BarrySue

Hahahaha, fantastic!

The very low carb thing is required to shrink the liver. If your doc says low carb, definitely go low carb! Mine basically has me on a three week modified atkins: two shakes, and a lean protein for dinner. I cheated with a banana today and will again tomorrow for breakfast, only because I want to make sure my potassium levels are good for my pre-admission blood test tomorrow (gotta stay on that potassium and calcium!)

Oh wow, are you with Dr. Jawad as well, or did you go with Florida Hospital?

I missed 4th of July AND my birthday I've had a turkey burger almost every day!

Haha, I spent last summer in Europe, and couldn't believe how it could be under eighty degrees in July! I would live there in a heartbeat (if only to see snow). You're talking about celsius though, right? If so, that sounds BEAUTIFUL!

I feel you! I feel so restless/idle all the time. I moved my laptop upstairs away from the kitchen, and on my days off, I get out of the house. I work constantly and also go to school, so the boredom is what's killing me. When I have five weeks off after surgery with no school OR work, I have no idea what I'm gonna do. I'll be clawing at the walls going nuts. I may just buy a season pass to Disney just to have someplace to walk around!

Orlando here!

@@justajackie @@doubledinfla Where in Florida are you folks from?

I hate the shakes so much I prefer not to eat vs suffer through any more whey protein (I am not and will never be a shake/smoothie person). I'm surviving off my snowcone machine, lol. A scoop of unflavored unjury protein mixed with water and sugar free drink flavor, freeze it into ice cubes, run it through the snowcone machine, BAM! That's the story of my life right now. Days off are getting hard because I'm not used to inactivity, so most of my challenge has been staying busy and battling head hunger. 11.5 days!

Go for it! If you sign up for the email list for bed bath and beyond, they will send you a 20% coupon via email the next day, and you can save yourself a little extra! Amazon also has a alot more sugar free zero calorie flavors if you wanted to give it a try.

You are allowed to have rice and beans?!!? That is awesome. No carbs at all for me My friend's kid was eating a plate of mac and cheese in front of me, and I wanted to snatch that fork out of her hand so bad!

In your nutritionist's defense, bread has a minimal amount of sugar, but the refined white flour used in it is chock full of simple carbs, which react essentially the same as sugar in regard to fat storage and blood glucose. Unless you are eating a special flavored bread, standard white bread has almost no actual sugar in it. Even if it is on the ingredients list, it is typically under 2-4g.

Have you tried unjury's chicken soup flavor and unflavored protein powder? They are awesome. I dislike shakes, so I'm using those.

I totally found my new favorite pre-op food today: 30 dollar snowcone machine, sugar free zero calorie cherry or blue raspberry syrup, and a handful of ice cubes. Totally hits that dessert craving I've been having!

Yes, exactly! I got terrible headaches from carb withdrawal for the first 2-3 days, then I felt much better. We'll just be a few days ahead of you, whining nonstop!

Jawad, same as you!

I'm an atheist, but even I would be yelling "JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL" after that.

I'm really, really glad you shared that they actually had to re-cath you. I'm a nurse and I cath people all the time, but I cannot have it done to me unless I am knocked out, so I'll let them know not to immediately yank that sucker when I go in for surgery in a couple weeks. Thanks for sharing!

I am pre-op! Already on my pre-op diet, go in for surgery July 13th. I'd love to keep in touch. Hope your pain is getting better!

Doctors speak in generalities based on statistics of large populations. But YOU speak for YOU. Your individual strengths and desires determine the amount of weight you'll lose. Don't worry, I need to lose 210+ lbs to get to a healthy BMI, so I'm taking the journey right along with you.

Orlando. In the shadow of the Mouse ears! But I'm down in SoFl pretty often!

Hey there, neighbor! I'm surprised there aren't more Floridians on these threads with how big our state is!

Welcome to the July 13th gang

Welcome to the July 13th club! Two and a half weeks!

One oreo? You're doing fine, don't worry! If you had an entire pack, that's one thing. Rome wasn't built in a day, and one cookie is barely a blip on the radar. Today, my patient's family gave me a giant box of hot, steaming cheese sticks from the pizzeria they work at. I thank them, told them I'd enjoy it at home, and then threw it at my roommate and told her to hurry up and eat it to get it out of my sight. Oh God, the temptation!