Cold & Tired
Well it's day 11 on Optifast, I've gotten used to the taste to some extent, and I seem to have worked out a schedule that doesn't leave me hungry or have my blood sugar diving too low. I'm still taking Insulin with each meal and at bedtime but have reduce the amount by 2/3 I'm back down to the amounts I was taking when I first started, so I guess that's good, I'm still hoping to be able to stop it all together, we'll see what they say next week.
I'm finding I'm a lot colder that I'm used to being have to make sure to wear slipper and a fleece in the house when I'm watching TV and wake up with cold feet at night, I assume it's the lower calorie diet, I also notice that the packet says for a "low energy diet" maybe that's why I'm tired all the time. I could sleep 10 hours a night but unfortunately I don't have that much time in my life except on the weekends.
I'm pushing through only 10 more days till surgery.
57 - 6'0" - HW:288 SW:260 CW:185
TWH: Referral Aug. '16, Orientation - Nov. 30 '16, Surgeon Oct. 6 '17, Start Optifast Feb. 5'18 - Surgery Feb. 26'18
Opti -25; M1 -23; M2 -17; M3 -7; M4 -5; M5 -5; M6 -6; M7 -0; M8 -2; M9 -0; M10 -2; M11-0; M12-4;
You think you're cold now wait until the weight starts dropping off. You'll never be warm again!!!
I used to be able to go around the house in shorts and t-shirt in the winter. Now I'm bundled up in blanket or have the fire place on and I'm still cold! Not meat on the bones to keep me warm.
Skinny girl problems. 
Over 100 lbs lost! and 13 lbs below goal weight!
I remember as a teenager and newlywed being cold, that's back when I was a skinny girl, it's just been so many years I forgot, and being on the optifast I can't have a hot cup of cocoa to warm me up.
57 - 6'0" - HW:288 SW:260 CW:185
TWH: Referral Aug. '16, Orientation - Nov. 30 '16, Surgeon Oct. 6 '17, Start Optifast Feb. 5'18 - Surgery Feb. 26'18
Opti -25; M1 -23; M2 -17; M3 -7; M4 -5; M5 -5; M6 -6; M7 -0; M8 -2; M9 -0; M10 -2; M11-0; M12-4;
on 2/15/18 2:10 pm
I am reading OH with enormous boot slippers, heavy sweats and a dressing gown!!! The cold is so weird.
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
Good morning Ginny
Sounds like me in the beginning but belive me - it changes again after your wight will be stable for a little while 
I love the winter more than the summer - everything over 25 degrees Celsius is too hot for me !!! But the first 3 years after the surgery, I wanted the Equator in Switzerland.
Very very skinny girl problems 
I would also like to apologize if my English sounds a little rough now and then - but my mother tongue is German and my English is anything but perfect.
I agree with Ginny.
Wait til after surgery, and you start losing more weight. This winter has been brutal for me. I'm cold all the time. My hubby and I fight over the thermostat all the time lol
I'm always bundled up. I hope it gets better, but seems very common for a lot of us, so be prepared for it.
Wishing you the best of luck on your upcoming surgery!
Orientation April 2016 - Final approvals December 2016. Surgical Class January 23, 2017. Met with Dr. Reed February 7, 2017. Opti start date March 1, 2017. Surgery March 15, 2017 (Dr. Foute-Nelong).
HW 348 SW 316 CW 191
GW 160
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