7/19/07

Jul 18, 2007

Well today is Day Two of my Liquid Diet. 
Weight is 382.5 (DOWN 3.5 pounds)

I did pretty well yesterday... I was hungry in the afternoon, and I went to bed early because I has hungry too... LOL   But all in all it went well

Here is what I ate yesterday... 

7/18/2007 Serving  Calories            Fat       Carbs      Protein        Fiber       Sugar
Micellar Milk All Flavors 1 cup 110 1 6 20 1 2
Dannon Light and Fit Smoothies 1 60 0 9 5 0 6
Walmart Peaches Frozen 1/2 cup 25 0 6.5 0.5 1 4.5
Sugar Free Jello 1 cup 10 0 0 1 0 0
Sugar Free Jello 1 cup 10 0 0 1 0 0
Motts forTots Apple Juice 6.75 fl oz 50 0 13 0 11 13
Campbells Select Gold Label Italian Tomato w/ Basil & Garlic  1 cup 90 0 19 3 3 14
Any Whey Unflavored 1 scoop 70 0 1 17 0 0
Sugar Free Micellar Pudding 1/2 cup 80 0.5 6 10 0.5 1
TOTALS 505 1.5 60.5 57.5 16.5 40.5

Not too bad if I do say so my self.  I am trying out alot of my protein supplements and drinking ALOT of water.  Constipation is still a problem, but hopefully that will correct itself soon.


7/18/07

Jul 17, 2007

Today is Day One of the Liquid Diet - Weight 386

I gained 2.5 pounds yesterday... I know it is dinner and constipation.  I am considering doing a bowel prep now just to fix the constipation problem, it seems like forever since I have pooped (I know TMI)

Not much else going on, I am going to try and post daily until surgery on the 31st.

Peace Out

7/17/07

Jul 17, 2007

Well today I went to my PCP to get my surgical clearance and she had everything done by the time I got there (actually the day before...LOL), I am not sure why I had to go.  The appt cost $50.00 and I saw the doctor for a total of about 2 minutes... LOL

Today I also had my last meal, as I am starting my liquid diet tomorrow morning.  We went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner, I had the Victoria Filet with Blue Cheese and a baked potato, OMG I am so full but it was so good.

I know that I did damage to my weight loss tonight and I am hoping that a few extra days on the liquid diet will help with that.

I have been trying out some protein.

Any Whey... I love this idea of putting protein in anything, since this is tasteless.  Yesterday I put it in my Chocolate Carnation Instant Breakfast (for Breakfast) and it was still pretty good.

Micellar Milk... the other day I made Sugar free Banana Cream Pudding with it (instead of skim milk) and it was pretty good.  Last night I made Sugar Free Cheesecake Pudding with the Chocolate and it was GOOOOOOD.  I did learn that you have to let it set up a bit longer, but it is great.  The cool thing is 10 grams of protein in a 1/2 cup.  I also made a smoothie with vanilla Micellar Milk, Dannon Light & Fit Smoothie and about 5 frozen peach pieces... YUMMY that was about 30 grams of protein... :-)

Tomorrow I am going to try some of the Isopure Zero Carb drinks.  I also have some samples of Isopure also that I need to try.

I guess that is about it for now... I am still constipated (sorry TMI, but it has been days it seems like... LOL) and bloated and just know that I have gained weight today... :-(

Will check in tomorrow.

07/16/07

Jul 16, 2007

Well it is starting to feel real now.

Today I got the letter from Dr Avara's office with all of my appts for before surgery.

July 30th @ 1:30pm - OS Hospital Finance (pay deposit)
July 30th @ 2:00pm - Consent with Dr Avara (pay deposit)
July 30th @ 3:30pm - SR Hospital Pre-Admit with Anesthia

Bowel prep is to start once I get home from final appt.  

