MsCyrus

The Premier Protein shakes are available everywhere and are not expensive, are ready to drink and are my favorite. The 30 grams of Protein should help with hungry tummy!
I get all 3 flavors. I added coffee to my chocolate shake for mocha. I added Torani sugar free syrups to my vanilla shakes and can make so many flavors.

12/28 in Colorado!

12/28 in Colorado! Premier Protein are also my favorite shakes. I put pumpkin pie spice in them or sugar free Torani salted caramel.

12/28 in Colorado! Premier Protein are also my favorite shakes. I put pumpkin pie spice in them or sugar free Torani salted caramel.

Dub, you crack me up!!
I told a select group. I finally told my mom after really worrying about telling her, asked her to not tell everyone and she told everyone so I don't give her any updates and she hasn't mentioned it so maybe she forgot. I am guessing when I fly to see her in 4 months that I will have lost some weight and maybe she will notice.
I am finding that I just want to be alone this last week. I have huddled happily up in my room with all my liquids. I don't want to share or talk about it with anyone and I am sure they will be just fine!
I don't know how I will discuss this with people after. I will figure it out when it happens! I am excited and I am ready!!

I am waiting to hear back on insurance approval. I start my liquid 7 days on Sunday. I have been trying to practice liquids only and learned there cannot be anything to eat in the house that is tasty!

I prefer premium Protein. I tried them all! vanilla is great when you add pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon or any Toscano sugar free Syrup.

I had to laugh at the irony of a 7 day all liquid diet.... If I had that kind of will power then would I be getting surgery? ???
Any words of wisdom you can share is so great! I have 5 shakes for each day and all the other liquids for the additional 64 Oz of liquid each day.
Everything is organized. I plan to stay in my bedroom and not go near the kitchen!
Wish me luck because I am so nervous about sticking to this until next Sunday!

@@MsCyrus if you survived day one you are good to go lady! Good job. @@Dub would call me a weenie I'm sure, but I really didn't know if I could handle the pre op liquid diet. I had 14 days. My doc said say one and two are the toughest. He was right. I actually was filled by the Protein shakes I had. To be honest, I was really afraid of the pre op diet. @@Dub go ahead and take your stabs at me. I can take it . It was not horrible at all. I did get bored with liquids after week one then it got a little tough.
You got this! You can do it and you WILL do it! Seriously, 7 days will fly by. I promise!!

Dub, you crack me up!!
I told a select group. I finally told my mom after really worrying about telling her, asked her to not tell everyone and she told everyone so I don't give her any updates and she hasn't mentioned it so maybe she forgot. I am guessing when I fly to see her in 4 months that I will have lost some weight and maybe she will notice.
I am finding that I just want to be alone this last week. I have huddled happily up in my room with all my liquids. I don't want to share or talk about it with anyone and I am sure they will be just fine!
I don't know how I will discuss this with people after. I will figure it out when it happens! I am excited and I am ready!!

So many to thank!
Dub, no worries and I appreciate your honesty! You are right. Day 1 was easy. I think I didn't have faith in my self.
Kinda Familiar, ok that truly was the perspective I needed. Thank you!!
WLS RESOURCES, I have been repeating over and over... I can do anything for 7 days!!

So many to thank!
Dub, no worries and I appreciate your honesty! You are right. Day 1 was easy. I think I didn't have faith in my self.
Kinda Familiar, ok that truly was the perspective I needed. Thank you!!
WLS RESOURCES, I have been repeating over and over... I can do anything for 7 days!!

Dub, you crack me up!!
I told a select group. I finally told my mom after really worrying about telling her, asked her to not tell everyone and she told everyone so I don't give her any updates and she hasn't mentioned it so maybe she forgot. I am guessing when I fly to see her in 4 months that I will have lost some weight and maybe she will notice.
I am finding that I just want to be alone this last week. I have huddled happily up in my room with all my liquids. I don't want to share or talk about it with anyone and I am sure they will be just fine!
I don't know how I will discuss this with people after. I will figure it out when it happens! I am excited and I am ready!!

