riverwaters

Hi all! So I'm in the middle of doing my prep work for surgery - initially my insurance wanted 6 months with a nutritionist but recently swapped it to 3. I'm doing it at the Cleveland Clinic and they also have you meet with a psychologist to walk through best start guide of all the things I can work on ahead of time. Some of those have been: Vitamins - I'm currently on the Procare Now barbaric multivitamin, calcium chew and biotin everyday (I think the last is me hoping it helps the tiniest bit) Water - 64 oz a day (bought a water bottle to help with this) Daily food diary (where I track what I eat, how I feel when eating, what my thoughts are, and where I'm eating) Walking for at least 30 mins a day (now shooting for 45 mins +) - I'd go to the gym but COVID ? Drinking a shake for breakfast and lunch with a small snack in the middle, and then a protein focused meal Buying healthier snack food just so I don't make bad choices if I'm making the choice to eat something extra during the day Losing weight - 18lb goal, I'm down 5 so far Focusing on trying to eat more mindfully and eat when I'm actually hungry (which is probably the biggest struggle - I feel like this is such a mind game) EKG, Ultrasound, and chest x-ray are this Friday Is there anything else that I should be doing that I'm missing? I guess when they said I could now submit to the insurance (even though my weight loss isn't quite there yet) it freaked me out a bit... I think I felt like I'd have more time to prepare. But now that I've found the forums and I see how excited you all are and thankful that you've done this it's easing my worries a bit. I just want this to be successful and I don't end up going right into my bad habits - so I want to be as proactive as possible.

Hi! I'm new as well to the forums. I don't have a date just yet but just finished up the program to prepare me for surgery. I've been a bit of a lurker just to see what advice others are giving, and I was glad to see you post this as I've been debating myself. In general I'm a pretty private person. Only my husband knows and one other friend that deals with weight issues. Some of my best friends have always been skinny and I think I just feel like I'm going to be judged by them. I'm sure the reality is they would be super supportive and want me to make the right choice for me - but my heads just not there yet.