ToBeAHealthyMama

So far my blood sugars are amazing, but I am just barely starting out. How are your vitamins? I am taking calcium citrate, iron, multi, and sublingual B12. I have heard B12 is great for energy.

I am so frustrated. I lost almost a pound a day on my preop diet, now post op and hardly loosing. I was expecting for the fastest weight loss to be in the beginning and for it to then slow, but with only a 3lb loss I don't know how slow it could be later on.

I am right there with you... Day 2 of 15 days of full liquid diet... I am a little miserable but alive. I am getting sleeved January 27th.

I would love even a lean and green meal at this point. 15 days of full liquid diet. At least I can say one down and only 14 to go!

I was very I'll after my EGD. The anesthesia totally did me in...

I just started my preop diet today. I am scheduled for the 27th... I am already fighting my brain. My brain keeps telling me I need to eat... I am so hungry! My body on the other hand isn't as hungry as I expected to be. We can do this!

I start my liquid diet Tuesday. I am feeling really overwhelmed and very much in mourning as I get closer and closer. My love affair with food is about to end and I am terrified.

I didn't get my date until everything was completed. Diet, psych, egd, and Drs clearance were all completed before I got a date. I am using isoprene rtd and powder.

I am both excited and terrified... We have to figure out if my husband will be able to get the time off of work or if we need to hire a nanny for the week, my kids hav dentist appointments two days after surgery... There is a lot to figure out... But it will give me less time to be nervous so that is good! I am beyond ready for this and we will make it work.

I just got moved up three weeks... Surgery will now be January 27th...

I just got a call and am moving up to January 27th... I preop Monday. This is getting real.

I put up a preop album... It is hard seeing myself this big... But I have to see where I am coming from... Less than six weeks to go.

We love kale in our house... Not so much on its own because it is not all that tasty but it is a great source of calcium and fiber and being dairy free we really have to work to get our calcium. I am sure you will do great as well... It is getting so close. Stay strong!

Weight wise I have a set of 3lb weights that I use for high reps and a 25lb free weight that I use for bicep curls and lifting behind my head for my triceps. I use my kids as weights a lot too. My daughter is one and my son is two and they love helping mommy do her work out. My son actually just finished doing a "bat wing" work out we found on YouTube with me. My family is all big and growing up I learned really bad eating and exercise habits that followed me through life and so now I want to do right by my kids and show them how to be healthy and happy. My new blender actually showed up yesterday and I have done two smoothies with it so far. For breakfast we had a kale, pineapple, and mango smoothie and for lunch I followed up with vanilla isopure, ice, decaf coffee, and two pumps of sugar free syrup. It wasn't starbucks good, but it wasn't bad either and I am full. I am a little jealous that your diet is shorter and not all liquids, but I just keep telling myself this is for my kids because if I don't loose this weight I worry I won't make it to see them married.

Yay! I am so happy to see your fantastic results. Congratulations! You can do this!

I will be doing some before and after pictures. I'm planning to do before the liquid diet, again before surgery, and then follow up every few weeks until goal weight.

I am set for February 17th with my preop coming up on the 20th... I am so ready!

I will be on a two week liquid diet starting on February 3rd. I convinced my husband to get me a fancy new blender for this whole process and am very excited to use it once it arrives. Right now I am starting some weighted exercises to concentrate on the areas I am worried about being too loose like my triceps plus walking a few miles a day. I have a few ladies here who are also going through the process and the support has been amazing. We have had several protein sample gatherings and I have found quit a few options for the pre surgery diet as well as after surgery.

I am incredibly nervous and excited at the same time. This process has been ten months in coming and I am so ready to take this final step! May I add you? I would love someone for support through the liquid diet!

I am getting sleeved on February 17th and am looking for buddies on this life changing journey.

Any room for a February sleever? Surgery is set for February 17th and I am soooo ready!

It is so nice to see others in the same boat as I am... VSG in 46 days and I am so ready for the help. "Not that fat" has left me CHT and diabetic... I am ready to not need medication and not have to prick my finger a million times a day!