BandCamper
Pre-op stuff...two weeks to go!
Mar 28, 2010
Thursday brought day one of my pre-op two-week liquid diet. Went shopping Wednesday night at Costco for the protein shakes (Muscle Milk – Chocolate shake flavor powder and Premium Protein Shake Vanilla powder – each are yummy. If used with skim milk it adds 100 calories but they taste much better). An interesting thing happened while we were there shopping, We walked passed the spring bathing suit display. Normally, I would have zoomed right past thinking “yeah, right.” This time I stopped and looked at them. I just stood there thinking “holy crap….I just might get to wear one of these really cute two piece bathing suits someday!” They were two-piece but the top had a little fabric that went down over half the semi-brief style bottoms. They really weren’t bikini style, which would totally work for someone with some extra skin around the middle, but upper legs look ok. That’s what I’m hoping for anyway. I couldn’t stop looking at them and feeling the fabric and feeling like my life might be coming back to me. I've hated having activities that I once loved no longer an option. I used to love going to the beach, swimming at my Mom’s in San Diego, and using a Jacuzzi at a hotel, stuff like that. I haven’t done that in ten years at least. I realized that I’ve never been swimming with my husband and we’ve been together 8 years. These thoughts overwhelmed me and I started getting a lil bit teary. My husband saw me and knew exactly what I was feeling. He came over and put his beautiful long arms around me and just held me and told me that my life is going to get better and better, which just made me feel more emotional as it all came flooding into my thoughts and heart. Ha, usually bathing suits cause people fear and pain and here I was excited at the prospect!
The diet has been pretty easy so far. I’m on day 4. The shakes are good, but it’s kinda cold in our house as we aren’t burning our stove much to conserve our wood and pellets, so I would love a hot meal with something to chew, but I’ve not been hungry at all. I was told by the NP not to weigh every day, as I would just get frustrated. Not a problem there, but I was curious, so yesterday morning I did weigh to see if the scale had moved. I didn’t expect much as it had only been 2 days, but I had lost 5 lbs!! Wahoo! I know most would be water weight, although my daughter – an athletic trainer – said that since I’m taking in 108 grams of protein each day, I won’t have the water weight loss as in a regular diet, so that felt good to hear. I won’t weigh again until day 7 next Wednesday so I will hopefully be really surprised.
I’ve succumbed to hot chicken broth twice just to have something salty and warm. I’ve used that before with diced green onions and sliced mushrooms, and the nutritionist said she has no problem with me continuing with that as there are no calories in either and they offer some nutrients. That sure makes it nice to have something to chew on! I admit, that when I was washing the mushrooms I bought, I ate a few. Also, last light I was not wanting something sweet again for a snack (jello or SF popsicle) so I made a pile of 12 hulled sunflower seed kernels on the table and ate one at a time. They tasted SO good!
Day one of the diet, I was kinda crabby, no energy and feeling off kilter. Since I'm diabetic, that is normal according to the nutritionist. Friday and Saturday though I felt pretty good. My energy is back although I think I’m colder than I usually am. We fired up the wood stove yesterday to get the chill off the house and that was really nice. Might do so today if it doesn’t warm up much.
I’m SO glad to be going through this while I’m not working. I was laid off last month and although being unemployed sucks arse big time, it’s a blessing in disguise as it’s much easier to have my time to myself without big demands. If I had to work at my old job and stay on my game, I’d have a lot more trouble I think. I do look for work still, of course, but I’ll hit it much harder after I recover from surgery.
I love reading everyone’s blogs, posts and profiles. The before and after pics are my favorites and SO inspiring! Blessings and best wishes to everyone!
