melissa M.
1/16/08 ** 6 days left
Jan 16, 2008
I am much better today!! No regrets just looking forward to my future!! Back on the pre-op diet. Had a protein drink this morning also. I am drinking the 42g New-Whey Liquid Protein shots. The grape flavor is good. They are only 3.1oz & you can mix with water or not. It looks like the syrup you put over a snow cone before you add water. You know that might be an idea.. a protein snow cone. Maybe this summer!! Anyway it has 2g cargs & 0 sugar & 0 fat.. Hopefully it will not bother me after surgery. Tomorrow is my last day at work. I am leaving for Indiana on Friday for my daughters cheerleading competition. We are driving there Friday & driving home Sunday night. We are going to try to get home before 4am & then my pre-op is at 8:30 Monday am. Monday is going to be a long day. Hopefully there won't be any snow or ice. I was born & raised here in Ga so I do not do well in icy situations. LOL!! Will try to write tomorrow but if not will definitely follow up on Monday.
1/15/08 **ONE WEEK TO GO
Jan 15, 2008
Ok I am having serious doubts if I can do this. My dr. told me to stay off carbs until I have surgery & I can't even do that!! I ate a biscuit this morning without even thinking about. When I realized what I was doing it was to late!! I feel like kicking my own a$$. (I can't even do that because I can't get my foot up that high!) What if I eat what I'm not suppose to AFTER the surgery?? OK>> FOCUS.. I can do this!! I think.. ummmm I don't know. I am soooo scared!! ARGGGGG!! NO MORE CARBS>> NO MORE CARBS!! My liver is going to be to big & he won't be able to do the surgery. Someone stop me from this self destruction!!
On a good note** I did get on the elliptical trainer last night. Made it one & a half minutes and thought I was going to die. Tonight I'm going for 2 min. One step at a time!!
On a good note** I did get on the elliptical trainer last night. Made it one & a half minutes and thought I was going to die. Tonight I'm going for 2 min. One step at a time!!
1/13/08 **9 days left
Jan 13, 2008
Well, I got the elliptical machine completely put together but have not tried it out yet. It has a fan in the console but I do not have any D size batteries to make it run. I'll have to wait to get on it. What if I get hot?? I HAVE to have the fan!!!
Did really good with no carbs yesterday. Had cheese & a protein drink for breakfast. Chicken, celery & ranch dressing for lunch. Tuna, cheese & pickles for dinner and another protein drink and a banana for snack & guess what?? somehow someway I did not get hungry. NO SWEETS AT ALL YESTERDAY!!! WOW!! I'm beginning to think I can do anything anyways because I don't think I've mentioned that I stopped smoking yet.. Yes after 18 years (minus 1 year when I was preggy) I quit smoking!! My last cig was Dec 20!! I took chantix from dec 15 - Jan 1 & I will sware by the stuff. I took myself off the drug 1/1 because I didn't want to have anything in my system come surgery day & believe it or not have not even needed it. There have been a couple of times that Taylor and Rick have both begged me to smoke a cig but I did not bow down in the face of temptation. I just said no & continued to be a complete bitch for the rest of the day. They just had to deal!!
Today I had a the rare pleasure of sleeping in. Taylor is at a friend's & Rick let me sleep until 10am. It's been a lazy morning. I know it's going to be a good day (especially after watching that hot hunk of a man Brett Favre win last night) I could eat him up!! That just made me hungry. I'm gonna go find some low carb food so tootles for now.
Did really good with no carbs yesterday. Had cheese & a protein drink for breakfast. Chicken, celery & ranch dressing for lunch. Tuna, cheese & pickles for dinner and another protein drink and a banana for snack & guess what?? somehow someway I did not get hungry. NO SWEETS AT ALL YESTERDAY!!! WOW!! I'm beginning to think I can do anything anyways because I don't think I've mentioned that I stopped smoking yet.. Yes after 18 years (minus 1 year when I was preggy) I quit smoking!! My last cig was Dec 20!! I took chantix from dec 15 - Jan 1 & I will sware by the stuff. I took myself off the drug 1/1 because I didn't want to have anything in my system come surgery day & believe it or not have not even needed it. There have been a couple of times that Taylor and Rick have both begged me to smoke a cig but I did not bow down in the face of temptation. I just said no & continued to be a complete bitch for the rest of the day. They just had to deal!!
Today I had a the rare pleasure of sleeping in. Taylor is at a friend's & Rick let me sleep until 10am. It's been a lazy morning. I know it's going to be a good day (especially after watching that hot hunk of a man Brett Favre win last night) I could eat him up!! That just made me hungry. I'm gonna go find some low carb food so tootles for now.
1/12/08 **10 Days until D-DAY!!**
Jan 12, 2008
I am nervous today. Yesterday was the last day I could have carbs before the surgery. I've been thinking all morning that I should have went to Firehouse Subs last night. Oh well. So far I have had a glass of water and a hunk of cheddar cheese. My husband is bringing me home chicken so that will be good. My dr office sd that going 10 days without carbs will shrink my liver to 1/2 its current size & make the surgery easier. OK.. I'm all for EASIER!! I can do this!!I got an elliptical trainer for Christmas & unfortunately it came in a box in about 1000 pieces. It is sitting in my Living Room 1/2 put together. This is my excuse for not exercising at all yet. How can I exercise without the equipment??
I purchased the protein bullets from bariatriceating.com. I put one in a glass of water & it tasted just like grape koolaid. Hmmm.. I like grape koolaid. I really think I can do this. I'm wondering if I should try the liquid diet this week just to get use to it?? Maybe I'll try that next week.
