10 days and counting...

Mar 01, 2012

Well, today I have started Day 6 of my pre-op diet.  While I am restricted to 800-900 calories a day, I have found that sometimes I struggle to break 800 with the diet food.  I am eating, TRUST ME, I am eating but the calories just don't always get above 800.  I've had a couple of days where I have had to eat a couple of sugar free jello cups just to get me to 800 calories for that day.  Just last night I was short almost 200 calories, so my night snack was a turkey stick (heavenly good) AND a snack bar and with those I broke at 860 calories.  Frustrating.

I have found the food on the diet to really not be that bad.  I doctor up the enchiladas with a good salsa (freebie) and spice up the spaghetti and meatballs with garlic and oregano and believe it or not...they are quite good!  The snack bars I bought were Lemon Meringue and Caramel Crunch, and honestly they are like candy bars to me!  I also really, REALLY like the honey mustard jalapeno pretzel sticks.  I am also a HUGE fan of the Irish Cream Hot Chocolate, it is very good and will more than likely purchase another box or 2 to have post surgical.  It is smooth and flavorful and is packed with protein.

However, I did purchase a Strawberry/Kiwi fruit drink, while LOADED with protein it made me very sick to my stomach.  I cringe just thinking about it now!  However, I bought a whole box of the stuff and therefore I will drink the 6 remaining packets PRIOR to surgery, because I will not drink it afterword.  The Cream of Tomato soup is another one that is tough for me to swallow.  I am not a huge fan of tomato soup to begin with, however this is really thick and grainy and just blah overall.

I have not cheated.  I really thought that giving up milk would have been the worst part, but it really hasn't been that bad.  With me drinking 4 16.9oz bottles of water a day, I haven't missed my milk.  I have been very good around food.  I have continued to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner of my family.  So have been good with making waffles, scrambled eggs, peanut butter sandwiches, hamburger helper, fish, steaks and veggies.  While I have said out loud, "Please eat so I don't have to smell it." many, many times I have done really well.  

So far it's been difficult while being out and the kids get hungry.  Just the other day we had to pull our son from school for an appointment and he missed his lunch.  So we went to McD's and got him some chicken selects and a chocolate milk.  So I got to sit in the car and smell the chicken...that was tough.  But I made it though.

My kids have been very supportive, they know Mommy is on a special diet and that I am going to have surgery soon.  But I keep reminding them that this pre-op diet is temporary and that I will be able to eat a more "normal"  diet in a couple of months.  But that the trade off is that I can ice skate with them by the end of the year or ride some roller coasters at Disney World.

Eye on the prize...

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