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Need to get back to eating low carb...I haven't been so faithful in this, and the scale is moving excruciatingly slow...but I know why...

just finished 3 oz of a boneless/skinless chicken thigh that I grilled... (my first dinner from the grill)... I have a happy tongue and tummy! It is getting easier every day, and I'm thankful to be back to "real" foods!!

finally on to Stage 3 (Soft Foods) today. Enjoying an egg fried in olive oil for breakfast!!! (Don't forget to eat those healthy fats...you will certainly lose your hair on any "diet" without them).

went on my first post-op hike today... 4.6 miles done! Feeling fantastic, but so stinking hungry and ready to chew something dang it!! 4 more days on "full liquids"...grr!

butterscotch sugar free jello made with 1% milk and a scoop of unflavored protein powder = super yummy protein packed snack!!!!

strange observation this morning: Since surgery, my plantar fasciitis in both my feet is gone! A year and a half I've had the pain, and since surgery it's gone! What?! Maybe the rest and pain medications used in the hospital?? I pray it stays gone!!

the best clear liquid dinner to date: strained egg drop soup...ate a whole cup...my "tiny tum" was happy and so was my tongue

slept through day 1, day 2 sucked arse in the pain dept, but day 3 is going so much better.... now comes the hard part of learning how to eat again

iv in and ready for surgery. see ya on the sleeved side!

"all my bags are packed, I'm ready to go..." We have to get up at 3:30 to catch our flight to Atlanta, then San Diego, then it's on to see Dr. Aceves for preop testing (surgery friday). Please say a little prayer for me. I struggled through the preop diet..grr. So ready to have something that gives me a jumpstart...I've lost hope on "diets"

so far today I have biked Cades Cove (11 mile very hilly loop in Great Smokies N.P.), and built a piece of a fence (horizontal center beams) and stained it. I'm warn out... at it's 89 degrees outside..shoo!

1 week from today I start "the sleeved life"... not exactly looking forward to the surgery, but am looking forward to the months ahead as I finally drop this weight!!

today I began my pre-op diet a few days early...it's low carb. So far so good..ha! (hey man, it's one meal at a time for this gal...celebrate the little stuff!). It's gettin' real!

back from vacation, and Monday I'm starting my Pre-OP (Low carb) diet....a bit earlier than needed, but I need to get my mind and sugar addiction back under control before surgery.... 2 weeks to sleevehood!

5 weeks from today I'll be a "sleeve sister"...can't wait!! Thankfully I have a week and a half of vacation in the middle of the 5 weeks to keep me distracted... Soooo ready!!!

splurged and got a 90 minute massage today (first in 6 months). As I laid there, I thought... man, I can't wait to have less "cushion" so she can really get in there and work my muscles...ha!