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Okay, its been a year since I last was on here. My last fill was in October 2007. I have lost 10 pounds since July 2007 . I am scheduled to go back to the doctor tomorrow for a fill, I have changed jobs and lost insurance coverage and had been unable to go to the doctors office for any fills for the last 9 months. My weight has been steady in the 220's for the past 5 months. I know I am way over do for a fill. Looking forward to getting back on track.

I haven't wrote in a long while, things are going okay, I mean I haven't lost any weight in 4 weeks, but I haven't gain either. I missed my appointment for my first fill and they couldn't  reschedule till a month later. I go July 20th for my first fill. Protien foods are hard to find as far as high protien and low cal, my nutritionist did give me a book on some food guides and now I just need to put them into action.

I am so excited, I have lost another 4 pounds over the weekend. I feel so good, that I have started walking more, cleaning my house and not feeling too tired, I have been very cautious though not to over do it. I am just glad I am feeling so well after surgery.
I am able to eat a baked potatoe and I pureed some foods in my kitchen chopper, but I feel like I am eating way too much, even though I am only eating a half of cup of food, I guess I am so used to just drinking that my mind is saying I am eating too much, when in reality I am not. LOL....
Protien shakes taste horrible now, I need to find a new way to add protien in my meals without it tasting like protien powder, if you know what I mean.
I will be shopping for protien supplements until I can find the right one just for me (taste, and substance) one that I can tolerate.

Surgery was only an hour and recovery was 3 hours, the nurses were so nice and caring, Dr.Watson was great, very caring and interested in my needs at the time of surgery. I had no vomiting and no nausea, I started my liquids and have had minimal pain, I only take 2 tylenol everyday. No narcotics !!! I am a little tired and tried to walk my 20 minutes, I ended up going home and going to sleep because I was so tired but, it was nice to sleep LOL... things are going great though.

Well, today is the day before surgery, Oh my Goodness !!!
I am getting really excited now, a little nervous, but everything is done, the appointment for pre op and the education class, and of course the big hunk of change I put down before surgery.
I keep reading some of you out there are having problems with your 2 week liquid diet. Mainly the drink is making you feel sick or vomit. I bought the bariatric meal through the surgeons office and had nothing but good results, no nausea or vomiting and I had recipes to add sugar free extracts and sugar free jello to it with ice in a blender and it was all YUMMY, the chocolate is my favorite that one I can just mix with water and it goes right down. I hope who ever reads this buys the drink mix and uses it, I highly recommed it.
I have lost 12 pounds in 11 days, I cannot believe it, my clothes are already fitting quite nice.

I started the liquid and been on it for 3 days now and have lost 5 pounds, my waist line in my pants are loose, wow, it isn't so bad to drink all this bariatric meal, my education class gave me smoothie recipies so the drink can be jazzed up with sugar free jello and cooking extracts, wow what a treat. I like the coffe flavored one - it has 2 scoops of vanilla meal, ice, water, decaf coffee, and vanilla extract.
I go to my pre-op appt on monday, wow, it is sure going by fast...

I am so nervous, on the 10th of this month, (April) I will start the protien liquid for 2 weeks to shrink my liver for surgery... I am so nervous just thinking about how hard it will be when I get the urge and want to eat something. I know I will just have to have plenty of focus and think about the outcome when I am successful at everything and being compliant.