beautifultina

hello. This is my first day here on the blog. I was wondering if I could join in on your summer challenge? I have not yet been banded. I started my liquid diet on Tuesday, July 5, 2005. I weighed in at a whopping 308! Oh the shame. I weighed myself this morning on the same scale in the same place and discovered that it said in a clear LCD readout 297!!! YES!! that is right~~ ELEVEN (11) pounds in three days. I realize that most of that is water weight as that is what usually comes off first. I am still excited none the less. I have no qualms about taking a before picture in my swimsuit. I think it will add GREAT SHOCK value for people who will look at the picture of me as I am now and then look over and see the future me in all my glory. I can hardly wait to reveal the healthier me that I have long since burried under layers of fat to protect myself. Well if you all don't mind I would love to participate in your summer challenge. Please let me know if I may. Thank you . Best of luck to you all ! Tina

well it looks like people have stopped talking here but, I wanted to just say i have a cheapo blender from wal mart ($13) and I am tired of having a huge to do with cleaning it up and dragging it out three to four times a day. I am going to find a magic bullet today. I am 4 days on my liquid protein diet; I started out at 308 and I am proud to say that I am down to 297 already as of this morning. I am so proud of myself. My surgeon is Dr. Robert Watson form Western Bariatrics Institute in Reno. I will see him Tuesday,July 12 for my offical pre op and then I will have my pre op class with his nurse Melissa on Wednesday. Then it is the liquid diet until my surgery on Tuesday, July 26,2005. I hope to have lost enough by the 12th. We are expected to lose 10% of our body fat before surgery. I want to lose that before my pre op with Dr.Watson. Hope you all have a great day.