jobillandjosh

Crystal - I'm also in MA. So there's one more person for you doing this at the same time as you. :-) I was thinking about vloging too but I don't know I did just buy a notebook so I could just write down my feelings and thoughts so I can keep my mind free you know? I wish I knew more people around my way who were having it done so we could go on the journey together

I think what you need to ask depends on what you're doing with food now. Are you following your calories every day and trying to lose weight before surgery? You can ask her what a good plan is to help track your food after surgery (or for your life, if like me, you're going to need to). I've asked about Fluid intake post-surgery with exercise - especially in the first few months with the sipping. What changes would the nutritionist recommend?

I just had my 2nd follow up today with my surgeon and the nutritionist. No homework or anything. Just keep doing my thing. Next follow-up is at the end of July where I think they'll submit paperwork (apparently BCBS is good to work with). I got a copy of my 1 week pre-op which looks OK. Test are really within the 4 weeks prior - so gallbladder ultra, upper GMI drink test, and EKG. Plus routine surgery labs. He doesn't anticipate any problems. Funny in that my schedule is part of what's dragging this out for me, but it's OK as I feel like I need to get my ducks in a row. I tried PB2 with chocolate yesterday. It was OK. Plain PB is better to me. I tried Shakeology chocolate. Not my favorite, but I didn't mix it with a blender. It was really kind of gritty. Unjury chocolate was too sweet for me. I was going to try Muscle Milk next or something by Optimum Nutrition. Try some other flavors too.

I don't have anything WLS related this week. It's getting so muggy outside even with going for walks at 8 PM - UGH humidity is not my friend. :-) Good luck with your appointments!

Someone at work gave me like a 5lb bag of chocolate Shakeology. I guess I know what I'll be trying this weekend. I also tried Powerful Yogurt today (Maple flavored). It's like 170 or 190 calories, but is like 21 g of Protein. Was pretty good. I tried

Just going to support meetings and a follow up at the end of the month. I'm just being asked to show consistency with what I'm doing to prove that I'm ready. I keep a food diary on myfitnesspal (MFP) and an exercise log on mapmywalk that I have to bring in this time. I haven't given much headspace to surgery yet. I'm just trying to take my time and focus on the work I have to do. Right now, I'm using MFP to teach myself how to eat - what foods I like, how much I can eat, how many calories, carbs, Protein, etc. everything has and how to stay within a daily calorie limit. I plan on using MFP long after surgery to help me stay on track.

I should go in Sept as well. I have BC/BS with no supervised diet window or weight loss required prior to surgery. I do have some work and family obligations though so Sept made the most sense with back to school and a big work commit out of the way. My doctor didn't think the timeframe would be a problem.