I have two weeks and i will admit its very hard. My doctor is so crazy to think i can lose 20 pounds in two weeks. I have gotten back on the wagon and started my shakes again. But thanks for the well wishes and i will try harder.

Thanks Tink22, that hurts but i needed that.