BoxerGirl08
9 DAYS AND COUNTING!!
Mar 10, 2009
OK so I'm being banded in 9 days and I'm wicked excited, but at the same time I'm wicked nervous. I have read some horror stories on here but I'm ready to make the life change. I am going to try doing a liquid diet 4 days before my surgery just to prep myself for being on liquids for the next 6 weeks. Its not required by my surgeon but i think its a good thing to try. I also gained 7 lbs since my initial visit with Dr. Royes office, so i want to try and get a head start on the weight loss. I am hoping to be down 40lbs in the first two months...unrealistic...maybe but its worth a shot. I know if i work out and make the right food choices that the weight will just fall off me. In the past i have always lost weight extremely fast but i put it back on even faster, so i think this will be awesome! I have decided to cut sugar and white carbs out of my diet completely. Those are my two weaknesses. I am a sucker for Lays baked chips omg i can eat a whole bag in one sitting. So that's a no no from now on. I have also read that if your a junk food eater that the best WLS would be the gastric bypass. I am a Junk Food eater and I'm having the band...So did i make the wrong decision in regards to that? I seriously hope that's just a myth. My parents have gone away to Florida to give them a little bit or relaxing time before i enter band land lol...I'm not good with pain at all, so they know the stress is coming lol. I had knee surgery when i was 15 it was laparoscopic and shouldn't have been too painful and i was screaming in agony lol my poor parents. Oh what i have put them through. I hope the recovery and pain wont be too bad for this. So i went out and bought all the liquids i will need. Wal-Mart has chicken and beef broth in those big containers for $ 2.50 so i bought a TON of them lol. I also bought sugar free jello and i have to pick up sugar free Italian ice's i heard that the size of the container is very useful for portion size after the surgery. I also bought my goal dress and my goal pants...both a size 8. I'm sooo going to enjoy shopping after this is all over. I bought a pill splitter and crusher, I was told to bring Chap Stick into the hospital because my lips will be sooooo dry. I still don't know exactly which protein shake I'm to have, so ill have to look into that this weekend. Ohhh and i found an awesome recipe for when I'm on pureed foods...Its re-fried beans (low fat) with Low fat sour cream and a tiny bit of shredded cheese then you put it in the food processor (which i also bought lol ). The protein in this is amazing and it very low in sodium and cals. So that sounds yummy!! My dad seems to think because of my history of losing weight as fast as i do that i should reach my goal to lose 130lbs within 1 year. lol I seriously hope he is right.On a more depressing note...I have had no desire to go out to the bars with my friends or out to dinner. I haven't even wanted to hang out with my boyfriend. I just feel 100% completely unattractive i think I'm at the heaviest i have ever been and its taking its toll on me. Hopefully these feelings will go away when i drop a couple of lbs. My best friend is not being supportive at all. When i try to talk to her about my concerns or if i just want to talk about the surgery she immediately starts talking about herself like i didn't even say anything, and I'm finding her to be very selfish. Her issues are silly, when i say silly its like her roommate doesn't like her and my best friend broke her lease and moved out and got another apartment and didn't find a replacement so she is now paying two rents and she doesn't make much money. So she brought that on herself and i feel no empathy for her. Sorry I'm venting, i just think he is being a total B*itch right now. Like I'm going in for a major surgery next week that is going to change my life and she could care less. She has been hounding me for months asking me when my surgery is and i have constantly told her that i wont find out until the surgeon tells me a couple weeks before the surgery...It was almost like she didn't believe that i was actually getting the surgery. That is the most she has contributed to my support, which i took as stress rather then support. My boy friend also thinks that she is being ridiculous and she should be wayyy more supportive then she is. Like when it comes to your best friend having surgery you put your issues on the back burner until you know she is ready to support you. I cant even believe how rude she is being. Hopefully once this is all over i will be able to talk to her and tell her how much she hurt my feelings knowing what i was going through. I'm not one to drink and go to bars all the time and she is, she is incapable of staying home which bugs me, i don't need to be out and around people 24/7. She thinks people that stay in on a Friday or Saturday night and watch movies are losers. I hate that about her...and she is really critical about other people, like if they don't have a good paying job she sticks her nose up at them or if they don't come from a good family or if they don't live in the best area. She thinks people from Fall River are all trash. I want to hit her when she says things like that. I'm not a fan of people who think they are better then everyone. I want to tell her to stop doing that but i don't know how. Well now that i have vented, I feel so much better.
I am compiling a list of all of the things that need to get done before my surgery and so far i have 2 pages so I'm going to be veryyyy busy in the next week. Ill write more when my surgery date is closer :)
-J
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03/17/2009
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Jan 09, 2009
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