Ok so it has been a while since I posted.
What has happened in the last month or so?
Well not a great deal, in the last month I have met with dietician and now have all the info I need for the pre-op period and inital post-op period.
Very strict diet pre-op consisting of not much more than 3 optifasts a day (whatever I like shakes, bars or soups) along with some fruit (strawberries) and a cup of vegies tonight.
Ok people, what is this diet missing? I can tell you it is missing MEAT.
So it starts today, today is, to use a great cliche, "the first day of the rest of my life" and I honestly feel that way, these next few weeks will be a struggle but I can do it armed with the knowledge that it is only a few weeks of hell.
I have cleared the calendar to take into account the next few weeks will not invole tucker or grog.
I had a good day yesterday, a last hurrah. I had a steak the size of a persons head (not really 400grams) and about 10 Coronas. I find it hard to beleive that yesterday was the last time I would be able to sit down and consume a big steak like that, suprisingly though I feel great about it and not at all disappointed.
So I had the weigh in last night, 238.6kgms which is about 5kgs more than when I started this whole journey a few months ago, so the extra 5kgs arent too bad considering I have lived the "good life" for the last few months and it includes the big steak and 10 beers from yesterday.
Moving forward I will weigh in once a week and check measurements etc once a month.
I am not in anyway feeling nervous or scared about the operation at the moment, no doubt these feelings will change as I get closer.
You will see I put one of those tickers on the site, there goes 2 hours of my life I will never get back figuring out how those bloody things work.
So here we go....bad moods, headaches and pain....the next few weeks should be fun.
Stay tuned!!!
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Hehehe you might surprise yourself and not mind the optifast that much - at least it is easy and you don't have to think to much about what you are going to have. Good luck with it - you will do fine (and you are going to love the weight loss whilst on the optifast) :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Blossum,
ReplyDeleteI have been looking at your blog heaps. It helps a lot.
Hey,
ReplyDeleteA tip with the optifast - I didnt like the vanilla much - so I added flavour essence (lemon was my favourite - tastes like lemon cheesecake!)
I got this from someone else. Do not get spearmint - it is horrible and is the only one that seems to have alcohol in it.
I wasnt nervous about the op until they were wheeling me in. 3 days post op - and its not too bad. They gave me a strong liquid painkiller (with some others too). The liquid one is great - went to sleep really well!