Sounds like you are right on track.  Liquid in=liquid out.  It'll get better once your food has more consistency.  Stay hydrated!  Keep us posted!

I live in Downeast Maine, but am going to Lewiston for the Dr. (3 1/2 hr. drive)    I am seeing Drs. Loggins/Bang, and have met Dr. Bang at my  1st appointment / consultaion.  He was awesome, so nice, and willing to answer my many questions.  He spent a lot of time talking with me, and explaining things in terms I could easily understand.  I  had heard from a lot of people that they didn't meet the surgeon until right before surgery, so I was happy to see that this office was run differently...it is a team approach, through and through.  Good luck, and best wishes to you!
Heather

thanks Tami. i intend to call tama tomorrow, she has been a Godsend to me. But in a way, she has also created the problem, lol. shes taught me SO much about my own body. and you know, the flat out truth is, I have "dieted". But I have NEVER ever been so clear on what I want, how it works, and what I need to do to lose weight. (except, Im NOT so clear on what to do surgery-wise) This is a very strange feeling. I know it sounds cliche, but I feel powerful. I dont feel like a failure. I feel like I had the big AHHA moment and now it is just a matter of time. so, quick....via surgery? or a little more drawn out, via diet and exercise? THAT is the question.

Good luck, I hope it went well.  My dh had his surgery with Dr. Cobean in 2005 and liked him and the office a lot.  You are on your way...

Tami

it isnt jitters. I guess maybe it is surprise...like, is it really THAT easy? I have "dieted" but I have never really understood food. I know more about proteins and carbs and ghrelin and metabolism than I EVER knew. and I wonder a fair bit if THAT is the tool. I also know that I still want the surgery, but I think it is better to really think about these things NOW than come back a yr from now and wonder. I am a turn every stone over kinda girl. Mostly, I just have this overwhelming sense that for the first time ever, i GET this, and I might have a decent chance of beating it, with or without the surgery. That said, I wish I had figured it all out a year ago, in the earliest stages of this journey, I would have used that time to prove to myself if I could or couldnt do this. It has been a progression. Frankly, it is only within the last 5-6 weeks that I got it. and I havent looked back, Im exercising every day religiously, Im watching every bite, reading labels. It started when I realized that 2000 calories, what I had been "restricting myself to" was really a LOT of calories. I moved to 1500 easily, it was just better planning. and then this liquid diet. I expected to be starving to death. Im not. Its planning, willpower, and faith maybe. And it may be short lived, but I really dont feel it will be. I feel like I am almost looking at my old habits in disgust. But more like a parent, patting the old me on the head, saying "you GOT it, kid, you got it". I am not hungry, I am not depriving myself. Im just eating differently, more aware. And I cant help but wonder if I maybe have it in me to do this without the surgery. I still want the surgery, but it seems odd to me that I am suddenly full of faith in ME.