I'm so excited, a little nervous. Today is the start my pre-op diet today. This is my surgery center, lol. The bread is for my son. Is anyone else using the app Baritastic, it's a great app.

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@@Aleathia, well, day 1 liquids in the bank, and man, it works! LOL. -5 lbs! I'm sure it's just Water weight if I were to go back to eating "normally," but who wants to do that!

I kept really busy yesterday and was pretty happily surprised I wasn't *too* hungry/distracted. I hear after day 3 it's much easier.

How are you finding it?

I haven't weighed myself yet, will weigh tonight before work. But being at work all night is a struggle. I use to eat out of boredom. So I did find myself getting a Lil hungry, but I pushed thru. Drinking my vanilla shake with a Lil coffee added so I can go home and clear my closet. I just slept after work yesterday. Congrats on the 5 lbs

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Hey Heather, I weighed myself before work and I'm 4lbs down but I was having trouble sleeping. Every time I started to dose off, I had to go to the freaking bathroom. As soon as I fell asleep, my alarm went off to pick my son up from school. Now I'm at work tired Are you having this problem

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@@Aleathia, great job on the -4 lbs!!!!!!!

I am taking a Tylenol PM every night to knock me out early -- by 9 p.m., 10 p.m. the latest, so I am not hungry/irritated watching hubby snack watching TV after the kids are in bed. It's not great for our couple-time, but I figure for two weeks it's a small price to pay. It helps keep me under so I can rest. Trying to guzzle a ton of Water in the morning and afternoon so I only have my last 2 shakes from 4 p.m. until bedtime so I don't have to use the bathroom a ton.

I am using my CPAP religiously for optimal sleep and doing good with the diet, but I walked yesterday and was STARVING.

The shakes and water weren't cutting it, so I ate a HUGE summer squash steamed with salt and pepper -- double the 1 cup serving required, but I figured it's better than anything else I'd shove in my piehole in the past! I only lost .5 today though, so not sure if I knocked myself out of ketosis with too many veggie carbs:-(

September 19th date too! 3 days into the pre op diet. Protein shakes as snack and low carb meal with protein and veggies. Ironically my food funeral weekend did not go as planned, as I ended up with a gastrointestinal bug, so was on liquids right before starting pre op diet.

Drinking Water and crystal light and Premier Protein. Hospital tour tonight for a pre op tour of what to expect. Have a great day 9/19's

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@@Aleathia, great job on the -4 lbs!!!!!!!

I am taking a Tylenol PM every night to knock me out early -- by 9 p.m., 10 p.m. the latest, so I am not hungry/irritated watching hubby snack watching TV after the kids are in bed. It's not great for our couple-time, but I figure for two weeks it's a small price to pay. It helps keep me under so I can rest. Trying to guzzle a ton of Water in the morning and afternoon so I only have my last 2 shakes from 4 p.m. until bedtime so I don't have to use the bathroom a ton.

I am using my CPAP religiously for optimal sleep and doing good with the diet, but I walked yesterday and was STARVING.

The shakes and water weren't cutting it, so I ate a HUGE summer squash steamed with salt and pepper -- double the 1 cup serving required, but I figured it's better than anything else I'd shove in my piehole in the past! I only lost .5 today though, so not sure if I knocked myself out of ketosis with too many veggie carbs:-(

I'm trying to figure out this bathroom thing, lol. But yesterday I lost another 3lbs. I started lifting weights at work (overnight) like a wk before my pre-op, but I stopped the night before last because I was literally falling asleep as soon as I got to work. I think because we're taking in so few calories are bodies can't take as much. I wasn't even doing alot, but I was starving also. Had 3.5 cups of broccoli I ate in throughout the night. I will see if I stalled myself tonight before work. 11 days

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September 19th date too! 3 days into the pre op diet. Protein shakes as snack and low carb meal with protein and veggies. Ironically my food funeral weekend did not go as planned, as I ended up with a gastrointestinal bug, so was on liquids right before starting pre op diet.

Drinking Water and crystal light and Premier Protein. Hospital tour tonight for a pre op tour of what to expect. Have a great day 9/19's

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Awwww sorry u got sick. Me and my family had "ours" Saturday. I'm the one that takes everyone out, so I told them this is it!!!

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How is everyone doing on the pre op diets? 10 day countdown begins

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@@nevertoolate13, going good!

-7.3 since starting Monday.

No cravings, gets easier, BUT, I'm stressed out right now and HUNGRY.

Guzzling Water like a nut trying to fill the void, kinda annoyed. I had 4 slices of deli meat and cheese (not on plan,) and am mad I cheated with forbidden fat/protein, LOL.

Definitely, for me, keeping busy and going to bed early is a big help. Boredom/stress are my enemy. Not that I didn't know that, but this has definitely been an eye-opener of thinking what is real hunger v. head hunger. I am a little nervous thinking that it's going to be weeks and weeks before I eat really yummy food again. I miss complex flavors. shakes and Crystal Light are okay but blah.

I am lucky to have a Protein shake for Snacks and 2ozs lean meat and veggies. I am also using crystal light and Water. I may have lost 6 lbs, but so hard to tell on my scales. Think I need a new scale..digital so I can read it accurately! Can't believe it's 10 days!!

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Good luck to all of us for September 19th....see you next week

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I'm so excited, a little nervous. Today is the start my pre-op diet today. This is my surgery center, lol. The bread is for my son. Is anyone else using the app Baritastic, it's a great app. 20160904_104852.jpg

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I had to laugh at that picture. I'm not scheduled till December, but I'm already trying to figure out what cupboard I can claim as MINE!

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How are all my 9/19 sleevesters doing?

I feel surprisingly wonderful. No pain really, more of a soreness as if I took a 8 hour core training class. The dilaudid is making me itchy so I got Benadryl to help. And I've been walking the corridors!

So happy I'm in the other side and I can't wait to start this new phase.

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I wish I could be as organized as you Aleathia. If I manage to take stuff out of the bag and put in pantry it gets stuffed where there is room on any shelf. Then I wonder why I can't find it. Tomorrow I'm going to look at your pic for inspiration. Well maybe not tomorrow but someday soon

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How are all my 9/19 sleevesters doing?

I feel surprisingly wonderful. No pain really, more of a soreness as if I took a 8 hour core training class. The dilaudid is making me itchy so I got Benadryl to help. And I've been walking the corridors!

So happy I'm in the other side and I can't wait to start this new phase.

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That's great. I had complications and the surgery was postponed. Still in the hospital, maybe leaving in the morning

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How are all my 9/19 sleevesters doing?

I feel surprisingly wonderful. No pain really, more of a soreness as if I took a 8 hour core training class. The dilaudid is making me itchy so I got Benadryl to help. And I've been walking the corridors!

So happy I'm in the other side and I can't wait to start this new phase.

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Hi! Just checking in on you and hoping your surgery was a success!

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