2 days!

OMG – Only two days left! I can’t believe how fast the last few weeks have gone. I can’t wait for Friday. I am so ready. I still have 4 lbs to lose before hitting my pre-surgery goal. I thought I was closer, but I found out that my scale is a little sensitive on where you stand. I was standing too close to the front and that is probably why I thought I lost 4lbs in 2 days a few days ago. Oh.. well I am still down 11lbs in total and probably 6lbs this week so I am still happy.


I still haven’t got my medical clearance from my primary doctor yet and it is starting to drive me crazy. I just wish someone would give me a call and let me know what is going on. If my Echo really did turn out bad and I need to delay the surgery then I would just like to know soon. Talk about cutting this short… grr…

I have been struggling a little with the pre-surgery diet. I was supposed to travel the first week so I had talked to my nutritionist about non-liquid options when dining out, but when my travel was canceled I started to follow the diet as written. The first couple days I got so hungry that I decided to change things up a little. I stayed within the nutritional limits, but instead of a protein drink and a serving of vegetables I did a salad with chicken. It was great! I used about 2 cups of shredded lettuce , ½ cup of raw vegetables, 3oz of grilled chicken, fat free salsa and fat free sour cream (instead of dressing). It was very filling and made the days so much easier.

However, by yesterday I was soo burned out that I couldn’t even stand the idea of having that salad again. Plus this is my furlough week and it is making sticking to this so much harder. I have too much time on my hands to think and develop my mental hunger. And that extremely empty stomach type of physical hunger is actually a huge trigger for my mental hunger. Normally, when I get that extreme physical hunger I end up eating way too much of really bad food. I was so tempted to run out last night and have just one last “real” meal.

Instead, I decided to fix myself something at home that fit within my available calories, protein, and carbs for the day – a tuna salad in a tortilla. The fat content was slightly higher than I normally would have had with the diet (only had full fat mayo for some odd reason), but so much better that anything I could have gotten if I had went out. And after my stomach had something in it the mental hunger was controllable.

Tomorrow I start the pure liquid diet – clear liquids only. Thankfully it is only two days, but I really wish I had picked another week to do my furlough. Unfortunately, when we had to pick weeks in May I thought this week would be great since my Birthday is on Thursday. But on the positive side I don’t have to wait any longer for surgery and my Bandiversary and Birthday can be celebrated together in the future. It will be something great to look forward to!