Thank you for posting this Hope and Agony! I have surgery next Monday and now I have more knowledge about what might happen.

I feel your your pain! I'm on day 3 of a 10-day liquid diet. we can push thru the next 7 days together!

"I can do anything for seven days."
Repeat as often as...
Stay occupied.

I prefer premium Protein. I tried them all! vanilla is great when you add pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon or any Toscano sugar free Syrup.

Ironpoorer-
I am getting pretty nervous! The hardest part I worry about the most is the changes my husband has to go through. He is not over weight!

Babbs, you are too cute!!
I will be back to update this after my surgery!
Here is what I plan to say!
-climbed a mountain with my husband (the thought of hiking up a 14,000 ft mountain makes me cringe at this point)
- rode my bike by myself for an hour on the canal by my house ( right now I am having balance issues and wanting to hide my body issues)
- walked 5 miles, 4 to 6 times each week, at 3.5 mph (currently I am at 4 days a week for 2 miles at too slow mph and was aiming for 3 mph and just couldn't do it)
- get through 9 Rounds kick boxing without stopping and be able to do a double session (currently I can get to round 7 without feeling like I am going to throw up but no way can I do a double class)
Looking forward to being 1 year put instead of 1 week pre op!

You all are fabulous!

Pabst!! Fabulous update!!!
My surgery is 12/28. Our surgeon keeps everyone overnight. That is mandatory. I cannot imagine being sent home the same day. We get our ability to sip throughout the day, our ability to tolerate Jello, bathroom output, ability to walk off the gas from the surgery, no fevers, pouch test, no nausea. That is a lot!!

You are exactly right MrsRP, I am a year post surgery and lost 195 lbs. and that's what I found that hunger has diminished and you just fuel up with high Protein small meals , drink your Water and supplements.< /p>

So my pre-op Wednesday went well. Hospital is about an hour and a half from my home so took the day off with my wife and we made our way there. Lots of paperwork and some more blood work. I am a little nervous that my stay would roll over into Christmas day, so I am trying to do everything they tell me by the book. Using the little breathing device they gave me every night to practice, as the nurses described it as 'my ticket out of the hospital', lol.
On another front, I have made the decision to tell a few select people about my surgery (brother, mom, dad, and a few close friends...6 in total). I have to say it was pretty liberating and I have had great support from most everyone I told. They only detractor was my mom, who doesn't like any surgery whatsoever, but after she said it she never really spoke up about it again...or forbid me....or even really caused drama. She teared up a little, and I think that's the mom in her not wanting her baby hurt. I then disclosed I had hit 304 pounds when I started down the surgery path (now about 290), and she got quite (knowing that's not healthy either).
My work only knows that I am going out for surgery and my HR is making me do an FMLA packet, but I have a ton of sick time built up and I am using it. The HR people have made a few sly comments to me about my surgery, never asking directly what its for, but trying to fish it out of me in a round about way (two times so far). My answers so far have all been truthful, "the surgery is a procedure that will take about an hour and is laparoscopic and I should recover quickly, and I am going to be ok when its done. Its just a little maintenance 'under the hood' . "
T Minus 6 days!

Wish you lick. It is very exciting.
I had my last week on the 10th. Finished my 12 classes, two weeks later met with surgeon, he had
A cancellation for the next week, so I didn't have time to get scared or nervous.

That's a good way to put it!
It wasn't the special holiday meals that made me morbidly obese. It was me treating every single meal like it was a holiday meal that did it! It was eating huge bowls of cereal--or multiple donuts--for Breakfast, drinking high-calorie coffees, getting lunch (always with curly fries!) at Arby's, stopping at Wawa (the most amazing convenience store ever) on the way home from work for a "snack" before going home and eating a huge carb-heavy dinner, and treating myself to pints of Ben & Jerry's or Blizzards all the time!
I did very well at Thanksgiving--I had a little bit of everything but made sure I ate my turkey breast first, and though I did eat some leftovers over the next week, I kept it within my daily limits and stayed on track.