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Thank you for checking on me. Back to work tomorrow. Still walking and now eating soft foods. I took a lot of naps too. Tracking on my fitness pal has kept me more accountable. I can eat so little portions they are not a real issue yet' date=' but u are right about measuring from the beginning.

I am having to change my ppi, had reflux before surgery. That's been a little difficult.

Down 46 since pre op and 28 in the last two weeks since surgery.[/quote']

No worries. I'm planning on taking tons of naps. I even bought one of those sleeping masks for when I am in the hospital. Ever since I started using it I have been getting better sleep. I am one that needs it pitch black to sleep well. When I get paid this week I am going to get a great scale. It holds data for 11,000 food items and based on weight will tell you how many calories my food is. Makes tracking nice.

Plus I already have the body media fit band. It tracks my steps, my levels of intensity...tells me when I burned the most calories. I put in my weight and it tracks losses, etc. plus it adjusts my BMR to my current weight. It also tracks my sleep too. So it gives a great overall picture of my exercise. Plus I can print reports to show how I'm doing. It's great for accountability.

I'm getting excited and I'm really happy to hear about how well you are doing. I hope going back to work goes well for you too. Hugs and wish you more pounds lost forever!!

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I am constantly trying to slow down my eating. I will get that stuck feeling and I have thrown up twice (6 weeks out) from either eating too fast or too much. If I do not concentrate on it I will eat fast just out of habit. I find if I read something (like the newspaper) while I am eating it helps, I put my utensil down and read. It really slows me down. Otherwise I really watch the clock and try to make myself go 20-30 minutes. The thing that sucks the most is the food always gets stone cold. Best of luck......

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No worries. I'm planning on taking tons of naps. I even bought one of those sleeping masks for when I am in the hospital. Ever since I started using it I have been getting better sleep. I am one that needs it pitch black to sleep well. When I get paid this week I am going to get a great scale. It holds data for 11' date='000 food items and based on weight will tell you how many calories my food is. Makes tracking nice.

Plus I already have the body media fit band. It tracks my steps, my levels of intensity...tells me when I burned the most calories. I put in my weight and it tracks losses, etc. plus it adjusts my BMR to my current weight. It also tracks my sleep too. So it gives a great overall picture of my exercise. Plus I can print reports to show how I'm doing. It's great for accountability.

I'm getting excited and I'm really happy to hear about how well you are doing. I hope going back to work goes well for you too. Hugs and wish you more pounds lost forever!![/quote']

That's excellent. Being prepared made this post op journey so much better. I love cool technology.

Back to work today wore me out. I am staying home tomorrow. I am glad they gave me three weeks of FLMA.

Look forward to your journey.

cheers chad

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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