Hey all,

I'm still pre-op. Is there something you wish you knew before heading to the hospital, or something you wish you did differently? I'm hoping something comes up that I haven't even thought of yet...

I bought way too much food for my liquid, puree & soft foods stages before surgery. I was eating so little, I barely made a dent in it.

I bought a bunch of those Gas-X strips but didn't need them. That'll vary person to person, though. Good luck!

I wish I had taken more 'before' pictures and measurements. I do have one pretty good full body before pic that I use now for comparison. But there are many days when I wish I could remember how much space I actually took up. Like I was sitting in a chair at home this weekend and looked down at my legs and my brain told me they looked huge and fat. But I know they are significantly smaller than they were 130 lbs ago....I just have days where I can't make my brain accept that. I avoided pictures like the plague before surgery but I wish now I could look back and see a picture of me sitting in that chair to compare.

I also wish I would have sat down with a small bowl and a small spoon and measure out 1 oz of food and then eat it over 20-30 minutes. I had a hard time right after surgery because I couldn't wrap my brain around the fact that 1-2 oz of food was my new serving size. I had purchased what I thought were "small" bowls but they were easily 6-8oz or bigger. My portions before surgery were so out of control and I had no clue.