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ALEandVSG    51

ALEandVSG
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I’m one of those people who like order, I know I want to document my journey I just want some ideas. Rn I have a pre surgery binder with everything that I’ve been through so far but I’m looking for ideas for after the surgery. This is some stuff I have so far.

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Orchids&Dragons    9,047

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Very pretty and it looks like you will be the Queen of Documentation! My hat's off to you!

Some suggestions:

Just for reference, I just went back and looked at my food journal. It isn't unusual for me to have 9-10 food lines per day. This does not include any liquids.

If I also needed a line to include liquids that have Protein, I'd have about 3-4 more lines. I don't know if you've scanned pages or if this is a template that is adjustable, but I just wanted to let you know.

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Mostly on top of that I have copies of postings I found especially useful in my journey. Thicks I thought might be able to utilize as times go on. My current program gave me pamphlets which,i have in a folder from Wal-Mart, Preparing for Surgery,Now that your Surgery is Scheduled, Life after Bariatric Surgery and I think,there is one more to come
Happy Recovery-Happy Life, probably,will you have reached your weight goal and are transitioning,into Maintainance for,the remainder of your life The first 3 are so fat i,will probably need. to start a separate folder for the last one.
I'm sure there are support groups also for post-surgery patients. If they think I will be attending they are deluding, themselves. They seem to have them scheduled in the evening, I live 50 miles see,iwhich means 100 miles round trip, I no longer drive and there is not another soul in my county I can carpool with. Sure I would pay half or the gas but there is just NOBODY!
At any,rate my surgery will be September 5th in Columbus Ohio.

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ALEandVSG    51

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3 hours ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Very pretty and it looks like you will be the Queen of Documentation! My hat's off to you!

Some suggestions:

Just for reference, I just went back and looked at my food journal. It isn't unusual for me to have 9-10 food lines per day. This does not include any liquids.

If I also needed a line to include liquids that have Protein, I'd have about 3-4 more lines. I don't know if you've scanned pages or if this is a template that is adjustable, but I just wanted to let you know.

I'm making this myself and i didnt print out anything yet as I still have a little more time before I start my new life style, so I can make changes. Thank you so much for the feedback this is exactly why i posted.

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Orchids&Dragons    9,047

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12 hours ago, ALEandVSG said:

I'm making this myself and i didnt print out anything yet as I still have a little more time before I start my new life style, so I can make changes. Thank you so much for the feedback this is exactly why i posted.

Kudos to your creativity. It's very elegant!

I'm glad this is what you wanted. I was afraid I might come across as critical.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

        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.

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