Surgery this Saturday 1/15/11

Jan 09, 2011

I've begun my pre-op diet ... Saturday, January 8, 2011 was my first day.

Today is day 2, and I'm having some withdrawal symptoms, but for the most part am doing OK.  Bought adorable little baby spoons to help me get in the spirit of "eating small" ... and it's been helpful in that my brain thinks that by bite ~ 10 of Jell-o I may actually have had enough.  Let me just say that while the spoons are adorable, Jello does NOT apparently like to stay *on* the spoons.  

I am having major headaches, not sure if it's from cutting back on coffee (I've not quit completely, but certainly less than before) or the stopping all diet soda (I wouldn't be surprised if I am 'hooked' on all the chemicals that go into making them) or even something else altogether, but so far, I've been successful, 2 days in.

My official weight yesterday before starting my pre-op diet was 237.8 pounds.  That's what I'll list moving forward in all my progress reports.  I'll also remember to record my pre-surgery weight and then maybe 2x/month check in on how I'm doing weight-wise.  The doc says not to check the scale all the time, let the clothes be the sign that weight is coming off ... we'll see how that goes. 

I HOPE I will be able to do that at least in the beginning, although I'm sure I'm going to be very curious to see how I'm doing.

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