I will bring Daniel to Michele's (my sister) house in the morning and be back just in time for my 1:30 appt.  Daniel hasnt been away from me at all since he was born...LOL...so I am already missing him...   But we will both make it, he is still excited about his vacation and wants it to start now... LOL

Tomorrow I have my Medical Clearance with my PCP @ 9:30am.  I made sure today that all the paperwork was faxed over to her.  I am calling right now to make sure they recieved it just in case, so it can be faxed again if necessary.   Had to leave a message, that isnt good, they never return their calls...arrgghh.  WOW that was the quickest they have ever called me back.... my PCP has the paperwork, and everything looks great.  She is excited to see me tomorrow and for me to have the surgery... whoooohooooo

Oh yeah...I have decided to start my liquid diet on Wednesday (after making sure PCP clears me...LOL)  as of today I am down 11.5 pounds of the 20 that Dr Avara wants me to loose.  I figure a couple more days of liquid arnt gonna kill me... LOL

That is it for now.


7/15/07

Jul 14, 2007

Well today is Sunday and I am working.  :-)

I weighed myself today and I am down again, after going UP this week... Tuesday is my official weigh in day, so I hope I am down even farther.

TMI...
I am so constipated I could pop... I have not been able to poop since I had the Upper GI, I am wondering if that stuff makes you constipated.  The nurse did say to drink plently of water for the next few days... well one day I didnt get my 64 oz in, but the rest of the time I did.  Hopefully this problem will end soon.

I am suppose to start my Pre-Op diet on Saturday the 21st (10 days prior to surgery)... I think I will start it early.  I am thinking about starting it on Wednesday the 18th (13 days prior to surgery).  I know I havent lost the weight that Dr Avara wanted me to before surgery (20 pounds) so I really feel I need to kick start that.  Also, I am hoping that it will help with the constipation problems that I am having.

Next week I am going to try out all of my Protein agian, I am also going to make Protein Pudding and try out the Any Whey in broth and stuff like that too.

Surgery is getting close, but I am not excited yet.  I dont know if it is just because I still need that final clearance from my PCP, and we all know that anything can go wrong with her on that.  Maybe once that is done (tuesday) and then I start my Pre-Op diet then the excitement will set in.  

I am not too nervous yet either.  I have had surgery before (Gallbladder removed and CSection) so I am not scared of waking up from anesthisia or anything.  I know that I deal with pain very well and I heal awesomely, so that isnt a problem either.  

I am only nervous about Daniel (4 years old), and I know that is crazy, but he has never spent the night away from home and this time he will be gone from Monday to Friday.   Heck I already miss him... LOL  I know I will miss him way more than he will miss me... LOL  He is excited to be going on vacation to Aunt Shell's house... LOL  Everyday he asks if it is time to go to Aunt Shell's house... LOL

I guess this is enough rambleing  for now.

7/12/07

Jul 12, 2007

Well Wednesday I had all of my pre-op testing…  only 3 tubes of blood so that was good, and they had me do the crystals (that make you burp) before they gave me the barium stuff to do the Upper GI.  The Doc said here swallow this (1/4 cup of crystals).. I told him I haven’t had anything to eat or drink today, I am a bit dry, I don’t see how in the heck I can get down dry crystals… LOL.. so he gave me about a 1/4 cup of water… LOL  The crystals are to fill you up with gas (don’t let the burps out… they don’t like that… LOL) so they can see better. I also had my EKG then too.   All in all I was at the hospital doing tests for 1 hour, pretty speedy if I do say so myself… LOL 

Tonight (Thursday night) was the Mandatory Nutrition Class and Support Group.  Well the mandatory class was pretty lame, they didn’t really tell you much of anything.  I was the only one in there doing the RNY so the class was focused on the Lap Band. The support group was pretty good… LOTS of people there… there was even one lady who was 3 years out and looked great.

One of the cool things about going to the office is that I got weighed on their cool scale again.. it gives you all kinds of body compisition numbers... here are a few of mine.

