February 2019 weight loss buds

[Big Bari 22]

9 hours ago, Gottajustdoit said:

It's FEBRUARY today. It's our month! I've been trying to map everyone's surgery dates but lost track. I know two of you share my surgery date on February 13. For those of you on your pre-op diet, hang in there! I start all clears on Sunday. I spent an hour walking through the aisles of Wegman's (a local grocery store) today looking for interesting things to have at home. My cart was full on very boring items! I am trying a variety of flavored waters, Mio drops, Crystal Light Energy (for must-have caffeine), Jell-O, and Protein Shakes. My nutritionist said I could strain regular Soups (ex: Progresso) so I'll do that since I'll be saving the Unjury chicken broth until after surgery. Who's up first for surgery this month?

I am on the 13th too. woohoo .I'm going to the grocery store today to prepare myself I start liquids on the 6th.

[Everything 388]

Just got my surgery date this week. February 21.

[TheMarine79 150]

Awesome Everything. Mine is the 18th

[TheMarine79 150]

I have a count down on my phone. It is getting more and more real. Monday will be 2 weeks exactly prior to surgery. I meet with the dietician for preop diet. I know that I can have meat. I just can have zero carbs, sugar, fruit. I check veggies and that to has carbs. So we will see what else. Not all liquid though. Then I meet with the physician assistant to do a last review prior to surgery. Probably be more real on Monday than todat

[Everything 388]

I go Tuesday for my preop. I have not started any sort of diet yet and I’m not sure what to expect. Tentative surgery date is Feb 21st. I think they will confirm with me at my preop. Probably shouldn’t admit this but I have still been somewhat on the fence about what surgery to do. I was hard-core sleeve, then Bypass, then sleeve again. Will talk to Dr on Tuesday!!

[Everything 388]

Oh and I meet with the NUT for the first time at 11 AM on Tuesday and then have my preop at 3:00 PM - should be quite the whirlwind. I haven’t bought one single thing yet and then I have to be out of state the week between the preop and the surgery for a job interview. This should be interesting!

[Gottajustdoit 220]

Welcome to the FEB 2019 group Everythinganna! I'm have gastric bypass, without the option for the sleeve because I have gastroperesis and acid reflux. I've been told that the gastric bypass helps reduce the reflux whereas if I got that sleeve, my reflux would only get worse. I'm not sure if that is "commonly known" or even false, but that is what my surgeon told me when I was hoping for the sleeve. If you have reflux, maybe you could ask your surgeon given you're on the fence.

Hope all goes well!

[Gottajustdoit 220]

11 hours ago, Big Bari said:

I am on the 13th too. woohoo .I'm going to the grocery store today to prepare myself I start liquids on the 6th.

Wow, I think that makes four of us on the 13th. Big day! I start all-liquids tomorrow and I have more than enough liquid varieties to make sure I can survive at least through tomorrow. 😁 I am prepared for being bored to death by day three. Well, probably by the end of day 1!

[jenniefeefee 10]

I’m on the 13th, too. I’m on 4th day of pre-op. I’m only allowed Protein Shakes, broth, sugar free Jello, and sugar free popsicles. I’m dying!! 😩

[Gottajustdoit 220]

jenniefeefee--WOW that is a long pre-op diet. Sounds like we have the exact pre-op diet. Have you started on your Multivitamins, Iron, and Calcium or do you start them after the surgery only? How have you been managing the all-liquids so far? Any tips?

[taylormomto6 74]

Jennie I have the same preop as you do, today was day 5 for me. Surgery is the 12th. Day 4 was pretty rough, but I have to say today was better. Energy kicked in and hunger subsided. I guess with the lack of fats in my diet it took 5 days for ketosis to kick in, but hopefully it’ll be better from here on out. Hopefully you experience the same😊

[jenniefeefee 10]

Hey, Gotta. I started my Multivitamin, Iron, Calcium, B12, and Biotin two months ago. The all liquids has been pretty tough. Artificial sweeteners give me such terrible headaches. I usually take Advil for my headaches, but can’t have ibuprofen anymore. 😩 I guess a tip I could give is: try to take a nap when the uncontrollable hunger starts to creep in. I feel so guilty for retreating to the bedroom while my family has dinner, though!

[jenniefeefee 10]

Taylor, I hope the same happens for me!! I could kill for just a scrambled egg!!

[Tonya648 1]

Less then a week left till surgery. Starting to get nervous. I'm going to pack my hospital bag tomorrow to make sure I have everything I want.

[taylormomto6 74]

Oh I hear ya! I honestly was so tempted to just say forget the whole thing and go get a cheeseburger, but then I had to remind myself how silly that was.