Surgery Day Shout Out!!!

It's surgery day ya'll!!! Let's get this thing going!!!!!! Much love, will blog after and if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, don't worry, you'll be one of the first to know!!!

8 Hours on the clock!

Here we go! I'm so excited/nervous/scared but really mostly excited! What a page I'm turning!!! Here's a little video about my day and my pre-op jitters! Will post a special something in the AM before I leave for the hospital!!!

Testing

3 day jitters!!

Well, I'm 3 days pre-op now.  Actually I'm 3635minutes and 47 seconds. Wow. It's been such a long journey. Last February I remember being on a quest to eat healthier and be more conscious of what I was putting in my body. I started doing Yoga and thinking out health in a different way. After losing and plateauing and losing hope I came to the decision to radically change my life with LapBand. It's funny...when I went to my seminar in July it seemed like it would take forever to get through the authorization process. Then I was approved and it seemed like it would be forever until surgery...now I'm 60hours and 58minutes from changing my life.

Wow.

It seems so unreal, exciting and scary all in one! 

Thank you everyone for your support. This decision was not one that I came across on a whim. Much research and questioning was done on my part before I decided that LapBand was for me.

Next time I update will probably be the night before surgery...we'll see how the nerves are holding up then!!!

Side effects...

So, here are some side effects to this liver shrinking diet.

1. I have lost 11lbs as of Monday, I'm sure more now since I'm only consuming around 900cals/day.

2. I am sleeping great! I go to sleep quickly and wake up feeling refreshed.

3. My tummy is doing well. I barely have had any IBS problems since I started!

4. I think my mood is much improved! 

Ok, so this was brief but I was amazed at how wonderful this diet has made me feel. It's easy to continue the diet when it makes me feel so incredible. I'm officially at the one week mark...7 days till I can continue my journey to a new woman!!!

Thanks everyone for your kind words and support. Your love has not gone unnoticed. 

**Special note to my Sis, Mom, Tamera, Savannah, Melinda, and Vong for the special *extra* encouragement. You girls rock!!!

So exciting!

So...I've lost 11lbs since I visited the Nurse Practitioner on March 25th. That means this pre-op diet is really working! I know the goal is to "shrink your liver 25%" but the weight loss effects are awesome!!! I got out for a walk with my sister and the pups...such a pretty day!!!

I'm officially in the single digits!! 9 days until surgery!! I feel great! What an amazing thing I'm about to go through!! I'm getting a little nervous about anesthesia but other than that I'm super excited.

This process I'm going through is also very emotional. Someone asked me yesterday when the last time I was thin was. Well, I was born February 5th 1986...seriously...I remember in 1st grade when we went to get a Brownie's uniform there wasn't one big enough...I had to wing it. I have always been a fatty. I also know that I had an amazing family who were always loving and a father who told me I was beautiful all the time. Sometimes I cry because I won't be fat anymore. I know that seems odd but I have a crazy awesome wardrobe and I know for a fact that I have really helped out other plus sized people with low self esteem. It's hard knowing that it will all be different.

It's all a journey. A journey which I am happy to start but also a whole life that I am leaving behind. It's been a good run but, sorry obesity, you and me have to break up!

Here we go...

Well, here I am. I'm 10 days pre-op and super excited to continue this adventure! I am on my fourth day of my pre-op diet and it's going well. My body had a really hard time adjusting to going from 1800-2000cals/day down to 650cals/day. The protein shakes are great...not the tastiest thing in the world but they keep me full really well. I also think it is really making me appreciate the chewing/tasting process. When you are limited to protein shakes, sugar free jello & popsicles and sugar/sodium free liquids and 2 servings of fruit you really enjoy that one Smart One microwave dinner at night!

When I was grocery shopping for all of my preop diet stuff I got a little teary eyed. It's so strange to cry over food. Now that I'm a few days in it's easier than I had anticipated. I understand there are probably some things that I will not be able to tolerated after the band and some things that I just shouldn't eat because it's not healthy...but it was the actual goodbye process that affected me more than I thought it would. I'm really blessed though. I have managed to keep pretty distracted and really have been keeping full but the afternoon cravings are killing me. From about 2-4 I want a snack...nothing big, just some trailmix or something...but my eye is on the prize!!! I haven't cheated at all...which is also a great feeling!!!
 
I would love to start running once I lose the weight. The thought of the wind in my hair and the sun on my skin...the burn of my muscles and the feeling of victory. We'll see!!
 
Anyhow, I'm officially 10 days preband and I can't wait to get it over and done with and continue this new chapter in my life!!! Woo-hoo!!!