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 I feel good. I can tolerate many foods eggs, chicken salad, plain spaghetti, everything I have tried as long as I go slow and listen to the hiccup! When I get full and it's time to stop I hiccup once, and that's my stopping point I usually feel pretty full then too.  It's a nice but strange reminder to stop :) I am working out on my elliptical trainer and have gotten up to 25 mins so far. I have lost 9 pounds so far and one clothes size down :) I am very happy :)

 The first 2 day were hard but I'm going home today :)  Doing pretty well trying to sip sip sip[!!

Well I'm getting really close. I'm not nervous yet but I'm a very laid back person for the most part until the day is here...then I'm sure I'll start freaking out! I even procrastinate my emotions lol!!!  I am trying to get everything ready...I wait til the last min usually with everything thats how I roll, when motivation finally strikes I do my best work LOL. So these last few days of the liquid diet have been a breeze...so for those of you out there that are struggling YOU CAN MAKE IT!!  The first week was HELL I tell you!!!!!  I can't wait for TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!  

 I know I've had the date June 1st on my profile for awhile. I got a little ahead of myself. That is the date I really wanted!
Yesterday I found out that my insurance cleared me for surgery! The date of June 1st is now official.  I am very excited!!! :)

 So the office finally got back with me a reassured me that they do use your initial weight from your first visit to submit to the insurance. YAY! At my first visit I was 207 and now I'm 200. I was scared that since that took my BMI down to 34 I would not qualify anymore.  I have an appointment tomorrow with the exercise specialist and then the dietitian. I'm REALLY hoping they clear me and don't tell me to come back again in 3 weeks. I've become a lot more serious about exercise and logging all my calories. Also my husband is coming to my appointment which they encouraged. My husband just had a scare going to the emergency room for chest pain. He found out he has several different  health problems and now he has agreed to exercise with me and eat healthy! YAY! I'm so proud!

 So I went in a little over a week ago for a psych eval which went well. A nutrition eval which went fine they told me to eat 1,300 cals per day for right now so I have been doing that. The exercise specialist was  downer. She first tried to tell me I didn't need the surgery which was a bad way to start coz she pissed me off. I didn't go thro testing and have the surgeon clear me and pay all this money for you to try to change my mind. But okay whatever. Then she tells me I'm not on fire enough about exercises so she wasn't going to clear me for surgery right away I would have to come back in 3 weeks. Well I'm a boarder line case so I have been afraid to try to lose too much wt. right now for fear I would not qualify and have to go back to yo-yo diet hell!  So they tell me to lose wt. so I can prove I'm serious. Well, I'm doing it. I'm serious. But I'm frustrated because anyone can be serious for 3 weeks how does that prove anything? But anyways I'm being so good. I have lost 4lbs. I'm exercising and everything. But I'm scared that after I lose about 10 pounds and go back  they'll be like sorry! See you can do it on your own.  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got another date already yay! On Monday March 29th I'm talking to the people. It's going to take most of the day too, but I said to schedule me for everything on my days off. I gave them a copy of my work schedule and things seem to be moving pretty fast now!

Labs, chestx-ray, upper gi xray, gallblader sono and ekg this Friday March 26th. Very excited!!!!!!!