Introductions

Jul 22, 2015

Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Amy, I'm 25 years old and from New Jersey. I'm 5'2" and currently weigh 285lbs. My high weight was 292lbs, dropped down to 286 by my pre-approval diet required by my insurance company. I am scheduled for a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on August 5th.

I started my 2 week, pre-op, liver-shrinking diet today. I'm SO HUNGRY and I just wanna chew on something, oh my God. I know it's the first day, and it'll get better, but so far, this is awful. I'm craving chicken like crazy only because I know I can eat it and it'll give me something to chew--most of my intake is liquid. My diet is as follows:

B: Protein shake, 1 serving fruit or veggies
S: 1 serving fruit/veggies
L: Protein shake, 1 serving fruit/veggies
S: 6-8 oz light yogurt or 1/2 cup non-fat cottage cheese
D: 4oz lean turkey, chicken breast, or fished (baked, grilled or boiled) and 1 cup of fruit/veggies

I also need to take in an additional 64oz of liquid a day in the form of water, fat free broth, decaf tea/coffee, or sugar free Jello/popsicles. Additionally, I'm taking 1200mg of calcium as well as a mutivitamin.

Eating healthy feels good and I LOVE raw fruits and veggies, but I could really use something that requires real chewing right about now--that's a lot of liquid up there (which has the lovely side effect of sending me to the restroom every 15 minutes). I know it'll all be worth it in the end though, because unless I shrink my liver, my surgeon won't be able to sleeve me! 

I'm glad there's a blog function on this site--I'm a writer at heart, and it'll be good to share my journey with others.

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