Had my first of six monthly appointments with the nutritionist last week. No real surprises. She was super and explained things very well. Not much off the menu for now....just restricting daily calories to 1,800. It's not been very difficult to live with it. 7 days into it and 6 lbs lighter.

She really helped me get a better grasp on what daily life will be like (in terms of eating) after the bypass. She didn't scare me off.

She had these cool little rubberized food models layed out that depicted the portion sizes really well. I know this will sound stupid-simple to folks here......but the post-op meals are gonna be TINY. All I could do was laugh. My big arsed self knocking back 3-5 bites and declaring..."Whew....I'm stuffed".......crazy....but in a good way. Looking forward to it.

This morning I had the phycological evaluation. I'd watched the 3 hours of mandatory videos and taken the related tests prior to the evaluation this morning. Some of the content of the videos was really thought provoking.....some of it was overrun with analogy and parables. Useful, though, very useful. I'll refer back to parts of it in the future. Still have a few "Post-op" videos to watch.

The doctor that did the evaluation was awesome. Very relaxing and engaging. Extremely easy to talk to. She had some really helpful insight and made the 90 minutes fly by.

At the end she stated that everything seems to be going well for me and that her report would be favorable. Good stuff !

Getting my first epidural spine injections tomorrow to hopefully get my back pain in check so I can get active. That should help the pounds come off much faster during the 6 month wait until surgery. I'm tired of the back spasms and junk. Making it very tough at work. I have nothing but great respect for folks that have to deal with ongoing chronic pain. I don't know how they do it. After 3 months of this mess, I'm ready to tag out and be done with it. Hope it works quickly.....got a lot going on with my job over this coming weekend.

Nothing much to do until my second nutritionist visit and upper endoscopy next month.

Nothing much other than living at 1,800 cal/day, walking as much as possible and studying more about the surgery and life after.

Looking forward to a leaner lifestyle !!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds very exciting. And encouraging. I can't wait to start!

That is great news, Dub! I hope those injections give you some relief.

I had my last preop meeting with my surgeon today. July 27 is coming quickly. As my college students say, " Shit just got real" LOL