Hi Fellow Over 50 BMI Friends!

I am so very excited that after a YEAR of  I finally have a surgery date of Jan. 4th 2010! What a way to start off the New Year! I am  and  all at the same time. Is that normal?

Only as year of head banging.. you did good.. with most people it takes longer than that..

I am so excited for you.. You will be starting a New You in a New Year 

Yes it is normal to be excited and nervous or anxious.. you will find that from here on out it will no longer be a fight to get the surgery but will be an emotional roller coaster.. hang on and just enjoy the ride.. it is worth evey minute..

We are all here for you to rant to or celebrate with you or for any advice or encouragement you need... this is the best forum on OH in my opinoin..

Enjoy the holidays but dont overdo.. remember the weight you may gain just adds more work to the loss after the surgery.. eat sensible.. you may even be on a liquid diet..  just follow the doctors order and don't cheat.. it is for your health and safety during the surgery..
watch the alcohol at New Years.. it don't count as one of your liquids.. lol...

Congratulations on the Date....

THANK U SO MUCH!
In fact my liquid diet starts on the 21st but I think I am going to start it on Friday just so my mind would be over the hump come xmas day! OMGI so forgot about New Years Eve!!! I have a big night planned and I can't even have a champagne toast??? Oh My, I am getting sad...lol.. Thank u so much for reminding me that I will be liquid on 2 BIG days...lol...
I just made a post about liquid diets tell me what u think...
When u did your liquid diet dis u do Just meal replacements or Just Protein drinks-shakes or a combination of both? I am thinking of doing both. Chike meal replacements and Unjury Protein Powder simply bc I like the idea of the chicken soup and the unflavored especially to use on Xmas day when everyone is eating, I was thinking of adding sweet potatos to the unflavored unjury with cinnamon and nutmeg. Hmmm.. can I add nutmeg and cinnamon???? I definately wanna also have Isopure to make me feel like I am having a Sobe. I am trying to trick my mind I guess. What do you think?

Hey girl I am right there with you.. I had my surgery on November 23rd.. I arrived home the night before Thanksgiving.. I had only clear liquids for Thanksgiving  .  broth..jello,,  yum yum... Now here it is Christmas and I still can not have any turkey.. I can only have soft foods only.. But you know what.. I survived Thanksgiving and was more thankful for the day then if I had eaten a big meal and was laying on the couch miserable like all the previous years..
I am looking so forward to Christmas.. not to the food like I usually do ,,but looking forward to spending the time with my family and watching my grandbaby enjoy his first Christmas.. better than any ole turkey could ever be..
As far a New Years Eve.. Celebrate and enjoy.. who says you have to toast with Champaigne.. I never liked the stuff anyway.. I have always celebrated the New Year with out alcohol.. well not always, when I was in my 20's I drank and I can remember the sick feeling that night.. the headache the next morning and the guilt that I probably just drank enough calories to feed a small army for a week.. Now I celebrate the occasion.. not the drinking.. You can have a great time without it.. celebrate the coming new you....
Get a bottle of non alcoholic beverage and take it with you.. make it some special flavor you love.. and think of it as being only your special drink that no one else can have.. toast with water even if you have too.. add a little lemon and enjoy the toast..don't worry about the alcholol.. you are celebrating a new beginning and a new year at the same time.. the new beginning is more important than a glass of champaigne .

as far s the liquid diet goes.. I was allowed clear broths.. my protein suppliment drinks. does not matter what kind at this point..and sugar free jello.. and all the crystal light I would ever want and of course water.. I also enjoyed sugar free popsicles.. they count as liquids.. I could not stomach the isopure with the protein floating in it.. I have the chicken soup protein made by Unjury,, I had that too.it is yummy... as far as the sweet potato it does not count as a liquid.. it is a soft food not a liquid..  there are sugar free syrups made by DaVinci that are great and thay have so many wonderful flavors they can be added to any vanilla protein or even chocolate if you like,, to make them taste better.. I even put the cherry syrup in my water sometimes to make it taste better to me.. I also use the cherry in the chocolate protein shake and it tastes just like a chocolate covered cherry.. yummy.. I would suggest that you go to Pam T's website and check out the recipes or to melting mama.  there are so  many ways to make your protien taste great.. Hey you might even like the rum flavored DaVinci syrup as a toast for New Years.. There are many other alcohol flavored ones without the alcohol.. You can make a simple protein shake taste like a lot of drinks.. Make you a special one for the toast..

well I can't keep my eyes open.. I am off to bed.. I will try to get the websites to you tomorrow when I can think better..

Good for you!  Keep your eye on the prize and the liquid diet will be fine.  You can do this and it makes the surgery go so much better!

Thanks so much, I am so going to try and keep a pic in my mind of the end result...lol...

Congrats on getting a date!!

The preop diet is the worst. Hang in there. Come on here and whine. We'll give you a big .

Lots of us have been there.

 THANKS SO MUCH, I needed that.
I am so excited now I think....lol... I am

Woo Hoo!  It's never so real as when you finally get that date!  And it's the day after my birthday so I'll start celebrating early for you! You'll do just fine on your liquid diet. And the last time I checked...champagne was a liquid!!

LOL.. I tried that but no Alchohol...lol
But I foun so many creative ideas online that I am kind of looking forward to the experiment! Yes, I had my Pre-op appt today and signed my hospital consent papers, it is so REAL now. THANKS so much and Happy Pre B-Day to u!