15 days...

Mar 27, 2010

until my surgery! That makes my surgery date April 12th. I am BEYOND excited. And of course, a little nervous. I went in on Friday to fill out the hospital paperwork and sign waiver forms. Reading the waivers made me a little nervous honestly, there were things I had to initial that stated the risks and possible side effects of having the band. Of course, death being one of them! Dr. Williams has never had any of the bad things happen to his patients but....ehh you never know. I'm trying not to think about it. I've had lots of surgeries before and I survived! Haha!

From now until surgery, I am on a liquid diet. I'm not going to lie, it sucks big time. Today is the first day and I am already hungry. I guess I got lucky in the sense that Dr. Williams does not require a very STRICT liquid diet, its more of a moderate one. 2 of my meals are protein shakes and the 3rd meal I can have something small, like a lean cuisine frozen dinner. I can choose to have the lean cuisine for lunch instead,  but today i've had a shake for breakfast, one for lunch and i'm saving my lasagna Lean Cuisine for dinner tonight. I can hear it calling to me in the freezer.....boy, am I hungry. When you are used to eating actual food it can be hard to just go straight to liquids. But I am committed to this and I will do what it takes.

I bought 3 different types of whey protein, hoping to find one I really loved. So far its been hit or miss. My nutritionist really likes the protein from Bariatric Advantage (not that she needs to drink it) so I ordered sample packets of Chocolate, Vanilla and Banana from the website a few weeks ago. The banana was AMAZING, tasted exactly like a banana milkshake and was really delicious. The chocolate was gross and did not mix very well. Haven't tried the Vanilla packet yet but have decided not to order from BA anymore. They are very expensive. I ordered all of my vitamins and supplements from them a few weeks ago in preparation for the surgery (by the advice of my nutritionist) and I think my order ended up being over $150. Yikes. That was WITHOUT ordering the big tubs of protein mix they sell, which I believe are 40 dollars PER TUB. Wow. Next, I went to The Vitamin Shoppe and bought a sample pack of Spiru-Tein and a tub of French Vanilla mix from Designer Whey. I have yet to try the Designer Whey formula, but I have tried 2 packets of the Spiru-Tein. I made the vanilla one for breakfast this morning and had the cookies and cream one for lunch. The vanilla was just ok. I blended it with milk, frozen peaches and an ice cube. It got SO THICK that I could hardly drink it. But it tasted ok. It wasn't amazingly filling but it lasted from 9 am til around 12 pm, when my stomach started to rumble.  The cookies and cream mix from Spiru-Tein was actually really good. I liked it a lot and its great if you are a chocolate lover, like me. The other flavors in the sample pack are: Chocolate, Strawberry Banana, Blueberries and Cream, Double Fudge Crunch and Tropical Fruit. The pack also came with a special mixer cup to shake the drink up in. So, pretty good deal for 15 dollars. I still have several more hours until dinner and unfortunately, I am still hungry. The cookies and cream was tasty but did nothing really as far as my hunger pains go. I can already tell this is going to be a TOUGH 2 weeks. Or atleast, until my stomach gets used to the reduction in food and stops being so hungry all of the time.

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