wait4skinny

1hour and 15 minutes with a hiatal hernia repair.

I think this quote applies. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Maya Angelou This is your metamorphosis, don't let anybody disrupt your journey!

You are lucky to get all your fluids down. I keep sipping but it doesn't seem like I'm drinking at all. My mouth is real dry too!

Yesterday I had the sleeve. I'm having no pain at all just some discomfort due to gas. Now I'm just learning to sip water.

Finishing my 7th day of liquid diet. It has been very hard but I am managing. I have averaged 1.5 lbs weight loss a day so far so that gives me some incentive of what post op will be like. It is hard to consume 3 shakes a day. I am drinking body fortress whey isolate chocolate flavor. I had a hard time with the vanilla. Blending with some banana and a few ice cubes works real well.

My surgery date is November 3rd in El Paso. I am currently on day 2 of 14 liquid diet. It is tough but surviving.

I'm finishing day 2 of 14 of the liquid diet. The hardest part is getting in all my protein shakes. They don't taste the best. My surgery date is November 3rd and it seems farther away today than a month ago. The upside is I've already lost 4 lbs in two days.