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I started the Liver Shrink diet one week earlier than I was supposed to due to gaining about 6 pounds from Dr.'s highest weight.  I have heard that if you gain weight they will not do surgery and that is a risk I am not willing to take.  I also did all measurements from calves, knees, thighs, hips, waist, just under breast then including breast and neck.  That way when I hit the plateau in three weeks and so on I will be able to tell inches lost. 

The liver shrink is really not bad.  I am using the Atkins Advantage that have 15 grams of protein, 1gram sugar, 160 calories and only 2 net carbs.  Drink 1 for breakfast, then about two hours later a small apple, then two hours later another shake two hours later SF Jello.  Then I have either a great salad with shrimp, tuna, grilled chicken.  If I feel a little hungry  two hours later I will have another Jello.  I don't have any scales but I can tell after only 8 days (started on 01APR09) my clothes fit nicer.  I thought the dryer was shrinking the length of my pants because they did not cover my ankles.  Well, now I know it was me!  My pants now cover my ankles and the tops of my feet.  WOW

I weighed when I went in for my pre-surgery blood work and weighed a whopping 249 #.  That may not sound too much for some people but I am only 5'3".  My hip circumference is also how tall I am.  So the saying I am as wide as I am tall is too true for me.

BUT--only 11 days until surgery!  Scared a little but ready.