I first saw my surgeon for a consultation about 6 or 7 weeks ago. He gave me a paper that says he wants me to lose 10 pound sin the 7 days prior to surgery (Bariatric advangate Protein Meal Replacements and one diet frozen meal a day).

So, I woke up this morning and had a single serv oatmeal & Water and headed to my preop appt. This all happened really fast, and I forgot today was a teacher workshop so I had to take all 3 of my kids with. The nurse YELLED at them during my appt. Yes they were being a bit noisy but she was really out of line. Then my weigh-in. I was up 5 pounds from a month and a half ago. She made me feel really bad. When they first weighed me I had been dieting for a few weeks and drifted off...between that and normal daily flux I was up. 5 pounds. And I didn;t realize I was suppose to diet this whole time. The surgeon just mentioned the 7 day preop diet with 10 pound loss.

And this Bariatric Advantage banana tastes like slug slime *cry* I know I can do it though....

They should have been more specific. My nurse said I had to lose 10% body fat before surgery; so I was on a diet from my first meeting until surgery.

Not to harp but this is the best time to start living the bandster life. It's not the same preband but it will be good practice. And remember this is'nt like every other diet where you know you'll regain.

When grocery shopping you could ask "would I cringe" if that nurse saw me buying X. If so than leave it on the shelf. It really helps me when I have a craving for things like doritos. I understand you have kids and it can be hard to deny them treats; but in reality those food are'nt good for them either. When I was in college I would go to visit my oldest sister during break. I always lost 5 pounds because she did'nt keep junk in her house. Her kids did just fine though.

One of my reasons for doing this all is actually to set a healthier example for my kids & husband. But while they will get treats on occasion I will not (at least not the same ones). One of my kids is super skinny so we push a high fat diet on him, but we'll just have to work that in in a healthy way. High fat doesn;t have to mean high junk and well, we're all switching from 1% to nonfat milk as of today ha ha (and we used to do whole milk...they kids don't seem to mind 1% so I think this will go fine)

I started writing out a diet log (which will help me stay on track this week) and realized yesterday was eight days, so I went ahead and ate dinner. I had a minor anxiety attack, in all honesty, realizing "this is it." I did make my Protein shake with 8 ounces of nonfat milk this morning and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! So my plan is to do 3 shakes a day (option is for 3 or 4), make with nonfat milk, and a SmartOnes meal in the evening. Plus 64 pounces of Water a day. I feel like I have my head on straight this morning and am ready to commit. I can also see how being this strict this week will help prepare me for POST OP...and i wonder if that's part of the reason they have their patient do it. I know they say it's to shrink the liver, but certainly not jumping straight into post op unprepared helps...

I'm going to clean the fridge out today and set up cabinets for my post-op diet (off limits to the rest of the family). I have some Jello, Soups, etc ready.

Suger/fat free pudding powder is also really good in shakes (1-2 tablespoons). Also Davinchi suger free syrups which can be found in the coffee isle. I made "milk cubes" out off fat free milk (2= 1/3 cup milk). Blending your shake with milkcubes and a couple ice cubes give it a nice frosty texture.