dadams75
Plan on Hold
Dec 24, 2010
I was doing very well on the Pre-Op diet as I had lost several pounds and some inches, too.
Psych evaluation went very well, was just glad to get it done. Was getting ready for EGD, etc.
Then I realized the timing for me to have surgery was just not right. As the only driver in my family and with our youngest child still in day care, I did not see how we could get by until I could resume driving after surgery. My family is supportive of me losing weight, but they are not too keen on the surgery. The only people they have know who have had the surgeries have ended up in worse health afterwards than they were before surgery. But my friend Tammy has done so well and looks so great. I am not nervous about my health after surgery, but think that the future is better with the surgery.
My husband was worried about which behaviors I might replace eating with - like would I go on spending frenzies, or something else? So with all these things, I decided I had to postpone my plans. For a while I stayed on the diet, even though I didn't have to.
But now I have been off of it for a couple months and have gained all the weight/inches back :(
I am seriously about to start it again. It was the only thing that has really worked for me. Maybe one of these days I can do the surgery.
I just wanted to share this so that if anyone else is going through the same kind of thing, just saying... : )
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Psych evaluation went very well, was just glad to get it done. Was getting ready for EGD, etc.
Then I realized the timing for me to have surgery was just not right. As the only driver in my family and with our youngest child still in day care, I did not see how we could get by until I could resume driving after surgery. My family is supportive of me losing weight, but they are not too keen on the surgery. The only people they have know who have had the surgeries have ended up in worse health afterwards than they were before surgery. But my friend Tammy has done so well and looks so great. I am not nervous about my health after surgery, but think that the future is better with the surgery.
My husband was worried about which behaviors I might replace eating with - like would I go on spending frenzies, or something else? So with all these things, I decided I had to postpone my plans. For a while I stayed on the diet, even though I didn't have to.
But now I have been off of it for a couple months and have gained all the weight/inches back :(
I am seriously about to start it again. It was the only thing that has really worked for me. Maybe one of these days I can do the surgery.
I just wanted to share this so that if anyone else is going through the same kind of thing, just saying... : )
One month down...
Aug 12, 2010
I have been on the pre-op diet for a month now. I lost 3 lbs by not eating bread or rice and limiting my calories to 2000 a day. It was a lot easier giving up bread than I thought it would be. I went back for my 2nd consultation yesterday and now am adding to the diet the practice of cutting food into dime-sized pieces and chewing 20 times each bite, and not drinking w/ meals - waiting until 40 minutes has passed to drink. And the no drinking part is kill'n me! I am so used to washing down my food - this is driving me crazy! I don't know if I can get used to it???
I took a tiny sip of tea and held it in my mouth just to quench the desire for a drink and then spit it out... I know that is gross, right? But it did help. Started doing abdominal exercises this morning too.
Psych eval was yesterday and I asked the doctor if she thought I was a good candidate and she said yes, but I still wonder!
Dawn
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I took a tiny sip of tea and held it in my mouth just to quench the desire for a drink and then spit it out... I know that is gross, right? But it did help. Started doing abdominal exercises this morning too.
Psych eval was yesterday and I asked the doctor if she thought I was a good candidate and she said yes, but I still wonder!
Dawn
