January 6th - Tuesday!!!
Whew it's almost here!!! Just 3 more days and I'll be on my way to a new and healthier lifestyle.
I totally freaked out last week and ate a bacon cheeseburger from Braums - felt guilty after wards and then freaked out and more and decided to not have the surgery at all! For days I flipped back and forth trying to decide if I was making the right decision. I definitely can sympathize with what so many of us are going through and the doubts/questions that arise.
Then Friday I just got this overwhelming sense of peace and knew it was right and this was the path I was supposed to be on. I wish all you about the have the surgery the same peace and contentment I felt!!
(((HUGS)))
I plan on posting bi-weekly so check back with me to see how it all goes!!!!
I totally freaked out last week and ate a bacon cheeseburger from Braums - felt guilty after wards and then freaked out and more and decided to not have the surgery at all! For days I flipped back and forth trying to decide if I was making the right decision. I definitely can sympathize with what so many of us are going through and the doubts/questions that arise.
Then Friday I just got this overwhelming sense of peace and knew it was right and this was the path I was supposed to be on. I wish all you about the have the surgery the same peace and contentment I felt!!
(((HUGS)))
I plan on posting bi-weekly so check back with me to see how it all goes!!!!
Hi there - I am having Lap Band on Tuesday Jan 6th. I have been on the shakes preop but cheated every day a little, so I have lost 3 lbs in a week, which is better than I usually do anyways. The way I look at it, as long as the scale is going DOWN, perhaps the cheating (in small amts) keeps me on track. But I won't cheat during post-op - too afraid of something going wrong!
Joan - 5'6" age 48
Surgery 2.5cc, fill #1 to 4.5cc, fill #2 to 6.0cc, unfill to 5.5cc, fill #3 to 6.0cc in 10cc APS band.
Surgery 2.5cc, fill #1 to 4.5cc, fill #2 to 6.0cc, unfill to 5.5cc, fill #3 to 6.0cc in 10cc APS band.
Our surgeries are on the same day! I can't wait to get the surgery over with and to get on with my new life. I've had a few struggles with food lately- the "last supper syndrome". I've enjoyed some things that I know I won't be able to have post-op. I think that's normal, so don't worry.
Since I made the decision to have this surgery, I have not had a single doubt that this is the right thing for me. Sure, I'm anxious and nervous about the "unkowns" living as a post RNY patient. However I still feel in my heart that this is right for me and I look forward to the changes.
Good luck, and be sure to post here so that we can support each other through the journey.
Since I made the decision to have this surgery, I have not had a single doubt that this is the right thing for me. Sure, I'm anxious and nervous about the "unkowns" living as a post RNY patient. However I still feel in my heart that this is right for me and I look forward to the changes.
Good luck, and be sure to post here so that we can support each other through the journey.
LAURIE
I think it is hard not to have a "Last Supper," but I am being mindful of my changes and trying to hold onto portion control. Avoiding eating and drinking at the same time. Eating protein first. Chewing slowly.
I'm trying to look at this as not so much "Last," as going on hiatus from foods I love. We'll see if they love me back later. I made chili last night. I know it will be a quite a while before I need to call in Five Alarms, if ever again. (Not to pat myself on the shoulder, but I can't see trying to each sushi with wasabi and ginger pickle three weeks from now...Yeah, someone did -- not with good results.)
Today, my frozen duck is coming out of the freezer. (Trick is to parboil the bird with a heavy object ot something that fills up the space in the pot to keep the duck under water while the fat dissolves out, then roast slowly to get a lower fat dish with a nice crispy skin. -- Take a task fo the skin and leave the rest for my DH.) Four to six ozs eaten slowly with a salad of tossed greens and low carb dressing. Finish off with a nice baked apple cooked with Splenda.
The biggest thing for me is to keep busy away from the kitchen so that I avoid the temptation to graze.
I'll be one more link in our metaphysical hand holding chain on Tuesday morning -- 49 and 1/2 hours from now! Wow -- where is the time going -- back to laudry folding and other housework.
I'm trying to look at this as not so much "Last," as going on hiatus from foods I love. We'll see if they love me back later. I made chili last night. I know it will be a quite a while before I need to call in Five Alarms, if ever again. (Not to pat myself on the shoulder, but I can't see trying to each sushi with wasabi and ginger pickle three weeks from now...Yeah, someone did -- not with good results.)
Today, my frozen duck is coming out of the freezer. (Trick is to parboil the bird with a heavy object ot something that fills up the space in the pot to keep the duck under water while the fat dissolves out, then roast slowly to get a lower fat dish with a nice crispy skin. -- Take a task fo the skin and leave the rest for my DH.) Four to six ozs eaten slowly with a salad of tossed greens and low carb dressing. Finish off with a nice baked apple cooked with Splenda.
The biggest thing for me is to keep busy away from the kitchen so that I avoid the temptation to graze.
I'll be one more link in our metaphysical hand holding chain on Tuesday morning -- 49 and 1/2 hours from now! Wow -- where is the time going -- back to laudry folding and other housework.
The burger is no big deal unless you try it AFTER surgery! I have been pretty comfortable planning surgery since last MAY so I can't wait. My only indecisiveness is about the possibilities for complications since I am self-pay. So perhaps waiting firmed up my resolve! Lap Band on Tuesday Jan 6!
Joan - 5'6" age 48
Surgery 2.5cc, fill #1 to 4.5cc, fill #2 to 6.0cc, unfill to 5.5cc, fill #3 to 6.0cc in 10cc APS band.
Surgery 2.5cc, fill #1 to 4.5cc, fill #2 to 6.0cc, unfill to 5.5cc, fill #3 to 6.0cc in 10cc APS band.
My surgery is the 6th and i have wondered if i am doing the right thing ...exspecially after this liquid diet. My favorite food is chicken and my family had that last night and then they had pizza last night....UGH....I haven't cheated like a lot of people but sometimes I wish i had. A Bacon cheeseburger sounds soooo good right now. 1 more day though! I'm having my sirgery done at Hamot Hospital in Erie,PA.
Just one more day! I am so excited and very ready to have it all over with. Onwards towards my journey to health and fitness!!!! Thanks to everyone for their support and comments. It definitely helps to know you are not alone in this, especially when everyone else around us seems to be eating all those goodies we want/crave.
As of this morning I am down 21 pounds from my highest weight. Yeah!!!!
We ALL can do this and I wish much happiness for those about to embark on the journey. Hang in there because it all starts looking up - even though the liquid part is hard - we just have to keep in mind the end goal and our initial reason for making the choice to have surgery.
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