texanmexin

Hi...yes I too had a VERY hard time with the shakes. I tried my best not to eat but when I was desperate, I had an egg. I figured I'd replace the protein shake with protien...it worked for me and got me thru. From my first visit to my 2 week preop visit I gained 17 pounds so from my 2 week visit to my operation date I lost 26 pounds while on the shake.

ReadyinCt.....I totally know what you are going thru...my surgery date is 9/18 and I have been drinking the shakes but I cooking for my family is sooo hard. I've cheated. And to make matters worse I've agreed to have lunch with a client next week. I'm hoping that if I eat protein only, it will be forgiven. But the doc said if I didn't lose weight before the surgery I'd have to reschedule. I've lost about 18 from 286 to 278... Together we can do this!!! I have a preop appointment on 9/17, my daughters 11th birthday. Which she wants to have a slumber party that Friday. I don't want this surgery to have any affect on her, so I'm actually going with the slumber party idea. Movie, popcorn and whatever meal I can have delivered...sound like fun?

hello all!! okay, so I'm not the best at following directions. I should be on a protien shake only for 14 days but I've managed to cheat and I cheated big time today...i had 2 chicken tenders. I feel guilty and then managed to cheat again by, I'm even embarrassed to say, I had a corn tortilla. But on the bright side, when I visited my doctor, I weighed in at 286 and this morning I saw 267!! I've made some progress...right? Not eating is really hard to do...especially in my line of work where I meet with clients during the day, a lot of them like to have lunch together. Which is my problem this Monday. I met with a client on Thursday and he didn't sign up with me, he wants to meet on Monday after he thinks about it. Of course I said okay but I'm thinking what am I going to do. SOOOO...I read an entry where it lists things I can eat...so I hope Chili's has a tuna salad.

hello all!! okay, so I'm not the best at following directions. I should be on a protien shake only for 14 days but I've managed to cheat and I cheated big time today...i had 2 chicken tenders. I feel guilty and then managed to cheat again by, I'm even embarrassed to say, I had a corn tortilla. But on the bright side, when I visited my doctor, I weighed in at 286 and this morning I saw 267!! I've made some progress...right? Not eating is really hard to do...especially in my line of work where I meet with clients during the day, a lot of them like to have lunch together. Which is my problem this Monday. I met with a client on Thursday and he didn't sign up with me, he wants to meet on Monday after he thinks about it. Of course I said okay but I'm thinking what am I going to do. SOOOO...I read an entry where it lists things I can eat...so I hope Chili's has a tuna salad.