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got home yesterday..doing pretty well..any tips would help...feel like im not drinkin Much
Tomorrow I am seeing my surgeon for the second time, I have been booked to be sleeved on February 19th, 2015! OMG I'm so excited.
What I have done since this last post...
I met with the dietitian twice, I feel like I have the knowledge to be successful after seeing her. There were so many things that I was doing that I could have easily been doing better with very little change (in some areas), after seeing her I have dropped 15 Lbs! Now I think because I have a hard time avoiding salt (hence the high blood pressure) I have been going up and down 6 pounds. Catherine the dietitian felt it was salt in my diet. Catherine is amazing, she tells it like it is. She told me pretty much instantly not to tell her what I think she wants to hear. she said she cant help people that are "already doing all the right things"
So after that I had to complete a full fluid diet, everything had to pour like milk no chunks/lumps/seeds etc. I had to do this diet for 7 full days and track it all. Before I could meet with the doctor the first time. I did that the week before Christmas. I didn't want to wait because I knew the longer I waited to start the longer I would be stalling myself. So I jumped right on it.
The first 3 days were the worst 3 days of my life! Well maybe not that bad but almost! After that I had fallen into a great routine and it was awesome. The reason you have to do it is because you cant slip the week before surgery, you don't have the option of pushing back the surgery because you decided to eat a jar of peanut butter or go out to dinner with friends on the weekend. (I was temped don't get me wrong) I just kept telling myself that you already made it though 3 days if you slip now you just wasted 3 days for nothing. So if you cant get through these 7 days you wont be able to the week before surgery. One of the girls that I work with did it with me, It was nice and helped keep me going.
I met with the Doctor finally after the holidays, he went over everything the procedure, the diet, the different types of surgery (although I'm not sure why he only does VSG) pros and cons, the risks and he was detailed. I told him he didn't tell me anything I didn't already know or anything I had not already researched. So I asked about when I could book my date? He did want to book me at all he wanted me to go home and think about it more. Be 110% sure this is right for me and my family. And I have spent the last week doing a bigger dive into research and YES I am ready!
I did get my date at that appointment but it took some persuasion ;-) and he says the appointment is only "held" for me till I come back, which is tomorrow!
I am so ready for this!
i agree with sonia above. myfitness pal is great as you can set it to keep track of the things you want to record and you can actually print it out if you should ever need to. you just have to enter in all things that you eat. it also had a spot to enter in any exercise you do as well.
I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app on my phone and track everything I eat on it...I track mostly my protein intake...dunno if I should track calories, carbs, etc.
Just wondering if any one post op keeps a food journal? What do you track? Protein? Calories? Carbs? Fluids? Quantity of foods dished up versus actually eaten? I've been thinking of starting one but not sure what I should include. I would like to keep it simple but can easily see myself needing some sort of a spreadsheet.
on 1/22/15 5:15 am - Oromocto, Canada
Relax and enjoy the journey! Before you know it you will be 50 lbs down and saying where did the time go!
