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I am doing pretty well with the liquid diet!!! I have experienced some real hunger pains and with that I struggle with not being able to chew something. I am encouraged because I have lost 10 pounds this week with this diet. Why didn't I do this before? JK!! A girl can't live on liquid alone. I found myself at a bar last night playing poker besides food that is my other vice! Anyway I can't eat any food or drink alcohol so I found myself at a loss because I couldn't enjoy myself in that way anymore. I didn't drink my dinner and just watching people eat made me feel deprived. I had to step outside for a minute. Even watching a dinner scene in a movie is too much at this point. I can't go out to eat with my friends because I think "What am I going to do, just sit there?" 

I guess these are issues that people have had to deal with at some time or another. What keeps me going is that my clothes are now getting to be too big for me. My shoes even feel different. I would love to be a smaller size in shoes. I look at myself in the mirror and notice little things that I never did before with my body. 

I can't believe that this time next week I will be taking that laxative and preparing for surgery. Nutty!!!! I still need to clean my place and do some more shopping. I am having a hard time finding that Dial soap that you are supposed to get but I will look at Target again this week.  Wish me luck.

I am not getting the recommended 80 grams of protein and I hope this won't be an issue after surgery but forsee that it will be. 

Thats all I have for now will post more later.........

So I started my liquid diet in preparation for surgery and it was very hard that first day but now I am getting use to it and drinking my protein shakes. My surgery is less than two weeks away!!! I am starting to get prepared home wise and am having a hard time figuring out all that I need to do. So much of the stuff is last minute stuff. Has anyone else experienced that same feeling of just not knowing what to do weeks before? 


I am reading here about how people change after the procedure and I wonder how I will besides losing the weight. I don't want to lose friendships but I am told that that happens sometimes after such a substancial weight loss people can't handle the change. 

I will post more as it gets closer......

So I just realized that my surgery is three weeks away. Crazy!!! I am still very excited and I attended a pre-op class this morning to prepare me for surgery. I am ready but need to spend some time organizing my place in prepration for the procedure. I feel well informed at this point. I need to go to the gym more and get back into that whole routine before surgery. 

I just got the letter in the mail yesterday from my insurance company to say that I am authorized to have my surgery!! I am sooooo excited !!! I called Dr. Drew's office this morning to see if they too received the same letter and of course they had and I am on their list of people to call this afternoon to schedule a surgery date. I can't wait. It is hard for me to work today because I want to know. Crazy!! I have lost focus in the last couple of weeks with my diet but know that it will be eay to get back on track with knowing a surgery date. I will be posting again this afternoon as soon a I know my date.

I am no longer on supervised weight loss. I completed that last week and now it is up to Minneapolis Baritric to submit it to my insurance company for approval. I am soo excited. I have not lost or really gained any wieght in the last few months since I posted but I was dating a guy who was not supportive of my having surgery and that made me stress out so I ate more. I am over that now and we are no longer together and I am getting back on track and am excited to continue to lose more weight. When I have a surgery date the whole world will know!!!!!

I am in the middle of my journey!! I met with Dr. Drew this week for my consultation. I was under the impression that I would get a surgery date then. I soon found out that because of changes with my insurance providers that I would need to be on medically supervised weight-loss for the next three months. Kind of a bummer but I will not let it get me down. I only have one meeting with the dietitian(sp?) and two meeting with Minneapolis Baratric ending the three month extension in late June. Since my annual check in March when I found out that I weighed 323 pounds I have lost 23. I am back in the 2's again if you know what I mean. That feels good. I have been over-weight my whold life as many of you have and I finally feel ready to lose this weight. I no longer am content with being the "fat" girl. I will keep you all posted on the latest and I will still look to this website for support.