It seems like there's a LOT of us having our surgery on May 13th, so I thought I'd start a thread for us.
How is everyone doing so far? Are you doing a pre-op diet?
I'm nervous and scared, but I've had some crappy things in my personal life remind me just how badly I need this surgery, and how much better my life is going to be once I have it. I want to be healthy of course, but for me this is about experiencing the life that I've been missing by looking and feeling this way. I'm just so grateful that I've been given the opportunity to do this at a relatively young age, so I can make up for all that lost time!
My doctor has me on a pre-op: 3 high Protein, low carb shakes a day, and 2 high protein, low fat, low carb meals a day. The shakes haven't been a problem at all, and I've actually limited myself to 1 meal a day, but some carbs keep sneaking into them. Overall I feel healthier since I started the diet on Tuesday, but I know I need to be more strict in these last 11 days...the band certainly isn't going to do all the work for me post-op! I think I might actually just start doing all liquids...there's never a problem until the real food!
It seems like there's a LOT of us having our surgery on May 13th, so I thought I'd start a thread for us.
How is everyone doing so far? Are you doing a pre-op diet?
I'm nervous and scared, but I've had some crappy things in my personal life remind me just how badly I need this surgery, and how much better my life is going to be once I have it. I want to be healthy of course, but for me this is about experiencing the life that I've been missing by looking and feeling this way. I'm just so grateful that I've been given the opportunity to do this at a relatively young age, so I can make up for all that lost time!
My doctor has me on a pre-op: 3 high Protein, low carb shakes a day, and 2 high protein, low fat, low carb meals a day. The shakes haven't been a problem at all, and I've actually limited myself to 1 meal a day, but some carbs keep sneaking into them. Overall I feel healthier since I started the diet on Tuesday, but I know I need to be more strict in these last 11 days...the band certainly isn't going to do all the work for me post-op! I think I might actually just start doing all liquids...there's never a problem until the real food!
Hope you all are doing well!