5/22/07                                7/12/07
395 lbs                                386 lbs (down 9 pounds)
56.7 BMI                             55.4 BMI (down 1.3 points)
59.6% Fat                           56.0% Fat (down 3.3%)
235.5 lbs  Fat Mass             216.0 lbs Fat Mass (down 19.5 lbs)
159.5 lbs FFM (not Fat)       170.0 lbs FFM (up 10.5 lbs of non fat)

Nothing else going on exciting here the rest of this week.  I will be working a bit this weekend, but that is it.

Tuesday (17th) I go for my medical clearance from my PCP… she better clear me… LOL and then I start my liquid diet on Saturday (21st).


7/10/07

Jul 09, 2007

Well today is Tuesday.... my official  weekly weigh in and I am down 2.5 pounds from last week.  I am at 385.0  which is down 10 pounds from my surgery consult weight (395)

I have been stuck at this weight for about 4 days... I hope it finally goes down, I have been doing pretty good on my diet.   I do need to excercise some, but it is hard since I am working so much right now. 

Tomorrow I have all of my pre-op testing (chest Xray, Upper GI, Blood Work and EKG)... thank goodness they were able to schedule it all while my son is in Summer school... :-)

I will update again tomorrow after my testing.

7/3/07

Jul 03, 2007

Well I am a bit discouraged with my weight loss... Tuesdays are my "official" weigh in, even though I weigh everyday.  As you can see the other day I was down 11 pounds, well as of today I am only down 7.5.  AF should be here today and I ALWAYS gain weight when she comes..arrgghh

I am trying to be more positive.... so I started looking at my weigh ins since my consult and I am going down (only went up 1 pound once).
5/22:  395.0 -- 
5/29:  390.0  -5.00
 
6/05:  391.0   1.00
  - AF Here (DENIED by insurance)
6/12:  389.5  -1.50
 
6/19:  389.0  -0.50
 
6/26:  388.0  -1.00
 
7/03:  387.5  -0.50
  - AF Here

So as you can see it dosent look bad... and I could have done better.  I did go thru a very angry phase when I was denied during that time so I did cheat.

I need to make a plan and stick to it... I have until July 21st when I start my liquid diet (my sister said to start that early... LOL) to loose some weight.

I guess I am just a bit discouraged and have the feeling that maybe Dr Avara will deny me if I dont loose the 20-25 pounds that he requested before surgery.

Gotta go run some errand.
Susan


7/1/07

Jul 01, 2007

Well we had a pretty busy weekend.  It seems like we eat out way too much on the weekend.  I told hubby that this is it... I need to loose more weight before surgery and we are not going to ruin it by eatting out anymore.

I didnt make bad choices, on Saturday we went to Ruby Tuesdays and I had the Club House Salad (yummy) then on Sunday we went to the Habachi Resturant (yummy).  Those are my two favorite things right now, and they arent that bad so that was a good thing.

Tomorrow (7/2) I am really going to be buckleing down on my diet again... AF should be here before I know it so I know that I am holding on to some weight for that (I ALWAYS do).  Two days ago I was down 11 pounds, but with constipation issues and eating out and AF dropping her luggage, I am UP 4 pounds for a total loss of 7 pounds.

Like I said before Dr Avara would like me to loose 20-25 pounds before sugery.. I am confident that I can do that.   Gonna take alot of hard work, since my surgery is now in 30 days.

Off to bed, hubby is calling me...arrgghhh   LOL

6/29/07

Jun 28, 2007

Well not much else going on... 

SO here is where I stand now... and what appts I have before surgery....

July 11th - PreOp Testing
July 12th - Mandatory Nutrition Meeting & Support Group Meeting
July 17th - PCP appt for clearance for surgery
July 21st - Start 10 day Liquid Diet
July 30th - Consent Appt with Dr Avara & Hospital Pre Admit
July 31st - SURGERY DAY!!!!!!

It seems like the 31st is a long way away... but when you look at it, and have something going on almost every week between then and now... I just know that time will fly by.

My weight today was 384.0, down 11 pounds since my Consult and Dr Avara telling me to loose 20-25 pounds.  

I looked back at my weights from this year (yeah I weigh everyday and keep a record of them)... I have not been 384 all year.

Ok this is enough for now... 
Susan

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