SIX MORE DAYS!!!! (I'm not counting Surgery day)

Jan 22, 2013

This time next week I will be in recovery from  having my sleeve done. I am nervous, excited, anxious, scared, worried..pretty much every emotion.  I am feeling so grateful that I have insurance coverage and the means to complete this process. 

This liquid diet has pretty much sucked.  I have made dinner/food for my family pretty much every day since I started the diet (except the 2nd day when I was losing my mind).  I miss REAL food..the salty, the chewy, the tastes and flavors.  Not sure if its the chewing I miss or the experience of food I miss. 

Some of the things I recommend so far:

1)My Oster blender and bottles that fit upside down to blend my protein shakes and then I can take them on the go with me.  I use one for my shake and one for 20 ounces of water to get my day started.

2)Unjury unflavored protein mixed with soup or juice.  We are allowed to have tomato soup on our liquid diet and the unflavored protein added to that made a kind of creamy tomoto soup. Yum.

3)Gum.  I have been doing lots of gum chewing.  It has helped me through the crazies of my liquid diet.

4) Drink lots and lots of water!  This has helped with my pre surgery weight loss and with food/sugar/carb/coffee withdrawals

5) Practice and taste protein before you start your liquid diet.  It took me a while to find what I like and what worked for me

6)Prepare to be constipated.  Even with all the water I've been drinking I have had to take 2 dulcolax per day. (maybe it's just me)

7) Be kind to yourself and listen to your self talk.  Stop your self talk if it is harmful or counter productive.

That's all I've got today. 

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