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kbuck3779    11

kbuck3779
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Hi all! I was sleeved on 7/12/16 and so far, things are going okay. My first post-op appt was Tuesday and I'm down 10lbs! Whoo!! I go back to work this Friday night, and I am anxious about having enough stuff with me. I'm a dispatcher, and once we're at the Comm room, we can't leave the premises, which can be a stinker. I'm on the all liquid diet at the moment, and am having a hard time getting all 64oz of fluids in. Does anyone else work the overnight shift, and how do you plan your meals?

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VEGAN ME    117

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I work the overnight shift and I try to get everything ready on my days off and then bring everything in a bag and stick it in the fridge here at work so I don't have to remember every day because I am bad at remembering stuff

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Jesm1029    101

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Hi all! I was sleeved on 7/12/16 and so far, things are going okay. My first post-op appt was Tuesday and I'm down 10lbs! Whoo!! I go back to work this Friday night, and I am anxious about having enough stuff with me. I'm a dispatcher, and once we're at the Comm room, we can't leave the premises, which can be a stinker. I'm on the all liquid diet at the moment, and am having a hard time getting all 64oz of fluids in. Does anyone else work the overnight shift, and how do you plan your meals?

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I work 12am-8am sleeved 6/13 i bring a Protein shake and a Water container 24oz i split the Protein 2x and sipped the Water night im a records clerk for a pd where i live when i got to puree stage i would bring Protein Shake and a okios greek yogurt or tuna and water

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Unbridled    152

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Great question @@kbuck3779

This is a topic I've been wondering about as well.

Amazon sells a pretty neat lunch bag that you put in the freezer until you pack it in the morning. It has lots of good reviews on it. Supposed to keep your food cool for 8-10 hours. I put it on my wish list... ha!

PackIt Freezable Deluxe Large lunch Bag with Shoulder Strap, Viva

Looks like an efficient way to keep your food chilled. That way it can be kept at your desk instead of in the company frig, which can be icky.

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kbuck3779    11

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@@Unbridled - that looks swell!! As dumb as it seems, I'm anxious about going back to work and having my coworkers see me with all sorts of weird stuff in the fridge haha

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endlessquest    20

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I work overnights as well. I try to eat normally during the day...Breakfast when I get home which is usually a protien shake or yogurt. I then go to sleep by 8a till 1p. Have lunch. Go to the gym. Have my dinner around 6p. Go back to bed from 6p to 8p. Then head off to work. For the overnite shift I bring a youguart or protien bar to eat at 11p and a protien shake to drink at 330a. That's basically how I handle the overnite shift.

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VEGAN ME    117

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I keep mine in a bag and that helps a little bit

@@Unbridled - that looks swell!! As dumb as it seems, I'm anxious about going back to work and having my coworkers see me with all sorts of weird stuff in the fridge haha


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VEGAN ME    117

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do you night shift people work on or have access to a computer? we could actually have someone to chat with that's awake

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VEGAN ME    117

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I just saw these, they went to another email by accident

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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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        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.

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        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.

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